@darc-star
As much as I love horses, I really wouldn't hold too many expectations about that in this comic. It was drawn by a Korean artist, and as far as I know, horse-riding has an extremely small backing there (I say that as a Korean(American) person myself as well). If you were going to nitpick about anything, I feel it should be less about how the horse is ridden (which is really only information that a rider would know) and more about the tack and appearance (which is information that is much more easily accessible online)(there are **no** saddles where tf are they, they're literally riding on pads with irons).
As a rider myself, I care less about the fact that he's only holding the reins in one hand because I know, from experience, that it's not actually that hard to pick them back up, especially if they're connected as they usually are on traditional English headstalls, than I would about the fact that he's holding them like he's holding onto the bars of a rollercoaster cart (you have absolutely *no* control like that). I actually quite like riding with one hand, it adds a little spice
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My riding instructor also has us practice guiding the horses with our legs and has had us jump with no reins
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Additionally, they are going at a walking pace. In most cases, if the horse is walking, I pretty much drop the reins. Unless the horse spooks easily, there is no reason to hold them tight. And again, at a walking pace, the most tension that is needed is just when guiding them in a direction. I was always taught to reward the horses when we have done hard work, so keeping full tension on the reins when walking is unnecessary and almost punishment.
Of course, the treatment all depends on what you are doing and the behavior of the horse, but again, we shouldn't expect too much from this comic, at least when it comes to horses.
I don't make this comment to be petty or condescending, I just wanted to point out a few things
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Sorry for the long comment 😭
(I don't get to talk to people about horses a lot so I accidentally wrote a bunch 😬)