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Worth a read for the plot?

After reading chapter 205 (thank you Sage!), I couldn't help but to chat with my sister about it. During our conversation, I raised that Kang Seomi had compared Heejae/Garam to Orpheus/Eurydice, but the reverse would also be true. My sister (who hasn't read the story) commented that perhaps they're both Orpheuses. Her comment got me thinking that maybe there is indeed "no Eurydice" as one of the potential translations of the title.

Both of them being Orpheus also lines up nicely with how Heejae and Garam charm others and even each other with their music. The current arc is not just Heejae's confrontation with his nature as a knife. Garam too has to confront his nature of "accepting" a knife. It's reached a climax where the two must decide how to deal with the difference in their natures (the pain that has quietly persisted as Garam had put it earlier on in the story).

I kind of feel like Compton's giving off Youngjo vibes at this point

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.

Is this worth a read?

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.

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.