Someone mentioned this was a subversion of the typical kidnapping yandere troupe, and I would agree with that but I also wanna say I do appreciate the meta-conversation the author is having.
People who have suffered abuse, whether it be physical, financial, or other, are shaped by that abuse and their relationships cannot escape that. Both characters know they are maladjusted and, though it's posed in in the extreme, the negotiation between two traumas has to happen in a relationship. Usually you'd just go to individual and couple's counseling for that in a relationship for that. It takes a lot of time and effort and inevitably people get hurt during the process, but that's what growing in a relationship is. But, I guess I'll take a kidnapping arc as well instead of Dr. Lou-Anne's professional services LMFAO
I appreciate the vagueness of whether Taeshin is a beige flag at best or a red flag at worst. He clearly lacked a lot of unconditional love when he was younger and so it makes him find little interest in the things and those around him, and he is brutally covetous (and therefore spiteful) or those who have the one thing he does not have. I also like that the artist gives Taeshin 0 light in his eyes to indicate his disengagement with the world around him. I can only hope we get to see his eyes sparkle at some point.
princeofpeas was so real for that i too would log out and uninstall after that LMAO
I am not a love triangle enjoyer in general but to be fair, this wasn't a love triangle story. I never felt like it was a 'will it be Mujin or Do-gyeom" because it was going to be Do-gyeom every time and I kind of like that that was the point. I think the author accomplished exactly what they set out to do with the story and achieved the very rare "I like the secondary love interest but I'm super happy with the main couple". Here's to manifesting Mujin a happy ending too if/when his story is continued!
I just binge read this shit and it was all so wholesome and fun and now both couples are broken up and there's so much miscommunication and exploitation LIKE DON'T GET ME WRONG IT'S GOOD BUT OMG THE END OF SEASON 2/START OF SEASON 3 WAS BONKERS