This is way WAY BETTER than Dash
nah
You gotta read the novel first before judging Dash. The manhwa do not do the novel justice
Where can I find the novel
It might be but I find both characters quite insufferable especially the manager
lmao, why would you even expect the whole chap novel illustrated into manhwa. illustteating one manhwa already costs like 1+week. it takes time.
lmao, why would you even expect the whole chap novel illustrated into a manhwa. illustrating one manhwa already costs like 1+week. it takes time.
All that is ok but what happened to the art??? I check in after a while but their faces are nerfed and look like permanent chibi ones…. Did the artist change???
no
Nerfed you say
sybau
FUCK!! I regret not reading the novel first I see the potential but the manhwa is so fucking rushed that it spoiled it for me!! And the art is a bit like those creepy toxic BLs which I don’t like BUT the story is quite good. I just hate that I read the manhwa first!!
For some reason everything about this story pisses me off…the art is godly but the faces and expressions are derpy at the same time, they’re supposedly bonded but feel like less than strangers, like they’re being forced to get along, even in their moments of chemistry, they’re like blocks of ice. The manager is so indecisive yet he knows what he wants, there is an arrogance to his apathy which I really dislike…like I think this story had potential to be one of the greats if both main characters had a different personality. Like the Seme has carried his unrequited feelings for so long that his feelings are way too intense for this level of interaction or relationship and the manager‘s feelings are too shallow for what the story claims he feels…overall I just think this story is about the author trying to write smut while giving it a random storyline and it’s a shame because I see the vision but it is too shallow to really move me or get me invested. Like even this first sex scene…what is this timing?! What the fuck was that dialogue progression?? Why are they so annoying till the end??
Like imagine if their first kiss was really intense, maybe full of anger and resentment from Jaegyeom but turning into longing and that’s how the manager realised how much he was liked by that boy since all those years ago…like show don’t TELL. This story has been blah blah blah only, but it should be showing us. Too much dialogue and unnecessary scenes…we have seen more chemistry with that actor and manager than with our lead.
We needed a damn confession, a heart wrenching angst filled one, a passionate kiss, TENSION, longing!! Before this sex scene happened. So it could be the payoff we deserved.
And what we got was „ur an omega, join this competition, no, join the olympics in, no, do this, no, sign this contract and have sex with me“ ugh…
Also these two speak 2 different languages and have no common ground. It’s really frustrating! I feel sad.
Might be an unpopular opinion but yeah that’s my feeling
And we’re gonna end up him getting pregnant and resigning and going away to raise a child and meeting him later or something.
this entire paragraph and i have nothing to say but that i agree, u put exactly what i was feeling into words
No they’re cutting out all the wholesome scenes!!! The scene of Taehee almost collapsing with anxiety when Heukje tells him that Jaegyeom found out he was dreaming…and when Taehee goes to meet everyone he dotes and checks on all of them one by one before giving this order…;_;
I love the art but it doesn’t compare to the novel one bit. It sterilises it especially Taehee since he’s such a complex and deep character with too many layers and feelingly
Would REALLY implore everyone to read the novel, it’s one of my favourite pieces of literature and the angst is soul crushing
i gladly would but the only translation i find is horrible
Oh, bad translations are death
don't worry ~ next chapter will have the scene of Taehee greets every one and it also shows a little bit about the skills they have. However, I agree that they cut some interesting parts such as how Taehee laughs out loud when the ceo left. He is so cunning and the manhwa doesn't show it all.
check novelupdates someone has translated the whole thing under the name “soul fire”. Great translation!
one of my fav bls so well written jaegyeom and taehee are the cutest!!
will do thank you!!
I really like this novel and everything but even so after I read the novel I did not reassaally like the way their romance was developed after this point…like it didn’t feel as cathartic as I had expected maybe or just the fact that transition from this Hyung and Dongsaeng dynamics wasn’t the best execution like we see Sayong‘s feelings from a young age but for J, it felt like he fell for him because the plot called for it. I don’t know how to explain it but even their first kiss was so random and misplaced in the story that I was like this isn’t the place…or…time…so it all felt disjointed from then on. But it’s fine. They address this conundrum J faces of being romantically attracted or even accepting Sayong THAT way…it’s rough but I hope to read it again from where I left…I keep getting the ick and dropping it for some reason from that point on…
I feel the same way, korean media always has to make it so they knew each other when they were younger. The chemistry is def better later in the novel but it was rough at the start
Really wish they had been the same age or sayoung had been a little older than he is.
isn't sayoung supposed to be younger because J saved him? I mean I defo agree with the Korean trope thing, but here J was like 17-18 and the kid looked 14-15
No no he is supposed to be younger but I wish they were older than their actual ages if that makes sense. Like 17 and 18, or wish they were older. Like he could've saved someone the same age as him and they wouldve still had a strong connection, but it'd be more like a friendship with a peer rather than someone you saved
Yes!! But even that could be achieved if executed properly…the age gap isn’t the issue more like but the fact that it is the reason J always saw him as his actual brother he never had and then suddenly he kissed him and got over it like the author didn’t execute it..with age gaps if there is significant time and distance between when they knew each other to their grown up age it usually is okay BUT it’s this particular dynamic shift I didn’t quite like…it felt too disjointed or hurried. Maybe the reveal happened too soon…J should’ve really fallen for Sayong more before he found it out so it didn’t change a thing for him, but it seems from this point he begins to love him BECAUSE he found out he’s the same person..or something
Yeah, I totally agree you with you! While reading this chapter I was honestly confused because I thought they kissed before he found out they were the same person cause'its been a while since I read the novel. Would've been better if J started crushing on him b4 he found out and then had to struggle with the complex feelings after the fact. Like I know he struggled a little bit but definitely would have been more impactful if the relationship started first.
Love this! But unpopular opinion, white hair mignon was the BEST!!! So unique and so fine and so cute and so sexy!! Black hair one made him every other BL seme SIGHHH höher this and hyperventilation are peal bl animes coming out from Korea. Peak!!!
One day I hope the world becomes so normal that even manhwa bls don’t have to censor simple kisses between men
Speaking facts, GL too. Yeah even the lesbian can't escape the censorship... There was one GL series because they uncensored it, in the place that the GL series is being publish, it case it to be cancel.... (technically for both you can still post the kiss uncensored in some certain cn social media but the publishing place you posted it there, then it is the end...)
If I were a billionaire I would commission this artist to draw me every damn story I love in this world…especially finish little mushroom!! I’ll pay you a million dollars a page!!
Also seeing a new visual of Lu Feng is like seeing the first love of your life on a bus stop randomly and falling in love again…
He’s THE most gorgeous man to have ever been drawn in any manga. The aura, the eyes, the personality…
An Zhe is soooo lucky and Lu Feng is even luckier…they’re so perfect together that for the 1st time I don’t even want to Imagine either of them being mine haha.
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