The chapter where they talk about running away from home and living together hit too close to home. I used to hold my friend hand and whispered to her during boring classes about how when we're older we could buy a small apartment and get a job, anything to get away from our toxic parents. Looking back after graduating high school and currently in university while working a dead end job... it all seems so silly And wishful, back then I didn't even know the average price for 2 room apartment... But it felt nice... to have enough innocence to genuinely believe that you can grow wings and fly away
That was a healing experience! Like reaching the top of a mountain and breathing in the fresh air after hours of climbing, drinking in the scenery with a bleary eyes and soft smile. It's sad how hard it is to find a BL that doesn't come with the author barely disguised fetish or blatant sexualization of mlm relationship. It's so normalized to the point manga like this became a luxury. Such a manga is what breathe life into the bl genre!
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. Often this quote was misused in the defense of a blatant predatorial behavior, excusing abuse and rubbing salt on a burning wound.
The story approaches the trauma of an underaged SA victim unashamedly, graphicly showing us the victim's struggle like a bizarre voyer that sickened me to my stomach. The entire side of the story where Hoshitani's eyes follow him around, sticking his gaze to Kashiwase's skin at the thought of him being secretly a girl as if him being a girl ripped away his anatomy. It felt fetishized, It felt dirty, It felt wrong... The narration of the story was in the eyes of a kid but for the reader felt like a crime. Like an invasion of privacy, a disrespect. To me, the author failed to protect what was left of Kashiwase's chastity by using Hoshitani narration(a horny middle schooler). It only cements the fact that in the sea of eyes, none of it was innocent huh?
( Remember, you don't need to see it to believe it happened)
Am I dyslexic or this story is a mess? No offense but the phasing of this story is one of the most brutal ones I've laid my eyes on. Completely illegible, why is it suddenly an omegaverse? Oh, now they're childhood friend? Can the seme stop randomly asking about the condition of the uke asshole? I know I'm being nitpicky but I can't be the only one getting a brain aneurysm after reading it. It was such a huge letdown for me! .·°՞(≧□≦)՞°·. I thought it would at least be coherent!
no lube, no protection, all night, all day, from the kitchen floor to the toilet seat, from the dining table to the bedroom, from the bathroom sink to the shower, from the front porch to the balcony, vertically, horizontally, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, while I gasp for air, scream and see the light, missionary, cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, doggy, backwards, sideways, upside down, on the floor, in the bed, on the couch, on a chair, being carried against the wall, outside, in a train, on a plane, in the car, on a motorcycle, the the bed of a truck, on a trampoline, in a bounce house, in the pool, bent over, in the basement, against the window, have the most toe curling, back arching, leg shaking, dick throbbing, fist clenching, ear ringing, mouth drooling, ass clenching, nose sniffling, eye watering, eye rolling, hip thrusting, earthquaking, sheet gripping, knuckles cracking, jaw dropping, hair pulling, teeth jitterbug, mind blogging, soul snatching, overstimulating, vile, sloppy,moan inducing, heart wrenching, spine tingling, back breaking, atrocious,gushy, creamy, beastly, lip biting, gravity defying, nail biting, sweaty, feet kicking, mind blowing, body shivering, orgasmic, bone breaking, world ending, black hole creating, universe destroying, devious, scrumptious, amazing, delightful, delectable, unbelievable, body numbing, bark worthy, can't walk, head nodding, soul evaporating, volcano erupting, sweat rolling, voice cracking, trembling, sheets soaked, hair drenched, flabbergasting, lip locking, skin peeling, eyelash removing, eye widening, pussy popping, nail scratching, back cuts, spectacular, brain cell desolving, hair ripping, show stopping, magnificent, unique, extraordinary, slendid, phenomenal, mouth foaming, heavenly, awakening, devils tango ever bro could cause a nuclear bomb inside me and I'd still ride.









I personally had interpretated his reluctance to leave not out of sheer stupidity but an inability to do so, if you were conditioned to believe hiding is the superior means of escaping pain than running become a pointless struggle. Years of abuse isn't something you shake off in moment of convenience but something you are forced to navigate your entire life around. "Why didn't he just leave? " he don't know how.
Cheol also had shown again and again how desperate he is of his parents approval. Maybe the reason why his feet is rooted to the ground is because he's still waiting to earn his place at the table. He craved the warmth for so long it consumed him, see it reflected in their eyes but never at its receiving end. Longing aimlessly hopefully tirelessly for love that would never be his.
Finally thank you! It makes me sad and a bit angry when people just say Cheol is a coward or is just a little bitch. Like come on people, THINK, can't you see how Cheol is so big and muscular and yet not once did he attempt to fight back? It's literally because he's already so broken down by the constant abuse. Like damn man, he's been abused ever since he was able to think. Constantly made to think he was useless and stupid, and constantly getting deprived of love and affection. All his life he still wants to get those things, that's why despite having such exceptionally high grades already, he still thinks he needs to study harder. That's why despite being treated poorly by his family, he still works hard to gain their approval someday.
Some people would've already killed themselves if they were in Cheol's position. But Cheol endured, because he wants to live, and he wants to be loved.
Tbh, it's truly remarkable that jeongcheol want to live even after goin thru all the abuse. Imagine this, for whole of your life the people who have been around you; your own parents deny the love which is birthright of each and every child. And even after trying so goddamn hard not single praise thrown in your direction.
Another thing is how Cheol's mother doesn't see the abuse unjustified and tells Cheol to suck up to his Father and so far we know why Choel's acts the way he does, honestly that sort of shitty reason, just because the father wasn't treated as equal with his brother by his parents. Ironically Cheol's father is treating Cheol worst that Cheol's grandparents had treated the father.
So far I don't think that father or Jungwoo are ever going to have resumption arc, but if they do, they it would be really shitty towards precious little Cheol.
Lastly Cheol's mother, I just dk what's wrong with this woman to just not see the blatant disregard of Choel's father. And if Author-nim does decide to bring light to Mother son relationship, that would be the only good and single family Choel should keep around.
I just hope that Choel gets back on his feet ON HIS OWN with Minyoung being Cheering girl with bunny outfit...
His own mother had more sympathy for a stranger she saw on TV than her own son. Cheol is such a kind person. Instead of hating his family, he just hates himself. Even in the present he is still looking for his father's approval.