Y’all are being weird in the comments. This is exactly why it’s better to read the novel because you’ll understand Karas’ character a lot more.
The novel is way darker than the manhwa. There’s a lot more gore, and they even removed all the 18+ scenes in the adaptation. Karas grew up in an abusive household where he was constantly beaten, and almost everyone around him tried to manipulate him since he was a kid. On top of that, he inherited the dragon’s power, so cruelty is basically all he’s ever known. Despite being an adult, Karas is actually really naive. So is Abel. Neither of them knows shit about sex until the very end of the story.
I’m not trying to justify Karas’ actions because anything without consent is a hard no. I’m just reminding y’all that his background has been there since Chapter 1.
If you go back a few chapters, like when they were on the ship, Karas was literally asking everyone what he was supposed to do with his feelings and how he was supposed to act. His whole life has been nothing but cruelty, abuse, and war. He even spent years on the battlefield. The only warmth he ever experienced was during the two months he spent with Abel and he was only 8 years old.
All I’m saying is that neither of them knows anything about intimacy. Abel grew up isolated in the mountains and died at a very young age. He never had any romantic or sexual experience because he spent his entire life training to become a Regas. Karas, on the other hand, grew up being abused, manipulated, and surrounded by people who were constantly trying to kill him.
Again, this isn’t me defending or excusing Karas’ actions. Lack of consent is never okay. I’m just saying that both of them are products of the lives they were forced to live, and that context matters when you're trying to understand their characters.
Karas has been scared the shit out of me since when he thought his regas was gone I really hope this story won't get downfall and so is there an actual novel of this manhwa?
Yes.
The manhwa adaptation made the story way more comedic than it was originally meant to be. Sure, the novel has funny moments too, and the artist did an amazing job drawing the characters and bringing out their personalities. But since they removed a lot of the dark and r-rated scenes, manhwa readers end up getting caught off guard by what happens later. That's why I highly recommend reading the novel.
Readers also tend to forget Karas is not just from the lineage of those who are blessed with the Dragon Blood, he IS the dragon incarnate in human form. That's what separates him from the rest of his lineage. Karas IS a Dragon yet the readers hold him to the moral standards of human.
I can't stress enough how lucky the kingdom, the people, the soldiers, the council, basically ALL of them that Karas didn't burn them all because he got bored.
I'm in no way excusing assault in any way, shape or form but the fact that Karas holds himself back for Abel in more ways than one is a miracle in itself. Even the Regas should not have this impact on the mighty dragon, and a Dragon who grew up experiencing humanity's cruelty at its peak at that, yet Karas just let's Abel's moral, a human moral at that, to have its way with what Karas deemed as nothing more than inconvenience (the inconvenience in this context being basically EVERYTHING that is not Abel)
Yall can keep this mindset until the actual rape happens.
Yes Karas a bad childhood and doesn’t know a lot but so does other people who don’t do shit Kara’s has done (which is murder and rape).
Different genre Karas isn't human murdering is common in this war stuff keeps in mind nobody in this comment justified his actions they're just want you to be more considering of the situation I got spoiled Karas wasn't raped Abel but SA and yes that's not any better
Abel didn’t get greypd, ffs. I finished reading the novel a long time ago. But there was deff greyp in this story and it won’t happen to Abel.
There’s difference between killing people in war vs killing innocent people
Are we going to forget the family he slaughtered and was willingly gonna kill the baby?
Don’t forget that it was thanks to Kara’s drugging all the nobles that the guy with the black blood in his system ‘s son got killed by his mother.
Karas did raped Abel? Are you a novel reader
Yes he did???
Are we forgetting that he made Abel butt bleed the first time they had sex and Abel kept telling him to stop plenty of times but he refused.
You can blame it on lack of experience but it doesnt change that Abel was in pain and he DID NOT want karas to continue
Abel never consented in having sex with Kara’s, in fact in all of his sex scenes with him he always says stop.
He asked Karas to stop because he was bleeding and in pain, but for the thousandth time, Karas doesn't have human morals. Human morals. What part of that are you not understanding?
And for goodness' sake, this happens in almost every bl. When penetration hurts, the uke tells the seme to stop because it hurts without proper preparation. Now imagine that in a medieval setting where both of them had little to no understanding of sex. Their first time, they were both completely clueless especially Karas, who was completely overwhelmed by desire in that moment.
And even until the very end of the novel, they were still naive and never fully clarified or confessed their feelings to each other.
On top of that, we're talking about a dragon incarnate with zero human morals. No one ever taught him about consent, kindness, empathy, or basic human decency. He spent years at war, surrounded by nothing but cruelty. But AGAIN, no one is defending Karas or saying what he did was okay. Explaining why a character acts the way they do is not the same as justifying their actions.
As for the family, Karas killed them because they were evil. They supported the Duke behind the scenes for years, enabled all of his crimes, and happily enjoyed the benefits that came with it. That was in the manhwa too. Didn't you read that part? The novel explains it in even more detail than the manhwa.
I'm not a novel reader but I'm planning on reading it since I couldn't find properly sites to read yet I don't mind if you could share the link to the novel
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They removed the dark, explicit scenes from the original novel in the manhwa, so yeah, they're definitely going to stick with shounen ai.
what happened? Now I'm curious
^^^ I agree, you’ve peaked my curiosity (￣∇￣")
They removed the R18 scenes. It wasn't a lot, but yeah. That's why some scenes in the manhwa didn't make sense to some readers.
Can share some spoilers
Sure. What do you want to know?
Karas sneaks to the library every night. And one of his visits they are rubbing dicks etc. Kara’s returns to his room knowing he can’t be seen. So he asks the guards can you see me. The one guard says yes and dies. And the other one says no and lives. I think the butler goes into their sex room and says it smells like semen and sweat. And they blame karas lustful cravings on the black potion and start giving sex education to Abel and karas separately. They don’t get intimate again until after the main story is finished in the forest.
Woah would of loved to see that! Thank you!!!
Anything and everything you'd like to share! I love spoilers!!!
It's gonna happen soon. Maybe on the next chapter
Should I spoil how Truyde will die?
Boooo~ we deserve and want these scenes. (￣ε(#￣)Σ
Yes
Spoiler
Abel delivered the “final blow” and killed him.
Oooh, lovely.
woohoo
Based on the novel, this won’t have a happy ending so I’m dropping this
novel link pls?
girlll please spoil
same spoil it ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
Pls spoil it
spoil it what is the ending
Pls spoil the ending
In the novel, Hailey is the FL. My heart would break if Geon ends up with Yeonwoo instead of our infatuated (obsessed) queen :(
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Oh reallyyy??? Hailey is the Scorpio leader right?
Yes. The one with an eyepatch
Tbf yeonwoo did a lot for geon, and haily isn't all that bad. Both is good, even if the fl will change, though I prefer yeonwoo for now, if she lives, and gets her physical body in the future
So did Haley. You can google some spoilers from the novel if you want. So I’m Team Hailey all the way
Ohh really? I see, maybe my opinion will change in future chapters. I didn't know since I'm not a novel reader
NO, HAILEY IS THE BLONDE ONE
ITS GISELLE, THE BLACK HAIRED WOMAN WITH EYE PATCH IS THE SCORPIO ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
What are you saying???
I MEAN.. . I ASK AI ON WHO IS WHO.. AND THEY SAID ITS HAILEY DA BLONDE AND GISELLE IS DA SCORPIO, YOU CAN'T BLAME ME JAHAHAHAHAHA
Are we reading the sane manhwa or…
I'M SURE WE ARE (●￣(ｴ)￣●) I ASK AI ON WHO WILL GEON ENDED UP WITH, SOOO... HEHE (〜￣△￣)〜
Hailey is the scorpio saint and in the novel, she would be Geon’s wife
AI is wrong, Hailey is the SCORPIO with pure black hair. Gissele is the villan. I'f I remember correctly, she's Libra.
Yes, she was the Libra saint.
OOOOHHH! I SEE (°Д°) THANK YOU BOTH OF YOU FOR CLARIFYIMG d=(^o^)=b
Is the manhwa close to the novel? Is it there too many changes?
All these nasty comments from readers. Y’all, if you don’t like it, stop reading it. That simple. Or better, make your own story.
I think most of us are js confused cs it was talked abt like a comedy like for me im reading but I’m concerned for mc
People are free to write their opinions including the ones saying they dont like it and you wouldn’t know that unless you read it so stop being a snowflake and get over it
It's an illegal site where the author's completely going to be unaffected by it. Ppl can voice their criticisms whenever and however they want
The fuck u will like a story with literally rape and blackmail for rape ???
Again, if you don’t like it, don’t read. There’s a bunch of stories with much darker themes out there why don’t you leave your so-called criticisms there, too? LOOOOL
Yeah. So I can say whatever 2 y’all ungrateful smelly btches reading illegal stuff and u still have something to say about the author and their story.
U kiss your mom with that mouth?
Y’all are already reading it for free. You literally contribute nothing to the author, yet you still have so much shit to say.
The fuck? Yeah I kiss my mom with this mouth, unlike you defending rape and blackmail like it's normal comedy shit. I'm against that disgusting crap in real life, this ain't an excuse just cuz it's 'fiction'. You keep saying 'if you don't like it stop reading' but here you are replying like a hypocrite bitch every time someone calls it out. The fuck is wrong with you? Make up your mind and stop crying at criticism
This snowflake drama queen. LOLLLLL
You sound like this is your first BL. Poor baby. Huhuhu. If you react like this to every dark themed movie or story, you must be exhausting to watch anything with. Imagine turning fiction into a moral panic every single time. LOL. No wonder you sound miserable. Bet nobody even enjoys having you around. Loser.
If you truly feel so strongly for irl victims, you'd be helping them irl instead of sitting in the comfort of your home, typing out shit online trying to feel good about yourself. Practice what you preach
Ure so stupid. My heart aches for you
If you truly feel so strongly for irl victims, you'd be helping them irl instead of sitting in the comfort of your home, typing out shit online trying to feel good about yourself.- this snowflake is projecting HAHAHAHAHAHA
You're the exhausting one here defending blackmail and rape like it's peak entertainment then crying 'moral panic' when people say it's fucked up. LOL at you projecting, miserable ass
you're defending rape then lecturing me about real victims? Hypocrite trash. If you actually gave a shit you'd stop simping for this disgusting crap instead of attacking critics. Practice what you preach and fuck off with that weak bullshit
Stupid piece of sht! HAHAHAHAHA GO WORK U UNEMPLOYED TRASH HSHSHAHS
You’re really sick in the brain if u think of it that way. It’s easy to say you’re a loser hahahaha
Oh yeah both of us know who is sick in the brain so spare me that crap ヾ(☆▽☆) weirdo
Relax, guys. It’s just frotting. Also, please give Karas a break.