it was ok... after suicide and locked away 5 years in the mental facility, why would haewon not already be grovelling on his knees and treating sooha how he should be treated? i'm referencing to when sooha was first brought to his house, haewon is still cold, giving vague responses about his identity, having rough sex (exactly how he acted pre-5 year), which eventually led to sooha having further thoughts about being used for pregnancy. i personally believe the author just wanted to fit in haewon's personality pre-5 year so there is a "shocking reveal" drop. unless sooha is hallucinating how haewon is treating him post-5 year, haewon is an idiot lmao. there were also a few redundant scenes (imo), like what's the point of bringing haewon's mother into the story in the end? so did his dad die? and so their baby son never recognized sooha as his mother. finally....sooha's mother is the biggest idiot pls.
i was really just waiting for the angst on chapter 14 to drop so i can cry over mitch's reaction. but afterwards it became ridiculous. no redemption whatsoever, turns out chairman was the pity party over the grief and mitch became the one to console him wtf hahaha. i truly don't see how chairman can truly fall in love with mitch other than the dead ex's face.
first of all, character design is amazing. both characters extremely hot. the expressions, the details, and just the thought the author put into each scene is actually amazingly detailed. i've actually never seen any other authors draw the phone sex scene the way they did. plot was a little confusing in the beginning cause sure, i know jun has insomnia. why does smelling tea tree trigger him to become a split-personality sex craze that only comes to his senses after they finish? i thought the sex was only to help him sleep. the plot was a little back and forth, making us anticipate what really happened, but it wasn't really any grand reveal or anything. (also it could potentially be a little unbelievable, cos how did hyung at 10 y/o forget somebody whom he hung out everyday AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE for quite a period of time.) nonetheless, still a really good read, even JUST for the art itself without any plot it's great. (also, +1 jun is very cuteeee eek)
people have extremely high praise for this manhwa but it's not my cup of tea. ml's backstory/trauma were not made known directly to mc by him, a third party had to secretly tell him (is this not icky? imagine a CLOSE friend just telling anyone your traumatic stories?). a big portion of ml's mental issues were caused by his mother, and we all know he has depression-like low self-esteem. but this issue was resolved in like 1 chapter? with a stranger (his step sister)? and all of a sudden he can afford to confidently love mc, because he now knows his mother thinks of him? and all of a sudden he knows how his partner feels when he has low self-esteem?? HUH?? and he forgives his mother? after how many years of depression caused by family trauma and people leaving him. how??? how is this realistic, be so fr guys.
I don't know how you read it to come to this conclusion.
First, their close friend did not tell MC (Shinwoo)'s trauma stories to ANYONE or just some random person. Their close friend told the story to MC's BOYFRIEND, AKA ML (Han). The reason their close friend told the story to ML is because ML was desperate to better understand MC's circumstances and the way MC thinks, so that he could resolve the issues in their relationship (lack of communication and ML being a stubborn+ immature in the past). Their close friend got all the information from MC's neighbor. MC's neighbor didn't tell MC's story to anyone either, but felt that at least one or two people needed to know about it.
Second, MC did not resent his mother. MC's depression and low self esteem comes from his father&aunt blaming him for his brother's death and lack of praise. MC in his teen knew how his father, grandma and aunt treated her mother. He also knows his mother couldn't get a divorce unless she gave up custody, but then his aunt mock his mother for leaving him, that's why he hoped that his mother could find happiness with her new family. So, just by discovering that his mother actually blames herself for the accident (instead of him), MC feels hurt and thinks "It's not her fault." Only then does MC realize he shouldn't blame himself and how ML must have felt (on top of that, MC willingly want to break free from depression).
sorry i don't really remember the characters anymore (and names). does desperation from the boyfriend's end make it ok for the friend to share his trauma though? i think it's on the grey area on whether it's correct to share the trauma even if it's for the sake of the main character (like the concept of a white lie). but in my perspective, it's just morally wrong. given that the main character could react negatively if he didn't liked that the person he liked knew about his past, or heard it from someone else?
about his mother, i don't really remember the plot anymore. in any case, the writing of his trauma felt over simplified, especially how shitty he felt about himself at the beginning of the story. nobody with a trauma wakes up and decides he wants to break free because he realizes how his mother feels. sure, it could break the cycle he was spiralling in, but it doesn't become all sunny in the next episode lol.
but thank you for sharing. i think maybe i just wasn't that interested in the first place so maybe i missed out some important details. story just didn't felt real to me :-)
i was on the fence about reading because i thought it would be a lot more sadistic and violent. but actually it was a nice read. sure, joo was a huge piece of shit but i started reading it knowing he was a piece of shit so imo all's good when redemption came. it was also nice to see the human side of him at board games, pool scenes, with dan's grandma, and arguing with the farmers but ended up helping them anyways. it was very cute. the little chibi scenes make me giggle all the time cause of his thick ass brows. people are so so harsh, but i felt it was nice. the art is amazing, chasing arc is kinda satisfying. pacing is fine also to me. sure bj alex is good, but they both nice reads in their own different ways. i'm also sure the author has some health issues. i'm so looking forward to the extras now. if you're on the fence like i am, give it a chance! it gets better :)
went against all odds from the comments and read it... it was a bit too much but i liked the buildup of the regret arc in the beginning. but it kept building and building and building, until it became a bit stupid. the revelation was also not satisfying... it was too much. it was literally the entire world against eunchae lmao. usually we don't want the story to end but this is the opposite











it's very cute!! mr kwon's snake form is also v cute and expressive. plot is very touching and there are so many little details, the father hiker, the neighbour, the lizard and chaewool's mom. i'm a little stupid though, the explanation for the reincarnation and chaewool's misfortune got v confusing for me. but whatever, still cute lmao