I love manhwas where couples would change after they're in love <3 my next fave manhwa after If You Hate Me That Much <3
This is the type of manhwa that I couldn't really stand at first because of it's mediocrity. Seme hates uke. Uke also hate seme. Seme develops feelings. Uke returns feelings.. But when interesting issues started to arise like how they bullied glasses-kid and stuff. It got really interesting. I liked how the mangaka (or manhwaka? Idk lol) discussed the issues seriously, and not just fully focus on the romantic type of love. I also liked how friendship type of love was presented here. And when we get to the near end, we get to learn that all of them were involced with some kind of chain who gets to hurt each other. And if one breaks the chain, the chain would no longer exist. That is definitely one of the lessons I was reminded (not learned, because we get to learn all these things when we were kids lol) of lol. A little bit of push with the main story and it would already be considered as a psychological lol.
And I agree with someone's comment below about Aerak's story. I think that the cool kid needs to know that Aerak was the one he bullied in the past. The reaction/outcome would be obvious, of course, but it would make the cool kid think about Aerak seriously.
The main story was wonderful. I swear. I'm not the type of person to cry, but I think my right eye blurred when
it seemed like Jaerim, while crying (because Yuri turned his back when he saw him with gray-haired sunbae), was semi-raped by the hot gray haired kid, was also crying (because he knows how it feels to be abandoned/hurt by the one he loves). I swear it makes me wanna cry.
Aaaand I feel regretful to the gray-haired sunbae. Appearance-wise, he's more of my type lol. Idk about personalities bc each of them has this distinctive personality wherein one would be attracted to. I think that gray-haired kid deserves a better love story. And I'm sad that the author didn't include what happened after they (him and the bully) "broke up". Also, am I the only one who feels a liiitle bit of pity to the girl who bullied Jaerim and burned-kid? I mean, her intentions were good, even tho her actions were toxic. She deserves someone who would willingly accept her past and would inspire her to be better. Also, how about the former pres and Yuri's best friend? What happened to them 😕 I'm sooo unsatisfied with how things are lol.
The main story was a solid 10. I swear. But if u checked my rating...(thank u Aerak's arc) Still, this is definitely the type of manga that I'd like to read all the time, if it wasn't that long lol.
So to keep my professionalism way of writing a comment, I'd filter this lol. Read at your own discretion.
ALSO, I AM SOOOOO FRUSTRATED. I HAVE ENOUGH OF THIS TYPE OF WRITING A STORY!!!! SO LIKE, U GUYS NOTICED THE PART WHERE JAERIM WAS RAPED BY THE HOT DUDE, AND YURI SAW AND RAN AWAY. AND THE BURNED KID WAS THERE AND STOPPED YURI FROM RUNNING AWAY. HE WENT BACK, AND TOLD JAERIM THAT EVEN THO HE (JAERIM) NO LONGER LOVES HIM, HE WOULD STILL LOVE JAERIM. AND THAT'S THAT. THEY HUGGED. AND I AM SOOOO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE JAERIM NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO TELL YURI THAT THE HE WAS RAPED, AND NOT CONSENSUAL. THE ONE JAERIM LOVES IS YOUUUU, YURIII!!! Tho I was happy bc he realized it later on, when there were a lot of girls surrounding them with vid cams lol. My frustration lessens a bit lol