I absolutely LOVE that when Kruger describes Kim and the relationship between the two, the painting of “Satan devouring his own son” is shown. It is such a perfect piece to describe how Kim’s former students feel about him. In his quest to find the sound, they lost their own unique sound. They could never fully understand Kim. They hated him like he wanted, but in their hatred they wanted to either outshine him or gain his recognition. Changing their sound in the process, losing themselves and thus becoming a part of Kim in a way.
Garam and the professors relationship on the other hand could never become so vitriolic. They understand each other and the soul they put into their music. The soft, flowing pastels of Monet reflect their music. A beautiful scenic landscape with flowing water, connecting the two.
Truly the way this story creates tension between garam and Kim is marvelous. I have never felt more satisfied with a kiss and it took 83 chapters. Like I’ve been yearning for a slow burn like this and the fact that this story has so much depth and beautiful art to go with it makes this story one of a kind. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to find another story that makes me feel the way this one does
I’m SOOOO excited to see what the next season holds. Going into this blind, despite the cover and summary, I fully didn’t expect the Professor to be the main love interest. But we’ve clearly seen this odd relationship of codependency develop between the two, so I’m interested to see how it blossoms into romance.
I swear this I’ve never seen such a slow burn BL before, but I love it. Because of that we were able to delve deeply into the complex story of Garam and his relationship to the piano versus his personal relationships and how that has affected him. God this story is so perfect I’m seething at the mouth waiting for updates
Thank you again SAGEOFTHE6PACK
Thanks to your translations and uploads you helped me discover what is now one of my favorite series ever! And the fact that you are working on translating a backlog of almost 190 chapters by yourself is truly remarkable. You are a gift to this site and I cannot thank you enough!!!





ALSO… I love how despite Kim being a Maestro, it is shown how he still has to network through the world of the elite for sponsorships.
His music should be enough, but no, instead everything is transactional. He has to take a sponsor on dates, charm her, sleep with her, just to remain on her good side. Music is not the priority in this relationship and you can tell it absolutely tears him apart. A reason to why he is so lonely and again why Garam is genuinely the only person who has ever cared about the professor.
Garam is the only one to truly hear his sound