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This would've been interesting if there weren't SO MANY things that's just frustratingly lacking. Each "story" is short, I get it, cus it's quick transmigration, but at least give us something to work with in terms of character development of Ling Qi, a little bit with his targets and a comprehensive storyline

Each "story" Ling Qi is either graped or in danger, which is fine, it can be worked with, but nothing else had come of it. Ling Qi doesn't process the fact that he was graped or almost died, never mentions them again. Then suddenly at chap 100+ it stays at where the Heavenly Palace is and everything went off the rails, Ling Qi is a reincarnation of someone important and he's actually from the Demonic side? (It was never foreshadowed so I'm just???) Idk if it's the shitty translation, but I'm getting a mental workout just trying to understand what the hell is going on

The story gets so incomprehensible that the only redeeming thing I feel is the art

I saw some comments that it's a nothing burger and I heavily disagree, while it's not a masterpiece like someone else said, it definitely is a pretty good read. It reinforces the importance of patience, communication and mutual understanding of each other's perspectives. They were young and immature, when they had a kink in their relationship, they had assumed and did what they did. Now they've grown up and learnt, so they can better themselves and move forward together

I also saw someone getting frustrated at Shinwoo at like chap 45? Because he's not getting over his trauma, like please. Trauma doesn't have a linear lime to recovery, it's in human nature to slip back into old habits. Plus, he's been living in that headspace for at least a decade, it's not easy to rewrite a narrative that's been cemented in his brain for the better part of his life. Give the man some grace and a break, he's been through enough, the most important thing he needs is time to unravel these thoughts and rewrite it

Also, it's definitely the parents' faults. Firstly, understand that they have their own things like dad needing to go work and mum in the hospital, even if they don't trust the aunt and grandma in taking care of the children, they could've at least hired a babysitter or ask a neighbor to look after Shinwoo and his brother. But nah, they left a what, 13 year old who's frontal lobe isn't even fully formed, neglected and forgotten, to take care of his little brother with medical issues alone? Now that's on you, don't blame the little boy for your faults. I get that the mum went through a lot, but it doesn't excuse the fact that she left Shinwoo in his time of need, in his most formative years of his youth, and never reached out for over a decade and ended having her step daughter to clear the air for her. First step is to admit your faults and take responsibility, lady

I absolutely love this webtoon but man am I slightly thrown off by the difference in art style. I mean, it's still kind of similar and the current art team is doing a great job emulating the old style, but the differences are a bit obvious like the faces and the other details. This is just a slight nitpick that doesn't change much.

The one that I'm still conflicted about is the pushing of Arthur x Tessia, I mean it's understandable where it comes from in Tessia's POV (much more than Lilia's and Kathlyn's crush), but I'm always a little conflicted when those scenes appear because Arthur is technically a middle aged man in a 17-year-old body romantically liking a definitely canonical 18-year-old girl. Plus, he is confessing before Tessia can make a well-informed decision based on the whole truth of his identity. Just like his parents, she would need time to think and adjust to the new info, or else it's just going to be a similar albeit much worse betrayal situation than keeping Cynthia's death from her

I'm always hesitant in liking ships that's pushed when life-changing information is kept from the other party, clear communication especially of one's identity can make or break the relationship. On top of that, I'd like them to explain specifically WHY they like each other romantically, not just becus they're childhood friends or they're physically attraction and strong

Honestly, the beginning half wasn't too bad. But the depth of the MLs' feelings are so shallow becus there just isn't enough development, like Kael feels like he can breathe around Jinsoo and has a crush to the point of obsession, ok fine that can make sense. But then his side of the development just completely disappears the moment Ian appears and maybe when he had that confrontation about his obsession but that's about it.

Then Cedric didn't even get a chance bro... Like he would feel indebted to Jinsoo for saving him and his family and feel smth for him, I get it but he barely even appears. Literally the only times he appeared subsequently was when Jinsoo is in trouble and need saving or the misunderstanding around Shae/Jina. Maybe I can close one eye and say that it shows that if u dun do smth about ur feelings, someone else will but like, Cedric didn't even have a chance.

Don't even get me started with Carsen. Honestly of all the male love interests, I dun really like the fact that he is the one Jinsoo ended up with. He's the only one that knew Maythan before Jinsoo took over and he's constantly obsessing over that version of him, that even at the end he still doesn't seem to be over with, that's just unhealthy and confusing Maythan with Jinsoo and vice verse. Then the multiple times he forced himself and assaulted Jinsoo??? Once when he was inebriated and unable to consent, twice when he fking said no! He also semi-threatened Jinsoo to keep his promise and saying that he could've kidnapped and locked him up but he didn't is supposed to be romantic?? Nope, he is a red flag and I hate the fact that he was the one given so many chances in the story to develop smth with Jinsoo. Even Kael has more character development than him, though not much better considering he also forced himself onto Jinsoo and kept touching him. Literally Cedric is the only one who kept Jinsoo's freedom, consent, safety, feelings and respecting his boundaries in mind

I'm no stranger to manhwas with r*pe to redemption arcs, but this is just so underdeveloped. We don't really see why the master is so loyal to the former king until near the end and even with the flashback, we still don't know why he's always looking back at him. The deal was that he would get answers for his father's death (which was never answered and barely brought up) and we still don't get anything for learning this.

Also why did the master fall in love with the new king?? Yes they're the end goal but could we at least have a viable reason why and how?? It just feels like he got r*ped, then fell in love with his r*pist/student and f*ck u to those who care about proper pacing.

The new king then somehow bagged him by what? Essentially testing him, r*ping him, not taking in consent and appropriate timing (he kept trying to start a round when the master tried to talk about something serious), whine and take out his anger at him by banging him. Also also, the ankle chain (which I keep forgetting it's there) has been on him since the very start of the manhwa, there are times when it didn't appear but honestly it's quite forgettable, then he still has it on until the very end?? Wow, such love. Wow, such healthy relationship. Wow, the new king really took accountability for his mistreatment and actions towards the master especially literally the first few chapters with implied r*pe

I'm dropping this at chapter 68. Idk if it's the translation, but the story makes little sense to me. At first it was fine, it was the typical revenge and hurting of the uke for what happened in the past, but then story beats started repeating of the Male Interest (MI) begging and forcing ML to stay while ML trying to get away. The amnesia part is so meaningless and short that it adds absolutely nothing, then the turn around of the ML getting back with the MI after a quick misunderstanding explanation. Then their safety is at risk but their plot armor is so strong, it summons other characters to help in the nick of time. Little is built up on the relationship and dynamic between them that it's not even emotionally triumphant, more characters are added that had no prior build up like ML's cousin and childhood friend relationship. Things are happening for the sake of happening, it's repetitive and there's no build up

Waiting for more chapters to drop, but man, both stories are just painfully mirroring each other. The way both father and son finally realized their mistakes and hurt their most beloved so deeply to the point of death. History truly repeats itself and screws over the one who doesn't deserve it the most. Both Shen Yu and Li Qing, just because they're beautiful, others kill to covet them while they got thrashed around from one hardship to another with no freedom or autonomy, having no choice in their situations and yet having to carry unimaginable pain. It's already a miracle in itself that Xuan Xian managed to win Shen Yu's heart again, but the other couple will have an even harder time getting past past transgressions.

I'm a little miffed that we were just dropped with the Hong Lian and Song Qing mini arc with little to no backbone, then suddenly Li Qing is their adopted son. I kind of wish we get to see this part so it hits much harder knowing the truth earlier about Li Qing's past

Honestly I did not expect this when I started reading, I didn't even see the tags. But man when everything started going to shit I was legit flabbergasted and thought Mujin was just another yandere (technically yes but that's besides the point). I feel extremely bad for ChoAh, all he wanted was to help people and the one person he helped to save the life of TWICE, just so happens to be the one that cost him everything - his father, his home, his friends, his future and lastly his freedom.

He is way too naive and trusting which makes sense honestly considering where and how he grew up, he had no reason to doubt. However, the fact that he would trust blindly and yet never asked anything until it mattered, was one of the reasons why his fate was sealed. But most of what had happened in the story was not his fault, he didn't do any other wrong. It was other people that wanted to use him, covet him and possess him.

Mujin is also a tragic character. His family is insane, he had no love nor support from anyone, he was forced into situations where he could never truly escape from. The first time he went to the village, they betrayed him. The other villages sold him out after saying they would accept him. Literally the only person that would care for him unconditionally was ChoAh, with the amount of love and care he gave, no wonder he clung onto him so desperately. He tried so very hard to change and find a place he could call home, but everywhere he turned to, people would hurt and betray him. The way he snapped at the end is completely understandable, but with the number of people he killed, with or without justifiability, is just unforgivable.

Yusaran is both a sad and an extremely fucking hateable character. The fact that he loved and supported Mujin does not make him owe him any amount of love back. True love is not conditional, but his obsession and possessiveness towards someone who does not reciprocate is his downfall. It is sad that he also never received any love, but his misplaced anger and hatred then rape and harassment of ChoAh makes him a major fucking asshole.

Jisung is just, sadly, tragic. He was truly the one good character that had ChoAh's wellbeing in mind with no conditions attached. He left in order to keep ChoAh safe from being whored around, then repeatedly warned and took care of him. While he did go too far in some scenes that he nearly went further with ChoAh (who still cheated and that's a no-no), and did wish and hope for them to get back together, he did genuinely help despite the rejection out of pure worry and care for him. The ending for him is just a tragedy and undeserved...

Lastly, Baekrang is a twist I half didn't see coming. I was genuinely hoping that he was truly a good guy because I read too many series that they would be the twist villain, but alas. He hated Mujin that he said that he shouldn't have been born and that kind of pissed me off, because who the fuck asked to be born? Especially Mujin who questioned that repeatedly and was suicidal, it just triggered me, it was completely unwarranted blame on Mujin. Then the first intimate scene with ChoAh, I thought it was weird why he would do it but maybe he was also into him. But when the truth came out, and especially the rape scene after, it just becomes so disturbing and the flag is redder then Mujin's eyeliner. While I thought his death was somewhat warranted at the end, as brutal as it was, I just thought it was a little rushed.

All in all, a good read if you want angst and tragedy and a whole lot of violence. Though some scenes were hard to swallow, it was mostly enjoyable. Wouldn't recommend to read enthusiastically though.

I see a lot of people getting hung up on the extra chapter, when I feel like it's kind of not really something to be upset over? Because yes, some people see it as weird and creepy or something, but everyone has their kinks and preferences. As long as it's consensual on both sides and it doesn't affect anyone negatively, is there a problem? If you don't like it, skip it.

For Nagizuka, it is an incredibly self-destructive thing to do and he fucked up by tricking his crush into admitting he's gay, but then he also doesn't deserve to be knocked around. He's a bad friend, not a bad person, he made a mistake that majorly breached Makoto's trust, and it's up to Makoto whether he wants to forgive, keep him around and learn to trust him again. Makoto doesn't owe Nagizuka anything, but then Shiro is technically also taking Makoto away from having time with outside relationships, AKA his friends like Nagizuka.

Like everyone else in the comments, the ending is bad. The pacing of the story got extremely off from season 2 onwards, it was rushed and the dynamics of the characters felt forced which is such a shame because the beginning was great. I still don't understand why the ml fell in love with the fl that he would literally kill to help and have her, there was little to no build up in that relationship.

The fl's "sister" is also extremely annoying, I get that she's spoilt rotten and didn't learn to do anything herself, but still so damn annoying. We never learnt what happened to her at the end, just like the white haired rival ml and the blonde female, just completely forgotten at the end. They barely played a role even though they're clearly supposed to be important.

And don't get me started with the art. I understand there's a change in artists, for a variety of reasons like personal, medical etc. But the anatomy is just SO off in many panels. The characters' heights change so often, the limbs of the ml in a few panels might as well have made him into Slenderman, there was a panel that he was just huge compared to fl. The artist could've simply sized him down via transform tool but somehow this was fine to them?

Anyways, 3/5. Would've given a 2 or 2.5 honestly if the beginning wasn't good, a huge shame.