Man, am I the only one who really dislikes alternative universe stories like this? Wasn't it enough that the timeskip felt like an AU already? If there was anything left to tell the author should've included it into the real story, the characters loose the preciousness of their context like this.
"Cute"??? Seonwoo, you're not right in the head.
I'm with Yohan, my face is full of disgust as soon as Yuri opens his mouth. I keep waiting for someone to shut him up, and I just don't get it, it's spiralled way out of hand already, how much more of this is Seonwoo going to put up with?
When I started reading this I remember commenting something like: I don't know who's more annoying, Yuri for being such a toxic prick, or Jiri for putting up with his antics.
I thought about what this meant for the story. Is it a sign that it's consistent, maybe even realistic considering change can take a long time? But no, I find myself more frustrated with the story than ever before. Yuri has gradually become completely insufferable, and Jiri just lays down and takes it - literally. This indicates that none of them has grown in the way that matters most to the story, and while I absolutely understand that this understanding is what the story builds up to deliver on as a sort of climax, the road there is becoming increasingly unsatisfying and irritating to go through.
I respect the author's focus on mental state and coordinating through the complexities of a relationship etc. but the topics alone aren't enough, it still needs to be an enjoyable read, and this is quickly turning into a sour one.
This used to be about a complex relationship forming in the form of a decent story. Now it is Yuri being batshit toxic and insane for no goddamn reason.
The problem isn't that it's unrealistic or something such, but it's definitely a change of theme, or should I say hyperfocus, for the story, and it's not much of an enjoyable read anymore.
A toxic relationship can be interesting to explore - this, however, is tedious.