...yeaahhh unless the last chapter and any potential side stories are like next-level phenomenal, i'm quite disappointed by how this turned out. for 63 chapters, i'm somehow left feeling like we didn't really get to spend a lot of time getting to know the main characters of the story. a story like that can definitely work, but in a dramatic romance, detailed character development is crucial to the story quality. for the whole thing to end like this is very slapdash and unfortunate because it had so much potential to be something really great. i'm sad that it's like this, but i look forward to the author improving in their future works.
i feel like i'm losing my mind reading some of these comments acting like jinwoo is some overly possessive person who doesn't want to let his boyfriend have any friends, like are we even reading the same story y'all for a lot of the arguments against jinwoo to have a leg to stand on, we would have to pretend that yeonseo has not been behaving provocatively with daehan on purpose. we would also have to pretend that he hadn't clearly communicated his problems directly to daehan already, and we would have to pretend that he's unaware of his feelings of jealousy and that he hasn't been taking steps on his own to overcome these feelings despite him rightfully feeling miffed about being blown off repeatedly. in truth, the main problem really is yeonseo, but yeonseo wouldn't have even been able to get his foot in the door with his behavior if daehan were even marginally more aware. i haven't seen one person here say daehan can't have friends or be close with his friends, but allowing his friends to do what yeonseo did (on purpose, mind you) in front of his boyfriend is completely insane. some appropriate distance simply has to be in order no matter who you're dating. idk about anyone else, but i'd never want to see my partner with somebody hanging all over them, whispering in their ear, and putting their fingers all over their neck and beneath their collar #sorry
I agree with this 100% Daehan allows people to drag him around even in the midst of important conversations, and that has allowed for people to mess up countless relationships he has been in (especially the jealous seniors). He has a lot to work on and Jinwoo did well communicating what was bothering him, Deahan didn’t even hear him out properly. Their issue is definitely communication and a lack of boundaries with friends and peers.
exactly. it's truly kind of awful seeing jinwoo continue to put daehan first even when their relationship is hanging in the balance and daehan can't even tell his friends to wait in favor of a conversation that he recognizes to be important, but not important enough to miss the meeting i guess daehan is really really close to understanding what he needs to do to make this relationship work but seeing him continue to just barely miss the mark is so frustrating. i really do not want jinwoo to be the one always chasing after him and being the bigger person while his feelings keep getting trampled on like
Right like pls get a grip there’s definitely a time and place for friendship he had every opportunity to make his boundaries clear especially when it came to him prioritizing his man and making him feel secure, but Jinwoo is starting to feel like a booty call (to me) with the way Daehan is acting.
clock it because it gets to a point. me personally, if my partner hit me with "then let's break up" i'm really not one to chase and plead and beg. like if you want to leave, then don't hold back on my account lmao let's not hold each other hostage in a relationship one of us doesn't want to be in anymore. it's even worse because daehan didn't even mean it so you have to look at jinwoo and ask him if he's really going to let daehan play games with his feelings like this like it's time to stand up brother. it'd be one thing if they were teenagers but they're in their 20s, that's gotta be old enough to know better than this...
Right I would never let a person say some ish like that and still be standing around them like ROSA PARKS AIN’T DIE FOR THIS anyways we all know Jinwoo is going to stay and beg but I really hope to see some sort of improvement from Daehan cause he had enough time and enough relationships ruined to be able to recognize he has a problem and needs to mature, hopefully this is that time.
nerd project and now this... is there some kind of gene for light-haired protags in bl manhwas that makes them do stupid shit all the time or something. what's going on. i can't even say i see much fault in jinwoo's behavior because he spoke pretty plainly about the problems he was having with daehan's behavior, just for daehan to hear only what he wanted to hear (though i do think he should've expressed his concerns earlier). what really twists my nipples about it is daehan DID hear that jinwoo was feeling abandoned because he always comes second to everyone else...just for him to go to seunghoon about this instead of speaking to jinwoo directly, so he quite literally learned nothing from any of that.
i so desperately want to be gentle with daehan because i really love his character but jinwoo was one hundred percent correct in telling him that he's dating a man and asking him if they're even dating. like, does daehan mean to tell me he wouldn't feel some type of way about it if another man came onto jinwoo the way yeonseo was coming onto him? he's pissing me off so bad with this, like pay attention to what's happening around you omfg atp if they break up for real, it's truly on him and i want him to grovel if he intends to get jinwoo back because none of this should've happened. jinwoo's reaction was super tame, too. it wasn't like he was fire-breathing mad, he was just rightfully upset watching another man feel his boyfriend up while his boyfriend lets him do it like an idiot because he's "friendly." like oh okay, he'll be friendly directly into your pants with his hand up your shirt and then what? don't piss me off.
to follow-up with this because i feel like there are too many people who aren't understanding what jinwoo's problem is: it's not about affection between friends or even a cultural difference between the readers and the characters (which...they're all korean, so if it was a cultural thing alone, then jinwoo wouldn't be having any problems at all and yeonseo wouldn't be attempting to weaponize it). it's about jinwoo's affection as daehan's boyfriend being illegitimate. what's the difference if his friend is doing almost everything jinwoo is doing as his romantic partner? at that rate, it all but indicates that daehan is not taking their relationship too seriously in jinwoo's eyes, even if it isn't true. it'd be one thing if yeonseo truly were just trying to be friendly, but he is doing it to be antagonistic because he knows it would be effective, so talking about friends simply being affectionate is moot point to be making here anyway lmao









had been reading so many good bl manhwas and mangas recently that i'd almost forgotten what it was like to read a bad one but thanks to this story i've now remembered. will not be taking the ability to read good stories for granted again after this. my bad.
if anyone wants to read a GOOD bl smut story i recommend illicit bromance by my goat nocori