I like the graphics, the normal version and the funny one. I'm happy it was a colourful story with an actual plot and some nice dose of humor. It was pretty interesting and going through the investigation together with the characters was a good bonus.
The ending scene was perfect. A picture perfect family... Except...
... It all was rooted from rape and I can't bring myself to accept it. Why the author had to romanticise rape?! Why make ML rape MC multiple times, force change his secondary gender and force pregnancy on MC for the relationship to happen... like it couldn't work out under a healthy circumstances. Pretty much the same for side couples.
Romanticisation of rape in this story is a seriously big drawn back that does only damage to the story. Without it everything would genuinely be perfect.
Luso, as crazy as it is for our mindsets and morals, didn't rape Shag. It's the world setting that everyone, with no exception, has to have sex to give / take energy from the other.
Shag was on dead door and he wouldn't lived if Luso didn't save him.
Obviously for us it's rape but in that world it's energy exchange. It's the world setting and literally every character by our law and standards commit rape every other day to keep each other alive.
Crazy setting.
Although I'm annoyed about the tragic life of the people on that planet I'm even more annoyed about the fact Shag magic was sealed fully.
He was the hero and at some point people started blaming him for being born so powerful he managed to save the kingdom from loosing half its population and for the wrong doings of people who receive his energy.
Like where is the logic? I understand Shag knowing he give so much energy should have checked who his partners are, to make sure he wasn't giving it to criminals. But to go so far as to blame him for what the criminals did and wish him dead? That's too much. Especially when he is the only reason you're still alive and live a peaceful enough life for you to badmouth people while drinking beer with friends in a tavern...
Obviously even if Shah's magic wasn't sealed he would still need sexual partners, pretty much like now with the exception he could do magic too and that would simply make him happy. But again it's the world setting and the author's idea of what to portray the sex as.
Overall looking at Shag's life one can say he was being raped by literally both "love interests"... we could even add the dragon to the bag. Seriously tragic. I wouldn't want to live in a world like that. Even more if I were so powerful as Shag and need companions often.
Creepy, sad and tragic af....
They don't have to have sex to transfer energy. It's probably like guiding in guidverse. You can transfer energy through touch and bodily fluids. Sex is just the fastest way because it combines both touching and bodily fluids. But we've seen that you can exchange energy passivly through touch (by sleeping while touching) and activly through kissing, hugging, having sex.
Sadly such gentleness doesn't apply to Shag as he is way too powerful for simple touches. It was even explained in the story sex is the most efficient not just the fastest.
Shag could easily give his energy the gentle way if he were like most people but he isn't, so only sex is what let's him survive.
Again it's the world setting the author made and obviously the lots of us finds problems in it and is dissatisfied with the way everyone treats Shag but the story is done, finished and as readers we can only imagine a better version or ending.
In chapter 2 he shared a significant amount of energy with Fik through just touch and kissing. He doesn't have to have sex with Fio it's just the most convinenient.
Same with anyone else. Problem is the amount of energy s person can recive and that can regenerate. Fio takes almost a year to fully regenerate his max capacity (which is the same capacity as Shagar). They are just polar oppsoites. While Fio can have a lot of energy, he can't regenerate it, while Shagar can not only hold a lot of energy, he regenerates it in surplus.
If Shagar tries to share energy with any normal person through missing and touching, it won't be as effective as with Fio because they can't take as much, so it requires greater effort for the energy to get absorbed. With Fio (and in much much smaller regard Luso) , he can Kiss, hug and touch to transfer energy, because they can take up way more, so they body and absorb it faster.
For any other normal person, if they simply have smaller amount of energy, because they have normal regeneration rate they actually don't need to use sex to get it. All the people Fio had sex with, probably didn't even need to get the energy, they just wanted it so they can use magic in everyday life. Shagar says in chapter 1 or 2, that magic is something used everyday. There is almost no one who can't use magic (that's why Fio is such a rate case). He remarks that in history books, it speak of time where people could hardly use magic, but that today, that is unheard of. Even poor people can use magic. Literally anyone can, it's core part of their lives. They don't even need medicine they just use healing magic. So it's probable that Fio's friends didn't even need energy, they just wanted to do they could use magic, because it's so ingrained in their way of life. They can't imagine a life where they do stuff themselves. Heck Shagar even mentions that people use magic to grow plants. So they probably don't know how to live without using magic.
You can argue that the first time they met, it was necessary... Although Luso assumed Shagar would rather have sex against his will than die. But after Shagar had given all his magical energy to Fio and Luso carried him off to the tree? That was straight-up rape.
for me, when the world setting is built like this, it really is just because they want sex (well, its yaoi, infamous for it). sex there, sex here and then sex with whoever which would make the two point of view for me to be valid. but imo, it's disappointing for me like why does it have to be that way LOL
I'm with you on that!
Humanity always does that. They did the same for the inventor that decoded the WW2 German transmissions of Enigma. They castrated him chemically and so he died in horrible pain after saving many people's live. The rich and powerful, the greedy humanity never actually protect their saviors. They become jealous.
I hate that you're right. Humanity kinda sucks.
rape toxicred flag semedumb MCno justicno redemption romanticisation of rape promotion of rape Stockholm syndrome MC abuse military bullying abuse of power no loveobsessive MLno plot
It's petrifying.
MC has been bullied by his colleagues in military academy and when he went to the authorities for help what he received was even more abuse and worse of all rape.
THE AUTHOR IS BLATANTLY ROMANTICISING RAPE!!
If that couldn't be enough (the worst) MC started to believe ML is loving him, like he is expressing his love by beating him, starving, breaking his bones, forcing himself on uke and treating him like a lesser, a literal toy.
From my perspective it's Stockholm Syndrome...! MC doesn't love ML and the fact there is no redemption, no revenge or justice of any kind is disappointing and disgusting.
And the supposed amnesia? Excuse me but why so many authors prefer to write amnesiac rapist than allowing the victim revenge?
thanks for the recommendation
I'm tryna read this but thanks for the clarification
rape toxic seme red flag abuse Stockholm syndrome no happy ending
Male lead is supposedly a Dom but no Dom would ever abuse anybody, especially his submissive. He abused, literally beated black and blue MC when MC was a child. A CHILD!! He been grooming MC with abuse and rape since extremely young age. There is no love, no romance, just toxicity and hate.
Tysm for saving my time
tysm for saving my time x2
Did you read the ending or the following chapters
he didn't have a bdsm play with a child, so no, he was not in the role of a dom back then. he didn't rape him either. yes, he was still a toxic, abusive "parent" to him, that's correct. but don't make him something he's not.
Right
It is ongoing, so how do u know there’s no happy ending?
It's pretty obvious, you know? The simplest definition of a "happy ending" is that the main couple will have their happy ending, they'll love each other, feel safe with each other, and be fulfilled in life... So tell me, do you really think a rape victim can be happy with his rapist? I'm seriously asking...
Are you really trying to justify it like that? Rape is rape. Lack of consent. It's that simple. MC never once consented, sober, fully conscious, or without feeling he has to submit, which makes this all rape.
Besides, do you really think it's okay for someone to raise a child, beat them for years, break their mind and then fuck them? Do you really believe this is "love", because for me this is romanticization of rape and Stockholm syndrome.
I'm curious, would you be open to having sex with a child you adopted and groomed into submission through years of abuse?
you're fucking mental, that's a fictional webtoon. and half of the shit you're talking about haven't even happened in the story, it's all in your head
Lol. You must be new to reading fiction. And you have created your own version of this manhua in your head.
Read the description and I guess I'm looking forward to reading the story, as long as no romanticisation of rape happens.
Another rape romanticisation... Lots of lies and the bottom is seriously uncomfortable with the male lead from begging.
I really hope this will have actually plot and it won't be all about mentally broken Shou getting raped left and right! Especially I hope the Gong won't hurt him intentionally and worse of all rape him like all these disgusting backgrounds characters
I don't even blame Ethan for becoming bad at this point. They raised him to be the way he is today, practically forcing him to hate Hugo, the one he once saw as his little brother.
They raised Hugo to be bad as much but on totally different level. Hugo was spoiled rotten while Ethan was abused.
Worst thing is Ethan will never receive justice for neglect and abuse he faced. Instead he will be most likely disowned, killed or put in prison for the wrong doings he did caused by unfair favouritism and abused he grew in.
Hugo will never pay for deceiving Flin and will never learn how to be a green flag.
Hugo's mother will never be punished for treating Flin as worthless blood bag and Ethan's father will never realise how much he hurt his own son.
That's such a tragedy...
What's so annoying about it too is that they treated him like shit for just being born when the Dad was the one who cheated. He can't take accountability for his shitty decisions so he takes it out on his son he had from his affair. And he used him as a replacement because his "real" son was not born yet.
Like dude, YOU ARE THE ASSHOLE HERE!!! If he had just treated him like a person and not a pebble in your shoe none of this shit would've happened and he wouldn't have lost Hugo for years.
Like the whole family is scum and they deserve a reckoning, but I know they probably won't get one...
rape all the way
* Toxicity
* No consent
* 1st time under influence of forced alcohol
* Threatening & blackmailing
* CEO + partner on crime vs victim
* Hate between characters
* Romanticisation of rape
* No happy ending
I attempted at finding the novel but can't find the right one or worse, with actual chapters. Has anyone maybe found the link and is open to share?