For the first time, the root of Juheon's problem is revealed. Even right from the very beginning, Juheon has the tendecy of assuming everything on his own. From mistakenly believing Dohu had a crush on him, to believing Dohu would be fine without him, everything was all in Juheon's head. No matter how much Dohu tried to talk to him, nothing would go through if he already made up everything in his mind. The first step for this relationship to work is for Juheon to stop assuming things in regard to Dohu.
That's right! He must really stop assuming things and just ask and listen
FACTS
Bro is allergic to communication.
High IQ
This author really likes to make their uke suffer and be walked all over. While the story is very well written, I'm not sure if I enjoy this archetype. Baekhee believed he has no way out of the situation, so he is choosing what he considered the best for himself, even if it's making him miserable. Pride be damned as long as you survive. Everything makes perfect sense and I feel for him, but at the same time, I wish there is a bit more backbone in this character, like a bit more fight in him. It's frustrating to watch him being walked all over, and he is self aware of what is happening, yet does nothing but accepts it.
The most unrealistic part about this story is Taeyang being unpopular. Are the people in this story blind? He is like the hottest and sexiest man in the entire series, and no girls are gawking over him? Nobody before Hyesung tell him he is hot and sexy? Extremely unrealistic. The fact that only 2 guys are into him is just unreal. It's even weirder considering his personality, mature, kind, cordial, and always helping others. The only way to make sense of this is if the story is seen through the eyes of Hyesung, and Hyesung somehow sees his hyung in rose tinted glasses and the real Taeyang is average.
Jokes aside, Taeyang is really a great character. I enjoyed the story for the most part, but Taeyang is the main reason why this story is amazing for me. I have seen some people asking for recommendation of characters like him. Despite reading a butt load of BL, I honestly don't remember anyone quite like him. Normally, cool characters tend to be more aloof, and Taeyang isn't quite aloof. Mature characters tend to be older, and Taeyang isn't that old. Physically weak or sickly characters tend to be more meek, and Taeyang despite his past is anything but meek. Sexy alluring characters tend to be promiscuous, but this dude has close to zero admirers and zero dating life. I have to say Taeyang is one of a kind, which is very rare to find in the mountain of slops era nowadays.
But in real life, people like taeyang that are available to help everyone and cordial are taken too lighlty.
There is this phrase, "All the good men are taken." In real life, if there is actually someone like Taeyang, good-looking on top of having good personality, he would have already been taken. While I did mention Taeyang's personality, I also put a lot of emphasis of him being good-looking. It's this combination that made it especially unrealistic that no one other than 2 guys look his way.
As a story, I like it, but if you believe there is someone like Taeyang in real life, an actual good-looking dude with good personality that is unpopular and has never dated before, well, good luck finding one.
To be fair, the story literally explains why he avoids getting close to people (especially dating), he wants to avoid feeling guilt as his entire childhood it’s all he ever felt, like his illness was a burden to those he cared for. Hence why it took some time for him to open up to hyesung. It’s not unrealistic for nice people to remain single, it’s a choice he’s making for his own conscience. It’s definitely not a flaw in the story since it’s intentional, I think you missed that in his character writing lol :)
i love taeyang sm id give anything to see a character like him again
Considering the amount of content, this series should have been more than 1 volume. The pace is breakneck, and too many things going on and underexplored as a result, which is a shame because I enjoyed the concept, and the characters are endearing. I was pleasantly surprised by Yuito. He looks like a generic pushover at the first glance, but he is anything but that. He also knows the art of roasting which is great.
I can understand where Yuuji is coming from, however, when he said Kirato doesn't understand the feelings of being abandoned, the first thing I thought was, isn't that what Yuuji is doing to Kirato? This resembles a cycle of abuse. Just because one is being abused doesn't make it right to do abuse others. Just because Yuuji had been abandoned doesn't make it right for him to abandon Kirato. Yuuji is too deep in his own self hatred that he doesn't see Kirato's feelings. By that, I don't mean he doesn't see Kirato's feelings for him, he clearly sees that. What he doesn't see is Kirato is being hurt by him. It's unfortunate, but quite realistic. When you are drowning in your pain, you won't have the capacity to worry about others.
yep thought the same as you
This isn't the first time a perfectly good novel adaptation got ruined because they decided to add smut scene far earlier than the original. It's like the authors are terrified that the readers are losing interests because it's missing mature content.
I actually find this story and characters interesting. There is a fight between rationale and emotions, where they try to fight their attraction, use logic to justify their choices, but in the end, they can't fully get away from their emotions. Is their desire the by product of fated names, or the fated names merely a vehicle to trigger the first step? While in real life, we don't have fated names, we all have innate preference of what we like. Acquired taste or grooming to like something we don't naturally like is possible, but we can't completely get away to what we innately like.
Souichiro is a prude. He will never be outright affectionate, nor would he admit their relationship in front of others. That's his personality. What you need to see is his action. How he is always supportive of Morinaga, even willing to take him into his family.
Those who keep saying there is no progress in this manga, what you wanted isn't progress, but personality change. It's like asking an introvert to be an extrovert after they fall in love. That's unrealistic. Being a prude is who Souichiro is. He isn't going to change the very core of his personality, and Morinaga falls for him for who he is, with all his flaws, because deep down Souichiro will always have Morinaga's back, and Morinaga knows that.
True I've been reading this since 2010 and it is indeed way too long, but not in the story timeline, it hasn't been that long. And Souichi has made so much progress since chapter 1. For me the timeline here and events were more realistic than those with suddenly being openly gay or accepting that they're gay even if just for their partner. Especially for Souichi, it's been established how he hated gays, and had trauma.. it would have been hard suddenly accepting that and just coming out especially how they've started.
True that!
The logo is blushing too!
Man, I love this series. It's easy to follow, funny, cute, wholesome, but it also has mystery and an intriguing plot, lovable main characters and side characters, top it off with a tinge of angst. It's my favorite blend of genres.
Side note, I would love to have a Talon dragon plushie. It's so adorable.
Since a lot of people are confused and getting some details wrong, or feeling there is no progression, here is the summary of what happened so far.
- Dohu and Juheon reunited after 4 years. Juheon pretended not to know Dohu.
- Dohu tricked Juheon to reveal himself, but Juheon didn't want anything to do with Dohu. He went as far as to pay Dohu to quit his job. Dohu refused.
- Juheon found out Dohu's drunken habit now includes Dohu going back to Juheon's old apartment. Juheon momentarily let Dohu in. Dohu used this chance to tell Juheon his feelings. Juheon was shaken, but steadfast in rejecting Dohu.
- Juheon noticed Dohu hasn't been eating, so he invited Dohu to eat. Once again Dohu used this chance to ask Juheon if there was other reason to him leaving.
- Juheon didn't tell Dohu, but it was revealed Juheon's aunt threatened Juheon in regard to Dohu. Combined with his trauma of being abandoned, Juheon chose to leave Dohu.
- Juheon's shooting got sabotaged by Park Gitae, Juheon's fellow actor and Dohu's childhood bully. Gitae was jealous of Juheon, and the sabotage ended with Juheon getting injured.
- Dohu once again confronted Juheon. Juheon in severe pain, decided to play the bad guy and hurt Dohu to make sure Dohu leave him once and for all, but he couldn't 100% go through with it. The two had a very uncomfortable sex.
- Dohu didn't buy Juheon's act to push him away. Instead he reasserted his love for Juheon and forced Juheon to eat medicine and brought him to hospital.
- The two made a pact that they will meet 5 times and if it didn't work out, Dohu had to leave. Though Dohu had no intention to leave.
- Behind the scene, Juheon hired a private eye, most likely to investigate his aunt. He had some kind of a plan to bring her down. It seems that his aunt has been stalking him and made his life hell in the last 4 years, so Juheon chose to be an actor in a retaliation.
- Juheon also used the private eye to investigate Dohu relationship with Park Gitae, of which the private eye didn't tell him that Dohu had been taking medication this whole time.
- Dohu rewritten the script as a way to get back to Park Gitae, and Gitae ended up being embarassed by Juheon during shoot.
- Gitae realizing it was Dohu's fault, confronted Dohu and Dohu who had been feeling unwell recently, ended up fainting.
- Juheon brought Dohu to hospital, met with Dohu's sister and discovered Dohu has been taking medication all this time. In anger, Juheon asked his private eye why he didn't report this to him.
Anyway, those who said there is no progression are not paying attention. It is slow, very slow, but there is almost always some kind of progression each chapter. We have gone from Juheon pretending not to know Dohu, blocking Dohu's phone, to now the two having more intimate moments and learning more about each other.
We are now at a very pivotal moment, as one of the biggest reasons for Juheon leaving Dohu is his own assertion that Dohu would be fine without him and his fear of being abandoned by Dohu. Now it is revealed that Dohu is absolutely not fine without him. This opens the door to Juheon realizing that his assumption about Dohu has been wrong all along.
Doing the lords work
what was the medication for again?
It hasn't been revealed yet, but it seems to be either antidepressant or sleeping pills. Dohu had trouble sleeping and had constant nightmare ever since Juheon left him 4 years ago.
Tysm. You the best
Lov ya!! (づ￣ ³￣)づ
I just want to add regarding Juheon's family matters:
His aunt has been locking Juheon's grandfather who has dementia away for the sake of becoming the one who manages all his assets despite how the grandfather already pointed someone else to be his legal guardian. Juheon got the footage of this and intended to reveal this to the public when his popularity is at the peak, so he could go down along with his family as his revenge
Tysm for the summary!