Everyone is calling Heesung a red flag but he hasn’t actually presented any red flag traits at this time? The onus is on Potato as an adult to be able to read the room and navigate life, Heesung isn’t a mind reader and he isn’t his parent. He isn’t responsible or obligated to Potato who is for all intents and purposes an adult from a one night stand where they were both incredibly under the influence. If you say he took advantage of Potato then you can say the same for Potato since they were both equally smashed. The only time you can actually see clearheaded thinking and not just dirty talk was the morning after. He took care of him in the morning, wasn’t rude to him or suggested they forget about it or that he was less than him. Potato said “I’ll take responsibility” but we haven’t even seen the next chapter so we don’t know yet if they’ve established what that looks like. Are they agreeing to be sex friends the way Heesung intends or will it be a misunderstand as one believing it a relationship and one believing it a sexual benefit? Like a lot of you need to reevaluate what a red flag is because I can pop at least 20 other BL MLs off the top that are actual red flags (the call may be coming from inside the house jaekyung.)
This is pissing me off so hard core that I am going to have to drop it until this is resolved. I don’t care how realistic this is for some people, unfortunately I’m not some people and I handled these types of manipulators much harsher in my life. I picked this up to escape reality not be hit in the face with reminders. Fucking hate when they do this to my feel good mangas. Okay, that’s all, just wanted to rant.
Yesss, I’m really seeing an uptick with this trend. Wholesome and feel good mangas or ones that seemingly reach a positive outcome suddenly take a sharp turn to violence and trauma or (surprise surprise) rape plots which I hate. I’ve been having to fall back on reading more novels than mangas/manhuas.
I've been moving more towards novel's too :( I feel like there's been a trend recently with the r*pe, physically and mental abuse. I do think it started gaining popularity after sadistic beauty and the side story. The timing checks out, and there's a lot of stories that are extremely similar to sb. I keep getting recommended these types of manga through tiktok and twitter. In the last I'd say 4 months? There's been 3 new mangas where the top has just snapped the bottoms ankle and locked him away. It's becoming so normalised :(( one of my safety mangas is SIGN. I need those types of wholesome love stories!!
The mangaka must have more than one helper because some panels seem consistent with the original art style and are PERFECT and then immediately the next panel is so (with all respect because I’m sure they are trying and deserve no hate for that) sloppy and rudimentary. It ruins the experience of one of my favorite works on the platform which is so sad, I hope they notice this and adjust accordingly because it’s such a lovely work.
What do yall mean by “why is he hung up on family, he needs to let go and move on?” Move on to what? His rapists? He literally only came this far for his last remaining family member and I pity those of you who don’t have such a deep love for your family (blood or chosen) that you’d go through hell or high water to protect them. He’s clearly exhausted and this isn’t just a moment of “I’ll shield you” it’s a resignation, a “I’ll use my very last ounce of fight to cover you because if I can’t do what I promised then I’ll go with you, back to our mom and dad so we can be whole again.” Y'all act like him surviving beyond this (I’ve finished the novel but the MC doesn’t know his future so I’m saying this from his perspective) with his tormentors is appealing to him; his recent life has been quite bleak so “he needs to give up on his brother” is a bit heartless is all I’m saying. And he’s going to prove my point in the next few chapters.
Right like imagine the overwhelming anguish and shame. And I see what you mean but I also see a lot of people rooting for the end games of this ML and that ML and I’m like at the end of the day they all forced him into an incredibly horrific contract and brutalized him all while dangling his brothers life over his head just to amount to nothing, I would rather he die and reach peace.
Am I missing the part yall are ripping into Ken for? Where did he sleep with someone else? And even if he did, keep in mind they aren’t in an actual relationship, he’s literally in a glorified bondage contract against his will where it is being kept from him that he’s going to be sacrificed as a means to an end because his “partner” wants the sweet release of death. Which I wouldn’t call selfish seeing what Agia has been through but could abstractly call selfish when seeing him throw away someone else’s life for his own benefit after manipulating them into falling in love. Leave Ken alone, he didn’t want or ask for any of this from the start.
Oh yes I think they are together. In chapter 66, Ken himself states they are boyfriends and how he loves Agia.
And I doubt Ken slept with anyone else other than Agia. The first time he was sexually assaulted by the vampire dude was early in the chapters and they didn’t go through all the way because Ken fell asleep. And plus Ken didn’t consent to that, he was hypnotized.
Ken slept with Ian/Vericke while under their mind control/influence in earlier chapters. But what most people are freaking out about is the author's statement during their creator's note. There they mention the prospect of Ken x Agia not being endgame, and that they want to have scenes with Ken doing it with other men.
Author also specified bottom that rolls around a lot aka suffering so I think it mostly meant sex with others and honestly since new season started it's being shown why. And I said maybe another one might appear who knows, I personally think they will still be the end game but with an open ending or tragic ending.
We are starting to see scenes with others and mostly sex scenes for ukr so welp I predicted based on that and even in raws it's like that
Honestly boring mostly white haired dude having sex with others and Ken watching not much agia focused chapters for now. I personally think he would be hypnotized while having sex or break it off in mid season with agia after some big truth bomb and misunderstanding and then maybe the consensual sex scenes will happen with others but for now it's mostly rape which I don't like much
Why would he have consensual sex with others is my question lol. Other than Agia I mean. Unless Ken isn’t in love anymore and breaks it off with Agia, he won’t be sleeping around.
Ken watched vampire dude have sex? Which chapter?
Ken and Agia are the only ones having sex. As for the one time sex which rape, was by vampire dude with Ken unfortunately in earlier chapters. But it hasn’t happened.
I said in future chapters. He Will see them having sex and I also specified that my assumptions are those. After a plot twist or some revelation they will break up and After that will have scenes with others but for now it's just non consensual rape.
Again I said my assumptions cus the author specified in creators note. Not from past chapters you are talking about different thing
The fuckfest that started is making me think that lmao plus authors poking that's all and even though in a relationship it's not fully developed yet so there's always chance.
Also I was talking about Ken seeing white dude getting it off with others lol dw I forget sometimes too since the plot is confusing af
Their relationship is quite fully developed because chapter 66 shows that Ken says they are boyfriends and both love each other. I doubt Ken would lose feelings easily unless he lost memories or Agia lost memories and forgot who Ken was.
It shouldn’t be an issue even if white dude gets it off with others, Ken shouldn’t have an issue with that, he probably just found it weird. What chapter did he watch?
Maybe what the author was referring to was who dies? Just because they were together in the past doesn’t necessarily mean they need to be together in the present especially since we know Agia is only tricking Ken into this relationship so they can both be sacrificed since Agia wants to die. But maybe that’s what the author meant by they may not be endgame is Agia may find another way to die and allow Ken to live because he is clearly also falling in love with Ken and no one wants to drag their loved one into a sacrificial ceremony right? So author nim may be alluding to an upcoming death or who knows maybe it really could be a surprise switch up or love triangle. But that’s highly doubtful.