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I think this story would’ve been better if it hadn’t abandoned its focus on Mao halfway thru. Weird seeing a manga literally named after her, & so fundamentally driven by her, end w her as just an extra in a crowd.
Ntm, I would’ve preferred to see Mao end up w Nina, & Ryouma w the kid he was in a band w (lol). Just felt like Nina treated Mao more like an equal, & Ryouma just felt destined for homosexuality LMAO (& for the record—I’m just being playful! Plz don’t hang me for that take lol)
Kinda lengthy for the story it’s tryna tell imo, but I think the premise is damn funny. Just two guys who’ve let the horrible circumstances they’ve been put in corrupt them, and how their twisted attraction to one another subsequently fucked them over (or, at least Han…). And there!! Within those parentheses lies my main issue w the story. Why did Sangwoo just get everything he wanted?
They were both shitty ppl getting taken advantage of & trying to squeeze as much power as they could out of those circumstances. So why was Han the only one who saw consequences? I mean, fuck “not being fair”—it literally just doesn’t make sense lol. Bro literally sells himself to execs for a living, & he doesn’t have ANY contingency plans to prevent *basic ass* blackmail..? How has no one tried this before then lol
Like it’s genuinely just unrealistic that Sangwoo was able to one up Han like that, which is such a sad note to leave the story off on, but even then, I don’t hate it or anything. I honestly respect it not taking an unnatural romantic turn like most bl, & at the very fucking least, it was funny!