GAHHHHH it only took like a full year or whatever but THE ART IMPROVED SO MUCH AND I CANT WITH THEM.
WHY CANT THIS BE SPED UP I NEED THE NEXT CHAPTER TOMORROW. LIKE NOWWWWWWWWWW UGHHH ;-; TILL THEN MY BABIES
hot take but... IMO im kinda liking this storyline...do i like it for ideum, no bc its confusing to receive it without any info. at the same time, as a reader, i do like the realistic aspect of the story. humans are messy, we get confused, we don't know why we behave the way we do until we realize later on. not everyone is able to confront their childhood wounds in a blink of an eye... and especially the whole reason i find this manga so interesting is because of its realistic parallels, from the drawings to the storyline. i do not think jaeyi would become like a black flag or anything... but i do like how sometimes when characters face high stakes or confusing moments that are the moments that show character! its not easy facing wounds that keep getting pressed on and in this case, its jaeyi feeling like the things he finds important are taken away from him, whether thats the time he has with them or just normal security (parents - childhood wound --> ideum = similar symbolism). if anything, it seems because of jaeyi's repitive asks to be seen as a child, its harder as an aduld to be direct about what he really wants and thats really showing up in this latest ch!
gonna be so honest after letting this marinate after seeing it blow up for awhile, it was worth it... there's also something i cant put my finger on when it comes to their sexual dynamic/scenes. its feels so second nature / comforting for both of them around each other...or idk if its just like smooth? idk but for some reason its soothing compared to a lot of rougher bl ive seen.
Yeah there’s really something about it that feels so natural and consensual. It’s almost like two lovers who just started dating and are having sex non-stop where both bodies become one? I don’t know. I can’t explain it. I’ve tried many times. Maybe because there’s no “you’re so beautiful” or “you’re so sexy” or “don’t show this side to anyone else”. It’s just enjoying each other’s bodies without commenting on them, or trying to own each other like they’re objects. Also, Seungmin is so considerate and patient. The scene where jaeyoung feels awkward in the bathroom and Seungmin offers to hold him is peak. I haven’t read anything quite like this manhwa. It’s really in a league of its own.
u get ittt!! ESPECIALLY the fact there's no words, just presence. I think the word im looking for is emotional attunement or even just extremely observant of one another. I find it particular in bl overall because jaeyoung is very soft in his acceptance of seungmin's advances. there's no over the top pleasure/sexification of being touched. and the same goes for seungmins advances, there's no "take/give" "push/pull" "chase/pursuit" extremes. there's just the "normal" of being touched and it being comforting rather than a performance. i completely agree its a league of its own esp when we got that one scene where they literally just slept in ch 31. usually i feel there would be discourse around consent however there doesn't seem feel the need to comment on yk.
no literally I don’t ever think I’ve seen such a soft loving dynamic between two characters this is genuinely different it’s so sweet
omg having you explain it scratches my brain so gud
what in the horrors of october did i just witness. no not my babies...
gahh my new favs! not only did I love that one scene where they describe on the phone the details of how they notice what the other person does during sex like pearlboy does, but they also do lots and lots of communication and playful mirroring of affectionate language and I’m just obsessed with the fact there’s no weird petty drama. I also love how the storytelling always ties tiny details into meaningful things that mc’s cares about like for instance when chaejun made seung-hyeon a bed because when chaejun was a kid he already promised seung-hyeon a room in his future apartment. hello absolute cuties!!! I also love how the attachment style really does fit chaejun as a kid of being bashful then wanting love and care… it honestly fits pretty well with seung-hyeon’s inferiority complex of being scared of not being capable because then they show each other they were worth it all along. And UAFHIHGRS WHEN seung-hyeon SAID “THANKS FOR WAITING ALL ALONG” GOT TO ME. HEALING THAT CHAEJUN INNER CHILD. LIKE ITS SOOO REFRESHING to see characters communicate gratitude over guilt apologies. AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THEIR BANTER. THE BANTER IS CHEFS KISS FUNNY.
sadge... as much as i was looking forward to season 3... im a bit dissapointed with the turn out... welp its only up from here...
first mok-yeon and now hunter.... them tops down bad...
I was saying exactly this dude
only half way through... reading this and gosh its one of those stories where the beginning premise of the two mc's getting together feels so odd but the story becomes actually good once it settles...honestly love their dynamic but im not entirely sure yet how much i like this bl
imo honestly rereading this all in one go, lowkey hunter's behavior...the signs are so much more prominent earlier on in the series even before the art got really gorgeous, like calling yujin a "pet" before growing attached to him, same thing with yujin saying he'd run if he tried to tie him down. it's also interesting how both yujin and hunter's childhood's showthrough in their dynamic- yujin running away from things and quickly moves from place to place, never having one stable home... and obviously hunter struggling with his emotions from a young age (noted earlier in story possibility of psychopathy), it's just those two things collide so heavily and you got so different perspectives from the mc's. im still in shock about how yujin intially left so that he could protect hunter from his own bio dad...yet didn't really seem to trust for hunter's promise of protection. hunter wanting something for the first time in his life, a person & yujin recieving something similar to safety net both money and protection in different senses... i just wish the series didn't have to get super in the trenches of toxicity- like chaining someone up with no clothes is extremely traumatizing and stripped your sense of autonomy or even sense of self over time especially being isolated in a bedroom so unfamiliar. the measures taken are way past your average fear of abandonment trophe. it's honestly concerning like its starting to get into anatasia codename territory where i just can't see the storyline progressing in a healthy or even normal way even though i know there are novel chapters for these two apparently going through a top crying phase but im too scared lol!!!
sorry, what do you mean novel? there's a novel of this story??