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My unpopular opinion is that I don’t think high school crush is the brother
High school crush has black hair and in that one shot where he was walking away from Ideum with his family there was no younger male sibling. There was also no confirmation yet that the fleeting high school crush of Ideum was a swimmer
Andddd in that panel shot of jaeyi’s brother from the back he has light hair
I don’t think they’re the same people. Maybe black hair high school crush looks like Jaeyi bc that’s just Ideum’s type
I mean, it was already looking that way and now we know for sure with chapter 18. Since Ideum met the brother (Jiseong) at the swimming practice and didn't recognize him.
I haven’t read the raw haha I just had this speculation since a few chapters back
First off, sorry for the spoiler (just read the new ch in eng on lezhin)!
The author could always find a way to pull off a "it'd been a long time since he went to school with his crush and they hadn't interacted much so they didn't recognize each other and Ideum's memories are blurry from all the trauma" so who knows in the end. xD
But for the time being I think your opinion is correct.
i’ve got no one to talk to about this specific issue so i’m gonna rant about it here
chat i’ve got the stupidity of a shoujo protagonist when it comes to romance
i got this ex coworker right. and he’s the prettiest guy i’ve ever seen in my life (and he knows it) and of course he’s a player (he denies this vehemently though)
before he entered the company, we knew each other at a party where we started off at the WRONG foot and pissed each other off so i didnt talk to him for the first three months in the company even though im usually friendly with everyone
anyways we worked in the same team and we’re similarly unhinged so we gradually became closer. i kid you NOT i tried so hard to stop being attracted to him but i can’t. he’s just gorgeous, and the more i knew about him the more i liked him - because despite of how he looks, he’s actually a responsible & hardworking colleague
SO GUESS WHAT I DID? because i didn’t want to get myself hardbroken and i didn’t want to like him anymore, i kept picking fights with him especially around the time that i sensed that we were getting close to each other. and the FUNNY thing is, me picking fight with him was supposed to turn him off but guess what happened? he LIKED it. the little shit likes it
anyways. we ended up sleeping together - it was the most fun ive had in bed. he broke my heart afterwards and i moved to a different country but the fact that i had that webtoon plot going on for a bit there when i least expected it was kind of insane
Reunion arc when?
Aight what shoujo manhwa summary did you rip this off of
i think it should be about when we’re both about 30 idk if hes gonna have a kid by then #DILFarc
unfortunately its real life i would have ended up with him if this story were a shoujo manhwa
he broke ur heart?? oh chasing arc when..
chasing arc DKSJHDD instead of that please pray for the appearance of a potential second male lead in the near future instead
maybe he will be a blond golden retriever boy.. ill root for the 2nd ml for you
⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄ i do love the golden retriever type! manifesting
have you guys ever started picking up a skill because of a manga?
because of at the end of the road i picked up boxing during the pandemic, and now because of my chinese bl i re-ignited my spirit for learning mandarin
Same, read Windbreaker and just finished Red:Blue and they made me want to pick up kickboxing again.
Who says this site ruins people, look at us bettering ourselves for the sake of being like fictional characters
its not like, directly from it but after reading yubisaki to renren I decided to learn asl. but like. i just like learning diff languages so it gave me the idea for the next one sort of? but I guess the credit does go to it
Pottery because of this one bl LMAO 5 years later and I can confidently say this was the best hobby I’ve started
unintentional love story no? anyways, for me it's painting from naked color, guitar from pink heart jam, and coding from cut-over criteria. been painting since forever but naked color made me love it again (for some reasons).
no bcs me too, like literally. i've been trying to learn (a)sl in the past, because it has always been very interesting to me, but then i kinda didn’t have time, energy etc etc
recently i've read these (highly recommend)…
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/sekai_de_ichiban_toui_koi/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/chameleon_wa_tenohira_ni_koi_wo_suru/
… and it really inspired me to pick it up again eventually
YUP
OMGG I LOVE THESE TWO TOO also if u haven't read it yet, I rec this one its superrr good https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/hidamari_ga_kikoeru/
exactly! these fictional characters may have set a high standard for men (for me anyways) BUT they are also encouraging me to have hobbies xD
wanting to learn asl because of comic is so cool !!! this is me but with mandarin
pottery is so cool ??? i wish i can do pottery or sculpture tbh !! wanna see the result of producing and shaping something by my own handsss
you and your multiple hobbies are so cool !!!
Exactly! You get it
I literally started going to the gym again bc of these, hopefully I'll be as ripped as the characters after a couple months lmao
it will happen!!! trust the process !!! i have abs now after watching my diet and going to gym 4x a week the past year !!!! hahaha
Good on you, thats incredible! I struggle with the "watching my diet" part, but that just means I have to cook more
haha for me personally it has been groundbreaking to slowly eat less carbs and fill the plate with more veggies and meat
Lmao yeah I just eat fast food bc its easier when im busy, and I should eat more veggies. Meats not a problem though, I've always been a huge protein person
sorry for the late reply! but good luck on your journey! i totally get it fast food is easier! but yeah getting a varieties of veggies every week is key
the genre is so full of slop that i feel full reading this
if i can summarize what i like about it - things just make sense?
- motivation for revenge: clear. id go crazy too if my children were killed. and i would go to great lengths to avenge them.
- sudden op-ness: clear. it makes sense - she was just such a kindhearted individual before and believed in the kindness of others too but not necessarily unintelligent? maybe? if she successfully hunted the dragon and killed 7-star general in the past she definitely got both brain and brawn prowess which is my favorite part about her. even after living for 10 years im also a different person - i imagine going back to the past after acquiring many different skillsets would make me play at the game of life better
- someone already said - the antagonists are genuinely depraved and ok they are kind of one dimensional evil but they were definitely a tough opponent that cant just be overthrown in one day which makes the main plot interesting. speaking of which …
- the sideplot escalations enriched the main plot. i love this because side plots such as the brother’s reunion and caesar’s curse gives the reader a sense of both foreboding and acceleration. the main plot is already heavy with revenge but the side plot gives us more things to look forward too
- the pace is just right. this is often the problem with an adaptation and some manhwa like kill the villainness is quite terrible at this but this one is . pretty good. when i dont feel like i need to read the webnovel to understand, thats when i know things are pretty good pacing-wise
some less favorable deus ex machina
- i love the ml’s character design but he’s not really necessary for the plot. he speeds things up, but just like the duel - the outcome will be the same nevertheless, medea ensures of that. i mean yes its nice to have an allyship kingdom’s prince to be your secret knight and probably also potential partner in political marriage but yup hes not the Main Ingredient that makes this story Flavorful (which brings me to .,, i dont like the current cover - medea doesnt need saving)
agree on all points! i honestly think it wldve been nicer if medeia planned using the ml cuz even if she doesn’t know he’s a prince, his undercover identity is still a mercenary from a rlly good group which cldve potentially been very useful for her plans. but he just kinda ends up somehow always being in the right places and not adding much
Yup. I hate that “being in the right place at the right time” trope aka deus ex machina when it’s used for women in particular because it kind of takes out Medea’s agency and power. I think the story would have been enjoyable if there are less of this for me personally because I believe while not overpowered, Medea can solve some of these issues herself (like getting out of the wolf hunt but ok maybe not the sword hunt)
i agree completely! this story wldve been soooo good if the author knew how to write the ml in a more interesting way or even for there to be no romance at all