I have been with this series since Season ONE, and I genuinely loved how the author ended the story. Yes, I was sad to see my favorite characters leave, but I was happy that they got their happy ending.
When I heard that there was going to be a season 5, I was sort of confused. I didn’t think there was more to be added but I had high hopes. I thought that maybe we’d see them older or with a kid they adopted. ANYTHING BUT THIS.
The author has absolutely BUTCHERED Haebom and Taesung’s character. I am literally heartbroken over these season five chapters.
I do not know if the author just missed the popularity they had because of this story and that’s why they decided to create a new season, or if they just genuinely hate their characters and wanted that to be known.
I really looked forward to this season and now I don’t even know if I want to continue reading. I feel like it’s tainting the image that I already had for the first four seasons. I genuinely do not know why the author would take the story in this direction, and I am seriously disappointed by this.
Whenever I make a friend who is interested in reading BL Manhwas I immediately recommend Cherry Blossoms After Winter. Now do I have to say “Oh, but don’t read the fifth season”?? Like—???
Ugh. This is infuriating. But on a completely unrelated note—I love Haebom with longer hair?? Seriously he looks so cute with it. If the author does ANYTHING, I hope they keep the hair. Just…freshen it up a little.
I’m clinging onto everyone’s Jumanji theories right now. If Bada can’t escape I might just cry. He deserves to escape and just… be happy. The idea that Bada IS the 1st player would be such a plot twist after getting us used to the idea of him being an NPC. That would lowk explain why he knew how to solve the puzzles so easily when Doha asked him about it. But that would also mean that they would need to find his first tape???
BUT ALSO. I do wish that we could go back and revisit why Bada would kill Young-Taek whenever he asked him about his past?? Or maybe I read that part wrong? I did just speedrun this entire thing after forgetting about it for a while. Please lmk if I read that wrong.
Usually I scream about communication, but TODAY??? TEI. TEIIII. BEAT SHAKURA’S ASS. He keeps saying he only wants you, and yet he’s eating another man’s COOKIE. LEARNING FROM THAT BUBBLEGUM HAIRED TWO FACED BITCH???
TEI. BEAT HIS ASS. (/TДT)/
Why are you asking someone’s age on the internet? Can a girl not act weird without being judged?
And, for the record, I’m still hanging onto the hope that Shuraka didn’t sleep with whatever that guy’s name is but like… If in next chapter he doesn’t clear his name, I’m giving up. I’m always gonna be on Tei’s side, actually. Even if he irritates tf outta me with his emotionally constipated ass.
These are grown men who have the sense of children. Do they fear explaining the words they speak? I get it’s only chapter 17 but I swear we’ve been on this same miscommunication for ten chapters (an exaggeration, I hope). You’d think they’d sit down and have an honest conversation but… guess not. I understand, to a point. They’re both emotionally constipated from their life experiences which is driving the misunderstandings in the story. We need context and some flashbacks before we can even get of taste of the resolution, but I feel like… y’know. I don’t know. I actually don’t know what I feel or think.
I might need to drop this for a few months and come back as I might start pulling my hair out if this continues. For realsies.
Honestly, yeah, that is something to consider, but then again I think if he weren’t as emotionally constipated as he is, he would have brought it up already! Considering the historical context, it would be strange for him to even consider taking a HUSBAND as his queen consort.
That being said, Shakura has no interest in taking anyone else besides Tei. That’s what makes it so infuriating to see Tei continuously bring up a “wife” when it clearly only makes Shakura upset. It’s not like Tei hasn’t noticed that fact, and Shakura expresses it quite well.
And, yeah, I somewhat understand Tei’s thought process. He still sees Shakura as a child or a naive kid (something he HAS to stop doing), so in his head he doesn’t comprehend that Shakura genuinely doesn’t nor never will want a female or male companion other than him.
Tei cares for Shakura, that much is obvious, but he so seemingly still sees Shakura as a child—the little boy he must protect. He’s willing to protect him by partaking in intercourse, but even then he’s looking at it from a “i must do this for his safety” perspective. A part of me wonders if the reason Tei feels uncomfortable when Shakura speaks with authority is because it makes him face the reality that Shakura is no longer a person who needs protection or is no longer a child. It could also be that Shakura is just genuinely unsettling when he gets that look, but Tei doesn’t seem to be an easily frightened man.
Tei himself seems to feel useless whenever he cannot help Shakura. I fear that he thinks his only use is helping Shakura until he falls in love with someone else—which he will not.
The misunderstandings that come to mind right now could easily be solved with conversation. The feelings that come with the misunderstandings may still linger, but the misunderstandings themselves would be absolved. Like how Tei doesn’t understand that his status as queen consort is permanent. How he thinks Shakura would ever be interested in someone else (honestly, that conversation could wait). How Shakura believes Tei is frightened of him whenever he doesn’t act like a defenseless puppy. And especially a conversation needs to be had about Tei feeling like he has any worth when he is useful to Shakura.
Like I said, that won’t happen though because they’re both emotionally constipated. Shakura lived having to keep his head on a swivel from a young age, and Tei felt like an outsider in his own home from a young age—always believing that he could only be of worth if he was useful (like hunting and killing monsters). Do correct me if I’m wrong though, because it has been some time since the first chapter came out.
The misunderstandings make SENSE for their situation, but I personally find the extremely aggravating. Having to wait 10-20 chapters for some kind of communication is tiring.
I would also like to add from Tei’s perspective, he thinks Shuraka “imprinted” on him and as a result, even when Shuraka proclaims that Tei is the empress consort and his ‘beloved’, he thinks it comes from a place of deluded childhood affection and not compete romantic love. He probably thinks he’s the “beloved” in Shuraka’s eyes because Shuraka was taught to see him as such from the moment he entered the palace and combined with his sudden exile which caused his kingdom to scorn him as an outcast, it will be hard to fix his self worth which seems to hang off a cliff by the small thread called ‘As long as I’m useful’ with just words now.
Also from Tei’s perspective and seemingly looking at both countries, sex looks like something a lot of royalty and such took part in pretty early so Shuraka having no experience also adds to the “this child just hasn’t experienced the world yet” view






These comments are pmo SO bad. Like…all of a sudden everyone is turning on Su-ah when a few chapters ago y’all were bashing Juhyeok. Y’all’s opinions just change whenever, huh?
Let’s just… talk about it.
First of all, Su-ah IS possessive. If y’all have ever read an ABO manhua/manhwa or fanfiction then y’all would know that Alphas are possessive to the extreme. It’s moreso instinct than it is anything. To Su-ah, Juhyeok is his Omega. Although he hasn’t marked him, Juhyeok has been his in his head since childhood. So yes, smelling another Alpha’s pheromones on Juhyeok, especially to that level of saturation, probably made his instincts go haywire. Not saying that’s an excuse, but there is a reason why.
We have seen that Su-ah is pretty gentle around Juhyeok compared to other people. He even stopped himself from marking him despite being so controlled by his own instincts and desires during that moment. Let’s not just ignore that Su-ah clearly felt remorseful and guilty the day after, and exercised every possible precaution AFTER realizing what exactly he did. It’s not like he was trying to baby trap Juhyeok, and I don’t think he purposefully woud. He cleaned him out, made sure he wasn’t in heat, and gave him the morning after pill. If that doesn’t make it clear that he was not trying to get Juhyeok pregnant despite his words of wanting to be a father, then I don’t know what to tell you about your reading comprehension.
And let’s talk about Juhyeok. We cannot be seriously forgetting all of the devious shit he did to Su-ah, and the way he treats him. He has been a dick to Su-ah ever since Su-ah ACCIDENTALLY turned him into an Omega. He doesn’t even care that Su-ah didn’t mean to turn him, and constantly blames him for it and uses that as an excuse to act like a colossal asshole. And Su-ah accepts his behavior because he loves him, and probably feels guilty about turning him. We cannot be forgetting about the fact that the ONLY reason Su-ah hid the fact that he was an Alpha from Juhyeok is because he was scared Juhyeok wouldn’t like him anymore.
You have to remember that they were KIDS, and Juhyeok was constantly talking about marrying Su-ah when they get older (under the assumption that Su-ah would present as an Omega and he would present as an Alpha). Juhyeok literally holds a childhood mistake against Su-ah for, quite honestly, no reason.
Su-ah literally would follow Juhyeok around like a puppy. At the beginning on the goddamn story we find out that Juhyeok has been ignoring him. It isn’t until he realizes that Su-ah’s cum makes him perform better in martial arts that he starts bringing Su-ah around again. And that’s ONLY because he wants his cum. It’s not because he likes being around him, not because he feels bad, not because he wants to be around him, but it’s only so that he can get what he needs and leave.
You’re not going to sit here and tell me that wasn’t messed up. He KNOWS how Su-ah feels about him and still did that foul shit without really any remorse until Su-ah finally had enough and left. And even when he confronted Su-ah, he behaved like Su-ah was obligated to—quite literally—whore himself out to him because he ACCIDENTALLY turned him into an Omega when they were children.
They both have done fucked up things to each other, and the only one who has really shown any guilt over it is Su-ah. Juhyeok is a massive cunt. Everyone is saying that Su-ah is toxic and just wants to control Juhyeok when literally he just wanted to be around Juhyeok. Let’s be so fr. I’m not even saying that Su-ah is all sunshine and rainbows, but we cannot be seriously sitting here saying that he’s the only bad one here right now.
Juhyeok is completely immature and acts like he’s entitled to do whatever he wants whenever he wants with Su-ah because of a simple childhood mistake and Su-ah is obsessive and possessive. Some of the same people calling Su-ah toxic now are the same people who were begging him to leave Juhyeok and find someone better a few chapters ago. Let’s be serious now.
This is a long rant but the comments just made me mad.
Jokes on u i never liked suah in the first place hes 100x worse than juhyeok im sorry bro but him hurting his feelings and MAKING SOMEBODY DEPENDANT ON THEM is NOT even close to a comparison like no nobody is gonna be shitting on juhyeok when its sua that MADE this situation in the first place by scenting him since childhood bro
You make it out to be like he did that on purpose though… He was child who recently had presented as an Alpha. He didn’t even WANT to present as an Alpha. He wanted to be an Omega so he could marry Juhyeok.
You cannot possibly expect a child to have any control over their pheromones. He was a child, and what child wouldn’t like his crush to smell like them? You sound foolish blaming Su-ah for something he did as a kid. Like I said, Juhyeok wasn’t even aware that Su-ah presented as anything because Su-ah hid it from him out of fear that Juhyeok wouldn’t like him anymore.
If he did it like a few times whatever BUT HE SCENTED HIM FOR LITERAL YEARS UP UNTIL NOW so no he wasnt a clueluess child anymore he knew what he was doing
Your rant was literally 100% the truth of this story I'm so fucking tired of people bashing suha with the extreme assumptions and accusations while the dude's biggest mistake is like you said accidently turning juhyeok into an omega?! Man finally someone with critical thinking in here. This story is so fun to read and people are ruining it with those comments
As you said since CHILDhood, so he didn't even realise that shit he was a kid. Man y'all be doing too much shit
Clock it suah is soooo much worse than juhyeok idk how ppl think they're equally at fault
Mf is the porn analyzer im crying
Why are you reading this story for then if you think like this? Go read some fluffy stuff that doesn't enrage you if this stuff doesn't align with your morals i mean
Did we read the same thing? After Juhyeok learned that it was Su-ah’s fault that he presented as an Omega, he literally started avoiding Su-ah and yelling at him And even then, it doesn’t really matter if he kept scenting Juhyeok because he had already presented as an Omega. It’s not like MORE pheromones will make him even more of a Omega.
The fact still stands that Su-ah did not intentionally change Juhyeok. The only reason Juhyeok is dependent on Su-ah’s pheromones is because of how long Su-ah covered him in his pheromones and the sheet amount of pheromones he covered him in when they were CHILDREN. Like what???
You hate a character because they were an inexperienced child?
buddy when did i say anything about when he was a child THE GUY WAS STILL SCENTING HIM IN ADULTHOOD MAKING HIM EVEN MORE DEPENANT ON HIS PHEROMONES WHICH IS MY ISSUE? IDC ABOUT WHAT HE DID AS A KID MY ISSUE IS HE IS STILL BEING SHITTY AS AN ADULT? like maybe when they were prepubescent sure theres a good chance if he didnt continuosly scent him from childhood UP UNTIL ADULT HOOD. SO NO HE DIDNT STOP he wouldn't be as dependent on his pheromones as he currently??
Let them be, it's useless discussing with these people. They don't really analyse the story or understand the real depth of it. They just wanna bash su-ah
Why are we hating on ppl for not glorifying suah and saying him and juhyeok are not remotely as bad in actions im crine
It just makes me mad because, huh? I cannot fathom how people think Juhyeok is better than Su-ah so far. Like yes, Su-ah definitely overstepped boundaries these past few chapters but wtf do they think Juhyeok has been doing this entire time? Just being a good friend????
girl he quite literally raped him are we reading with our eyes closed juhyeok STOPPED CONSENTING AT SOME POINT YK??
"overstepped boundaries" and he just started raping him im crine bro go outside
I can think critically and enjoy toxic yaoi like my pfp is from codename anastasia so also I'm not mad hun
Juhyeok became dependent on Su-ah because of the sheer amount of pheromones he covered him in without Juhyeok noticing BEFORE he presented (i.e. when they were KIDS). He’s dependent because those pheromones are the pheromones that CAUSED him to present as an Omega, not because Su-ah continued to cover him in pheromones after he presented.
Juhyeok didn’t notice Su-ah covering him in pheromones when they were children because he had not yet presented. And it’s because he presented as an Omega from being covered in a dominant Alphas pheromones that he’s dependent and his own stuff is out of whack.
And so we’re just gonna sit here and act like what he did to Su-ah wasn’t dubious consent? Another form of rape?
The only reason Su-ah agreed to do that was because he was under the pretense that Juhyeok would spend more time with him (which he didn’t). It wasn’t until he realized that Juhyeok was just using him that he stopped. Like what?
This made me giggle cause WHAT
So were still ignoring the fact hes still shitty as an adult
And we’re still ignoring the fact that Juhyeok also took advantage of Su-ah?
I literally said, and I quote, “I’m not saying Su-ah is all sunshine and rainbows.” They’re literally both shitty and are using eachother in shitty ways.
He was still consenting i fear .. juhyeok explicitly said he doesnt want too anymore and suah continued even knotted the guy like no that's not even remotely similar or even slightly making it ok
Wtf? Dubious consent is NOT full consent. That’s such a weird take???
And I also didn’t say that it was OKAY??? I gave an explanation to Su-ah’s actions and said that that doesn’t make it okay.
whats a weirder take is saying taking advantage of someones feelings is the same as raping someone but here we are bro
Dude… Juhyeok coerced Su-ah into doing that by taking advantage of his feelings. THAT is dubious consent which is NOT full consent. He knew that Su-ah would agree if he spent more time with him or acted like he wanted it and took full advantage of that. That’s not okay and any actions taken with dubious consent is WRONG??? Like hello???
Dubious consent can be something as little as “you would do it if you loved me.” Like, that’s not consenting. That’s using someone’s guilt or feelings to get them to do what you want.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Manhwa_BL/s/DvB1RSNgVD
The conversation in a nutshell lmao
im not saying its wrong but its still not close to literal rape i fear theyre both wrong but one is literally worse than the other
I agree with u did suah not see juhyeok show him a lot of resentment after their secondary gender reveal? Did suah not see juhyeok ignored him and suah needs to stop at one point? It giving stalker and psychotic vibe
Well, yes. But I feel like everyone needs to acknowledge that neither of them have gotten eachother’s full consent. What Su-ah did was fucked up to the MAX, but can we seriously stop acting like Juhyeok had any real reason to treat him like shit before the previous 3 chapters?
THAT’S what pissed me off in the first place; people acting like Su-ah is the fucking worst now after these chapters. I acknowledge that what he did was fucked up and I never said that it was okay.
I just think it’s very ignorant to paint him as the only one who has done bad shit so far when they both have done shitty and disgusting things to each other.
Hunnie... even before the previous three chapters suah was doing fucked up shit... did we forget suah SAing him in the first few chapters? juhyeok has every right to be treating suah like shit
i dont think youre fully seeing juhyeoks perspective imagine having ur life ruined by someone and then u push them away they still cling to you LIKE A STALKER , then u realise they made u dependant on them and you hate that feeling. but u have to do it u gotto take advantage of sm if u want to get the chance of a normal life because suah? if he leaves he can js live life yea with some guilt but live normally juhyeok quite literally cannot And then after forcing urself to consent to something you didnt want to do and then you stop consenting when you realise you cant do it and they still go and next day all you hear is sorry and that they love you? HE DID NOT LOOK THE SLIGHTEST OF GUILTY THE MORNING AFTER BTW so im not ignorant i just think juhyeoks perspective is way more valid not saying its not wrong in some areas but hes way more justified and i sympathise as a victim
Even BEFORE that happened it is implied—not even implied, but blatantly spelled out that Juhyeok treated him badly off of the sole fact that he accidentally turned him into an Omega.
And I don’t think two wrongs make a right. Just because Su-ah did that doesn’t make it morally correct for Juhyeok to use him how he did.
it was also implied that juhyeok doesnt forgive suah because he doesnt have too there is no law book that say u gotto forgive someone for ruining ur life even by accident?.. suah chose to cling to juhyeok knowing hes avoiding him because he doesnt forgive him
Bruh acting like juhyeok sought out suah to harm him. When y'all talk about what suah did it's oh he was a child but when it's juhyeok the tube changes. Juhyeoks actions so far have been a direct result to suahs provocation, he used suah because he would be raped if he didn't and that's suahs fault. He would attack suah because he had explicitly told suah he didn't wanna be around him but suah refused to listen. He ran away from suah in the first place because suah would consistently remind him of his second gender and make him feel inferior. I'm not saying it's okay to resort to violence, but if you have some annoy dickhead rambling in your ear 24/7 and doesn't listen to a word you say, I doubt the majority of people would be able to stay pacifist for long. Especially considering he was young dealing with a traumatic event, highly emotionally unstable, and then suahs just fucking there.
Bruh "used suah" okay if someone microdoses me on a homemade opioid and I get addicted to it, if I then go to them for that homegrown opioid cos the withdrawal symptoms are too much to bear, is that me using them? Or is that a direct response to THEIR OWN actions.
I absolutely understand Juhyeok‘s perspective, but as a victim myself I cannot see how taking also advantage of Su-ah is acceptable. He could have just used Su-ah’s pheromones, but because he realized that Su-ah’s cum not only makes the pheromones last longer, but also makes him more energized and healthier overall, he decided to use him.
I don’t think that either is right. I think Su-ah should have stopped when Juhyeok told him to, and thaf it was wrong of him to continue. Su-ah is fucked up indefinitely, but Juhyeok is also fucked up for behaving like he is entitled to Su-ah’s cum, pheromones, or whatever because he was turned by him when he doesn’t need Su-ah’s cum in the first place. It’s a want.
Two wrongs don’t make a right and instead of acting like actual adults they’re both just using each other and are acting like it’s okay when it definitely is not.
The way juhyeok knows suah’s cum can help with the judo is weird bro. When juhyeok is in heat, did suah not said he just gonna sit there and will not do anything? But instead he cum all over him and poke his ass. Bruh don’t say thing that u cannot do.
I never said Juhyeok had to forgive him. I just said that he shouldn’t feel entitled to his cum just because of that. He literally says “you made me like this, so you should take responsibility,” but he doesn’t need Su-ah’s cum. He only wants his cum because it makes the pheromones last longer and helps him excel in martial arts.
It’s not even like Su-ah can leave him alone for long in the first place because Juhyeok is dependent on his pheromones. It’s because Juhyeok learns that Su-ah’s cum makes the pheromones last longer that he chooses to use him, which allows him to be away from Su-ah longer.
You just kinda confirmed what i said technically yes he doesnt need his cum and he does get some benefits from it but a bigger factor to him is he doesnt have to see suah as often because HE DOESNT WANT TO BE NEAR HIM because hes constantly reminded of being an omega like hes inferior juhyeok wants to live his life with seeing sua as least as possible
That’s a bad metaphor because Juhyeok doesn’t even NEED Su-ah’s cum. He needs his PHEROMONES. The only reason he resorted to the cum situation is because Su-ah’s pheromones last longer that way and he excels at his martial arts. So yes, he used Su-ah. He NEEDS his pheromones but he does NOT need his cum bro.
And it’s fine that he doesn’t want to be near him but like…it’s still not right and is wrong. Everything that both of them did made me feel uncomfortable and although I get that Juhyeok does not want to be around Su-ah, he could’ve gone about it a better way instead of manipulating and coercing Su-ah.
It’s not that I don’t see WHY he did what he did, it’s the fact that he more than likely could’ve gotten the same result without taking a fucked up route.
And Juhyeok himself feels that he’s inferior because he’s an Omega. And he feels that way because HE thinks Omegas are inferior. Even since childhood when he thought Su-ah was going to present as an Omega, he saw him as someone to protect because Omegas are “fragile”. Even if Su-ah wasn’t around, he’d still feel inferior whenever he’s reminded of his secondary gender because of his own mindset. Which infuriating to me because how can you see Omegas as inferior when you yourself are over here body slamming men three times your size with no issue?
But the pheromones are inneficient. Suah has to pay the price for making juhyeok dependent on him, whether it hurts his feelings or not
Right…
Yes, a vaguely dodging my point doesn't really change much