saramdeuri's Reviews (310)

how am i this susceptible to boy groups what is it in my neurology that makes me attached to guys who sing n dance like this as a lesbian ?? the mystery continues.

and so does this mystery! very nicely done. nothing much else to say, since it doesn't build too much more on the first volume/season/set of chapters. just a good continuation. 

I'll be honest: I'm not entirely against toxic BL, even those that depict rape and abuse between the main couple, for various lengthy reasons I will probably write an essay about. This series is one of those BL. The ML rapes the MC after having, essentially, cherry-picked him and tracked him down, and for the rest of the first volume, at least, continues to abuse and manipulate him, as well as perpetrate violence against anyone who stands against him and his "lover". 

Is this healthy? No. Does the author present it as romantic? No, neither! The pleasure in reading this is derived from the dread, or a sick little sadomasochistic pleasure if you're wired for that sort of thing. Also it's building up towards mpreg, which is surprisingly less mentioned across the volume than I thought it'd be.

Common qualms addressed, let's move on to the thing in general. This book is fine. The translation is good,  the plot is interesting enough, but... there's something missing. I think the MC isn't acting as independent and strong as the author initially sets him up to be, and he ends up falling into the personality tropes for your average BL uke/su, which makes it a little bit more boring than it should've been. Also, I often found myself skipping a lot of text, which isn't a good sign...

임주연 선생님 혹시 이거 보시면 제가 이 작품을 너무 재미있게 읽으니 영어로 번역했는데.,....,, 연락주세요 ㅎㅎㅎ 

this is pretty intriguing!! managed to keep me engaged enough to finish it in two sittings. in my heart of hearts I am a toxic yaoi enjoyer, and this fills up that evil little corner of mine. 

I love the premise of having two seemingly normal main characters actually be very... odd, to say the least, and have them then turn onto each other. Perhaps I would've enjoyed talking abt this in my dissertation but alas. I also very much enjoyed that we don't get to see Cirrus/Hyeonwoons motivations fully in this volume. keeps me curious enough for the next volume, and hopefully the rest of the series. lovely art style also! 

unfortunately I am not a fan of the anglicised names, no matter how pretty or meaningful they are. you could've simply had the explanation in the beginning as to what their names mean and why it makes for a fun Easter egg with the title, instead of having literally only two characters have English names. otherwise the translation is good.

gonna be real w u i love my grandma but i am not finishing this just bc she asked me to. would literally rather go live in sicily

reading this directly after finishing boys planet and while watching i-land 2 is like a totally new dimension. I've long enjoyed idol survival shows, because I love watching talented people, but ourgh... I've always had trouble with the labour laws and humanitarian side of things. it cannot be psychologically healthy to do something like this as a pubescent child. 

I really quite enjoyed this! will continue to read it. the author obviously knows what kind of idol trainee fans enjoy on these shows and knows all the ins and outs of evil mnet editing tactics. it's funny but in a way that makes you despair for real life people. translation maybe needs a bit more looking over. anyways, stan zb1 <3

one of The BLs of All Time in my scholarly opinion. moscareto knows how to balance her elements well, and how to make believable, lovable characters. I'll definitely read the rest of the official translations, but I do think they'd perhaps benefit from a little more quality assessment (mullebees hire me please)

such a cute little chronicle of post-fandom life. heartwarming <3

this was good! promising, with enough mystery and reveal in one volume to keep me interested enough for another volume. I'm ngl, switching between Korean and English names is new and a little weird for me, but it's done pretty smoothly here so i got used to it. very good quality sex scenes here also. was surprised to find this was uncensored! three cheers for official de-censoring!

if you like the fantasy genre this is a must-read. if you like reading at all, actually, this is a must-read. i don't think there's enough praise in the world that could match the amount that should be lavished on it. it has its faults, for sure, but of course we must keep in mind the time and context in which it was written. and keeping that in mind, we can recognise that it is actually just that bit more phenomenal.

i really don't know what to say to convince you to read this. you absolutely just have to.