How has this not caught on, a *canon* gay and lesbian couple in my shounen?? Dante and verge has a chokehold on me. The angst hurts so good
I made a similar comment but the art just gets cuntier and cuntier if i had only 1 reason tp read this its bc the art keeps upgrading
Usually when I read psychological manga I get the author's thought process but I do not know which esoteric asscrack eno sumi pulled from for this.
I forgot the details in earlier chps but how I read the author's intention and msg is MC has always had unstable attachments to parental figures, and here comes this externally perfect person who gives all material needs. MC is confused and doubtful, this parental attachment gives him insecurity because what does mc have to "give" for him to "take" all of this? Of course, the ML took him in as a son because he felt a sense of dutifulness and gratefulness to his dead wife (the only one who didnt assume bad from him prob) and he perceived his wife's wishes to care for her son. The ML gives, unconditionally. He has a sense of right and wrong for how relationships and things should be taken care of so that they dont do bad.
But MC, naturally as a result of his parental issues, is always looking for reassurance that there's someone in this world that he matters to emotionally. Its a subconscious thing, not even a conscious expectation, that primes him to be hurt bc it triggers past feelings of not mattering and being an invisble child with no real connections. Its also just exacerbates the uncomfortableness and inauthenticity of this fake-happy family, so he doesn't like that he needs to perform a good son or answer to his father as one. MC will eventually get past this once he learns to separate his past emotions being triggered by ML and understand ML as an individual who presents differently but is still a human.
What I find most interesting is the ML. On the surface he seems to have no empathy but I think an autism-flataffect-adjacent lens is beneficial for this. Since birth he doesn't instinctually understand or copy social performance, but he has put a lot of effort into cognitively undeestanding. His vision for life is giving what others want, and finding a partner that is totally ok with the fact he cant provide emotion, just an agreement of geniune mutual 'give and take'. Nothing wrong with that, yet he gets constantly negative feedback for something he cant control. He acknowledges that he cant provide this 'emotion' performance thing everyone else needs and is ok with letting the MC go. But it still sucks from the ml's perspective that theres no one that matches his sense of mutual aid, no stable relationships he can form, it seems society says he doesn't really deserve his vision for life even tho it doesnt hurt anybody, and he should be judged for how he is not like the others. He doesn't particularly want to hurt or take advamtage of ppl, he jus dont receive social signals or feel the desire to be in the ingroup. Though i just remembered that he was pretty possessive and i dont subscribe to dat....
There is also the motif of family in the duty sense. They are connected inescapably, they share parts of their life that other people wouldn't understand ("wife") and its regretful to cut off these connections. Its a real thing ppl feel where besides your personal gripes to an individual, that individual holds a role no one else have, and you honor that.
More research into why children act out (often bc they have an internal belief abt their attachments to the world they dont know how to confirm) would be beneficial to understand this
This is so beautiful I'm crying and throwing up rn. Your mind >>>>>>
Thank u! I saw what i wrote and was like "im prob gonna get tomatoes thrown at for making an essay abt a problematic manwha"
I really love your thoughts on the story and you seem to have a really good understanding on the characters. I'd love to hear more about your thoughts especially when this ends. I'll wait for more of your comments. I've also replied on someone's comments who just spat out a bunch of complains and yours is such a beath of fresh air. You have good critique and a beautiful mind with emotional intelligence.
Thank u it means a lot!!! Any excuse to yap is welcome and appreciate another person who appreciate writing , real recognises real
The art is leveling uppp before my eyesss its a similar improvement to passion, their face cards are so much more dimensional. Also i find it funny how this author has the best couple, the worst couple, and the most polarising couple in kbl in a single universe.
Can you tell me which couples youre ranking here? I'm curious
Best is yuri x xinlu (yuri one of the most emotionally intelligent green flag), worst is christoph x richard (i didnt know there could be a more disgusting man than ilay), most polarizing is taeui x ilay (well its the main couple so theres many diehard fans but its hated for being very problemaric)
Could you please tell me what manga the christoph x richard couple is from?
I don't think there's a manhwa adaptation yet for their story, but there's novel for it
I was guessing right then, thank you
who are they, are they also apart of this story, or is it a completely different one?
They're also in same universe as passion. A side couple, Im not sure if they've made an appearance yet though. They're the 2nd couple in diaphonic Symphonia (which is like the next novel after Passion with Ilay x Taeui)
Here's the novel description:
Jeong Taeui, who suddenly became a fugitive because of Ilay, unexpectedly finds his life as a fugitive at the RieGrow household quite peaceful. However, this peaceful life doesn’t last long. Christoph, Ilay’s childhood friend and an absolute beauty, visits the RieGrow household and takes a book cherished by Kyle. At Kyle’s request, Taeui heads to the Tarten in Dresden to retrieve the book.
In the midst of a fierce succession battle to determine the heir of Tarten, Taeui meets Christoph, who seems to have strained relations with everyone in his family and is in a deadly rivalry with Richard, the most likely candidate for heir. To make matters worse, the dazzlingly handsome Christoph openly shows his affection for Taeui in an awkward manner, and as Richard watches this, he begins to experience feelings he himself does not understand…
Oh ok, thats interesting, tysm!!
Omgggg this is kinda peak. Ive now been introduced into the world of visual novels with interesting stories and personalities. Hopefully i can access the game or atleast a walktbrough....
hi! i have the game files if u want i can try to share it w you! js hmu if u feel like u want it! its one of the best game ive ever played....istg peak
Omg if you will that would be amazing!! Or tell the the site you got the game from
messaged u!!
Is this game available to DL online? I've been crazy over gian for years
hi! i bought it from a website but u can buy it through steam! lucky dog 1 has the official translation through steam by mangagamer, but if u want it for free i can give it to you since it is a bit pricy, AND YEAH OMG GIANNNN
Is it ok with you
Is it ok with you (⊙…⊙ ) oh btw i played other VN games and my favs are hashihime of the old book town and slow damage
As a novel reader I AM SATTTTTTTTT this is very cute. the plot's not that crazy, standard feel good story, but the characters aren't toxic, and the author intentionally does not use cheap sa trope bc the characters are acrtually self-respecting. Also just look at aaron reyes in the novel covers i fear no one comes close to his beauty i guess this is what it feels like when a kbl novel u like gets adapted
Could you tell me where you read it
it should b ok for me to say this but novelupdates.com collects novel links, u log in to see.
Thanks
can u tell me is aaron reyes really cheat on him? or misunderstanding breakup
In the comment section theres a spoiler that explains just this
Someone said it's a big misunderstanding
Oop read more of the novel and i may revise some statements abt dubcon but still if u r looking for a standard feel good, not too problematic/toxic bl (with all its misunderstandings and bickering) and ezpect nothing more , this is good enough
The art style of this weirdly gives me deja vu or something... the saturated shadows, the black shading and gradients for the fox mc
giving "dearest" vibes
Starting to feel this author is fr aroace bc their series are 1. A character's aroace-ness being the direct cause to the apocalypse and death of millions and 2. Their wish fulfillment fantasy of a relationship with no romance or sex