i wrote a review of this around chapter 27, just picked this back up… still have no idea what’s going on. my biggest gripe at that point was that the art experienced such a severe decline it looked like storyboards rather than a finalized chapter, and honestly the art does a lot of the heavy lifting with this.
sometimes, i’m more than happy to sit back, relax, and just look at the gorgeous art because i’m not following the plot at all. but there’s always an itch in the back of my head, “would i understand this better if i wasn’t american?” like, there’s got to be cultural significance to the symbolism, be it from joseon-era korea or manchuria. i have NO idea where to start researching to get a better understanding of what the fuck is happening, and all i can think is, “whatever the author is smoking, i REALLY want i
i say it every chapter, and i’ll say it again… FUCK yesung jung. i HATE that guy. and DOUBLE FUCK hayool, he’s literally such a bitch