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!
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).
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.
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.
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).
Purrfect place to educate people that declawing is like what yakuza do (cutting off tip of finger / last knuckle).
So excited for this. Hope it'll be good!
Also, I'm so glad there aren't any comments complaining about the 19-year age gap between 2 consenting adults.
Hope this means we as a community are mentally maturing (and since it's the holidays, I wish for everyone that your bodies would stop maturing if you're already an adult—may your joints all stop hurting any more than they already do—c'mon Santa, I ain't never asked for nothin', so give us this one).
I feel so bad for the author. Got so many complaints about superficial things (e.g., the tattoo) that it killed the desire to continue / love for this story.
I'm sure all the bullies / whiners don't even care.
But it's sad when BL writers who once loved their creations lose their interest / passion because of mean-spirited feedback.
Ehh they're both kinda jerks. To be fair, the mc is likely sleep deprived but it's not like he's tried to confront his neighbor in an assertive or diplomatic way about being unable to sleep.
Also doesn't seem like he's tried any solutions (ear plugs, white noise app, etc.).
The influencer didn't handle the eventually confrontation well, but it's pretty common for people who are caught off guard by sudden, unexpected criticism to get defensive and/or to not be receptive.
When you're neighbors, especially if one or both parties knows where the other works, the best approach is typically going to be to ask your neighbor to meet to discuss the specific topic at a near point in the future that works for them.
For example, you can leave a note on their door (in an envelope so any other nosy neighbors don't see) that says something like, "Good morning! This is x from next door. If you have time this week, I'd really appreciate if we could briefly chat about a personal matter that's negatively affecting my ability to get adequate sleep. Below is a list of times that work for me. Please let me know if you'd be open to getting coffee or something (my treat), or if you'd at least be willing to chat with me for 5 minutes between both our homes/apartments. Your help would mean the world to me, thank you!"
Giving them a little bit of a heads up provides a chance for them to consider both sides and prepare a proper response instead of just getting defensive or feeling attacked.
Some studies have shown that many people are more likely to develop fondness for others who have come to them directly for help (but that may be more of an "in the workplace" type of rule rather than at home/neighbors.
Lastly, when confronting someone about a specific behavior/issue, assertive communication courses will typically teach the following narrative format:
"When you [do X behavior],
I [feel Y emotion / am impacted in Y way], and
what would help is if you would [do Z behavior]."
For example:
"When you [get rowdy with noisy partners every night], I [have a hard time sleeping/focusing/etc.] and what would help is if you could let your partners know the walls are paper thin at least on xxx days so I can at least get a full night's sleep before my hardest work shift."
But ultimately, you can't control the behavior of others so an optimal resolution would be one that you find for yourself (e.g., ear plugs, etc.).
I feel kinda sorry for him because like... basic human empathy. But at the same time, he's a rich, privileged brat who seems kinda superficial and self centered, so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Yaaassssss I needed Isogai in my life and the magical Isogai fairy delivered. ♡
Poor Tatemura. When he looked in the mirror thinking he's not pretty, even though just the night before, his partner was mentally gushing at how cute he is.
1st, thank you to whoever uploaded the 2 page extra "morning coffee".
2nd, wtf is Morinaga thinking, waking someone on their day off and seeing their HOT morning coffee in front of their glasses?
I thought he loved Souichi?
This is why the platinum rule is do unto others as they would have done unto them and not do unto others as you'd have done unto you.
Morinaga is the M, so why would he expect his lover to want to get burned with scalding coffee when he groggily reaches for his glasses after waking a second time.
I'm glad it all worked out but people, please learn from AU Morinaga's mistake and don't set hot items down in front of your partially blind partner's glasses.