I read this aaaaages ago !! I didn't think I'd stumble upon it again !!
BWAHAHAHA I CAN'T THIS IS HILARIOUS
HILARIOUSLY SHITTY
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO CHEMESRTY
LIKE TO BITE HIM WITHOUT HIS CONSENT, HIM ACTUALLY FORCED TO GO ALONG WHILE THINKING SHIT ABOUT HIM, THE INTRODUCTION TO HIS PARENTS... Actually I'm crying
FINALY WE SEE MOAH LOSE HER SHIT UNLEASHING HER MOUNTAIN DESTROYING POWER AND JIHAN WHIMPERING IN THE BACK BEING POWERLESS MOUAHAHAHAHA
Pffffff I really wouldn't be surprised if it was slaves working and dying in the quanat but anyways-
I think I'll drop this. It was an enjoyable read, but... I feel like it's getting repetitive ? He builds, he gains a new pet and points of recognition... After some hardship he overcomes it in some unexpected way... Or he just prevents it with foreseeing with his skill. I'll admit his face is hilarious, him shaking his ass in front of the queen made me laugh out loud, his greed and his striving for more are also funny. These comedy devices are working, but in the end isn't he just some capitalist dude who only truly care only about building faster, better, and always more ? Like, he has this grand talk about saving his employees, caring about them and sacrificing himself for them... while he just overworks them and underpays them ?? While he's so happy to brush off their rights to gain more efficiency or money ?? He does have good or self-righteous sides, but I feel like it's only aspects of the character stitched with each other to make him lovable without making him a whole, which I feel like it creates inconsistencies like the one I pointed out...
Well that's all
I read the novel and was so into it UNTIL they changed the translation of everyone’s name out of nowhere ?? I stopped right there...
What should I do ?
I haven't gotten to that part yet, can i ask what chapter they change it and what they change it to?
It’s at the chapter 362... Like, Yu Jonghyuk —> Yu Joong-Hyeok ... Every name is split this way to match more their Korean name. Honestly, I’m kind of pissed... I understand the intention, but a translator should know you have to stick to the first translation even if you find something better afterward, especially when it’s for every single character + technical terms (story—>fable). Now I’m lost bc I don’t recognize which character they are talking abt ╥﹏╥
thankfully i havent gotten up to that point in the novel but im pretty sure the latter half is mtl with no tweaks and fixes. the names should be easy since they're all pronounced the same but technical terms.. ugh. best if you note down the changes, and you can check as you read
That took me some time to get used to as well.. Honestly, that was annoying but the translation gets much better after that. There's less to none of the grammatical errors.. So I recommend reading again.. The story is too good to give up on （/TДT)/
oh yeah maybe I'll do that ┗( T﹏T )┛
Thank you that's the motivation I needed
Did his design degrade ?? I feel like it’s different
Same, was wondering if it's just me.
If only it wasn’t for the age gap it would have been the best
I like the premise of tackling the fact that the sexual position doesn’t define the power dynamic. But, because it emphasizes so much how rare it is (to be top/sub) or all the inconveniences and hardships it brings (the bottom/dom being dumped in every single one of his partner (???) because he couldn’t satisfy them sexually (???) (hating on the trope more than on the manga)) actually reinforces the stereotype ? Like, it emphasizes more that it would have been so much better if they weren’t like that (as if sexual position were fixed and unchangeable) than actually being happy about it and conveying that it doesn’t matter. Also, it seems the author only took the ‘’command’’ part of the d/s dynamic : the dom is clearly not in control (throwing commends here and there to make the reader remember it’s supposed to be a dom/subverse), and the sub is portrayed as wanting to act and control the play (it’s supposed to be a sub dammit) but somehow restricted by his sub condition. So in the end he’s more of a top (meaning control/command/etc) than a sub. What makes me say that is also how the bottom is portrayed as lost in pleasure and sensations, while the ‘’sub’’ is much more composed.
I wish bdsm-related works would be done by people who actually know the bdsm community
I still enjoyed it. At least it's way way better than those mangas using the subverse setting to justify abuse.