That is both the best and worst possible way he could've gone. For everyone involved.
It can be spun in any way you want. Him redeeming himself. Him burdening her with his death. Selflessness or selfishness. The poor boy slave and the disgusting creep who continuously kept refusing to let go and be better.
Alas. Humanity.
After reading a bit of the novel. I now get why the manhwa can be confusing at times.
They're literally just illustrating what happens in the novel almost page for page, but the novel has SO much inner dialogue that isn't being shown here. So you end up with silly that make no sense.
The Duke (Ain) is sabotaging himself so hard.
Its been obvious that Ain is the Duke since day one imo but scenes like the one where he's explaining to Michel how couples spend some time alone to see if they're sexually compatible basically confirm it.
Then we have the scene where he says the "Duke" (him) likes to hunt by "setting traps and waiting" which obvs refers to the whole pretending to be a servant thing.
Someone else said he's an illegitimate child. I'm assuming he set this all up as an elaborate plan to see if Michel (someone from the south, where cheating and having mistresses and illegitimate children isn't frowned upon) would fall for someone else given the chance. Which like, is basically a self fulfilling prophecy and also something incredibly dumb.
Beautiful art and writing tho.
I've said it once and I'll say it again. I feel bad for Derrick.
He has guilt over losing his sister, which causes him to have a stronger aversion to Penelope when the Duke first brings her. Stronger than the other brother. Which makes him reject the idea of her as his sister. To him, she was just an unwelcomed guest he had to grow up together with. There’s no familial ties in his eyes, so when she changes and becomes someone he can respect, he sees her as a woman, not as his sister. So he develops feelins for her, but he recognizes that that is wrong, so he suppresses them. Suppressing feelings is never healthy and when you mix that with his unresolved guilt over loosing Yvonne you get... well, exactly what we just read. That is not to say that he couldn't have acted different, he certainly could have, but Yvonne and her brainwashing really didn't help either.
Honestly, the writing in this manhwa is just really really good.
Yo, why did his aide (Anton) get all hot all of a sudden.
I'm surprised they even managed that with this art style.
God: "Hey you, I see that you're serving me, but you should know you're destined to become a powerful mage."
ML: "I don't care. I love you!!"
God: "Okay bet, I'll give you special treatment. The power won’t compare to that of a mage, tho.
God: "and when you DO become a mage, because destiny means you WILL, I'll let my followers brand you so you can suffer for centuries."
ML: "Huh?"
God: "Too late, no takesies backsies. Teehee"
I dont think I have to dive into the symbolism behind the argument between Heart and Head, right? ....RIGHT?!
On another note, I can't believe it took me 14 chapters to realize Heart looks the way he does because he's a literal walking manifestation of Henry's heart. Literally. He's all patched up, broken and "ugly" looking because that's literally the condition Henry's heart was probably in (emotionally).
So, two dicks for Dick because crazy libido. A patched up body for Heart because patched up heart. Now Head... I've said it once and I'll say it again, he really fascinates me the most. Still not beating the psychopath allegations. Preserve the head because all Victor really loved was his beauty, possessing him etc etc. But the tentacle??? It's giving Victor low key saw him as a toy to play with (to a degree) similar to how Henry saw all of his fwb. This requires further analysis at a later date. But make no mistake, this manhwa has convinced me that everything has symbolism, including the tentacle dick.
Also, I'm gonna go out on a limb (heh) here and say that Heart wondering if he would love anyone Henry loved is def tied to Head initially going out in search of a "past lover"
The amount of ppl in these comments that lack reading comprehension. I know its been a while but this was explained in the beginning yall. She will ALWAYS die before the year is up, that's part of the curse. Keeping her locked up and away from harm did nothing, she just got sick and died.
I knew this was coming since the moment the baby prince died but it was still gut punching. Damn.
I'm soooo glad they went this route with the writing because I was literally thinking of this myself.
She chose him in a way, and by doing so, doomed him into this looped existence. Even if the loop isn't her fault, it makes perfect sense that she now feels responsible for him. She probably feels like she's ruined him in a sense. Heck, I'm surprised she's not questioning if his feelings for her are only due to the loop.
On another note, I hope this isn't their last life. This feels like a life of revenge and I could go on and on about how that doesnt need to be the final message. But honestly I just want the prince to be alive again
My dude, you have WALKING proof of his love for you.
Hi, I'm gonna dissect some more. Just a smidge, a bite, if you will.
Henry, as a child, picks up a test tube with a rat in it. Foreshadowing of the fact that he himself is a rat? One that will inevitably end up as another one of Viktor's tests.
Viktor says he loves Henry but he has only ever shown obsession and possessiveness, specifically revolving Henry's beauty. It is poetic then, that he would ask Head (the physical representation of Henry's beauty)if he loves him, when there is already walking proof of Henry having loved him, to some extent, in Heart.
I used to think Head was a representation of Henry's mind (his being a Psychopath), and I still think he is that, to some extent. But I now fully think Viktor only "saved" Henry's head, just because he wanted to preserve his beauty, more than his mind.
Tune in next week to this tired film student's analysis of what she thought was just a weird smut manhwa.
ALL ABOARD!
The "What The Fuck" train will be departing shortly.
So, I'm gonna try and dissect (hehe) this based on the meager information –including spoilers– we have.
Henry is a fuckboy and a cheater. He and Victor are very distant relatives. Victo's family died when he was young leaving him loaded. H and V know each other since childhood and have promised to be together forever since then because they're both weird and lonely. V did not kill H but did imply he would've done so if H tried to leave him.
Heart tells us that H did have feelings for V. Dick tells us that H was a Slut. Mind tells us that H was a psychopath.
So, Henry WAS attached to Victor, probably mostly due to close proximity since a young age. He's a psychopath tho and probably also saw Victor as pathetic. More than likely he just didn't see a reason why he shouldn't do as he wanted and throw regular gangbangs considering he probably thought Victor would never leave him. Dude was just in it for the ride and got attached in his own fucked up way.
Now, having been split into three leaves us with a more clear idea of who Henry was. Imo, Mind is the most fascinating one and probably the most dangerous. It's Henry, with none of the love he might’ve felt for V, or the increased libido he might’ve originally had. Just pure psychopath.
Now, another interesting thought is, are they also affected by the body parts that are not Henry? What type of heart does Mind have? What about Dick and Heart?
Was I expecting a BL Harem Smut manhwa to have me analyzing shit to this level? No, but here we are.
Look, ages ago I said Richard strikes me as a switch who just prefers to sub and at this point I'm scared he's gonna dom her out of nowhere out of frustration from the recent going ons, and completely freak her out.
That or she'll quickly put him back in his place.
Which would be hot.
So, I'm just going to go ahead and assume that, based on this being in the same universe as "I Can See Your Stats", MC is a born mate (like Eyra from ICSYS) with an incomplete bond with Sha ML. But since Sha ML is so strong, no one has been ballsy enough to enter his territory and try and win over the MC, until Gwen ML.
Glad to see I was right in immediately clocking the little white haired girl as a dragon.
I love how we're all sitting here like:
"...Wait till Ines gets her hands on this dumbass."