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From the very beginning, I never liked Mokyeon’s character, with all the extortion and sexual abuse he put Nanjo through (because yes, even though Nanjo accepted the deal Mokyeon proposed, it’s still fucking abuse, and you can tell), but I wanted to see how Nanjo’s character would end up in all of this, since he was being used by both sides of this story. And then now Mokyeon “falls in love” with Nanjo and wants to start changing things. I haven’t read the new chapter yet, and I probably won’t, since I want to let a few chapters pile up before continuing, but from what I’ve read in the comments, it has to do with Mokyeon’s past.

It’s nothing new to reveal a character’s past and explain that "Character X" behaves the way they do because of it. Generally, I’m not against this being shown because I’m interested in knowing it, since it’s important for a character’s development and well it's backstory, unless the story is using it to justify any action a character took. I don't know if this will happen here, we'll see.

The same thing happens in real life, life experiences shape us in one way or another. The difference lies in how people ultimately deal with them and what they end up learning, because, after all, we’re not all the same. The one thing that’s always true for each of us is that our past will NEVER justify our actions, and actions must have consequences. And obviously, because of this, I don’t see Mokyeon as a poor victim in my eyes in this whole situation with Nanjo. Will I feel bad for that poor kid who had to go through a horrible and difficult childhood? Absolutely. But Mokyeon in the present is an ADULT, and honestly, I hope he will suffer more for what he did, and I’d even love to see him not end up with Nanjo in the end—though this will surely have a happy ending, just like every toxic manhwa, it will surprise me if not lol.

The only thing I hope for from this new season is to see more of Nanjo and his perspective, thoughts and feelings, since in the first season we only see Mokyeon’s point of view. I want more depth on Nanjo, about whom we basically still know nothing beyond what Mokyeon believes, knows, or sees in him.

Since we've already seen a bit of two of the hounds, I need to know more about the third one—the girl. I feel a mix of fear, excitement, and anxiety about her; I hope she turns out to be an interesting character!

Man, at this point their relationship is taking a back seat for me (I’m not saying I’m not interested, obviously I am, plus it’s super important to the plot too but ykwim) and that’s so great. The plot is so good that I’m totally hooked, I need to know everything about the hounds, more about the city and the people who live there, the teacher’s strange episodes along with the possibility that he might be a unreliable narrator, how this whole plan is going to play out, and obviously Guwon’s origin too, I love this so much!!

I love Yong Sajun and his chibi version so so much, he's just too cute for this world!

I read the novel this year and now they're adapting it into a manhwa omg, this is an... interesting one so I'll be waiting to read it again lol

Holy shit, what's with that "it looks like the water washed it all away, we have to do it again"? You can't be such a jerk, fuck, he deserves a damn punch in the face, all this chapter really pissed me off. I can’t believe Juhyeok’s first time is going to be like this, feeling forced to give in just to have a chance to keep fighting for his dream and not even feeling ready to have sex, he’s not even comfortable with his second gender yet. This is just disgusting.

Poor Tei, as someone who needs to prove himself to bring pride to his kingdom, I can’t even imagine how awful it must feel to be worthless in what he believes is his “purpose” now that he’s found out Shuraka has concubines. It’s like, "what the hell am I even doing here then?" Shuraka, do something to reassure him now!

I love them so so much! I love that Baek-hee has such a dirty mouth and that when he gets nervous it gets even worse lol. This is one of the manhwas that really brightens my day whenever new chapters come out so thank you so much for continuing to translate it, KangByeol!

God, this chapter and the previous one just made my blood boil. While I don't justify any of Jingi and Heonjae's actions because of their past, it obviously kills me to see what their mother and they went through. It disgusts me to see how the mother was put in prison for killing her trashy husband while the uncle remains completely unpunished, even now. I want him dead, I need to see him suffer for everything he did to them and to who knows how many children.

Taking advantage of the fact that he made Juhyeok dependent on his pheromones to have sex, since that's the only way he's willing to give him cum...yeah, that's sooo wrong, man.