gonna let this marinate for a bit but regardless I love this sort of reverse perspective in hunter/dungeon type manhwa
Maybe the sister saving them at the end was a bit of a cop-out. them finding out that he was woojoo all along was hella cute but the sister's inexplicable esper powers was definitely some type of deus ex machina hahah. I feel like the writer hid a joke somewhere between the plot device and the dead sister.
top-tier. mega-cute. I'm giggling and kicking the air over how cute the two of them are (◍•ᴗ•◍)
But also, someone save Mia ;-;
The slow burn finally coming to fruition kwhfodkg HECK YEAHHH IM DANCING JUMPING
THIS SHIT WAS SO WORTH IT.
FUCK YOU AHN JAEHA
They uploaded on IG that they're getting a steroid epidural injection on July 31st. Let's wish them well on their journey to recovery, as it's been an incredibly rough few years for their health.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DbURCVWjPye
And if you can, support them on webtoons! the bgm to the chapters are simply not to be missed.
I can't wait. This has been a hell of a ride. I'mglad my boyfriend introduced me to this gem
Knowing how BWAT write stories, this is just a little bit of cotton candy sweetness. Next thing we know, BAM. drama! tragedy! depression!
why are Zeros doomed to be second place (I'll never forgive Yuki for choosing her ancestor-brother over him). Goddamit I need Zero side stories, he was more interestingggggg
just had a stray thought while reading this. I ended up wondering if korean authors include rape in their fiction as a means of coping or if this is all they know how to sell queer stories. Although I do know there are bl manhwa out there that don't necessarily have rape it in, most of them are non-explicit stories.
It's quite common to see dubious consent to outright rape and sexual assault in explicit korean bl manhwa (tbh, even in heteronormative ones). Yes, there are some stories that that don't brush it completely under the rug and act like it never happened (this manha being one, low tide in twilight also comes to mind) but others do dismiss the atrocious acts done to their characters and the happy ending feels undesereved. The latter, i think, happens more often under the omegaverse tag.
For this story, particularly, while the rape and assault aren't completely brushed aside, it isn't completely discussed except in scattered bits and pieces and in tense moments so the ending (for me at least) feels a little bit rushed. Maybe that gets remedied in the side stories, if this manhwa is one of those that have them. But yeah the ending feels less than satisfactory for me.
Asil though has been fun to read as a character. He's strong-willed and contemplative. He's self-aware enough as a character that the decisions he chose aren't all too surprising, even if I, as a reader, don't agree with his choices.
If this does get side stories, I do wish we get to see more of Valerie's redemption cos that ending truly feels a little too rushed and we didn't get to see enough of his yearning and suffering.
bad ending aside, that felt way too rushed.
I also recall that people discussed spoilers for this story and this is a very differed portrayal from what I've come to expect.
after 3 days, I have finally caught up. aaaaa I definitely love this series so much. It's a school/academy-oriented shonen manga and as the plot progressed, I love that it hasn't lost that essence of being centered around the school and it's students. Yes, it took awhile for plot to start plotting (which is why i reread this story in bursts every year) but for a cast as huge as this, it hasn't been boring for me at all. I loved reading about the backgrounds of the cast and some of its supporting casts and I hope we get to see a more in depth look at everyone's backstory soon (especially iruma, although that may take a long while yet).