maeimaei

If I could give 6 stars, I would. It’s rare to stumble upon a manhwa that draws you in and immerses you in the world and its characters to the same degree a 600-page fantasy novel would. The art, the pacing, and dialogue were all insanely well done. The artist/author is an amazing storyteller!!

And even though the ending was bittersweet, with many characters still filled with regrets, our favorite group not reunited, with Kaia never getting “justice”, and much left to our imagination, it was the perfect wrap up for a story like this — where nothing is black and white and you come to understand the actions of characters like Albrecht — and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I can only hope the author will feel inspired to come up with a new masterpiece in the future. Until then, excuse me while I retreat back into my cave and try to emotionally recover over the next week.

I honestly love this so much!! Besides Taehee‘s mixed signals being confusing af, I love that Jaegyom is staying true to his character and actually has a backbone. Korean BLs are infamous for hyping up the bottoms as these strong and intelligent men only to turn them completely stupid in front of the tops, to make them look more powerful and so that they can perform their (at times rapey) manipulation and humiliation rituals (which the bottom then forgives and forgets).

Thank the BL gods we have a Jaegyom once in a while, who has no issue calling Taehee out for his bullshit and beating his ass for it, so it is Taehee being careful not to piss off Jaegyom and not the other way around.