Geez, I know from the comments that it's a tearjerker but I ended up binging the whole thing and I couldn't sleep after all the crying. 3_3
The story is beautifully written and drawn, and I love that Ha-Kyung eventually has the confidence to stay with Yoonsung and Yoonsung enables this confidence.
I was left with a surprising thought about how the women in Yoonsung's family took a much more proactive stance than their partners. In the family dinner scene, Yoonsung's mother dispels the silence stating that Yoonsung's happiness is what matters. Yoonsung's sister-in-law Eun-jo apologises to Ha-Kyung directly and says he's what has made and will continue to make Yoonsung happy. In contrast, Yoonsung's father and older brother both never made an explicit apology. Throughout the manhwa, they've been quite secretive in what they do instead; Yoonsung's father tried to deceive Yoonsung's grandfather (and I suspect Yoonsung's father didn't talk about his concerns about power imbalance from the grandfather's reward for finding Ji-Young) and Yoonsung's brother supports their father's decisions in an equally quiet, behind-the-scenes manner.
This contrast between the women and men in Yoonsung's family made me think about how Yoonsung and Ha-Kyung act. Yoonsung, for the most part, is proactive and I think he had the privilege to. In the beginning, when Yoonsung has a strong gut feeling that Ha-Kyung is the missing important piece of his memory. There aren't any other distracting priorities, so it's clear he should pursue Ha-Kyung with nothing much holding him back (aside from the slight fear his gut feeling's wrong). Ha-Kyung, on the other hand, is confronted with much more in the beginning. He's torn between wanting to help Yoonsung retrieve lost memories, his want to spend time with Yoonsung once more, his fear for his younger brother's safety, and his conscience on breaking the monetary deal he'd received for staying out of Yoonsung's life. His actions are, thus, muddled and sends mixed signals to Yoonsung. He only resolves to tell Yoonsung everything when he learns from Eun-jo about what Yoonsung had gone through.
How each character acts based on clarity on their priorities makes me wonder what's holding back Yoonsung's father and older brother, and more broadly what might be holding back my parents' or my actions.
Just re-read from chapters 1 to 29 'cause I feel like the story is too fast-paced and I feel like I'm missing something. I still feel the story's progressing too quickly, but I do appreciate that BWAT consciously brings up the cultural/upbringing differences between Tei and Shuraka in a believable way. I wished the story was slower paced to really give room for these differences to be discussed, because now I feel like there's so much more to the story and I'm only given just a glimpse of it.
Nontetheless, I am curious to see how things develop. I just noticed during the re-read that Tei uses Zhars's mask in Atura, and I didn't quite make the link between his use of the mask initially with the story he tells Shuraka on the human that saves a God (to be fair I read the chapters weeks apart). Tei does mention Zhars in the Atura chapter very briefly, which does symbolise a bit of a mindset shift?
As a Leracalian, he's grown up in an environment that believes strongly in taking things in your own hands as a human over relying on divine intervention. When he's confronted with tackling his feelings(?) for Shuraka, a daunting task for him, he finds himself looking to Zhars which is why he uses the mask of Zhars in the Atura.
Is it just me or are the chapters awkwardly cut? The story's fine but I find the chapters end very abruptly as if one chapter was split into multiple parts.
OMG YESS it’s like their weirdly short idk though Σ( ￣□￣||)
Anyone has the link to the raws? I'm really thankful to the scanlators but I think there're some translations which are off. Thinking of cross checking since I can read mandarin.
Been on a bit of a binge read of webcomics recently. I have to say, with the shear number of webcomics set on dungeons and powers, the introduction of a restorer class distinct from hunters is quite novel actually. A Trace of Wonder/Traces of the Sun reads more like a action/psychological webcomic with a sprinkling of BL/shonen ai.
In terms of prep work and whatnot to face the dungeons, Hyeon Sa does a really good job as a boss like training based on the analysis on the dungeon, and providing for the welfare of each member of his team (as much as he's portrayed as manipulative).
Also half-wondering "Why the name chord324?" and at least from a google search a hymn appears. The hymn is "Just as I am, Thine own to be" which a rudimentary read through the lyrics suggests the hymn refers to the unconditional acceptance of one's character by God. I'm left wondering if the team's name implies an acceptance of who one is.
Dropped at chapter 34. The initial premise was interesting but the premise becomes tangentially mentioned in the subsequent chapters. I feel like the plot's all over the place too. The emperor feels like two characters forced into one? He sounds like he cares for his youngest brother, ML, and at others like he's scheming against the ML? The ML and FL also have rather incongruous behavior, like the plot is being forced into a specific direction that does not suit the characters.
Iirc the official English translation uses the title "Your Throne". I can't seem to find it on Webtoon now. Anyone else facing the same issue?
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Re-reading and kind of suspecting that Juheon's appartment getting ransacked seems to be the trigger for him wanting to ask Dohu to leave his job. Not too sure if it's his way of 'protecting' Dohu. He also clearly doesn't like seeing Dohu hurt either considering how he stops mid-sentence in his criticism of Dohu's lack of emotional understanding by the water coolers.
I also got to hand it to Hodot. Her choice of characters is really interesting. Never noticed before but both Dohu and Juheon represent the nature and nurture side of being 'oddballs' respectively. Dohu's much less emotional than the average person by nature and called out for being an oddball. Thankfully, his family's quite supportive. Juheon though is brought up to think he's the oddball although he would've probably been considered a pretty normal kid had he grown up in a more caring family. Anyhow hopefully they make up soon. The angst be making me impatient too
this is such a unique perspective, thanks for being a brath of fresh air instead of people just saying “someone is pmo”
The plot's interesting and the smut sort of fits but I do feel the pacing's too fast glancing over a lot of mechanics/strategies and emotional conflicts. It feels a bit like a whiplash going from Reunion and Follow The Sheep Into The Abyss to this story.