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One of the isekai OGs, so it feels cathartic finally finishing this. You don't see a lot of works where you can tell the art improved by the end, usually it's the opposite. And the story stayed true to the tea theme so no complaint from me on that part. Also the emperor is just so fineee.

My only complaint is that I wished there's some depth to the prince's character. I couldn't help but think that he's there just to make Alphonse look better as the ML. He's already super green flag so I don't see why we have to have a romantic rival. The prince is obviously intelligent, so what I hoped went down instead is that he accepted his mistake and tried to mend his relationship with his romantic partners, and better yet supported these women to make their own independent decisions.

And as much as Chloe was so progressive with her tea ideas and also her business acumen, in the world where patriarchy was still rampant, it doesn't really seem to affect the society more than the capitalistic economy aspect of it. We get it, Chloe is the IT girl, but I wish her influence also helped other women and girls not in her circle too, not just limited to tea stuff.

Does anybody notice the juxtaposition of him wanting to live an ordinary life and the extraordinary things happening around him? He really wants to be average but it's slowly getting revealed that none of the people near him is. His father has a strong connection with a chaebol family, his mother is daughter of a falsely accused traitor, her sister has supernatural ability, his dog is intelligent, not to mention the weird shadow that he has... I'm very curious about the sound he hear when he regressed in the beginning and if it's the same voice/universe as what his sister hears.

Oof I'm curious about what's going on with Woo Minjae. Anyway it's a good read, I really like Kwon Heechan as a character.

What a shame that this got dropped. But it's a really good read through and through.

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So cute!!

This also has another series in the alternate universe, Die Love

It's also rly good!@

Really enjoying it, the world building is more complex and interesting than I thought. Enjoyable side characters too even with the harem subplot

The chibi expressions are so cute!

Taki is a cool, handsome guy who’s quietly nursing a one-sided crush on Shingo—the guitarist a p...

Why are they SO precious??

Also Shingo is one hell of a gentleman that is rare to see these days. Communicative, warm, polite, receptive and sensitive to Taki's feelings. Also he always try to comfort and validates Taki's insecurity. I'd choose someone like him over the stoic cold type of ML any day.

Maybe I went with too high of expectation and didn't have the right mood when reading this but I didn't feel the intense emotions that others did.

To start, I will give this 5/5. It's a solid read overall. But the characters are always drawn so pretty and perfectly, that I failed to immerse in their emotions sometimes. With this kind of stories it's important to be able to convey nuanced and complex expressions, but many times I feel like the intended feelings didn't get conveyed properly and the expressions were stiff and bland. Like when Yoonsung got slapped, it should have been the climax moment when the family understood he's been hurting, but his expressions didn't convey that great of emotional pain. Or when the SIL finally apologized to Hakyung, I didn't feel satisfied because it almost felt like a half-hearted apology.

The conflict resolution also felt very anticlimactic because of it. Like they lied to ML for years, to the point of fabricating a newspaper article, then everything gets resolved because the mother suddenly throw a tantrum on a random dinner? How did that came from, when she almost never had an interaction with her son? And then suddenly the father was okay with it too the moment he saw the video from grandpa? And what happened with Gijun's sister? We never saw her again after she got drunk that one time.

I also wish we know what Yoonsung was thinking beyond just the flashbacks, like give us his inner voice! We know Hakyung's inner turmoil and conflicting feelings, but we know almost nothing about YS other than he's this greenflag yearning guy who loves HK. What made him fell in love? What did he like from HK?

Also +1 to the other comment who said there were conveniently too many accidents in this comic

This has like Mushishi undertone to it

Dang so this is in hiatus...

On a certain island, there are individuals chosen to protect the common folk from creatures emerging...

“Anyone will do. Find me someone who can get married immediately,” Yamanouchi Morio said...

I like the alternating theme of each couple. The fighter but insecure Jihyun and the meek but steadfast Yohan, Yosef who lacked a lot of love growing up and Daeshik who had too much love to give, even the tall and toned Inwoo vs the thin and sickly Taeyoung. I also like how they explored the neurodivergence of Daeshik and Sohae on top of the sexuality spectrum.

This work reminds me of one of my favorite bl manhwas ever, All About Lust which also has alternating theme between each couple. Recommended if you're looking something similar!

As the heir to the Yooshin corporation, Yoo Taehyuk is living his best life. However, everything cha...

So cute... deserve higher rating

Rereading it again, so good.