Hoo boy where do I start with this one ? I liked the main struggle, being an Idol is exhausting and all about keeping up appearances, so the MC hesitating to actually date the ML is understandable. After all, everything could fall apart around them, and even tho the ML doesn't really care since his family is supportive, the MC clearly cares a lot about his career.
The way it was resolved was ok. Maybe a tad too dramatic, I liked the other story but at the same time idk if you could really make a parallel to the main relationship ; it's similar but waaaaay different.
Now if that was it, this manhwa would have gotten a good 4/5 but unfortunately there one thing thats just rubs me the wrong way, and it's the smut. It's not really about the smut itself, although they do fuck like rabbits, but how it's portrayed. I'm just really sick of the whole "the bottom says "no" and "stop" but aaaaactually he likes it soo it's fine UwU" if it was something I liked as a teen, now as an adult it's just disgusting for me. If someone tells you to stop, you fucking stop, doesn't matter if you think that their "no" means "yes" that's not how it works. The ML consistently disregard the MC when it comes to sex, i'm not surprised at all the MC thought the ML only wanted a physical relationship. And that's even after that's directly adressed in the story, i'm sick of bottoms that establish boundaries just to keep breaking them themselves, give me MCs with backbones goddamnit !
Not to mention that trope is something that you find in romance in general, not just BLs, and I find it legit harmful. Sure, i'm an adult, I can see and enjoy it for what it is, fiction, but how many young teen are going to look at these stories and go "Wow I want a romance just like that too !" ? Although i guess that's more a reproach made to the whole romance genre, not just this story in particular
Anyway, just keep that in mind and it's an enjoyable story.
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