There's a reality to this series since the father-in-law character emphasizes heteronormity to his son's gay ex-boyfriend, and I keep rolling my eyes as a gay guy--especially since there's an option for going abroad for gay marriage and adopting/surrogacy, but rarely anyone discusses that. Plus the ex-boyfriend, AKA the MC, crosses too many boundaries and SAs his ex-bfs dad. Yeah, it's icky for me, despite the hot scene.
MC mentions how his fathers were abused and several of his siblings were sent away, but after leaving the perpetrators to his half-sister, he just goes away with the ML, as if he's forgotten them all. Then there's the fact that the ML in his original life sexually assaulted and abused MC, and now he drugged MC for sexual purposes. And THEN there's the fact that this story has good ideas, but it doesn't really jump on them; the catalyst for this series was the inequality of alphas and omegas, but it's not expanded upon beyond the flashback; heck, their genders are barely mentioned at all--I don't even think it's been acknowledged that MC could get pregnant by ML. And in this recent chapter, ML takes MC to a place where supernatural creatures are, which is the only time we've gotten to see other magical creatures outside of ML's house. This series is a patchwork of ideas with very little development or plot. We're 73 chapters in, and I'm 100% sure we could trim this series down by half and still have the same amount of development.
Yeah, like it has such good ideas. So much wasted potential or misdirected guidance from their editor or author themselves. It's mostly sex which is not bad itself, it gave us such weird stuff, but like... It created expectations that were not entirely fulfilled.
It's such a shame because it sounds really cool, but it feels like the author just wanted a sexy story and threw the plot together. It reminds me of how they ended the main story of "Full Volume"; the antagonist is easily arrested in one panel and it's not really a big deal, and neither characters' background is heavily explored. Then there's the first side story that has a really interesting idea with MC being a lawyer and being in unique situations, but then they turn it into a childhood romance--which isn't bad, but squanders the plot. Then the second side story decides to show that the semes' dad and grandfather are homophobes who don't know they're gay...but eventually they come out in this very dramatic way with no consequences, so it feels like it was all for nothing. Then one of the ukes is getting back into school, but his family life isn't fully explored as much either and the conversation of age gaps in a relationship--even though he and his love interest are only 6 years apart, so it's not that bad. Yeah, I think Albert just isn't good at this stuff. A part of me wonders if he just wants to make fluffy stories but the publisher or audience makes him feel like he needs to have some sort of conflict. It reminds me of how "Our Sunny Days" introduces conflict that is resolved almost immediately and wasn't built up.
And I'm still confused about the visuals dropped when this first came out with an investigator. That never played a role.
From the story to the romance. Granted, this is only 7 chapters, but still! IDK why the author doesn't want to flesh out their work more.
Ayo you got the raws? (づ￣ ³￣)づ
Sadly, no.
The ratio is generous. Picking up the story, you'd think it was gonna be a short smut story--but you'd only be half right. We're 83 chapters in and barely anything has happened. Heck, all this talk of pregnancy and even that hasn't happened yet.
I swear, so many BLs I read are on extended hiatus. If it's been 2 years, I'm just gonna guess it's cancelled; IDK how deals with Lezhin work, but I imagine at this point coming back with S2 is akin to starting a new series, building a new fanbase, etc.
We're not done yet, but that sounds crazy short, especially for a healthy BL! I wonder if it got cancelled--I doubt it, but it's something I've considered. Gotta wait to see what the author's note says once this is done.
Season 1 was so sweet and wholesome, whereas Season 2 was all about bad communication, a seme punishing an uke because the seme was jealous and somehow the uke is made to feel bad about it, the stereotypical "male best friend is actually a bad person" (TBH, the seme's best friend is also giving him terrible advice, but the narrative isn't supposed to make us hate him), and the villain of the series doesn't pop up much and is dealt with pretty quickly and easily when he finally made his move--which sucks because he'd been shown in S1, so I was hoping for something more engaging.
NGL, even putting the pacing aside, the seme became so toxic and the uke just let it happen and internalized the guilt even when he didn't do anything wrong. It's really put an ick factor for a couple that I loved before. IDK if they can come back from this, since the seme didn't really fix himself and now the uke doesn't have anyone but him since his own best friend is trash.
Shane kept secrets from Diego and brushed off Diego's best friend's death without really showing much guilt--heck, Shane killed his secretary of 20 years simply because he was gonna report Diego, and Shane didn't even try to convince him not to.
Shane is possessive, and I really want Diego to stick to his guns.
I call BS for the uke to be made to feel guilty and insecure when he worries about the seme keeping a secret from him, but when the seme does reveal he kept a secret, it's not addressed. It's a crazy double standard, and I hoped they'd remedy that in this new chapter, but apparently not.
(Aside from teasing several times that they could switch. Stop switch-baiting me!)
This series is REALLY BAD with how it introduces conflict and how quickly it introduces resolutions. The conversation of it being hard to be a male couple in Korea is brought up several times, but the duo never really face hardships because of it, making the conversation--while true--unnecessary. Even when the couple discuss it themselves, it's very quickly resolved--but it's weird since one of them called it an argument....when it wasn't. Then there's the fact that the seme's dad is NEVER mentioned until he just happens to pop up, and we learn that the seme has anger towards him due to leaving him and his mom. And shortly after, the father reveals there was a legitimate reason--and then he also mentions having a big family back in the states but the duo makes no moves to go visit, despite it being an option to get legally married there.
IDK if the author feels pressured to add conflict when they don't want to, or if they DO want to but just don't know how, but it comes off as dissatisfying. I'm not saying I want conflict (I need more fluffy stories), but if you're gonna introduce it, do something with it rather than suddenly throw it in there and then there's an easy fix to it.
i mean i’m that same vein though i don’t think every story needs to have grueling conflict that last over multiple episodes and have a dedicated arc. this also could just be a bl that’s lighthearted with mild conflict. i think that’s also an aspect of what people enjoy about this series, me included. i like to see them resolve their misunderstandings quickly cause despite it being quick i feel like the dialogue between them is sweet and nice to read. i feel like if i wanted to read a bl that had intense conflict i’d just read another series
That's my thing: if this was a fluffy BL with no conflict, I'd be 100% cool with it. But they bring in these serious issues out of nowhere and then resolve them, making it pointless for it to have even been a problem to begin with.
i don’t personally mind it. i don’t think it’s pointless cause it serves to develop the two mls relationship. it’s fluffy but they also have spats and struggles. but you’re entitled to you’re opinion. i like the way the story is progressing so far personally but i can understand your perspective
Yeah, it could just be me. I'm not feeling it due to how it's structured. Like Haebeom's dad coming into the picture and suddenly we learn that Haebeom had a huge issue with him, and then his dad explains why. There's really no space for anything to grow or breathe with the pacing, especially since his dad leaves after getting his closure.