As a novel reader imma be real with y'all it does not get better. I think the closest we get to actual consent with the sex scenes is in the side stories. And they fuck a lot (all non con except one dub con scene) between then and now. All of them are brutal. I post this comment as a warning for anyone wanting to continue that may not be comfortable with those types of themes. Also, in my opinion, Zhenya does not get a redemption arc. The man does not suffer. The man is a full blown psychopath. The king of yanderes. Truly, read at your own discretion.
Honestly, since the beginning I didn't want Zhenya to turn all soft and kind at some point because he is a psychopath beyond repair and redemption but anyways, how does the novel end?
Honestly, since the beginning I didn't want Zhenya to turn all soft and kind at some point because he is a psychopath beyond repair and redemption but anyways, how does the novel end? Lucyel
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Zhenya does get a crumb softer with Taekjoo but not really? It's more like Taekjoo just accepts who Zhenya is as a person so when they argue it's not as volatile. But it is still a little volatile lol The ending and I'm going off the side stories as the complete ending, Zhenya becomes the Russian ambassador for Korea and Taekjoo becomes his assistant (but that's a cover he's still a spy). Zhenya consistently interrupts his missions if he takes too long to come home and is surprisingly close with Taekjoo's mother. Taekjoo's mom doesn't know Russian and Zhenya refuses to learn Korean so 90% of the time they're having two different conversations with Taekjoo being the only one understanding. Zhenya is constantly being vulgar in front of her because of the language barrier. Truly a bastard.
It's also very clear that Taekjoo does love Zhenya (as much as he can) but he's very subtle about how he admits to it. There's a point where Zhenya disappears to Russia for longer than he's supposed to and Taekjoo spends days worried about him only to find out Zhenya's father, I think, tried to setup an arranged marriage and Zhenya took too long because he was being an absolute menace to Russian society to get it cancelled. Which he does, but Taekjoo becomes incredibly obvious with his jealousy about it because everyone was being vague about if Zhenya was still engaged for a while.
By the very end Taekjoo and Zhenya have all but said the words 'I love you' to each other. Zhenya says he doesn't mind engagement or married or whatever Taekjoo wants and that it's fine if he ties him down. When Taekjoo is at a college reunion he tells one of his old classmates that every relationship is different and you don't necessarily need marriage to show you love someone. Taekjoo is just very aware of same sex couple marriage laws tbh.
Taekjoo and Zhenya toy with the idea of living with each other but there's never a confirmation that they do so Taekjoo lives with his mom but spends a majority of his time with Zhenya.
Zhenya is still super toxic and imposing on Taekjoo's life as well as being super possessive and a stalker. I think he still has Taekjoo's phone bugged at the end too. I know I'm making Zhenya sound like a softie at the beginning of this comment but he's really not he just loves Taekjoo enough to stop threatening and trying to kill him and I say love loosely cause both he and Taekjoo are stunted in that department so it's really just love as much as the two are capable of.
LOL I mean.......Zhenya does get a crumb softer with Taekjoo but not really? It's more like Taekjoo just accepts who Zhenya is as a person so when they argue it's not as volatile. But it is still a little volat... ratsinasubway
Yeah absolutely no remorse from Zhenya and he really is digustingly possessive and is a stalker and bother Taekjoo’s life constantly. I have no idea what the author was thinking writing this novel or the manhwa artist for adapting this story into a manhwa with all the rape and other horrible things that happen.
As a novel reader imma be real with y'all it does not get better. I think the closest we get to actual consent with the sex scenes is in the side stories. And they fuck a lot (all non con except one dub con scene) between then and now. All of them are brutal. I post this comment as a warning for anyone wanting to continue that may not be comfortable with those types of themes. Also, in my opinion, Zhenya does not get a redemption arc. The man does not suffer. The man is a full blown psychopath. The king of yanderes. Truly, read at your own discretion.
Honestly, since the beginning I didn't want Zhenya to turn all soft and kind at some point because he is a psychopath beyond repair and redemption but anyways, how does the novel end?
idk man i've just finished reading no reason and blind play, there just needs to be an entirely separate category for this level of cray
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Zhenya does get a crumb softer with Taekjoo but not really? It's more like Taekjoo just accepts who Zhenya is as a person so when they argue it's not as volatile. But it is still a little volatile lol The ending and I'm going off the side stories as the complete ending, Zhenya becomes the Russian ambassador for Korea and Taekjoo becomes his assistant (but that's a cover he's still a spy). Zhenya consistently interrupts his missions if he takes too long to come home and is surprisingly close with Taekjoo's mother. Taekjoo's mom doesn't know Russian and Zhenya refuses to learn Korean so 90% of the time they're having two different conversations with Taekjoo being the only one understanding. Zhenya is constantly being vulgar in front of her because of the language barrier. Truly a bastard.
It's also very clear that Taekjoo does love Zhenya (as much as he can) but he's very subtle about how he admits to it. There's a point where Zhenya disappears to Russia for longer than he's supposed to and Taekjoo spends days worried about him only to find out Zhenya's father, I think, tried to setup an arranged marriage and Zhenya took too long because he was being an absolute menace to Russian society to get it cancelled. Which he does, but Taekjoo becomes incredibly obvious with his jealousy about it because everyone was being vague about if Zhenya was still engaged for a while.
By the very end Taekjoo and Zhenya have all but said the words 'I love you' to each other. Zhenya says he doesn't mind engagement or married or whatever Taekjoo wants and that it's fine if he ties him down. When Taekjoo is at a college reunion he tells one of his old classmates that every relationship is different and you don't necessarily need marriage to show you love someone. Taekjoo is just very aware of same sex couple marriage laws tbh.
Taekjoo and Zhenya toy with the idea of living with each other but there's never a confirmation that they do so Taekjoo lives with his mom but spends a majority of his time with Zhenya.
Zhenya is still super toxic and imposing on Taekjoo's life as well as being super possessive and a stalker. I think he still has Taekjoo's phone bugged at the end too. I know I'm making Zhenya sound like a softie at the beginning of this comment but he's really not he just loves Taekjoo enough to stop threatening and trying to kill him and I say love loosely cause both he and Taekjoo are stunted in that department so it's really just love as much as the two are capable of.
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Yeah absolutely no remorse from Zhenya and he really is digustingly possessive and is a stalker and bother Taekjoo’s life constantly. I have no idea what the author was thinking writing this novel or the manhwa artist for adapting this story into a manhwa with all the rape and other horrible things that happen.