tbh i dont feel like this was a good place to end the season. it only confirmed what many readers already strongly suspected. and keeps randomly dangling the MLs traumatized behavior that is clearly from grooming. i don’t dislike the story at all and i’m still looking forward to how the author wants to continue, but it doesn’t really feel like a cliffhanger since there’s no clarity atp over what the MC is planning to do. going into this half-cocked is a very bad idea but i suppose i’m along for the ride
for people who are confused, the imagery from last episode depicts a series of symbols that are associated with omegaverse genders. that coupled with visible pheromones does strongly suggest this is an ABO, but it’s possible that is just inspiration. especially since we have only seen the ML behave a certain way sexually, and it has not indicated if that was a heat cycle, trauma, or both.
further, the child we saw in church that was picking new members is suggested to be MLs child, and we now have confirmation that the other parent is whatever current rapist we are seeing. it’s been too long so i can’t remember if he appeared sooner than the kidnapping about 5+ episodes back, but he was a superior in the army during mandatory military service.
**edit: i’m not sure why people keep downvoting this comment. i’m going to assume it’s people who are upset the story got canceled. the story was an absolute mess AND i personally would like to know if localization choices contributed to this controversy outside of the wildly inappropriate and disrespectful story setting.
if anyone has the Korean raws for this chapter from ridibooks please lmk. it won’t change my overall thoughts regarding this story (negative) however, some have claimed there are mistranslations with how the ML talks about himself and what he says. i’m curious to compare the manta version to the original text











only took 144 chapters for a kiss