I love you, Milton, but K is the one I'm desperate to see get railed ┗( T﹏T )┛
Just adding my two-cents...
Went back & re-read to confirm that the key Brett gave Hayden wasn't for a car, but the key to Hayden's apartment - he was returning it to him while ending things.
Also, I know Brett is seen as very cold/composed/cunning, and he definitely is, but I pity him a lot. He seemed really... on the cusp of loosing his grip on himself this chapter. He might not be crying or losing his composure in an obvious way, but there were a few panels where he looked so sad (especially when Hayden hugged him & when he handed the key over). He's likely handling everything by telling himself that it's unimportant & that he's fine, but is being forced to realize that it's *not* unimportant & that it's *not* fine via Hayden's reaction to learning about everything.
From what we've seen of his childhood & how he was raised, he keeps his cards close to his chest. That's all he knows & is his self-preservation. He tried to be open & honest with Hayden at his request by telling him everything, but it backfired on him. Brett showed who he is to Hayden only for Hayden to react poorly, so he closed himself back off. I feel bad for Hayden, of course, but my heart breaks for Brett. He might be outwardly dealing with everything with cool detachment, but he's been through so much. Now he's given up what was likely his one "happy place" by cutting ties with Hayden.
I knew that this all was calm before storm , cuz I know it's brett who did it I still feel bad for brett not Hayden much he knows he can't change and brett keeping his composure by the way he was raised is totally making him blindfold by the happiness he could pursue by Hayden side cuz may be just don't want Hayden to anything rational like gun shot scene brett feel debt? No he is still in denial and his brain also shows sign of spark knees when he hug Hayden and asking about next date may be never wanted Hayden to interfere in things that could be trivial for him but not for Hayden I wish next season is not some years of time skip cuz i would be hella angry at author for that these two need honeymoon time together not this
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Sad and true.
Brett had his life threatened, then lived a terrible experience, had a clear view of what his brother thinks of him and yet still managed to stay sane, enthusiastic and loving in his own way.
It's a pity, I understand both views and both reactions. I don't know if Hayden will rethink it through, if he'll try to have another encounter to talk this through, because someone like Brett can truly drop this relationship for the reasons you stated above even with all the love in the world
What do you mean by this: “ Brett showed who he is to Hayden only for Hayden to react poorly, so he closed himself back off.”
What did Hayden do or how did he react? I’m so sad with this spoiler.
Ok, egg shittery aside, can this author stop making me want to see Dyne fuck Koichi?? I know it's not going to happen, so stop teasing me with the hinted one-sided attraction ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
Also, probably in a very small minority here, but I don't find the whole Dyne x Rail thing appealing. Not sure why, but they just don't do it for me (probably because I don't think Rail is particularly attractive). I find their sex scenes almost as tedious as the whole egg situation & mostly end up just scrolling through them as fast as possible ╮(￣▽￣)╭
I lowkey agree with you
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I noticed a tiny detail when rereading Chapter 29 (you can find the Korean chapter here on Lezhin -> https://www.lezhin.com/ko/comic/paintings ) that may or may not be of interest to others!
Just a brief summary for those who haven't read any spoilers yet: NaKyum runs into InHun - it seems they left the house separately after all - and starts begging him to run away with him, telling him that they're both in danger. InHun guides NaKyum to an empty alley to talk in private. After he hugs NaKyum to comfort/calm him, InHun basically tells NaKyum to butch up and paint for SeungHo, even if he's uncomfortable since he promised to help him (InHun, getting dirt on Seungho). NaKyum reluctantly follows him back.
There's a point when InHun is telling NaKyum to butch up and paint when he mentions that NaKyum is probably just uncomfortable & overreacting because Seungho made him watch perverted things, and comments something along the lines of, "It's not like he's doing anything to you... right?" What I noticed is that, while he's saying that line, it shows a zoomed in shot of him holding NaKyum by the shoulders/arms. There's a *super* faint, but seemingly deliberate, red mark visible on NaKyum's neck; a hickey. It then cuts to a close up of InHun's eyes as he's looking down at NaKyum, then shows his hand as he lets go of NaKyum. There's a pause in his sentence during these shots, noted with ellipses, before it shows InHun's face as he says, "right?" while wearing a super creepy expression. The second to last panel of the chapter shows NaKyum in profile, and the hickey is much more visible.
I find this detail interesting because, to me, *this* seems like the moment when InHun connects all of the dots. I don't think he actually knew Seungho had gotten physical with NaKyum yet until he noticed that hickey, and then you can see the gears start turning in his head as he realizes that he's finally gotten the dirt he wanted on Seungho. That side-eyed look he gives NaKyum as they're leaving is like he's knowingly leading a sheep to slaughter. No empathy whatsoever despite having realized exactly why NaKyum is desperate to escape.
One extra note: I keep seeing people call InHun a pedophile, and I think it's because no one's bothered to translate the first portion of the chapter in favor of focusing on his & NaKyum's interactions. Using my shitty camera translation app, I gathered that he's trying to get the man he's talking with to help him get more info on/spread rumors about Seungho (hard to tell exactly which with the app). My point is, he's not making creepy faces because he's leering sexually at the kid on his lap that he's presumably teaching. He's making creepy faces because he's conniving & planning to get his revenge against Seungho. He's a piece of shit, but I don't think the story's heading in that direction...
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OMG, you're totally right; you've really looked at the details about that scene when he let go of NK because he'd noticed the red mark on NK's neck. We can almost feel the disgust emanate from himy. I always hated the condescending air of that fake asshole, but now he's even more disguting.
He sees Nakyum crying with all his tears then just reject him with mockery, even when he can guess through which hell undergoes the young painter.
Damn, to say Nakyum still sees him so highly despite the Sir showing such behavior emptied of any compassion...
Damn, I'm praying for Nakyum to grow some brain regarding that dude before my hair turn white out of desperation.
Woah, great observation, thanks for sharing
That is such amazing observation. Thank you! This author is so good, you have to notice the little details she put in their expressions.
Thank you for you analysis it made me understand the raw chapter more
Thank you so, so very much to the uploaders for this gem! This is undoubtedly one of my favorite manga, so I'm glad that it's being translated/cleaned/etc... with such care. Plus, I super appreciate their presence in the comments section, adding in little bits of info here and there regarding upcoming chapters that help keep me hanging on in the interim
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To start, I read Chapter 20 on the Korean Lezhin -> https://www.lezhin.com/ko/comic/paintings (Google has a decent camera translator app that I used to get the jist of what was said.)
To reiterate what has already been explained by others: Seungho returns Na-Kyum's kiss, aware that Nakyum has drunkenly mistaken him for In-Hun. Seungho pins Na-Kyum down, partially undresses him, and fingers him for a little bit before trying to put it in him. However, Na-Kyum cries and tells him that it's his first time and he's scared. He apologizes and asks Seungho (who he's shown to still be hallucinating as In-Hun) to slow down. Seungho, who seems genuinely surprised that Na-Kyum has never had sex despite painting such erotic pictures, expresses his annoyance - the face he makes at this point is hilarious - but relents. It cuts to both of them completely undressed, Seungho spooning Na-Kyum and fingering him from behind with a LOT of lube. He teases Na-Kyum, asking him how it feels, insisting that he can't "help" him if he doesn't tell him. Na-Kyum finally tells him that it "tickles inside", and the chapter ends with Seungho telling him that he'll help him.
One thing I didn't notice until I reread it for the ???th time is, early on in the chapter, after Seungho has pinned N-Kyum down and has been kissing him for a while, he turns and we see the servant (the one referred to as "Kim" in Chapter 17, and how I'm going to refer to him from now on) blushing and looking at them with obvious shock/horror. Seungho sends him away and continues. At first, I thought that Kim had simply stumbled across them, BUT I then noticed the lighting!!!
Kim is holding a lantern that casts a yellow light on everything. From the time that Seungho finds Na-Kyum until he sends Kim away, everything has the yellow tinge from the light Kim is holding. Kim didn't walk in on them, he witnessed EVERYTHING. He saw Na-Kyum drunkenly mistake Seungho for In-Hun and kiss him, and he saw Seungho respond and take advantage of the situation. This makes Seungho's reaction even more interesting to me, since it shows just how absorbed he was in the situation. He seemed to completely forget Kim was there watching until he started undressing, only sending him away as an after-thought.
The other thing that was interesting to me was how turned on Seungho seemed to be. For almost all of his past exploits, he's been shown to be pretty thorough with preparation/foreplay (the one exception being with Jihwa in Chapter 3 when he notes that he's still loose from the night before, so there's no need for preparation). It's also mentioned multiple times that he has a hard time getting hard without Na-Kyum's painting. However, Seungho is nigh desperate/impatient with Na-Kyum - he fingers him for ~10 seconds before he's hard and trying to put it in.
I'm interested to see what happens in Chapter 21, whether or not Seungho is actually going to take it all the way. Na-kyum is still super drunk, but I wonder if he'll finally snap out of it and realize it's not In-Hun right before/during and resist. Will In-Hun find out about it somehow (including the bit about Na-Kyum drunkenly thinking it was him since, again, Kim was there and knows the truth)? Will Seungho have words with In-Hun after witnessing his exchange with Na-Kyum in Chapter 19??
(Also, I'm confused why so many people are suddenly hating Seungho after Chapter 20. Of course I agree that taking advantage of Na-Kyum is wrong, but Seungho has never at any point thus far been shown to be a shining beacon of morality. He jerked him off in Chapter 17 despite his pleading to stop, he's killed a guy for no reason other than to intimidate Na-Kyum into compliance, kidnapped and basically imprisoned Na-Kyum, and was described from the very beginning as being insane and obsessed with sodomy. Why anyone would be surprised by his actions in Chapter 20 is beyond me. Again, not saying it's right, but that's been his character from the start... Have we been reading the same story?)
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You raised a great point about the lighting. I hadn't thought of that. Holy crap. Kim saw the whole thing and Yoon didn't even care.
You really enlighting me, I didn't notice it when I read it.
Thank you for your explanation.
I see what you did there.
I have to agree. This comment is lit!
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Biggest mystery for me still is where did they get the "lube" stuff. Did Yoon have Kim run to the kitchen to fetch some oil.
Why do I feel like the servants are used to these kind of "requests"? Is there an emergency supply cabinet for Yoon's "special stuff"?
Life on the Yoon estate: Don't asks questions. When the Master in the dead of night orders one large egg plant, a lot of oil, hot wax, and some whips and ropes, you go GET IT.
whoa... i just re read it... and damn you're right, he's shameless...
uhm btw even when he just jerked nakyum off on that chap 16-17, he's hard, right?
he even laughing at himself for being hard because or nakyum, or am i wrong?
So... Kim heard all that Na-Kyum said to "teacher"...
pun intended ╮(￣▽￣)╭
You are a ray of sunshine on this dark comment board.
In my dream the teacher will show up, kick Yoon’s ass and save Nakyum
Lol. Good question. I've kind of just assumed that, with his reputation, Seungho/his servants have lube hidden all over the mansion for easy access - under floorboards, behind bookshelves, in vases - specifically for situations like this. "Tactical Lube", if you will.
Yeah, he was definitely hard at the end of Chapter 16/ start of Chapter 17! It adds to the idea that Na-Kyum, not just his paintings, really gets Seungho going.
The way I interpreted it was that he was laughing at himself for getting hard - he was staring down at his own crotch while smiling, after all (weirdo). He's been shown to find his own depravity humorous in the past, so I imagine he was probably amused that a "filthy lowborn" could turn him on so easily.
YES! I could be wrong since I don't speak Korean and am just relying on a translation app, but it seemed like Na-Kyum said In-Hun's name several times leading up to him kissing Seungho. It would have been extremely obvious to both Kim and Seungho that Na-Kyum had mistaken him, so Kim knows his love confession/kiss was not intended for Seungho.
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Lol. I'm pretty sure In-Hun would help guide Seungho's dick into Na-Kyum himself if he was promised a government position in exchange. Unfortunately, he seems to not care one bit for anyone except himself ╮(￣▽￣)╭
And you are mine, kind stranger ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄
Tactical Lube. Lol, don't look under that creaky floorboard.
Yoon likely just leaned out the door, looked at Kim down the hall, cleared his throat and gave the sign. A couple minutes later the door slid open enough for Kim to place the lube in the door and was swiftly shut. Or at least that's how I think the lube got there.
Or maybe Yoon just keeps emergency lube in the sleeves of his robe. You know, for those unexpected situations. I mean, in chapter one he pulled the porn books out of his sleeves. He's probably got all sorts of "emergency sodomy" supplies tucked in his robes.
I'm an unapologetic Bum fan through & through, so I'm certainly biased when I say this, but I am so exceedingly tired of people calling him an idiot after chapter 32.
Are we reading the same story? Have people still not grasped the concept that he is SEVERELY mentally ill?? Not only that, the guy has had an absolute shit life, pretty much completely devoid of love and companionship. He's desperate to be loved and accepted!
Yes, as third party observers, it's easy for the readers to know that Sangwoo's just saying whatever's necessary to get out of their current predicament. For Bum, who was obsessed to the point of stalking Sangwoo for MONTHS, of course he's on cloud nine. No, it's not logical, but if you've been paying even the slightest bit of attention to the story, his reaction is completely normal for his character.
Again: guy thoroughly desperate to be loved just had the man he's obsessed with say, in public, that they're in a relationship AND kiss him in front of people. Jesus H. Christ, the kid just tried to kill himself after getting rejected by the man. Of fucking course he's going to be in a goddamn daze! It's probably the best goddamn day in his miserable life!
He's doing his best, dammit. Christ knows the little nutter is going to save the day filling out that dating survey with his stalker super powers anyways...
Spot on lol
THANK U!! ❀ ☆ ✧ and also everyone he has BPD [aka Borderline Personality Disorder] it literally tell us right off the bat in Chapter.1..I mean come on now. >:(
Preach. Thanks for the comment. I'm also tired of people saying Bum should snitch on Sangwoo.
Jesus Christ, that was so beautiful it hurt... （/TДT)/
Well, he can't lay your chicks if you don't fertilize the eggs first, so get your dick out & fuck him finally!!! (๑•ㅂ•)و✧