I'm really irritated that Garam STILL lacks the self-awareness that he caused this himself and it's entirely in his power to fix. He's just constantly repeating this "woe is me" spiral. How many chapters are we gonna waste before author makes him either go to therapy or more likely talk with a queer friend about it that instantly makes him go "oh duh, I was an idiot"... just fast forward me there man
I don't even blame Jaehyuk for going somewhere else; like wtf was he supposed to do when Garam NEVER told him any of these internalized fears?
literally hate how garam can't take responsibility for the fact that he was not acting right and being the most avoidant person ever. if he'd actually spoken to yj properly they could've literally sorted this out in one conversation and in garam going to THERAPY but the author just wants him to suffer endlessly and appearently now make them completely start over, this is just annoying bro
Is it sad that Daiki has better chemistry with Juhyeok in this one chapter than Suah did in the entire story up to this point? Mutual interest and someone Juhyeok actually responds to, respects his work, and inspires him to be better... knowing this story, Daiki will probably end up doing some heelturn into a devious asshole down the road, but if he's actually just like this as a person, I honestly think he's a better match for Juhyeok.
But it really feels like there's no way the author's actually making him anything more than a distraction, which is disappointing. Suah desperately needs SOMETHING to force him to grow up and be more of a person than what he is right now.
I dunno, I feel like pacing-wise they rushed into the uncontrollable sobbing schtick way too quickly. It's way too disproportionate to the considerably longer time that he was an absolute monster of a person that my brain still has a difficult time believing this sobbing guy is the same dude that cruelly used people without a care.
I actually would've rather there'd been a timeskip where he'd be forced to grow up as a person and chase after Kim Dan properly, but to also let Dan breathe for a while WITHOUT him around. This just reeks of "I ran out of steam and want to end this story now" to me.
I guess that's the reason the author took the hard way by almost killing Dan, so Jaekyung would have a justification to act that desperate. Because, after all he almost literally lost him for good, and that shocked him to the core. Idk that's my reasoning, but I still feel it's a bit rush, maybe because we, as readers, knew Dan wouldn't die.
I think this is a problem a lot of manhwa writers are having, not just Yaoi ones. The hurt / pain / misunderstanding arcs are way too long and the redemption / chasing / revenge arcs way too short to feel satisfying. Like the writers don't know how to give the readers & MC enough time during the redemption arc to forgive the perpetrators while also keeping the interest / tension in the story high.
yeah I think I'd have to agree... if there was one story with AMAZING pacing that felt like a masterpiece to read though, I highly recommend Reunion ( https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/reunion/ ) There's no asshole character in it per se, but the build up and release of the tension/angst in the story is so good...
Yeah mingwa’s pacing was poor planned if you’re going to make a character so shitty then yes it’ll take forever for him to change so yes the pacing made sense til the last 20 chapters then she rushed the ending was probably over it but if she stayed loyal to the correct pacing resolution should have been around 200 chapters
There's no chemistry with these two characters, ML just rapes and the story's clearly building to him suddenly realizing he "loves" MC even though there's no reason for him to love MC... MC is also without a brain cell in his head and just keeps doing stupid things that set him up to get raped and abused more. ... I feel like author thinks they're doing something like Steel Under Silk, but is nowhere near as sophisticated with no spark between the characters...









"we were both inexperienced, so we ended up hurting one another in our ignorance."
NAH. NAHH, YOU FUCKING GASLIGHTING ASSHOLE AUTHOR... how dare you try and say that, this was ALL Jaekyung being a horrific piece of shit and doing a heelturn so fast in the last couple of chapters it gave me fucking whiplash. Whoever this is in the last chapter, it sure as hell ain't Jaekyung.
And not only that, the story rushes the fuck out of the actual healing part of the relationship, so WTF IS THE POINT fuck I'm crashing out on this bullshit