woooow 214….many thoughts swirling…feeling sick to my stomach just ouch…
Incredibly interesting that the first interaction with someone who has blatantly hurt him and kinda unintentionally spurred him towards Heejae in the first place is the first one to explicitly apologize to Garam, and without prompting too.
Also curious that this is coming from someone who has let go of music. Especially when music to Youngjo was what caused him immense pain, and trauma, and turned him warped and conniving, using others and their feeling for his own means. (And what does this mean about Yosep, who is the only one who still plays, and hasn’t reconciled with either of his friends?)
I’m not too clear yet with what I’m trying to say…but I’m just thinking…the connection that the author is (maybe?) trying to very slowly establish and hint at; how music is pain. Or rather, music is so vivid, so all-encompassing that it causes pain, like when you’re over-sensitized and pleasure turns to pain…? To leave it behind makes you more human? Or rather simply more regulated, more stable, less attuned to magnifying things to the heights of glory and the pits of despair? Because when you think about it objectively, truly none of them, be it Heejae’s students or Garam’s group while in school, we’re normal well-adjusted people. I can’t speak to how Younjo and Naeun are now, and so will be fascinating to see how they turned out with the new dynamic of being possible former musicians, but none of Heejae’s students are normal still. Even after they have actively unlearned and let go of Heejae’s teachings. And basing off when we last heard of them, obviously 4 years ago, they were all active high profile artists. And yes, this is an indictment on Heejae the monster maestro, but Younjo was also terrible and that was via his own independent trauma stemming from music.
Is it a curse to want to reach the heights of musical enlightenment? What is shunned and what is devoured in an attempt to find your singular sound? I know it is a never ending journey. Garam has shown us this and Heejae most of all has demonstrated it.
Again, this is kind of like me talking out loud lol just trying to work through my thoughts but yeah. Curious what this abandonment of music and being around others who have also let it go signals to Garam. And also at what point does he hit the wall of his acceptance of this new reality. In my opinion, he’s in the midst of grief right now. For himself and for love, because I think that love to Garam is music, and as of right now, music is also Heejae. When he comes out of grief, and if he does it on his own, what does it look like to see others who were also able to throw it away. What does music look like on its own? Is that even possible? Can one strive for that brilliance without the agony? Will he be able to once again look at and acknowledge beauty and have it be divorced from the sound that he carries?
I think a lot of the imagery of Garam as a lotus, able to stretch out wide and cover the surface of maybe not a beautiful place, maybe not beautiful water, but able to expand in freedom and thus bring beauty. And now this area has been excavated? Crushed? Dried up? Or rather maybe harvested. Maybe all his blooms have been harvested and now they’re sitting in a beautiful bouquet on someone’s shelf at home. And maybe he finds happiness in this new comfy life. He no longer has to put in the work to cover new ground, to turn something empty, beautiful. But cut flowers have an end. Cut flowers die.
At what point, if ever, will he think, maybe I want to go back to my pond and spread again, start again, differently?
I had this whole freaking essay typed out about chapter 210 but wanted to sit on it bc I felt insane about all of it and now I just simply feel sick…wow… the author creates such visceral feelings. I feel both like someone stabbed me in the gut, and I’m bleeding out everywhere, and like I’m sinking to the bottom of the ocean. Just…wow. I read 211 yesterday but wanted to see how translation changed my initial impression of it and everything is churning right now…
Also that afterword/author’s note is amazing. I would do so much to be able to just sit and chat with the author. Their narrative style and the way they weave the threads of each detail so that nothing is left adrift is phenomenal. Obviously, the Chekhov’s gun of it all, but I knew, and it then became increasingly clear, that Garam’s past couldn’t sit still when the author kept presenting that scene of everything that happened while he was at Gaeun (which is also literally his foundation as a person and artist) as a scene on a stage that could be “hidden” behind a curtain. All plays must come to a conclusion before the final curtain falls, and so here we are, ready to blow it all open, to maybe finally air out the wound so that it heals properly.
I’ll probably expound on Garam later and the aftermath of Garam and Heejae part 2. But right now, my first thoughts are latched on the detail that the author stated as Heejae being essentially stuck as that hurt, lonely, and thus vicious child internally and how that has poisoned him to others but especially himself.
It struck me, and has been something that has been lingering in my mind for a while, because how can someone feel such deep love and churn out such feeling of tenderness but still be so afraid to make it concrete by putting it into words. Where does the fear come from that creates such vast horrific destruction? And most of all, how can it be healed? How can the pain finally be soothed? And these questions come as an addition and with the acknowledgement we already have of the trauma he carries with his previous manager, as the author stated. It springs questions like is it really only this trauma that has ruined Heejae in such a devastating manor? It probably is. Sometimes the courage to let your guard down that tentative first time leaves such foundation-ruining lasting aftereffects. Especially when you consider the author stating that internally, Heejae is still very much that sharp, wounded child. I dunno, I can’t articulate it properly but I feel like there’s something lingering there, a little slip of a thread that is maybe waiting to be revealed and woven? I’m probably wrong lol but still! That way the author just provokes the mind…
I know we all hate Heejae, the author included lol, but it is spectacular and a testament to incredible craft that Heejae lingers and makes you (although rn it seems like maybe just me lol which of course is valid!…) see how human he is, even at his most nauseatingly horrific. In my personal belief, I find the most hateful, horrifying, destructive infliction of pain tends to come from a place of such sheer terror. It’s like when you clean and dress a critical, deeply infected wound or injury. The first briefest touch of cleanliness, of possible salvation, is the most knee-jerk harm inducing. The one that causes screaming and thrashing and immediate instinct to attack. Garam has always been that stinging, clear, beautiful life-saving antiseptic, able to find a path forward even amongst mud (the lotus motif). Heejae has always been that putrid, gaping, lifelong sepsis inducing wound, one that hurts to breathe let alone touch, a tempest of pain and blood.
Sometimes life saving care comes too late, the body rejects what’s good for it out of fear of change, of reaching healthy equilibrium when it’s always operated at a frenzied, infected, unbalanced pace.
I’m pretty scared at what comes next lol. I’m sure we haven’t even fully reached the bottom yet. The author doesn’t pull any punches and isn’t afraid to play dirty. I’m so excited, just god wow.
Sage, I’m running out of ways to express my thanks omg!
Heejae was right to fear Compton, look at what he’s done to them lmao From a seemingly simple, “innocent” question or I guess insinuation really, as to what “love” truly is and what love is for them as a couple.
It’s especially fascinating bc of all the pupils, Compton is the closest to Heejae and thus is able to hurt and confront and connive like him. They’ve essentially been in this strange twisted Cold War by doing these under the table sabotages to each other pretty much since Compton became a prominent conductor. The issue here is that Heejae has finally become soft. There is finally a chink in the armor that can penetrate the softest most tender vulnerable part of him, a part he couldn’t even remember existed. A part shaped and called Garam, all while Compton is still fossilized. He has taken a small step, yes, in understanding the root of his tempestuous anger lies in his still tender feelings for Heejae. But he still wants to tear Heejae apart. He still wants him destroyed and reduced to nothing. Compton, although finally taking a step toward betterment, is still a total piece of shit like Heejae lmao. This is why Garam takes it so hard when Compton tells him he’s annoyed he has to make an apology he doesn’t even mean. Bc he’s showing Garam the other side of the coin; saying the words and not meaning them. Apologizing but for appearances and snickering all the while at the difference in level and how the anger and abuse was for the music, for betterment, deserved. All while seeing and feeling firsthand the face of the same coin; someone who means the apology and is coming from the soul, but can’t break past the pride, doesn’t have the word to speak it aloud, is afraid of what it will do to them both, what it says about himself, for it to break past his sharpness.
And for once, and truly probably the very last time, Heejae has an opening. A startling gaping weakness that moves around and interacts in the world (Garam). Does all this pain need to happen for both of them to grow and thus continue together in their lives? Yes. Undeniably. Of course. Their selves, their relationship, their music will evolve to something better under this pressure (two gems sharpening and refining each other).
The issue is the pain and honestly, the probable total shattering that will occur for them both. I’m especially interested in seeing Heejae through this bc for once, it will be something beyond his recognition and power. I really do think it will destroy him but I want to see what he does then. How he picks himself up, will he do it alone? Will Garam show him the way, either in person or metaphorically, in the Garam that will always live inside Heejae’s soul, the Eurydice to his Orpheus?
I think this is where the myth will come to fruition and with a better outcome (hopefully! especially when you consider the title!). I think Heejae will find the strength in his heart and soul that he never had before because of the love he carries for and from Garam. I think because of this, and because of the pain, and more than anything because of the beauty of the love he carries, he’ll know not to turn back to look. And hopefully, will make it out of hell and back into Garam’s arms.
Garam has evolved and will definitely continue to. A character like him, the pure ringing clarity that his music (soul) brings isn’t one to stop even in pain (and we saw this in the first part at school and then again with Compton while working through the emotions of Concerto no. 3). He will add another layer to his sound, a depth and richness from the depths of the pain of his love. I’m curious to see how the author will meld this to the beautiful clear sound he already has. A Garam that can harness the dark depths of pain and the lightness of transience will be unstoppable, something so far beyond a pupil that we will finally see the emergence of an equal to Heejae’s mastery? And the possibility of a glasslike aching tenderness to Heejae? I’ll probably scream lol…
So now it is time for Heejae to take that (possibly final?) step.
Sage, there aren’t enough words of thanks for your work and dedication, truly.
Let the reckoning begin!
I’m so ready to be hurt omg! I know the road will probably be painful…but the only way out is through and a lot of the time it’s only through pressure and pain that we can change. I know the outcome will be something beautiful and worth it bc the author has shown us such a level of expertise for both the realities of humanity and relationships but also the weight of the worth that comes from doing the work to maintain them.
I’m obsessed with the idea that Garam isn’t a genius, especially when compared to the musical freaks of nature that are Heejae’s other students, and then of course against the wicked maestro himself. Or at least not a typical genius. I can’t wait to see how the author continues to develop this and its importance, if at all. Garam, although not what the others are, managed to retain something that none of them have, which is his self in music in relation to Heejae the “ultimate genius.” It also adds another layer of complexity to Garam, his relationship (both romantic and mentorship) with Heejae, and to music/the music industry as a whole. Especially bc now we’re grappling with the reality of natural plateaus in development and the never ending strive towards more in all senses (artistically, personally, professionally, etc.).
When we think about Heejae’s protégées, Choi Yerim of course lost not only the love for music but struggles with her mental health and reconciling who Heejae is in relation to her bc of his cruel teachings and back and forth behaviors. Kruger is adamantly and actively turning his back on all that Heejae taught him on top of having mental health/addiction issues that stem from his self worth in relation to his sound and Heejae (of which I’m so incredibly happy to see how much better he is!!and how he’s come back to music and his sound and performing in his own way with his own motivations!!) Compton literally turned his back on performing himself and seemed to have modeled himself the closest to Heejae by turning to conducting, as in instructing and molding others’ sound into what he wants it to be (and I can’t wait for that bomb to explode because oh man, it’s gonna be nasty and level everything!but the aftermath will be phenomenal im sure bc the author has proved themselves to be of such brilliance im just in awe. The level of craziness it’s brought out in me…….)
Of the whole of them, Garam has shown that he’s the strongest, even without being a brilliant spectacular supernova as the others are. Besting even Heejae, because his love for music and his singular sound has not only survived the voracious purposeful cruelty of Heejae that has warped all the other and even Heejae himself, but in turn even opened a facet of Heejae that he had willingly destroyed. Garam stood against Heejae and won, basically.
He turned to Heejae and showed who he was and continued as he is, yes of course improving and taking in Heejae’s lessons and critiques and his own self motivation to be better, but took a part of Heejae too in the midst of all this. It’s so beautiful and so striking for the author to do this because it showed the brilliance of music and also of Garam. A genius can be many, many things and we tend to have a stereotypical parameter for what we label “genius” (for example Naeun can and is labeled a genius and yet we already know what Heejae thinks of her of course) but sometimes, there are people who are singular and defy these structures. We find ourselves turning to them because we can’t help it. They bring something forward for us to experience that we may have never known before. Garam carries something in him that transcends typical genius labels and it’s why others who are labeled this can’t look away much less turn away. He broadens and opens up to them and brings them in, the depth and power of a black hole. Seemingly nothing until you’re in the midst of it and only then can its magnitude be truly appreciated.
It could be argued that Heejae is blinded by affection (or shall we say…love…?) but if we really think about, he was captivated by Garam’s sound before he even knew him. From that first listen of Jeux D’eau he couldn’t look back and this was when Garam was at his most amateur and raw. Now that he’s building experience and become more complex and adding further nuance…oh man we’re so done for lol but Heejae especially is truly and unavoidably fucked beyond measure lmao
We can all understand Garam’s point of view in this new turning point in their relationship (and in themselves) but I think we can also understand Heejae’s. To care for others doesn’t seem like it’s something natural to Heejae, and it can look like/feel like diminishing or being minimized when Garam wants to spread himself farther and wider. But I think they’re both approaching this from their own wells of insecurity. Heejae from his tyrannically control and fear of himself and abandonment. Garam from his understanding that he isn’t the “typical” “genius” student like those that predate him and the looming shadow of the “true commanding genius” that is Heejae. They’re so twisted up in each other that if they stepped back a bit, a lot of things would get clearer, even if it hurts.
Thank you so much Sage!!
i posted the playlist i made for the songs that appear in this from itunes earlier but i think the link may not have worked for some because there was hangul in it. i also went ahead and made it on spotify as well.
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0SWeePC9OjF6zmLRhcdbT4?si=2cdeb4a2e7794302
apple: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/no-more-eurydice/pl.u-bR14s31K8dG
keep in mind, i started making this playlist after chapter 152 and have only added songs from prior chapters as i translate, so there are going to be songs that have not appeared in the chapters i've posted yet later in the playlist.
And here we go. The nuclear explosion that levels everything, that exposes the veins, the very core of the earth. The imagery is astounding. The fear and pain and sorrow and anger. The ruined sanctuary that is Garam’s soul… this was never going to be easy, much less smooth either, and I’m pretty sure it never will be. But someone like Heejae needs Garam, needs that strong, steady stream of purity that will always run inside him. This moment showed us, even when his heart has been ripped out and he’s been flayed to the bone the sound continues. Garam will best Heejae in this bc it’s something in his very being, which is so clear to him now and something he has come to be grateful for and accept. This is why Heejae is so afraid. He knows he carries it too but is afraid to confront it. He’s been trying to build a dam and dry it out and he was almost successful until Garam came to his attention and that was it. It’s almost impossible to stop a spring. The building pressure will always be trying to find an outlet. The only thing now will be for Heejae to accept and we all know that won’t be easy. He’ll be terrible and painful and torturous before he succumbs. But when he does he will tremble before Garam, bc in my mind Garam is the stronger of the two. How brilliant, how beautiful. I keep telling myself I’m going to wait and let the chapters build up…lmao…
Now all that’s consuming my thoughts is the beginning of this USA arc bc thinking back on it, after Heejae blows up his whole fucking career and the reputation he’s built (FOR GARAM), the first thing he does is stop by with Garam in tow to visit the literal founder of Gaeum one of the most famous Korean universities/conservatory who also happens to be his /first/ music teacher/mentor. Like, he is literally demonstrating to Garam his lineage and pedigree in the most overt way possible and implying; “yes my reputation and career may be tarnished but that has never mattered to me bc /LOOK/ at what made me and where I’m coming from.” Heejae then proceeds to continue peacocking to Garam by showing off the breadth and depth of his talent and connections via his homes and the sheer joy of others at his return to the stage even if they may despise him as a person.
He is performing and touring at the most important and relevant venues in North America if not the world (which sell out for him!) with hundreds upon hundreds showing up to listen to his sound and yet here is Garam rejecting him outright and that is unfathomable. His nasty little remark when he makes Garam get off in the rain “everything worth seeing is right here anyway” in regards to the art museum where some of the most influential and monumental artworks are displayed as opposed to poor little him and his concert.This coming from the man who cries at the thought of not leaving behind a record, a legacy of brilliance long after he’s gone. It’s his biggest fear and most profound nightmare, the sound that is reaching out may never touch its twin flame, may never ring out for others to encounter its beauty forever.
They both want Garam to listen but are afraid bc deep down, they know what it means when he finally does. No turning back, no holds barred. lol they’re so fucked! Heejae’s breakdown is magnificent! Drinking in your sad lonely room (when Garam used to be just there if you stretched your arm a little, on the sofa) listening to the song that proved to you that you do have a kindred soul, someone who understands the way you do… so of course Garam is going to lash out at someone who he deems irrelevant attempting to diminish who his literal soulmate is. Lmao they have the same sound! A sound you can’t even hear bc you’re not even on the same planet! A sound that can be heard even at his most weak, “when he doesn’t have full control of his body” and the sound is all for Garam! Neither of them can stand anything diminishing the other, not even themselves! Also That beautiful dream of that drop of sound, the essence of being, cradled in Garam’s palm in a water lily pond………..speechless omg……….
I’m so curious to know how Kruger is going to play into all of this bc this is now the third time that he becomes noticeable (someone in the party when Heejae is staring at Garam drinking says “you don’t see Kruger much these days”) and he’s now listened to Garam’s sound and definitely knows Heejae’s.
(Sorry again for the wall of text, need to get these thoughts out, I fear these may keep coming until it’s over but I may run out of steam before then…I’ve never been so happy to be literate before…stay in school friends…the humanities ARE relevant…never kill yourself lmaoooo)
jesus christ…oh my god….the imagery…”I told you I’m drunk” meaning I’m not in control meaning I can’t hold back meaning I’m vulnerable meaning I’m tender in this moment…
wow
I’m obsessed with this little Cold War they have going on bc once it’s over, once the explosion happens, they’re never gonna be the same again. Mainly because (maybe unconsciously?) Kim Heejae also wants Garam to /know/ bc for someone to listen to your sound, really really listen and understand which we know Garam will lol, is to /KNOW/ them. Heejae basically felt a sense of self, of a soul inside the same fire that he lives in himself, when he first heard Garam’s sound. Hence the obsession and tenacity and all the nastiness and hurt and inability to let go of him, everyone else and all the consequences be damned. I really think that their sound is the same or at the very least shades of the same color and when they both reconcile this fact it’s gonna be the end. They’ll never be able to be apart from one another, they’ll be entwined forever bc not it’s not just Heejae molding Garam (which is also inherently, and a lot of the time without meaning to, into something similar or in the shape of the instructor) but now they’re going to become symbiotic (my theory is cannibalistically symbiotic bc they’re true freak4freak in my headcanon lol). Heejae feeds of Garam’s inner purity and clear beauty, Garam sharpens off of Heejae’s worldliness (they way his approach has deepened from viewing the paintings and being exposed to other kinds of music like jazz and then the socialization aspect w the drinks and dining) and single minded tenacity (memorizing pieces in few weeks, striving towards technical mastery to augment his thematic and stylistic inherent traits). Garam is going to be shocked into another dimension (in my humble opinion) when he also feels the tenderness present in Heejae’s sound. The door will be blown the fuck open and whatever scar they left on each other will now have a never ending depth, impossible to be sewed shut and turned away from.
Heejae is hurt by Garam turning away, he can bitch about acoustics and experience all he wants, truth is he unconsciously is craving the awe that Garam may have from his sound (aka who he is). They’re both discovering new facets of each other now that they’re living together and it’s impossible for them to get over it lol they’re both boiling with the want to just fall into the abyss together and get it over with.
(yes…sorry I know this is insane lmao but I feel insane bc of how phenomenal this is it triggered my literary analysis mode, obsessed doesn’t even begin to cover it omg I needed to get these thoughts out of my system sorry guys…I could of course also be totally monumentally wrong but well that’s the fun of it too isn’t it?)
This is so phenomenal I fell ill… I feel insane…manic…holy shit what a brilliant story…
God…chapter 138 is such a magnificent chapter… the ache and yearning and pain and bitterness all tied around such a deep, true love…
Jesus Christ that ending…
I wonder how they reconnected considering the age when Sumino split w his wife and then their age in the ending. But wow the ending hit me clean in the gut damn
Oh wow shuraka’s tattoo that covers his scars? Interesting…
Let me start by saying that everything Im sharing comes from spending many years on this site, observing patterns across multiple accounts, and reading user reports. Im not the dev, mod, or admin but Ive had experience with systems which is why I can answer your “whys” and “what ifs”
THIS IS THE SITUATION
Jan19 - Bto closes
⠀⠀⠀*start of traffic surge to Mgo
⠀⠀⠀*some features have slowed down a bit
Jan24 - Mgo goes down
⠀⠀⠀*caused by backend updates or overloaded servers
Jan26 - Mgo comes back up
⠀⠀⠀*site is online again but very buggy: missing lists, random logouts, slow pages, no notifications, etc
⠀⠀⠀*this is when the system started gradually restoring lists
WHY IS THE SITE SO BUGGY
- Mgo uses separate parts for different things. One to SAVE your manga data (aka database/the memory), another one to DISPLAY your saved Manga data (aka UI/what you see), and another one for your browser/session data (aka cookies, login state, etc/this also connects the database and ui). When everything is working properly, these three systems stay in sync (eg. when you save a manga, it will show up in your list right away)
The system will communicate with Database, like hey this is the user that logged in go tell UI the things they should display. So Database will tell UI, like hey based on what's given to me, these are the saved data that belongs to this user, these are what you should display. HOWEVER, because of the gradual restoring of lists (which puts a heavy load on the site), the System, UI, and Database are not able to communicate properly, so theyre not in sync. This is why we’re encountering the issues
I DON'T GET NOTIFICATIONS
- since the System, UI, and Database are not in sync, Mgo cant correctly link your acc to your saved mangas so notifs dont show up/update properly. This is temporary and should be fixed when the system is in sync again
WHY DO I KEEP GETTING LOGGED OUT
- Mgo keeps track of your login/session info. But if this isnt tracked properly, Mgo may log you out randomly/repeatedly
WHERE DID MY LIST GO
- Your mangas are not deleted. Theyre still saved in the database. Mgo is gradually restoring everyone’s list from the oldest to most recent marked mangas. Follow this post to get notified about updates: https://www.mangago.me/home/mangatopic/21092806/
WILL I GET MY LIST BACK
- YES. Do note that while your list is coming back, you might notice some things are off:
⠀⠀⠀*all mangas going into Already Read even if theyre originally marked as Want to read or Reading
⠀⠀⠀*deleted mangas showing up again
⠀⠀⠀*missing notes/summaries
⠀⠀⠀*only rated mangas showing for some users
(I can explain why but it will be too long for this FAQ. idk how to explain without sounding too technical so i might also have to explain the basic terms. You can ask in the comments if youre curious)
I ADDED NEW MANGAS TO MY EMPTY LIST, WILL IT OVERWRITE THE OLD ONE
- if you ADD NEW mangas while the site is restoring, your new list will stay. And your original list will be added back on top of it once its fully restored. But if you RE-ADD EXISTING mangas, it will update the original date of when the manga was added, tags, and summaries/little notes you originally had for it. its usually best to wait and let the restoration finish before making lots of changes
WHY DO OTHERS HAVE THEIR MANGAS BACK ALREADY, WHILE MINE IS STILL MISSING
- think of this like we're reading through a giant BOOK of everyone’s manga list, arranged by the exact time each manga was added (aka timestamps). Each timestamp is like a page in the book, and we read them from the oldest timestamps to the newest. Right now, we are reading timestamps from Feb 2022 (as of writing this post), so any timestamp dated later than Feb 2022 wont appear YET
If your lists are still completely EMPTY, there are 2 possible reasons:
One is that its about “activity”, not account age. So even if you joined in 2016, but you didnt add any manga until 2023, your list wont appear until the system reaches the timestamps for 2023. The second reason is, since the system is very busy right now, it sometimes hits a blurry page and has to skip to keep moving. This doesnt mean your data is gone. It just means the system needs to go back for a second run once the "main reading" is done
HOW SOON WILL THEY COMEBACK / WHEN IS THE RESTORATION EXPECTED TO FINISH
- how soon your lists fully comes back depends on how far along we are in the “book” and how many timestamps we still need to read. If yours already started to appear again then thats a good sign. it means your account is already in the queue and the rest should continue to come back (gradually, not all at once)
If theres another run, expect anywhere from a few extra hours to about one extra day. A full second pass could push it to Feb 4–5, but a partial cleanup run would likely finish around Feb 2–3.
IS THERE A WAY TO EXPORT MY LIST
- heres one way to export your lists: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Drj0CviUhrAmZlU-DC-AtxGFQoH1_PYQ81b2Vzu82w/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.acjitdw8v0h thank @Gurl for this solution by following/sending them a message. This is their account: https://www.mangago.me/home/people/3402357/home/
IMPORTANT: WHEN TO CONTACT SUPPORT
- PLEASE WAIT. Do not email the devs yet. The system needs to make several runs to load everyone's data correctly. Most of the current issues should fix themselves after the full restoration process is done. Give it at least 2 weeks from now.
If after everything finishes and youre still seeing clear errors in your marked mangas, report them to [email protected]
If possible, keep a small log of your observations and what you did, such as:
⠀⠀⠀*whether you re-added, edited, or deleted mangas during restoration
⠀⠀⠀*any repeated issues (random logouts, missing notifs, errors, etc.)
⠀⠀⠀*the other specific errors you noticed
Simply put, keep a log of WHAT YOU DID/OBSERVED and WHEN (use GMT or if in your local time, specify your timezone). The more specific your report is, the easier it is for the devs to trace what went wrong. It helps them replicate your actions so they can actually find and fix the problem
Here's an example log:
2026-01-26 9PM: I noticed my list went missing
2026-01-28 2AM: my list is restoring up to 67
2026-01-28 9PM: I added 10 mangas to my Already Read
2026-01-30 6PM: my restored mangas is stuck at 67
2026-01-31 10AM: my list count is increasing again. It restored up to 83
2026-01-31 7PM: I added 3 mangas to my Want to Read
EDIT TO ADD: Youre welcome yall (i cant reply to each one of you youre too many ) Im just glad I could help clarify things! Ask away if you have more questions so I can keep updating this community-notes for everyone! (づ￣ ³￣)づ
God this is so beautiful. So cinematic and expresses so much without words.
(When will it be my turn lmao)
oh seo-in… I knew it was coming and it still doesn’t hurt any less. He already hates himself so much and at the pivotal moment when he’s thinking he might finally, finally be taking a step towards the love he’s always held in his heart, towards the person who’s always made him feel like a person… oh man