Totally agree, just finished the first season and it was perfect! So sweet and fulfilling!
Not sure what to make of the new couple in season two. So I'm also not sure if I should keep reading or not...
your comment made me read this!!
Honestly this author has been a genius at the dynamics - the way they handle the main characters is so good and they have some beautiful nuance.
But for the first couple it's kind of funny to see now many people say oh they're so sweet when when the beginning to me seemed kindof toxic? Like the extremely light kind alot people complain about nowadays.
Lol but then when the 1st ML confesses in tears and the MC's reactions the act is all exposed it's extremely excellent and represents just pathetic hopeless romance. And the second couple now that we've resolved the main frustration is also another version of that idea too.
Ngl, I feel the complete opposite: 1st story is dum! Yes cute and whatever but the build up for it was more toxic/manipulatived/bad as this one is! But the auhtor pussied out to try to actually make it amke sense and finally reach the fluffy endind! Author literally slapped on the fluff without any reason for it to happen? And imo if that actually happened they would break up, cause they did not actually solve the other issues!!! They just blamed seonwoo for it all???? But ML was homofobic! And in the other relationships he clearly manipulated MC's exes to not work out with mc. It would've been more fulfilling and logic to either make ML twisted and work either on:
A) make MC mind break/just accept his fate that he also loves in a very twisted way ML and what ML did( not so fluffy I bet)
B) Make them talk it out, ML tTALKS and confess to his VERY Criminal behavior( manipulating at least 2 of his previous relationships[example A-religious guy saying to ML come back to church and how he quiet literally straightened him out of the devuls sweet temptation {we saw him following MC and pulling the fire alarm, he was probably the one who called religious ex when they were about to have sex} example B- classmate who had his clothes ruined just b4 date and got ridiculous underwear that ended in also cock blocking MC!!!{It's fie to assume I am crazy to connect this all, but why would the author but such scenes and interactions between the ML and exes????} and AFTER telling MC all these messed up things without even actually being in direct contact with MC(church ex was when they still weren't on speaking terms) and also being very controlling (also don't forget the maybe 3 out of the 7 sex scenes were dubious consented cause MC is always pisssd out drunk :)!!!) MC takes it slowly??? And ML changes so they can be together :)
I’m simple. I do enjoy complex plots, but I also love me some straightforward, fluffy and cute stories, with some low-consequence angst for some heart clenching, maybe a few cliches here and there, lovey-dovey couples that are all over each other. It’s the hopeless romantic in me that can read the same type of plot over and over and still get excited at the romance. So I thought the first couple were so freaking cute even tho I see alot of ppl here saying how they already forgotten about them or that they sucked lol. Which makes sense, cause it seems the second couple already got way more chapters or it’s some recency bias. We all got our own tastes too. But I wanted to say that I really loved the main story a lot! Childhood friend trope is super adorable. I actually enjoyed the frustration of misunderstandings and jealousy in this kind of story, if only because I like when they pine for each other or think it’s unrequited lol. The longing is so nice and juicy. The climax and their shared love in the end is very satisfying and squeal-worthy. Both characters were sweet and likeable as well; cute crybabies, they are! So smitten.
Well, that’s it for me on this. I’ll continue onto season 2, if I enjoy it…it’s hard for me to care when I already start off not liking the protagonist. And afterall, life’s too short to waste time reading things you don’t enjoy (￣∇￣")