lowkey yeah, its toxic and abusive which is not wrong to include but if theres not proper backstory, character depth and development or realistic rep, then its just harmful. i did feel "entertained" reading and analysing their relationship tho but yeah, its not really recommendable, but i will keep reading. I think this is a worse version of "eighteens bed" where its a proper toxic, well written yaoi
the newest chapter has proven once more why happy 2gether is so superior, the pacing is amazing along with the storytelling but unlike other manhwas I read its not just to fill empty space or nonsensical poetry. for me, it shows how much seungmin cares about jaeyoung. they're actually so intimate that i feel like im intruding...
So many times I was feeling so embarrassed but I'm gonna push through, I know there's gold at the end of this road
Genuinely it's the small things and tbh I've never seen a character like seungmin do all these LITTLE things for someone where the narrator wasn't mentioning it every two seconds, makes it feel really sincere
I have a lot to criticise but for now this is all I'm going to say: it's a good manhwa for beginners. That's about it.
Lee geom is top 1 yearner. Not lwj or HC but this guy right here is the nr.1 yearner.
Holy fucking shit I want side stories
"not really deep plot" my AHH bruh
THIS IS GOLD. LET ME TELL U WHY:
1) established relationship with actual fucking depth, it's not all sunshine after they get together. They had serious problems in Mayday and yes, that manhwa was your average mafia boss story but this one is so good because it genuinely hits you with the consequences of their characters
2) the pacing was really good in a way that ties up mayday and payback. Both stories feel really vague, as if the author is just giving us a mere idea of what this story is supposed to be and who these characters are. Because of how vague it is, the author hits us with a kind of newer plot twist and shows us how much of an unreliable narrator Yoon actually is - the one to neglect the relationship wasn't the big bad mafia boss but sweet innocent MC Yoon, which makes sense after his flings, past rape trauma and everything that happened to him in Mayday is picked up and we are shown the consequences of his backstory and how that shaped him into who he is and how that influenced the entire plot line. Yes it's literally 99% of how Yoon wants to escape ML but why? It all leads back to his backstory and the author always makes vague hints/implications. Yoon is known for getting around and yet he's scared that he is just a mistress. He leaves his exes because if they were incompatible with him, then he could just break up with them but Yoon knows he doesn't want that with the ML. This is tied with his abandonment issues caused by his family. Another consequence of this is the fact that Vasya leaves Yoon too long, that he starts to feel lonely without ever knowing when he'll be back. And the fact that Vasya appears out of nowhere all the time, which makes him seem unreliable asf. Not a good idea for anxious people like yoon. Him getting around is most likely because of his SA trauma. And in Mayday, it's always been hinted at that he is an introverted loser who is ashamed of everything he does. It only makes sense that this would be Paydays plotline. Again, by keeping the story vague and a little more on the heavy to understand aspect, the author can make this plot twist that Yoon was the bad boyfriend and not the ML
3) Personally, I think the emotional aspect was conveyed very well. I have never read a manhwa with this amnesia problem type. What I mean is that the 18yo ML is scared that everyone wants him gone, the fact that we should hold a funeral. Idk why but the author genuinely made me realise that that kid is, in fact, not Vasya but Vasily. Vasily is scared he will die if he gets his memories back and I guess, in a metaphorical sense, I have never seen a manhwa exploring this type of emotional distress. Just as Vasya already said, everyone thinks Vasya just lost his memories and when he gets them back, he will be back to normal. But the author really plays into that "someone just died" aspect instead of making it seem like an unfortunate accident. Read chapter 21-22 for this.
4) The fact that in Mayday, Yoon was scared asf of Vasya until the very end. And it continues in Payback. Just because you like you boyfriend and are in a relationship with them, doesn't mean you're on equal terms. Especially when said boyfriend is a mafia boss. I'm not saying that's healthy, you SHOULD be on equal terms but they weren't and that is picked up in payday. It's just a "realistic" aspect to think about. Since Yoon saw Vasily still very aggressive, he knew he would turn into the same Vasya, no matter what, and that is what scared him because he could not break up with him if he really turned back into Vasya. Because for one, Yoon doesn't truly want to. But he also can't because yes, ML is a mafia boss and the whole fucking premise is that MC can't ever get away from ML. We are not romanticising this mafia shit in these two stories at all.
It's also 2am while I speed read both manhwas so I'm lit just yapping but yeah that's just my take
As someone who has been following Beats works for a long long time now, they really improved their art style but not only is the anatomy better but their story telling, composition, expressions etc really improved.
I love rereading all their works to compare the art, it's really great (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
This author only ever produces peak so I'm having high hopes for this one
Holy peak omfg
Writing? Peak. Characters? Peak. Pacing? Peak? Plot? Peak. PEAK. PEAAAAAK.
I love this manhwa so much it's so well written omfg
Holy fucking shit what fucking gold mine did I discover
The incest shit is weird but at least they address it
My boy r back with even heavier angst, life couldn’t be more miserable
