I wonder where the readers' feedback Mingwa talks about came from. I wonder if she checks pirate sites like this one. Because I think many people over here have clearly pointed out the strengths and weaknesses of this story throughout the years and maybe those comments could help her improve her writing. Because we know her art is good and that she's great at drawing confort and fluff. But, if she really wants to write about toxic and serious themes, she NEEDS to start building the characters' backstories and inner monologue/thougths early on in the comic. What made this comic an often frustrating read and what made the top seem irredeemable for some fans was precisely the poor early character characterisation. We knew nothing about Jaekyung's backstory and inner thoughts. Heck, we knew next to nothing about Dan's inner thoughts!!! You cannot give depth to a story without that. You can't grab your readers like that.
Like most authors Mingwa absolutely loathes illegal sites. So I can imagine she sticks to the opinions of fans on sites like Lezhin. They are definitely more tame over there compared to us degenerates. She doesn't give a shit what we think in the slightest .
When you mentioned how she should build up the backstory early on...I can see how that may seem helpful but in most cases when the authors take too long to build something up it loses momentum and some of the readers get bored. Imagine reading 5-10 chapters just about Dan's backstory and then the same amount of time on Jk's backstory before the main plot was even introduced. I like Mingwa's work but that would have me running for the hills. That's almost a full season just understanding how they came to be the way they are.
The main issue I have is with the ending. It was rushed but somehow I knew it would end this way. That's sadly what happens with burn out, you want to hurry up and get it over with which sucks for the readers.
I wonder where the readers' feedback Mingwa talks about came from. I wonder if she checks pirate sites like this one. Because I think many people over here have clearly pointed out the strengths and weaknesses of this story throughout the years and maybe those comments could help her improve her writing. Because we know her art is good and that she's great at drawing confort and fluff. But, if she really wants to write about toxic and serious themes, she NEEDS to start building the characters' backstories and inner monologue/thougths early on in the comic. What made this comic an often frustrating read and what made the top seem irredeemable for some fans was precisely the poor early character characterisation. We knew nothing about Jaekyung's backstory and inner thoughts. Heck, we knew next to nothing about Dan's inner thoughts!!! You cannot give depth to a story without that. You can't grab your readers like that.
Like most authors Mingwa absolutely loathes illegal sites. So I can imagine she sticks to the opinions of fans on sites like Lezhin. They are definitely more tame over there compared to us degenerates. She doesn't give a shit what we think in the slightest .
When you mentioned how she should build up the backstory early on...I can see how that may seem helpful but in most cases when the authors take too long to build something up it loses momentum and some of the readers get bored. Imagine reading 5-10 chapters just about Dan's backstory and then the same amount of time on Jk's backstory before the main plot was even introduced. I like Mingwa's work but that would have me running for the hills. That's almost a full season just understanding how they came to be the way they are.
The main issue I have is with the ending. It was rushed but somehow I knew it would end this way. That's sadly what happens with burn out, you want to hurry up and get it over with which sucks for the readers.
this is the best comprehensive summarized criticism I've seen, and you're right.