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It's amazing seeing how and how much Ichikawa's art has changed over 10+ years. comparing v01 to v11 is like looking at two different artists' penmenship. It's one thing to see it across stories, but something entirely different to see it across volumes. But there are some facial expressions that still hearken back to the early days. Art styles change for many reasons. Each stroke is a refinement of the last. Their grip might change due to injury or if their schedule is tight they may take shortcuts, but there are some that change because they want to or they needed to (yaoi hands). I've been reading comics/manga/wha/hua for so long that I've gotten to see it with a number of artists. Some I'd call an improvement or a nice change and others, not so much, but I still like seeing the gradual transformation.
Both Jaewon and I feel uncomfortable whenever he interacts with the Haeyul. And I'm starting to get annoyed with how Jaewon fails to set boundaries with him every single time. It's creepy how Haeyul acts like they're close and he knows it's not reciprocated and he's only being humored, yet he keeps pushing. Obviously Haeyul believes something that Jaewon is not privy to, but if he was sincere, he would have already tried to talk about it for real instead of this gross emotional projecting he's doing.
To me, I'm more grossed out by dojoon. At least haeyul has the decency to stop when asked, but not can be said for dojoon. He forced himself and took advantage of jaewon when he is drunk. Dojoon is no different froma rapist.
You didn't understand the plot here. There's a mystery between these characters , we don't know yet. Haneyul and Dojoon both aren't normal , nor do they seem like high school student. Hameul's character isn't creepy , rather , his character shows the depth of the plot , so does dojoon's.
Refer to when I wrote "Obviously Haeyul believes something that Jaewon is not privy to." I do understand the plot and it being part of the plot doesn't negate that Haeyul's actions make me or Jaewon uncomfortable (hence he desire to set boundaries) or that Jaewon's inaction is starting to annoy me.
Try thinking about it from this perspective: If someone kept treating you like they had a more intimate relationship with you, a deeper emotional connection with you than you were aware of. And they constantly dismissed the weight of your words, and were in your house when you got home like they belonged there even though you never told them where you live. And if it was someone who, to your knowledge, you only met recently, and after however many interactions you had with them, you didn't reciprocate their feelings, how would you feel?
I feel like the person that doesn't find that kind of intrusive behavior creepy is either naive, has no self-awareness, or has low self-esteem. You can't be even a moderately adjusted person and not feel like a line was crossed. Except for the fact that they interact directly, Haeyul's behavior is much like those people who take para-social relationships to extremes and are at the stage where they start pleading with the object of their obsession to not make them worry/make they angry, which is the stage right before they decide that confining the person would be for their own good.
Regardless of what the truth behind Haeyul's actions are, that truth hasn't been revealed, so up to now, he's just being creepy.
I think Dojoon and Haeyul are equally gross; they just have different approaches, but the outcome is the same: a form of coercion, be it physical or emotional/mental, they are both guilty of taking advantage of Jaewon and interfering with his agency over himself. I just felt like commenting about Haeyul today.
Also, Haeyul is a repeat offender. Jaewon shouldn't have to ask him to stop every time; he keeps crossing the line, so the fact that he stops doesn't mean much.
Not that this excuses anything, but the only thing Dojoon has over Haeyul in the current story line is that Jaewon likes Dojoon.
They both have a lot of work to do before I can seriously root for either of them and I can't wait to see if the author can convince me to.
You've got a point