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While there's issue with the story, I think its overall fine, it was interesting enough that I read it in one day. If anything I'd prefer if their was no sex in the story and the focus remained on the development of Chiyoung's and Baekhan's relationship.
The pacing however is extremely odd and reading the latest chapters of season 2 is how I figured out that this was adapting a novel. ( on closer look, its in every chapter's title card but i wasn't paying attention) The author adapting the story has trouble on what they want to subtract vs what to focus on from the original story. Season 2 feels like its about to be wrapped up with 15 chapters released vs the 50 chapters it took to build up season 1. Mind you, the original has over 200 chapters. Not sure whats the point of adapting a novel then moving a break neck pace.
No wonder why so many characters backstories didnt feel fleshed out and the rapid development of entire arcs.
The story is alright, turn your brain off, dont ask questions, and enjoy the sex scenes.....but this is one of the stories where I think the sex should've take a back seat.
Spoilers below.
The side stories will probably focus on the development of Jitae's and Mieum's relationship, but I'm more interested in Jian and Soryeon.
I find it so baffaling that Jitae wasnt allowed to be raised by his mother, she was kicked out of the main house to live seperately whereas a mistress was allowed to live marital home in her stead. She was legally married to Jitae's father, so even if Jian was Yoonkang's biological first son, its crazy how he wasnt taken away, while Soryeon was put up in a separate apartment to live a luxurious life.
Hopefully that gets addressed, but I gets its one of the plot holes needed for the plot to function. Also insane that she was prostituting and physical abusing Jian just to further her own goals. The character that was going through it the most was him.
Majjip packed so many plotlines into Jian’s story that it honestly needed a whole season to resolve. How did the Jin and Jian relationship even become this twisted? Suryeon went from controlling Jian into a “perfect” child under pressure to forcing him into selling his body, what did Jian do to lose her trust like that?
The deal between Jian and Hajoon mentioned in episodes 18,19 was never brought up again. And what about the plan? And what about Jian plant that brown-haired man as Jitae’s bodyguard? Is he important or nah? Like if Jian not that important character, she don’t need to put that many plot into him and fuck it like that, Jian should have whole season
There are way too many unanswered questions, yet Majjip chose the most underwhelming way to end it.
As for Jin, his character was basically thrown away. It feels like Majjip had no idea how to handle someone like him, he was supposed to be cruel character (it’s on the profile), but ended up acting like a joke.
I can’t even turn off my brains,
It’s obvious Majjip had ideas, but it really feels like she just lost interest halfway through, ugh.
Someone replied to me, but I edited the post due to mistakes and now their reply is gone. T-T. Never knew that could happen
Nvm, i refreshed the page
I agree that a seperate season is definitely needed to explaine
the twisted relationship between Jin and Jian.
Its implied that Suryeon has been abusing Jian since as long as he could remember. Suryeon always viewed him as tool to further her own agenda, she only treats him "well" if it benefits her in some way. She's the one that tells Hajoon to turn him into a drug addict and the one flashback he has while having sex with Jin is of him being raped by middle-aged business men. Men Suryeon probably sold him too. I doubt their relationship has anything to do with Jian losing her trust, cuz the way she speaks to him and about him is vile even before she finds out of his betrayal.
As for the brown haired guard, he's the one that lets Mi-eum leave to meet Mr.Yang to set a trap for Suryeon. He plays stupid when Jitae is questioning the guards for how could Mi-eum leave while they're there.
If anything, Majjip's problem is that a side character became more interesting the MC and ML. The story is confusing at first until all the relationship threads are established, then all the interesting things happening in the story surrounds Jian. Mi-eum is just a pretty, bleeding heart prisoner, the only interesting thing about him is that he's the son of Jitae's kidnapper.
To me, a lot of the unanswered questions are practically plot holes that I'm kinda surprised went unnoticed. The biggest being Suryeon herself. I was under the impression that she was Baek Manshik's bio daughter with the way she was throwing her weight around and the amount of power she held in Baek Corporation. Imagine my surprise to find out she was practically somebody off the street that managed to find an in into the Baek family. Its bonkers how she was able to pass Jian as the first son with no relation to Yoonkang. Even more baffling that Yoonkang had a mistress when with the little thats shown of him, he looks like he adores Park So-Eun.
It’s not just Jian, Majjip overuses Suryeon to drive drama, yet resolves her too easily, like everything ending just because Jian exposes her crimes.
The love square between Suryeon, Yoonkang, and Soeun is also poorly handled. Yoonkang gets suddenly whitewashed despite his toxic behavior, including manipulating Jian and disrespecting his pregnant wife. Their family dynamics were clearly dysfunctional, but never properly explored.
The child trafficking plot, where the Baek family “adopts” orphans and turns them into slaves, is also brushed aside, even though Jin and Hajoon are victims. Even Blackmail Jin with his real parents!
Overall, CMAR had potential, but Majjip focuses more on fanservice for the main couple than properly developing the heavy drama she introduced.