Damn I hope he actually says committed to that and that the seme actually changes -u-
(Doubt)
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I actually started crying when Kueng got upset ToT
He's so precious . . My heart- (っ; ﹏ ;)っ
That execution was rough imo . . .
I mean I'm glad they didn't drag it out super long
But idk it's probably just me but I wanted a little more emotional pay off after so much build up
Like . . . It was essentially building up to this reunion since the moment Jaewoo died (or even before then ever since he made the deal to die). This is supposed to be the big moment that wraps up that whole emotionally heavy arc but there's no emotional release, they're just back to being all casual, smiley, and blushy like nothing even happened
it feels like they all are acting like it's no big deal and just moved on really fast
i agree with you. they want to keep it short and on point, but it was like abrupt and the pacing is weird when ppl said they found out about jaewoo fast, i didnt think it would be this fast....i feel like it didnt settle right with me. they should have make the identity reveal as a big history moment of the story, not just casual cut panel moment like that sheesh
This author has a special skill for making manga that goes from super cute to wtf so fast, I keep getting whiplash istg
I mean like, there'll be a cute, genuine moment and then suddenly seme is squishing the uke's toes ???(or sexually assaulting him while drunk . . . at least the toes thing was funny)
They also seem to consistently make their protagonists unable to blame or properly hold the person who caused their "big-past-trauma" accountable
My own morbid curiosity wouldn't let me stop reading but at least now I might be free QuQ
The couple was really cute and I really like this author's works, but this trope is one that I always find super depressing . . .
Idek why, but the indebted idiot being coerced into sex work is an idea that just makes my heart sink and really taps into my empathy for some reason and genuinely makes me think about how in that situation I'd rather just throw myself off a bridge.
I think I'm just really afraid of debt.
I already feel powerless enough in my life just trying to get by as a slave to capitalism, the idea of just accidentally occuring a large amount of debt of no real fault of your own is terrifying, even in fiction. You'd lose what little power you had over your life and have to work ten times as hard forever not just to get by, but to pay off this debt. Plus, it'd be a thousand times worse if your debtor dictates the kind of work you do to pay it off (especially if it's something as vulnerable and potentially traumatizing as forced sex work)
The thought of how hopeless that situation feels and how powless I'd be makes me sick to my stomach and I'm already too mentally unstable to bother trying to endure that kind of shit. I would 100% off myself.
It hurts but I really relate to both characters so much because they really do care about each other so much but they're both too in their heads to have the hard conversations they need to have (and the hard conversations are never actually a hard as your anxiety convinces you they'll be)
Specifically Joon is getting a lot of hate because he isn't telling Doha about how he's going to go abroad
But I remember being similar in my first relationship, there was something important that could very negatively affect my relationship with my girlfriend at the time but I was so scared to hurt her or distract her during finals that I convinced myself it'd be better to wait and then convinced myself it'd be better to just never tell her and try to cope on my own because I was always afraid of pushing her over the edge and her spiralling.
My situation was different ofc, but so so similar in so many ways at the same time it's insane
Bai Mo could take me any day o3o