Genuinely didn't expect this to be so intense. For Your Love was such a sweet relatively
simple romance (precious healthy gay boys) and then the same author suddenly hit me with truckload of dark themes causing me conflicting emotions and THANK YOU for doing so, author-nim. My god this might be the only manhwa besides "A Shoulder to Cry on" where I do sympathise with the "hot bastard (seme)" archetype. Lesser authors tend to infantilise these types of male leads and use their good looks & tragic past to excuse horrendous actions and attitudes, but no Yuri IS a horrible manipulative man, he is not forgiven for taking out his misery on teacher in the narrative. Dude is aware himself of how bitterly twisted he is. In fact, no important characters are one dimensional like I would expect in most bl (look at the trending page...). That's what I love about this mature writing style. The readers aren't forced to like/pity the teacher (but how could you not T-T) and Yuri, we are shown their motives and circumstances for being the way they are and have to judge for ourselves. Occasionally I do see glimpses of who Yuri could have been if he was given a loving family to grow up in like how he didn't abandoned the drunken teacher time and time again or how in latest chapters he directed the conversation away for teacher, even if talking about Noona with BIL hurts him. That, ladies, gentlemen and enbys is why I personally couldn't hate him completely. TLDR: MAH BOIS NEED THERAPY YO and I do too after reading this masterpiece
IKR?? IMAGINE I JUST OPENED THE CHAPTERS AND SUDDENLY THEY ALL HAVE EYE BAGS LMAOO
How can Taesoo be so charming plus caring. AND he's smoking hot. That's just...someone call ambulance for me.
Boyfriend material 110%
Also, I hope mr Hwang is asking because he thinks that she lied to him (we can say he's her friend after all) and not because of romantic feeling. He's now dating.
I simply love how Taesoo instantly realized she's upset to be called Landlady. It's refreshing. Normally many authors tend to write male leads annoyingly emotionally slow for the sake of conflicts. He's also very caring and careful not only towards Sooha but pretty much everyone (but she's more special ;) )...Gah, I need a Taesoo in my life. Then again WHO DOESN'T?
cough *he's hot as hell* cough
yesss agreed agreed
"emotionally slow" lol
All my hope is on that blue haired sweetie. (=・ω・=)
Also, no matter what explanation Skyler has, he treated Yeonduk like trash. Unless he learned to be a better person, I'm gonna hope (as someone who had such "friend" before)he'll face consequences of being a jerk. As for their mothers both of them appear to be failed parents at this moment.
I just wish it will get better for Yeonduk. :/
Really like how Sensei builds up sex scenes. You can see how they love each other, those starring and intimate touches ugh beautiful. Seriously tho healthy and mutual relationships in comics are like breath of fresh air. Not to mention it's GODDAMN SEXY. This mahwa can make me cry, angry and smile like an idiot. Definitely in my top 10 favs. (Also, the earlier Mahnwa "Momentum" from Sensei is a good read too.She has her very own style while writing stories and drawing.)
Hopefully it won't end soon, cus them what an I supposed to do with my life.
┗( T﹏T )┛
Fun fact: Diesel and Ein talk in German and surprisingly it's correctly written too. (I'm a German) Maybe Sensei learned or is currently studying this language?
Haha not sensei, it would be sunsaegnim because its korean lol
Oh, thank you. Didn't realize that.
she must be from heaven. The art style, writing skills and even how each pages are organized, are simply amazing. As an Artist myself she's one of my all time inspirations, I hope that I could create a BL as interesting as this one.
It's really refreshing to see a mutual friends turn into couple with real chemistries, I mean look at how they tease each other. Couldn't help but read this chapter and some others with a big idiotic smile on my face :-)
I'll support her by reading the unlocked chap, it's free, you can do that too.
P.S. Taemin...IS GODDAMN HOT thiS is A SIN (and blessing)...Sensei thank you, but are you torturing us by any chance? Since Taemin...couldn't get his body back ;_;
O_O Namsoo sure possess a psychopathic love for Hyeongo, didn't see that coming in the first half, but at the same time I couldn't hate him for doing those things, even tho it's basically revenge at another level. Still I can see why people celebrate him...hope nothing bad will happen to Hyeongo, he's been through far from enough ;_;
I really hope that this along side with "Bastard" and even some BL or Yaoi Mahnwa/Manga like "King's Maker", "Canis", "Out of Control", "At the end of the road" etc. will get turn into anime...Ik it's highly unlikely :( First those are korean beside "Canis". Second, Japan tends to be conservative when it comes to homosexual relationship's in real life, they usually don't show the society pressure on LGBT+ and pretends they are all happily gay people. Hope this will change in the future. Sry for the longass text, I'm frustrated.
Just found this series and I read it in one go, kinda regretting it now cause I have to wait ;_;
The plot (settings) is well constructed and main characters are interesting. Really glad that the author wrote about their personal desires instead of focusing entirely on romance. One of my fav aspects is that Wolfgang and Shin's relationship is written with consent, they feel like characters with complex personalities who genuinely like each other and not just tropes for the sake of BL. That's why it's so fucking hot whem they finally kissed (and more;)), slow burn is the best.
I'm currently writing for my comic, so I'd like to hear some opinions about what I thought. Well, King's Maker is in my top 10 plot driven BLs, however I suspect that the pacing of story arcs is moving too quick at times. Beginning at Wolfgang''s meeting with his brothers till now? I feel like the full potentials of many side characters (e.g. othere 3 siblings) aren't being taken care of and the arcs (every major events like the meetings, shin being punished, timejump, Death of Dandelion) move in a quick pace that it's hard to follow. E.g. the king, this universally hated pedo psycho that looks like a rotten banana, could be more dimensional, maybe? I mean not just "he's evil because he is", but by adding something moral elements in grey areas to his behaviors, whether it's negative or positive, it can make the fall of his empire more enjoyable. Already smell the sweet sweet karma which seems to be coming soon. This is just my opinions and I'm by no means disrespecting the authors. It all comes down to individual preferences. What do you think about this mahwa? It would be nice for someone to enlightens me.
A gentle reminder that overbearing parents are abusive too. They tend to blame their kids for the misery and guilt trip the kid for THEIR choice of bringing them into this world. To parent a child is most basic job parents have. If a parent consistently insist the kid is not grateful enough and never sit down and openly, respectfully talk about what they’re unsatisfied with, it’s a red flag of bad and even abusive parenting. A “fun” fact, Jiri’ inability to say No, draw clear boundaries and be harsh when necessary (see how A treats him, his students and frankly Yuri, but he couldn’t push back) is likely a result of his mother’s parenting and his father’s absence. Because as we see it, when he justifiably get irritated, his mother goes into full on break down mode so that Jiri has no choice, but to play the adult/parent role and try to comfort her in order to avoid further escalation. It was not his fault to begin with, but his mother conditioned him to avoid confrontation/speaking his mind at all cost so he carried that into his adulthood, causing more dysfunctional relationships and internalized fear of building close relationships. That shit on top of how A treated him and the mother’s seemingly negative reaction to him coming out? Oof. A cocktail of unresolved trauma…I, I just want this poor man to be okay someday. Don’t care if they get together just that my poor bois can both smile earnestly at the end. So yeah if this sounds familiar pls talk to a professional if you can, trauma often burdens you without you knowing it. Honestly there’s much more to unpack, like how Yuri‘s family caused him to be this f*cked up, but enough self indulgent writing for now. Just amazed at how author-nim managed to add in some realism to absolutely destroy me emotionally. It confirms my believe that BL can be so much more than sex and absurd character writings, but I’m so sad rn. ┗( T﹏T )┛
Wow i love this self-indulgent-writing, i would love to read all your opinion more <3
This. My mother is a lot like Jiri's mom, although my mom has explosive fits of rage in addition to the guilt tripping, gaslighting, etc. Another thing that sucks is being told by people outside your family that you're being ungrateful or that your emotionally abusive and/or neglectful parent is soooo sweet. Sure, my physical needs have always been met. But I have a fuckload of trauma from the way she has treated me. I'm irrationally terrified that people around me will explode with fits of rage if I do something wrong. I avoid asking for help, even when I need it, and I have incredibly low self-esteem. It sucks.
Yeah, some abusive people will seems like the normal or the sweetest ppl ever to outsiders, but they tend interact with those close to them very differently. I get your pain. My friend's mother is like that. I was shocked to find out because she favoured me greatly and is a devoted Christian, but I believe him after he opened up. Media often portrays abusive ppl as openly scums of the earth, almost cartoonishly evil which makes it harder for ppl to recognize real life abusers and believe survivors since they only observe the surface. Some ppl tend to be more susceptible of denial too since finding out a person they're on good terms with is actually horrifying is a lot to process. Still, the widespread ignorance on this topic causes a lot of unnecessary pain. I hope you have someone to talk to? As you already said yourself, it's bad for relationships, even casual ones. It's hard work, but it's not impossible to learn to trust and feel a bit more comfortable again.
Aww thank you. Maybe next chapters when it's about Yuri again I will write sth about him.
I do have people to talk to, fortunately. I'm also an adult, so I'm not completely under her thumb. Thanks for being concerned.
Also, in my experience, how religious someone is has nothing to do with their moral character. In fact, among conservative fundamentalists, I've found people to be more abusive the more religious they are. I also say this because I'm an atheist, and I like to think I have a pretty strong moral compass.