I cant lmao. Some parts of this were great but pacing is weird. 5 out of 10
Fun and engaging! The pacing was not dragged out and I could guess this was based on a novel from the first few chapters. Also why are people looking for the sex parts... The story is focused on much more important things rn, sex literally isnt needed yet. I also wouldn't complain to see sexy times but the story is already filling me up. I love when authors cook in slow burn because you just know its gonna be so good...
Also Im sorry but I think Carlo's hotter than Mikhail TuT. Even after the timeskipp
And now I question why it took me so long to read this. I think I dropped bc of the earlier chapters and just came back now. I wasn't expecting a kr webtoon to tackle hypersexuality, bullying, drug-dependence etc. and still make this much fun read. It's refreshing to have Daeshik as a character bc the amount of character development is insane. Confident, straightforward and whenever he comes out like a pride flag on legs??? amazing. Also congrats Hosae who originally just wanted a gay friend. Now she has gay friendS lmaooo. She and Daeshik are the most interesting parts (not that i dont love everyone else) Hottest character: Yosef. 2nd hottest: Jinjoon.
So I hope (crossed-fingers) this won't turn into an idiot plot where all they have to do is talk to fix things and they can't even do it. Hoping on hope the plot isnt just this 'will they, wont they' bc this really has a lot of promise.
love the way the style switches even if it gets jarring sometimes lmao the story is a usual push and pull couple. i wish thered be more introspection for the characters but its fun?
also the old man was fine af. hope we see more of him + the captain and the beta guy
But the story is disappointing and shallow. Probably because of how short it is but lmaoo? They didn't even try to help others or change society? They just went 'oh yeah now let's just run away together.' A bit immature, I wished the author let this cook a bit more. But I've seen writers pull off good story in fewer chapters.
Earlier sex scenes not really worth it for how much it dragged the story. I really wished the author cooked the concept more and made it more meaningful. There's barely a hint of personality and again, probably because of how short this is. The 'heat' thing is just an excuse for the sex and they dont even make it memorable. Author could have leaned into how the heat was the dragon's undoing and gave the characters more conflict to solve. 4/10 read. The 'dragon' 'rut' etc just feels like buzzwords for visibility when they don't have a bearing on the story.
I love when couples do naked (but not always sex) intimacy. The way they kept talking about sex and the relationship makes it so much hotter than 95% of couples out there who's just on the pound train and pounds away. 10/10 no notes on the smut + i have to admit the dicks are drawn pretty.
The idiot plot is 5/10 because it hinges on characters being idiots but on the first 20 chapters it was funny. Latter chapters I'm not so sure. Dojin lost so much character and realism when he became just this 1 dimensional guy who became dumb out of love.
Not sure if I'll continue because it has become stale. But hey when all the sites owners start hunting down on piracy sites, who knows if anyone can continue (aka fuck Kakaotalk. it was never about piracy and protecting artists, pay your artists right)
I get its probably a smaller rushed project but there's just more gratuitous smut than plot that was paced well. There's also a lot of plot points unaddressed like what exactly is a 'merman' was all the sightings just this one guy, if so how does it mean for the worldwide sightings/folklore. If there are a lot of them did they also undergo this same process
Then there's demonization of mental illness which is almost funny if you think about. People are so quick to point out rape/noncon plots to the point that modern webtoons rarely have them anymore. but here we are still portraying mentally ill ppl like this. I guess maybe its just this one project but let me just share more factual stuff to be educational.
Mentally ill people are more often the abused than the abuser. Are they capable of these kinds of things? Probably. But more often theyre the ones who lack freedom and autonomy, and gets discriminated more because of their needs. Here's just wishing we start asking stories to also progress past tired old tropes like these.