Paused at ch37 to say it's been cute to this point but Heewoon cutting up the suit and slapping Seungjo with it out of jealousy is not ok. It took me out of the story.
I know they find the kid irritating even though I don't have a problem with him at all, but can't they just... tell him they're seeing each other? If not each other Seungjo can just say he has a significant other. If he doesn't back off in that case then I'd hate him, but right now Heewoon is acting like an ass.
So I almost didn't read this after fearing some triggering content, but after reading some comments and reviews I went through it.
I'm skipping the side stories because I want my memory of this to remain sweet. And I'm glad that both MCs do feel some level of regret and reflection over what happened to the kid who was a victim of bullying. I do hate that the bullies pretty much got away with everything, even blaming it all on Heechan since they're suspended and he never goes back to the school because circumstances force him to transfer. It was better than I'd feared, and other than the darker stuff happening in the background before the time skip, it was sweet.
Sooo I'm in ch5 and can't stand the bullying scenes. I've seen some comments, and the victim tries to unalive himself? That kinda stuff gives me trauma, does anyone know around which chapter it's mentioned and if he actually passes away?
I'm putting this on hold and reading a few reviews before I decide whether to continue. A lot of people seem to like it, but I do my best to avoid things that trigger me and I'm not in the right state of mind to be reading about this stuff.
I wanted to read this after the artist's other manhwa (Night Maze) and was nearly put off by the comments. It's not as bad as I feared, though, and this is one of the few times I'm glad my curiosity got the better of me. I think I'd have been more frustrated without the spoilers, tho.
As for the characters, on the one hand, it's not like the ML never did anything wrong, but it's hard to feel bad for the MC when he's partially the cause of his own misery. Like the dumb characters in horror movies who make all the wrong decisions. Not that he deserved anything that happened to him, and I understand his low self-esteem is probably the real reason for pushing the ML away and not just pride, but at some point I started feeling sorry for the ML seeing how desperate he is to keep someone by his side who only ever thinks of leaving him while they're together. Because the MC was always thinking of leaving, even from when they were in high school and the times they were happy.
It's a nice, angsty story with a few triggering scenes (for me, the r*pe, not the very deserved violence on the perpetrators) and good art. My only real complaint is I wish the artist had done something about Seungon's crazy eyes. Especially when he smiles sometimes and his eyes are opened wide, he looks just as creepy as the blond villain.