anyone who doesn’t understand why it was tone deaf, the top comment on this post might give better insight: https://www.reddit.com/r/Manhwa_BL/s/2bUvIDhdoh
i see many people defending this by mentioning other series with fucked up plots. the biggest issue is that most of those are set in a fantasy/fictional world with generic, non historically accurate characters and settings. like many have mentioned, if this was set in imperial jp ww2, or nazi germany, it is equally not okay. this could’ve really just been about two hot cowboys, or if jaxx realllyyyy wanted a slave trope (ig?), it could be set in a vague unidentified western setting without real historical implications. at least that could just be passed off as typical korean yaoi pornslop. (a good example is The Fallen Lamb, where it clearly is set and inspired by westerns but the scope of the setting is very small and vague, and the plot is clearly fictional with no mention of real history)
but the specific mention of civil war america, characterizing a poc slave as “proud/snarky” like a badly set up porn scene is too tone deaf in relations to actual history. realistically, a native american slave would never act so “quirky” i’m sure any fellow native readers must felt the ick reading that last line, similarly to how i would feel in context of yellow fever and asian exotism (as an asian person). the characterization really disrespects the actual events of history, and romanticizes and white washes white slave owners and even the free states of civil war us. just cus mc freed his slaves doesn’t make him exempt of the fact that he even owned any to begin with. while the characterization of his family shows it was never about being anti slavery but about family name status.
i hope the post i linked can give more insight to understanding the nuance of this situation. and i see many people not willing to elaborate to help fellow readers understand and jumping straight to arguing.
i DO also recommend, though, anyone who doesn’t understand these concepts to really educate yourself on actual history as this comment can only do so much to convey the subtleties of real life historical nuance. that is something you either get or you don’t
i could go on more, nitpicking at details and explaining how the writing is tone deaf but i think the comment in the post best explains it: realistically jaxx is not equipped with the writing skills to handle such a delicate subject. to dumb it down, she doesn’t have the writing abilities to make a yaoi schindler’s list, so she should’ve just play it safe and stick to brokeback mountain lol
the least realistic part is them walking that good on grass with the stilettos
what the…. was totally expecting a horrible black flag seme based on the premise and character design but THE YEARN? THE WANTING TO PLEASE? THE BEGGING? DID NOT EXPECT THAT? LITERALLY GIVING TARJOO POST REDEMPTION
honestly i can stomach a lot of horrible things, i even made it through the main story by simply shutting off my brain w the sex scenes (and turning on the ooga booga horny side), but these side stories (that no one asked for) just makes me pity the uke so much. him trying to heal w the seme being a little unhelpful shit makes feel like death is better than living w hyunjae. i just hope the best for him bro poor dude
i come back to any of the authors series whenever the toxicity gets too much. pls never stop making the most wholesome bls
anyone whose watched the anime, should I watch or read first? I didn't realize this was in my list and has a 9.5 rating, but I just found out there's an anime? but usually I feel the manga is better,,, any thoughts or suggestions?
I'd say watch the anime first and when you finish the latest episode read the rest of the manga. The manga hasn't gotten that far yet, it's only a few chapters ahead.
For this manga i like both reading and watching
Because there are some part that are not included when you watch the anime
I think it's better to do both... Just like what the person before me said, there are some parts that aren't included in the anime. After doing both (reading the manga and watching the anime), I realized that some things are different from the manga and anime
I think it's better to read the manga first (as it has few chapters and still ongoing) then watch the anime adaptation (basically for VAs, music, and live actions of characters) (=・ω・=)
I think the anime is better than the manga in this case. It relays and adds a lot of minor descriptive detail and flourish to the setting and the characters that the manga glosses over.
It especially relays emotions very well.
waittt i thought this was a reincarnation story, not isekai,,, why does she know of mint and korea and tiger balm
Yeah I was also confused by this
in her first life, she was reincarnated with the memories of her past life from korea to where she is now. then her next life is this one, but with hardships, death, and other unfortunate things. time turned back and this is where she is now. she wants to turn back all the bad things that happened to her and inherit lombardy.
this is an isekai, the mc first reincarnated from her past life in korea to florentia, then florentia died at her adulthood and reincarnated back to her childhood, does that make sense? ╮(￣▽￣)╭
she had so many cheat. HAHAHAH knowing previous life knowledge and the intelligence that she accumulated from turning back time, man, thats why i like this story.
i hope the artist makes some more works that’s actually good, the art is so pretty