When you click on the latest chapter (ch 10) of an unfamiliar work and skim the pages to gauge if it's worth reading but your eyes are assaulted by a button-up shirt that shouldn't exist, so you must stop and pray that it doesn't (in Korea or elsewhere).
I'm so sorry I did that. ╥﹏╥ I was too curious for my own good.
Han Garam is behaving how a lot of people who are intelligent do when they've been socially conditioned to live in fear after being raised by toxic people and/or in a toxic environment.
He is afraid that his and Yoon Jaehyuk's love and/or relationship will prove detrimental to YJ, and since YJ is kind of a ditz, he's arguably justified in fearing the loud mouthed himbo will fail to demonstrate situational awareness at a crucial moment and accidentally sabotage his own future.
Being told by the people in his life that he / his sexuality is the cause of their pain or misery has obviously very negatively influenced HG's perception of himself and the impact he might have on anyone he tries to openly date.
I agree that from the perspective of a healthy, normal adult with critical thinking skills, the way HG is handling the situation seems unnecessarily cowardly.
But given he hasn't had many (if any) legitimately loving (platonic or romantic) relationships, it makes sense he's become paralyzed by fear.
In his mind, no matter how he chooses to proceed, both of them will almost certainly get hurt (and because he loves YJ, he wants to minimize the damage he foresees himself causing).
Even though HG secretly longs to be loved by YJ (exactly the way YJ wants to freely love him), HG has been conditioned to view that longing as selfish and problematic.
TL;DR: Given HG has never been properly loved, of course he won't know how to healthily express or receive love. But he's very smart and will almost surely end up wising up and letting himself and YJ live happily ever after.
Also, don't forget they're in college, recently had to deal with a legal issue, and HG recently started a new job. His stress is probably off the charts, right now. Cut the poor guy some slack.
At first I was kinda disappointed they adopted an alpha from orphanage but then I remembered they're rich. They bought a purebred dog instead of adopting one. Of course they'd adopt an alpha. Sorry all you lowly beta orphans. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Like, I get why he might not be able to adopt an omega (since one parent being an alpha and one being a beta means the alpha might react if an omega child went into heat...
But seriously. Why not adopt a beta? I bet the orphanages are full of beta children.
But the second gender is not clear until they hit certain age . Buyl thought he was an omega then he turned out to be an alpha , did you not read the plot ? Even in the main story that was the case .
They just adopted a child , who the fuck cares about the second gender?
They probably did it to appease the alpha dad's family. I kind of get it, since he already "failed" them by divorcing his exhusband/wife and then, on top of that, he got married to a beta.
I am more irked that they didn't adopted more. But I guess they didn't want to pressure more kids to compete against each other, and they thought their alpha kid would be less stressed as an only child. Little did they know that their kid got competitive against her cousin even though they never asked her to be better than Byul. I find it kind of ironic.
In most omegaverse storylines you can't find out your secondary gender until puberty. She was just an infant when they adopted her
Thank you for explaining that in a way that wasn't condescending. I forgot about that.
That's what I originally assumed too. It's sad when kids compare themselves to family members who are close in age.
Appreciate the context behind the mother's cancer potentially being linked to drinking as that was probably intentionally implied by the author to show Garam blames himself for her condition (or internalized her blaming him). So sad.
I get both sides but I'm surprisingly impressed by Jaehyuk's decision to pause the discussion because it's usually not a good idea to keep arguing when both parties are so heated.
They might end up hurting each other even more if they don't deescalate / wait until they feel less emotional.
But at the same time, Garam might perceive his attitude as flippant, since... well, history.
I wonder what J could've done/said to assure G that he only wanted to take a brief break to consider G's perspective and then revisit the topic.
Or is G putting space between them more out of fear J will self-sabotage than out of fear for himself?
Does he think J is too love drunk around him? I mean, the story is called "Can't Even Think Straight" (in English, anyway).
And tbf, J's brain did kinda seemingly just freeze in the middle of their conversation with his friends before the process flow in his brain decided: "F it, too hard, just come clean, it'll be fine" without considering his partner, long-term consequences, etc. (talk about privileged, hahaha).
Still, J has recently proven to G repeatedly that he's willing to change and grow specifically for him, so I can't help but feel G should try to be a little more patient and kind toward him.
Finding someone who is willing to change that drastically out of love is not only a rare (borderline mythical) gift, but obviously it means G means the world to J, too.
If you're really concerned about how that dumb oaf is going to blab while happy (ish), what the hell's gonna happen when he finds himself unexpectedly dumped?
By the love of his life? Especially given his history of being Extra just to get Garam's attention.
I half expect that himbo to start wearing mascara just so Garam will see he's been crying, bwahaha.
I love that they address how important it is to spay and neuter stray cats (for the cats' own health benefits). Spaying female cats can also prevent health issues like various cancers (ovarian, etc.). But would also love to see a manga, manhua, etc. with cat boys/girls illustrate the hybrid character getting sick from consuming alcohol, chocolate, onion, garlic, etc. to bring attention to the fact these things are toxic to cats.
Would the story probably be less fun? Maybe... but there are a lot of creative authors out there who could totally make it work or even leverage these educational storylines in a dramatic way that readers would probably gobble up, haha.
The most pain I've ever had to endure (which includes having kidney stones, shingles, a broken finger, a torn ACL, a cracked rib, and a punctured lung) was bandages being wrapped so tightly around my broken pinky that it was cutting off circulation and causing nerve damage. Ueda must be very strong to "bear with the pain" instead of his ring removed. I literally had to walk/pace around constantly for 4 days straight to keep blood circulating. I couldn't sleep. It was awful.
Man what happened?!!
They wrapped my finger too tightly. It was a workman's comp incident, so the company I worked for made me go to a crappy doctor for treatment. He told me not to unwrap the bandages but finally my dad convinced me to do it. Thank goodness because I would've lost feeling in those fingers (both my broken pinky and the ring finger) if I hadn't unwrapped it.
As an aroace, I'm getting annoyed with how many "it's ok, they're just a late bloomer" manga I keep seeing.
But as a BL fan, I love cute new, emotionally constipated couples.
So I feel very torn.
Hopefully at least the demisexuals can freely enjoy these kinds of manga (i.e., without feeling conflicted).
I'm aroace (and sex-repulsed).
I enjoy this so much tho.
tbf it IS a romance story
i get what you mean, but theres a lot more "late bloomers" than aroace people out there, thats why these plots are popular in the first place lol
if you want more representation you gotta make it yourself at some point (which is what i do for aro stuff personally)
That's an excellent point, thank you.
To answer your questions:
1. I love both your paragraphs of analyses AND your panel-specific memes.
2. I don't know where that first guy to support them went but good point! I hope he's living his best (fictional LOL) life!
Side Note: Thank you so much for all of the time, thought, effort, and care that you invest toward providing such high quality yet timely translations!
Your updates are the highlight of my week!
What they said^