what was the point in the first 3 chapters?? where wuyeon has cut hair but he's back in the apartment??? and he kind of has the vibe of someone that feels like hes been betrayed?? i dont recall any chapter before now officially covering any closure for that
I’ve been confused about the timeline this whole time.
Like in the beginning when Mujin was introduced it says he’s 33, but when Wuyeon asks, he said he was 30. So then, now it’s 3 years later, so 33 would be correct, but….
That first chapter had him meeting the old man and getting the request for Wuyeon’s semen, so….either there was a snafu with the timeline the author originally planned, or it’s gonna be some sort of time paradox, where they’re gonna somehow end up back in time and all this did not just happen?
thats been my thought, like theres aome kind of plan to further expand the occult idea. Maybe im just not invested enough to wanna see that through which is making me want this to wrap up over anything else
The first chapter has been the past since around chapter 17. The timeline is like this: first chapters > flash back of how things got there (past) > end of flash back around chapter 17 > anything after that was present time in the plot.
if thats the case and 17 is where the year passes, now my problem is that these moods and where their relationship is dont line up at all. What was wuyeon so pissed about, the place isnt trashed, we dont see any of the scenes play again from those first 3 chapters. The only things that line up is wuyeon in the robe with short hair and them having sex
I don't mean 17 is a direct continuation of early chapters' scenes, I mean time wise, 17 is around the time the story catches up to present time. That's around the time the flash back that started after the first few chapters ends after showing how their situation started and how their relationship come to be what we saw at start and around 17 and after that we see how it changes and improves in plot's present time.
i think that just leaves some major inconsistency problems then, I think it's pretty standard to clearly show the closure of what you've opened, which this just doesn't do and i don't understand why. It almost feels like the creator forgot about their own introduction to the story
These kinda plot inconsistencies aren't entirely unheard of in visual stories. Authors/artists usually prepare a few episodes before launch and then work out the rest during serialization, they have the main plot structure down but sometimes some details change along the way. But it also might be the author's style to start off with a strong scene to catch the attention of the audience, give the back story and then just proceed to a different scene but in the same timeline of the starting scene and pick up the story from there.
maybe i haven't experienced this cos im not familiar with any such practices in manga or manhwa over the years of consuming them, but it just makes it read like nothing but poor planning, which i don't think makes sense in this day and age of how a lot of manhwa and manhwa adaptations are made cos its far more common where a team and editor will have to go through the work in order for it to be published/released. This is hardly opening with a red herring scene and subverting, this was like reading a first vs final draft in terms of direction
This author and artist pair have exactly two works (worked on both together) and the first is from 6 years ago with this story being their 2nd. It's possible that they did revisions and try things out during their serialization with assumption that they're not seasoned creators and are still finding their foothold.
my entire original comment is about the lack of closure they created by not being able to resolve what they opened with. whether this team is contemplating different styles and methods as a vehicle for the story should not change the fact that they would still need to close that introduction so that it could seamlessly transition into the direction of the plot they landed on. I see this as a failure on the editors as well, as these chapters would've had to be cleared by someone else in order for it to be approved and uploaded(as that is most standard practice in the korean manhwa industry), and so unless there is some twist coming in the future, i don't see how there is a way to explain away what looks like nothing but poor planning
i get those brothers are sad hopeless cases and victims of their environments but lowkey myeongi be free and happy with your family and those 2 can die for him or whatever
Right honjae just gives me the creeps like that’s probably what they were going for but to me he’s far more scarier than jingi
bro right, my thing is like whats truly stopping heonjae from doing something drastic again, its not just myeongi its his family too. and jingi... although maybe not as psychotic as heonjae still did a lot of disgusting things for his own entertainment. Best case scenario: they kill the uncle, get some of his money, send it to myeongi and leave him alone for good
Agreed. Everyone can die as long as those two kids can live a proper life
yeseung too hot to be treated with such little care by the guy who is so convinced what hes doing is saving him. At no point has gyeol been written well, especially if we're meant to believe he actually LIKES yeseung. Hes supposed to be in his mid 20s but he cannot see past the tip of his dick when it comes to his actions and how they effect yeseung. Hes possessive to the point of stupidity and selfishness, with 0 regard for anything yeseung might feel. You can see the visible fear and discomfort on yeseungs face and all gyeol can do is get pissy at him and ask questions he doesnt care about the answers to
is fucking hilarious, what tf do you mean im reading the dads bedroom dynamics LMAOOOOOOO
is this insane levels of localisation or is the dialogue really written like that
I am pretty sure is 90s country slang and 90s city slang. But they tried to translate it to english
phrases like "who pissed in your cornflakes" are so incredibly american and on top of that-- what grandma from rural korea is saying "bone apple tea" LMAO
the localization is GENIUS
from the sounds of the creators notes the author intended for junseok to seem like a decent second male lead but icl man i skipped all his backstory cos i knew itd just annoy me with how pathetic he is
dude when I was re-reading it I intentionally skipped all of it. his character pisses me off so much, to use someone else's guilt to try to ruin their relationship so you can gain from it is disgusting. AND still trying to get with him when you see him in an actually healthy relationship like ughhhh eyuckkk I hate that man
right, hes not the first time a character like this has existed, especially in the genre of romance, but for the most part he just seemed like a selfish jealous child whose favourite toy was being used by another kid because he was so obsessed with public image
RIGHT!!! He doesnt even treat him like a person with his own thoughts or feelings!!
(i have the rest of the chapters to read for vol.3) broooooo he doesnt think about what his actions look like ever, im actually so impressed that theyre able to write him learning so few lessons in 3 volumes of work. Spending so much time removing everything from their real contexts so he can make up feelings and motivations for people hes supposed to care about!!!! Like a partner/mate!!!!! Independence and wanting to maintain some self sufficiency in a relationship is always understandable, but hanas literally in a mated pair with this guy he has talked about loving, who, granted, is often choosing to grimace over share his thoughts, but is trying to tell him to rely on him!!! cos theyre mates!!! but hanas still borderline self hating in terms of being an omega, which is probably why his actions with his mum were bothering me so much in the last volume
YIPPIE TELL HER HANA!!!!!
haeohn supposed to have wanted this for so many years but the sex not even hot, so uninspired. Like what have you been doing this whole time dawg? Starts and stops at ora ora get pregnant
im getting such fatigue from these 2 bro, everything is just argue argue argue, like im not even entertained anymore
genuinely bro like their progress feels like it’s getting nowhere
especially when theyre both thinking so much on their own, like i get this is new for both of them but PLEASE i feel like im going insane reading them argue then fuck then argue then fuck