Love Thy Neighbor - Ch. 33 - Chapter 33

[HolySatan]

Well the story still has a lot of room to develop. I will say it’s a story that feels like every gesture serves a purpose. The writer hasn’t made it obvious what one character is supposed to act like one way and it feels a lot like these characters can be interpret in different ways. You could argue jinju likes doyeon, you could argue she doesn’t. You could argue doyeon is evil or just broken. We see a bit more of their character through each scene they have together. But you have to analyze their actions, and think for yourself what each scene means because it won’t be handed to you.

It doesn’t look like it but there’s a lot to unpack from this sex scene. Doyeon is being passive aggressive throughout the sex scene. What does this say about their relationship now? Doesn’t this reveal a character trait we haven’t seen doyeon demonstrate but now she is? Jinju says how even when she’s getting punished she’s feeling more of something (we don’t know what we just know she’s never felt this way before. Was it a bad or good thing?)than she’s ever felt in her own home. Doesn’t that hint out about her past life at home? Jinju is begging hard for doyeon to stop but she doesn’t. What does this say about their relationship now or these characters now? Jinju squirts/pisses herself, so I mean she had her reasons for wanting to stop but doyeon ignored her request. How will doyeon respond in the next chapter?

So I feel there is a lot of character development but it’s not going to be directly stated. It’s all implied for us to interpret in our own ways how to feel about these characters. To me it’s not an easy manga to read. It’s not simple like reading one piece or another GL. You have to think about these characters and their actions. I could very well be over analyzing this manga but the fact that there’s other people who have their own in depth analysis makes me think otherwise.

 

[NatsuD1702]

At this point I don't know which of the two is more broken. Neither of them is fine, Doyeon shouldn't just accept Jinju's body, even if it's the only thing she offers her. And Jinju shouldn't keep denying her feelings, it's obvious that even if she's afraid YES, she has caught feelings for Doyeon.

Another unnecessary sex scene to the list, I'm waiting to see when they do it with love (if it really happens)

 

[jazkin]

You’re the scanlator,

just because I scanlate this does not mean nothing dw… i agree with your ‘too much sex’ argument because it is true and I am liking it for this reason loool

it is also interesting for me to read everyones take on everything I just said what was on my mind reading your thoughts on that

Let’s see if we get some more info with the next chapter 😎

 

[ButterflyOnSun]

just because I scanlate this does not mean nothing dw… i agree with your ‘too much sex’ argument because it is true and I am liking it for this reason loool

it is also interesting for me to read everyones take on everything I just said what was on my mind reading your thoughts on that

Let’s see if we get some more info with the next chapter 😎

NAURR, I’m sorry if I came across passive aggressive with my scanlator line! I scanlate myself, and I was speaking from experience when I suggested that being in a position where you have to localize and be an author’s voice, plus clean the pages, makes it easy to invest yourself in the characters and story; they become an extension. So if you’re putting in the work to scanlate, but don’t find the pace off, then that says something 😭 I usually raise a brow when something abrupt happens in the things I typeset, I apologize for the assumption if it offended 😢

“I like it for this reason” off to horny jail with you, tsk tsk. It is fun reading everyone’s thoughts, I always check the comments first thing 🤭

 

[jazkin]

I’m sorry if I came across passive aggressive with my scanlator line!

not at all dont worry i didnt want to make you think this also lol

dw its all good 😂 😂

I apologize for the assumption if it offended 😢

no worries mate hope i didnt come off as aggressive, i really dislike that

off to horny jail with you

To me it’s not an easy manga to read.

man scanlating this is like going through the 5 stages of grief sometimes

 

[ShaneARang]

MAN you get these out super fast thanks mate 👏 the only thing I’m translating is monthly I can’t imagine doing it every week lol

Wall of text incoming:

Doyeon speculation dump:

Doyeons vibes are shown to be pretty ‘off’ pretty early on, whether it’s the stuff with the animals or the many moments when her friends are like “woah that was weirdly scary”, which I think is due to the just like, boiling pool of repressed emotions she’s collected over 24 years; the abuse at a young age (I’d consider making a child skip meals because of what the other kids did to be abuse etc) made her shut down emotionally to survive and act like the perfect kid to avoid abuse at the expense of her real feelings and personality

I kind of think going back to her weird story at the beginning, Doyeon sees herself as/is the spider whether fully consciously or not; she’s the one that just keeps giving and giving as if it’s her only way to survive, like she’s biologically programmed to do so, and she almost never seems to receive anything in return (more abuse from Morae, a family that may have adopted her for political reasons etc) I think her love for Jinju is genuine and real, and even at the start of the finger blasting it was imperative to her that Jinju was feeling good; and in a weird, twisted way it still is, but Doyeons been without love for so long she doesn’t really know what to do, she just knows she doesn’t want to lose whatever this is and it’s manifesting itself as this toxic thing

I think there’s also some literary Christ allegories to be draw here especially given all the overt references to Catholicism ; the spider dies for its children after giving everything it has, Jesus dies for everyone (worth noting that in the Catholic Church during communion the bread and wine are supposedly literally turned into Jesus’s flesh and blood to be consumed, Jesus is a spider thank you for coming to my ted talk-), and Doyeon is, in a way, nothing if not Christ like, right? When Morae hits her cheek she turns to let her slap the other one, she still loves the animals who hate her, she takes in a stranger, shelters and feeds her while asking for nothing in return,

… but that’s kind of also the problem right? People aren’t inherently selfish or good. Everyone’s at least a little messy and literally everyone makes mistakes, so if you actually met a perfect person without flaws, you might actually be a bit unnerved about it; the flaws and crinkles are what make people, human I guess very profound I know wheeze (isn’t it interesting how we tend to view spiders as things to be feared hahahaaaaa cries)

Morae and her professor have both noticed this (though Morae translates her unease into anger while the professor still wants to put her faith in Doyeon). Sarang wants Doyeon to be able to live a more human life; to be messy and to pursue her own wants for a change. Morae thinks Doyeon is completely incapable of this. I think that’s kind of the cross roads she’s at right now.

Doyeon herself doesn’t even really know what her own deal is (thinking back to that one chapter where she says something like “isn’t doing something good just like me?” Or when she has the sex dream about Jinju “what surprised me is how much I wanted it”) like she’s been living with her mask on for so long no one knows what her face actually looks like, not even her

I sincerely hope it’s not the case (I want a happy ending dammit) but I’m kind of starting to get death flags from Doyeon regarding all narrative parallels (though I should stress that’s just how i interpret it) Hopefully that doesn’t turn out to be the case ;-;
It would be much better for my heart if Doyeon and Jinju figure things out and adopt a cute spider that doesn’t attack Doyeon


Jinju speculation dump:

I think that last chapter Jinju saying “you would have shown this kindness to anyone, not just me” is pretty important to understanding what she’s thinking; Jinju has developed feelings for Doyeon (imo at least haha) but like You know how sometimes people say “you can’t love another if you don’t love yourself”; I think it’s pretty safe to say Jinju doesn’t love herself (always puts herself down, says it’s her fault if she can’t get wet during sex y’know, before Doyeon does the sex good, and I mean personally I’d hardly call a 40 year old woman old and I’m in my 20’s) she’s basically convinced her parents were right about her, and I think that’s another reason she’s trying to push Doyeon away romantically too; she doesn’t want Doyeon to end up like her. She’s made comments about how Doyeon is pretty and happy badly attracts a lot of boys, how her life is so much more together than Jinju’s was at the time, prime of her youth etc and honestly I don’t think Jinju can love Doyeon until she deals with herself first which is a very long way of saying Jinju can’t love Doyeon because she hates herself and thinks she deserves it

It kind of reminds me a bit of East of Eden, but it’s been a long time since I last read that so shrug

Definitely worth mentioning that the full quote from the Bible is “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” I think the story is ultimately a cautionary tale about self love imo?

Regarding the horniness I just kinda figured it’s because it’s R rated horny erotica and I think the general genre expectation is you don’t go too long without a sex scene, even if it takes up narrative space hehe personally I don’t mind too much but i already live in horny jail so-

(((No offense meant by the spider joke btw to anyone religious my lunch break is over see ya

 

[jazkin]

I can’t imagine doing it every week lol

for now i can keep up but lets see in the future 😂

Doyeon is, in a way, nothing if not Christ like, right?

Yeah i think doyeon upbringing has to be heavily influenced by that stuff

Definitely worth mentioning that the full quote from the Bible is “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” I think the story is ultimately a cautionary tale about self love imo?

my mind is blown rn because i didnt draw this parallel at all... i really enjoyed your analysis

 

[ShaneARang]

for now i can keep up but lets see in the future 😂

Yeah i think doyeon upbringing has to be heavily influenced by that stuff

my mind is blown rn because i didnt draw this parallel at all... i really enjoyed your analysis

Thank you I went to catholic school and I will always make it everyone else’s problem DBBSBC 🫡

 

[HolySatan]

I kind of think jinju is going to catch a cold after this.

We know jinju doesn’t care about what happens to her. Hence she’s supposedly fine with doyeon doing whatever she wants to her. I wonder if doyeon went overboard in this chapter and we’re going to see the ramifications of jinju hurt/scared from doyeon. Which if she is, then it would highlight her developing feelings that she may not be aware of. So if the author is trying to depict doyeon going overboard then to me it would make sense for jinju to catch a cold. To highlight how doyeon didn’t care for the well being of jinju. Will doyeon feel guilty as a result?

Another possibility I see is doyeon just keeps going. She doesn’t stop fucking jinju whether jinju is a mess/in pain until doyeon has to physically get to class or the sun comes up. Which I still see jinju getting sick after lol.

Im low key betting jinju is going to catch a cold/fever after this chapter. I like placing my guesses on what will happen next, since it’s kind of like a game. And it feels awesome when I’m even partially correct.

 

[ButterflyOnSun]

MAN you get these out super fast thanks mate 👏 the only thing I’m translating is monthly I can’t imagine doing it every week lol

Wall of text incoming:

Doyeon speculation dump:

Doyeons vibes are shown to be pretty ‘off’ pretty early on, whether it’s the stuff with the animals or the many moments when her friends are like “woah that was weirdly scary”, which I think is due to the just like, boiling pool of repressed emotions she’s collected over 24 years; the abuse at a young age (I’d consider making a child skip meals because of what the other kids did to be abuse etc) made her shut down emotionally to survive and act like the perfect kid to avoid abuse at the expense of her real feelings and personality

I kind of think going back to her weird story at the beginning, Doyeon sees herself as/is the spider whether fully consciously or not; she’s the one that just keeps giving and giving as if it’s her only way to survive, like she’s biologically programmed to do so, and she almost never seems to receive anything in return (more abuse from Morae, a family that may have adopted her for political reasons etc) I think her love for Jinju is genuine and real, and even at the start of the finger blasting it was imperative to her that Jinju was feeling good; and in a weird, twisted way it still is, but Doyeons been without love for so long she doesn’t really know what to do, she just knows she doesn’t want to lose whatever this is and it’s manifesting itself as this toxic thing

I think there’s also some literary Christ allegories to be draw here especially given all the overt references to Catholicism ; the spider dies for its children after giving everything it has, Jesus dies for everyone (worth noting that in the Catholic Church during communion the bread and wine are supposedly literally turned into Jesus’s flesh and blood to be consumed, Jesus is a spider thank you for coming to my ted talk-), and Doyeon is, in a way, nothing if not Christ like, right? When Morae hits her cheek she turns to let her slap the other one, she still loves the animals who hate her, she takes in a stranger, shelters and feeds her while asking for nothing in return,

… but that’s kind of also the problem right? People aren’t inherently selfish or good. Everyone’s at least a little messy and literally everyone makes mistakes, so if you actually met a perfect person without flaws, you might actually be a bit unnerved about it; the flaws and crinkles are what make people, human I guess very profound I know wheeze (isn’t it interesting how we tend to view spiders as things to be feared hahahaaaaa cries)

Morae and her professor have both noticed this (though Morae translates her unease into anger while the professor still wants to put her faith in Doyeon). Sarang wants Doyeon to be able to live a more human life; to be messy and to pursue her own wants for a change. Morae thinks Doyeon is completely incapable of this. I think that’s kind of the cross roads she’s at right now.

Doyeon herself doesn’t even really know what her own deal is (thinking back to that one chapter where she says something like “isn’t doing something good just like me?” Or when she has the sex dream about Jinju “what surprised me is how much I wanted it”) like she’s been living with her mask on for so long no one knows what her face actually looks like, not even her

I sincerely hope it’s not the case (I want a happy ending dammit) but I’m kind of starting to get death flags from Doyeon regarding all narrative parallels (though I should stress that’s just how i interpret it) Hopefully that doesn’t turn out to be the case ;-;
It would be much better for my heart if Doyeon and Jinju figure things out and adopt a cute spider that doesn’t attack Doyeon


Jinju speculation dump:

I think that last chapter Jinju saying “you would have shown this kindness to anyone, not just me” is pretty important to understanding what she’s thinking; Jinju has developed feelings for Doyeon (imo at least haha) but like You know how sometimes people say “you can’t love another if you don’t love yourself”; I think it’s pretty safe to say Jinju doesn’t love herself (always puts herself down, says it’s her fault if she can’t get wet during sex y’know, before Doyeon does the sex good, and I mean personally I’d hardly call a 40 year old woman old and I’m in my 20’s) she’s basically convinced her parents were right about her, and I think that’s another reason she’s trying to push Doyeon away romantically too; she doesn’t want Doyeon to end up like her. She’s made comments about how Doyeon is pretty and happy badly attracts a lot of boys, how her life is so much more together than Jinju’s was at the time, prime of her youth etc and honestly I don’t think Jinju can love Doyeon until she deals with herself first which is a very long way of saying Jinju can’t love Doyeon because she hates herself and thinks she deserves it

It kind of reminds me a bit of East of Eden, but it’s been a long time since I last read that so shrug

Definitely worth mentioning that the full quote from the Bible is “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” I think the story is ultimately a cautionary tale about self love imo?

Regarding the horniness I just kinda figured it’s because it’s R rated horny erotica and I think the general genre expectation is you don’t go too long without a sex scene, even if it takes up narrative space hehe personally I don’t mind too much but i already live in horny jail so-

(((No offense meant by the spider joke btw to anyone religious my lunch break is over see ya

OOOHH! claps my hands giddily This was such a lovely read; I picked up on some of the religious imagery mentioned, but Doyeon’s parallels to Jesus was such a huge oversight on my part! That is such a good catch, I applaud you. Genuinely!! So fun seeing people catch tiny details.

I am still holding you in a cell for horny jail though, it seems I’m designated officer MWAHAHA! Ahh, yeah, it is an R-rated GL, of course there’s gonna be sex scenes. But to comment on your “you can’t go too long without one when you’re writing an erotica!” point, I must argue that 2 chapters is not nearly spread out enough to sneak in one AHHH!! I’m a writer. I write, and I struggle with pacing myself, which is why I tend to study and critically consume media that I personally enjoy; I understand that — it is — wholly arrogant of me to project ideas such as “I would do this if I were the author,” or “I’d change that,” onto a story that isn’t mine, but I do believe it both helps me immerse myself better and remain unbiased.

That being said, I really am a horny degen like the rest of you fellows, and I mean this. I literally don’t read shit without a semblance of sex, filter out my search results to only explicit when I read fanfiction, and more than half of the movies on my Letterboxed are psychosexuals. I love, love, love, seeing characters bond through sex and I genuinely do believe that it’s a very good tool in showcasing various things. Especially in genres such as romance.

However, I still can’t bring myself to accept the insertion of this sex scene in specific. It makes no sense to me, truly. This isn’t the first time Doyeon has gone overboard. Dragging someone to a restroom, arousal and anger raging in tandem, is not only unsanitary, but downright deranged when you think about it like whewww, girl! You need to be put on a leash! And besides that, Doyeon waking up from her dream and immediately feeling up Jinju, roughly, is…well.

Princess is in heat. She always has been.

The only difference now being Jinju having a different kind of orgasm, one more intense than any of the others she had. It’s corrupt because it literally happened in the home she shared with her husband, but I believe that if this is why the author chose to insert a sex scene — because of the convenient location? They could’ve just planned for them to come back to Jinju’s house at another time and have it commence then.

You need to spread your sex scenes out. I’ve read written eroticas, short ones, that had a better grasp on its pacing. And I mean this in the most respectful way possible! Have you ever read the novel “Little Rabbit” by Alyssa Songsiridej? Average novel, I hated the ending (FUCKKK!) but I loved the prose and some of the decisions made throughout the story.

The main characters have sex instantly, drawn by their chemistry, but as they grow more and more entangled in their physical affair, so do they fall deeper in love. They dabble in bdsm, polygamy…but with the growth of their feelings, the ML becomes more adverse to the bdsm aspect of their relationship (he does not want to harm her,) and doesn’t want to share her either.

If love is a transformative force, sex can be as well — if just as an extension. The way Doyeon and Jinju have sex in this chapter isn’t (and I must’ve said this so many times already) something we haven’t seen before, Doyeon being rough or upset during their moments in bed isn’t a new concept.

Does that make sense? looks up at you like a sopping wet dog

The scene fails to be cathartic because it does not have that quality of novelty. It’s not drawn out in snapshots or vignettes (which I would’ve preferred if the author really did want to draw a sex scene) but instead as a full-on process. The horny…was there! But we did get to see Doyeon being a very handsome service top, and for that, I can’t complain too much 🤭

 

[Cyn.bot]

Jinju mentions how "if you did something you didn't want to do, it's all my fault" lol what Is she talking about?

She says "if I made you do something that you shouldn't have", wich to me refers to what Doyeon did in the public bathroom. For Doyeon, who always try to do good, suddenly punishing the person she cares about the most, is something that she shouldn't have done. Now she feels like a bad person because of it... before that, she used to think that being/acting good was her whole thing.

 

[HolySatan]

However, I still can’t bring myself to accept the insertion of this sex scene in specific. It makes no sense to me, truly. This isn’t the first time Doyeon has gone overboard. Dragging someone to a restroom, arousal and anger raging in tandem, is not only unsanitary, but downright deranged when you think about it like whewww, girl! You need to be put on a leash! And besides that, Doyeon waking up from her dream and immediately feeling up Jinju, roughly, is…well.

I know others will disagree but this sex scene made a lot of sense to me. Looking at the previous chapter I was kind of thinking doyeon would fuck jinju in this chapter. I was between that or she would walk away out of sadness and heartbreak. I guess the one thing that did surprise me in this chapter was jinju giving herself up to doyeon in the manner that she did.

Circling back, why did it make sense for me? It’s part of doyeons character. Yes she likes to fuck when she’s horny, but She’s fucked jinju out of fear that jinju would run away and she’s also fucked her out of punishment as well. So jinju states that she doesn’t love doyeon but that doyeon Can use her body however she pleases. Im speculating that To doyeon, it seems like the only reason jinju is giving up her body is because jinju owes doyeon at least that much, so it’s transactional, no love. But that’s not what doyeon wants. So she wants to punish jinju for even thinking everything she did was with a transactional purpose because doyeon has done everything out of emotions rather than to gain something. But also jinju stated that she can’t love doyeon because she’s too broken to love anyone. Doyeon is insecure now in the relationship because no matter what she does jinju might still run away since she doesn’t love doyeon. Because for doyeon if you love someone you’ll never leave. So doyeon is going to fuck jinju out of insecurity and hurt. We basically see doyeon heartbroken.

Doyeon is passive aggressive the whole time. She can’t be directly mean to jinju since she’s so used to keeping that good girl image on her. We’ve never seen her be passive aggressive like this before. She says “I don’t want you to strain your back” while putting jinju on an uncomfortable table in the cold, basically naked, for sure going to leave her at least sore. She refuses to go to the bed because of broken glass, instead of just taking her to her bedroom. She says she thought jinju was falling for her but then quickly says “don’t worry I know how to pleasure you now” indicating jinju never had any emotions for doyeon and has thought this whole time it was just like a business deal. “You’ll feel pleasure soon” while making jinju feel the most pain from them fucking that she’s ever felt. Jinju is crying and telling doyeon to stop. She’s told doyeon to “wait” in the past but never told her “please I don’t want to come” like literally saying “don’t do this.”

Doyeon ignores it all. She forces jinju into an orgasm she doesn’t want because she knows where to touch jinju. She literally takes jinjus autonomy away from her own body. As a result jinju loses control of her bladder as she orgasm and it stains doyeons shirt. Jinju doesn’t let doyeon see her face when she orgasms for a reason. She’s hurt, but I think jinju is surprised by how hurt she is. Which is why this sex scene is important. Jinju acts like there’s nothing doyeon can’t do to her but I think she may be surprised to find herself hurt by doyeons claims that jinju never cared for her or at least acts like she doesn’t care. Because she does care about doyeon, but she doesn’t realize she does. That’s why I think in the next chapter we will see the consequences of doyeon going overboard, because I do think she pushed it this chapter. But hey that’s what I think.

 

[ButterflyOnSun]

I know others will disagree but this sex scene made a lot of sense to me. Looking at the previous chapter I was kind of thinking doyeon would fuck jinju in this chapter. I was between that or she would walk away out of sadness and heartbreak. I guess the one thing that did surprise me in this chapter was jinju giving herself up to doyeon in the manner that she did.

Circling back, why did it make sense for me? It’s part of doyeons character. Yes she likes to fuck when she’s horny, but She’s fucked jinju out of fear that jinju would run away and she’s also fucked her out of punishment as well. So jinju states that she doesn’t love doyeon but that doyeon Can use her body however she pleases. Im speculating that To doyeon, it seems like the only reason jinju is giving up her body is because jinju owes doyeon at least that much, so it’s transactional, no love. But that’s not what doyeon wants. So she wants to punish jinju for even thinking everything she did was with a transactional purpose because doyeon has done everything out of emotions rather than to gain something. But also jinju stated that she can’t love doyeon because she’s too broken to love anyone. Doyeon is insecure now in the relationship because no matter what she does jinju might still run away since she doesn’t love doyeon. Because for doyeon if you love someone you’ll never leave. So doyeon is going to fuck jinju out of insecurity and hurt. We basically see doyeon heartbroken.

Doyeon is passive aggressive the whole time. She can’t be directly mean to jinju since she’s so used to keeping that good girl image on her. We’ve never seen her be passive aggressive like this before. She says “I don’t want you to strain your back” while putting jinju on an uncomfortable table in the cold, basically naked, for sure going to leave her at least sore. She refuses to go to the bed because of broken glass, instead of just taking her to her bedroom. She says she thought jinju was falling for her but then quickly says “don’t worry I know how to pleasure you now” indicating jinju never had any emotions for doyeon and has thought this whole time it was just like a business deal. “You’ll feel pleasure soon” while making jinju feel the most pain from them fucking that she’s ever felt. Jinju is crying and telling doyeon to stop. She’s told doyeon to “wait” in the past but never told her “please I don’t want to come” like literally saying “don’t do this.”

Doyeon ignores it all. She forces jinju into an orgasm she doesn’t want because she knows where to touch jinju. She literally takes jinjus autonomy away from her own body. As a result jinju loses control of her bladder as she orgasm and it stains doyeons shirt. Jinju doesn’t let doyeon see her face when she orgasms for a reason. She’s hurt, but I think jinju is surprised by how hurt she is. Which is why this sex scene is important. Jinju acts like there’s nothing doyeon can’t do to her but I think she may be surprised to find herself hurt by doyeons claims that jinju never cared for her or at least acts like she doesn’t care. Because she does care about doyeon, but she doesn’t realize she does. That’s why I think in the next chapter we will see the consequences of doyeon going overboard, because I do think she pushed it this chapter. But hey that’s what I think.

She’s pushed Jinju before as well; once again, the entire bathroom scene is crazy — we can infer that Jinju only agreed to participating in potential exhibitionism as apology for how she had been treating Doyeon prior; that is, unkindly, referring to their relationship as familial to Doyeon’s friends — a status very far removed from any kind of romance. Hence why it was Doyeon’s last straw, the “that sounds like a date (which this is not)” being its predecessor.

Kept her in anticipation by not replying to the passerby until they were close enough 😭 Doyeon has always been pushy and conniving.

In this chapter, too, Jinju allows Doyeon to have her way. She may appear weak and sickly, but she has pushed away Doyeon before (ch23? I believe) and there is no reason for her to not do so in this chapter either. I don’t see your point, I’m afraid. Just because this chapter has Jinju in pain (lampshaded very quickly by how she managed to orgasm BECAUSE Doyeon knows how to make her feel good 😭 Jinju isn’t exactly a super masochist) doesn’t exactly change or switch things up.

She’s asked Doyeon to make it hurt before. You know, when Morae hauled ass with Gunwoo? LMFAOOOO. She only became wet after a sadistic impulse.

Yeah, no. I’ve said what I said. This sex scene, objectively, accomplishes nothing for the story. Perhaps it got an emotional reaction out of fans, which was definitely its intention, but that came at the expense of bad pacing. I already wrote down a timeline about how often they have sex, and how much it happens throughout.

Jinju doesn’t seem particularly fazed or upset by the idea of Doyeon and her fucking in the house her husband and she bought together, only asking her to accommodate by moving to the bed, either? So that takes away a layer of catharsis.

I’m sorry, y’all 😭 I’m really trying to agree with y’all but I just can’t scratches head I’m playing Devil’s advocate here 😔

Like, wait, let me add this…my point isn’t that the sex scene is difficult to understand…my point is, there was no need for a sex scene right after something as grand as an unilateral rejection. They had sex just a few hours ago in the bathtub, same day, just a different time. So, even in terms of the story’s inverse…? Like, how many times are you gonna fuck? ACK! 😅

There are other ways to punish someone. Jinju fears being alone the most. You wanna know what would be shocking? Doyeon intentionally isolating herself from Jinju, in hopes that Jinju would once again cling to her. Her way of proving to herself that she is a necessary presence in Jinju’s life. “Doyeon’s too nice for that…” she’s also unhinged and has a very clearly established darker side, so it wouldn’t be too out of character AHAHA. Applies the shocking factor as well 😋

Like. Doyeon KNOWS Jinju hates being cast aside. She could’ve very well exploited that — Jinju herself told her to never leave her alone again. But no. They fuck. This isn’t even being consistent, this is just being ridiculous. Jinju’s blatant refusal of a relationship with Doyeon, after spending chapters saying it subtly, very well calls for a shift in dynamics. But we don’t get that. There was potential for something deeper…and even if we do get to see a change in their relationship in the next one, I can’t accept that a conflict such as this one was dealt so poorly? 😞

Sex is a form of connection too, ya know. Having someone close, having someone inside you. It would’ve been so much more compelling to see her divert that.

I keep coming back to edit but I’m trying to get everything down so that I don’t end up writing too much next time if I end up having to argue my case again!! I don’t think this sex scene immediately destroys the story for me, that’d be absurd, I myself know that the story still has a long way to go and that we can still have moments to unpack all that. I’m just tired of all the back and forth sex likeeee 🪦

 

[Cyn.bot]

edit: i also need them to close that door

I was drawing a silly meme about that door, so I looked for it in the last chapters, and you know what? we never get to see that door from inside the house. Here is a quick sketch I did of both houses (keep in mind none of this is on scale) so you get a better idea:

807: Jinju / 808: Doyeon

The door we get to see is the one of the laundry room, which is open and you can even see the washing machine. The other one that we see a few times is the bathroom one. Also, none of those doors have a lock. So... for all we know, the entrance door might be closed.
I'm still uncomfortable about them stepping on broken glass with slippers though...

 

[jazkin]

I was drawing a silly meme about that door, so I looked for it in the last chapters, and you know what? we never get to see that door from inside the house. Here is a quick sketch I did of both houses (keep in mind none of this is on scale) so you get a better idea:

807: Junji / 808: Doyeon

The door we get to see is the one of the laundry room, which is open and you can even see the washing machine. The other one that we see a few times is the bathroom one. Also, none of those doors have a lock. So... for all we know, the entrance door might be closed.
I'm still uncomfortable about them stepping on broken glass with slippers though...

bro this is dedication... i'm loving the fire extinguisher loool

also, new chapter got out. i'm gonna take probably a week this time, the author reuploaded chap 33 with some minor changes (that happened with chap 30 too). I am guessing the new chapter will have some changes too. So i'll take my time scanlating new chapters from now on so that i won't have to do it all over again when changes actually take place

 

[Cyn.bot]

bro this is dedication... i'm loving the fire extinguisher loool

Nah, that is not dedication, it took just a few minutes. The silly meme was dedication (and a bit of practice anyway, but not much since I just copied some parts).
It was about them not closing that damn door, so now it's useless until I come up with another situation for it. I should have checked that before... oh well, at least it can be reused... I'll go cry in a corner and leave the template here if anyone wants to use it.

also, new chapter got out. i'm gonna take probably a week this time, the author reuploaded chap 33 with some minor changes (that happened with chap 30 too). I am guessing the new chapter will have some changes too. So i'll take my time scanlating new chapters from now on so that i won't have to do it all over again when changes actually take place

Was it typos or did they change something? Anyway, no hurries, a week is already pretty fast.

 

[HolySatan]

also, new chapter got out. i'm gonna take probably a week this time, the author reuploaded chap 33 with some minor changes (that happened with chap 30 too). I am guessing the new chapter will have some changes too. So i'll take my time scanlating new chapters from now on so that i won't have to do it all over again when changes actually take place

Tell me this at least. Does doyeon do some aftercare stuff with jinju or no? 😂

 

[jazkin]

This is gorgeous 😂😂😂

Was it typos or did they change something? Anyway, no hurries, a week is already pretty fast.

The previous changes were mostly changes to some lines, like exclamation marks or slightly different wording... also sfx changes, speech bubble placing, italic or bold words, stuff like that. Chap 33 had a complete resizing of almost all panels and speech bubbles, and some sfx changed too. Nothing groundbreaking but it is a complete resizing of most panels still. I just notice because I spend some time on each panel so i see the differences hahaha

Basically, everything is up to date except chapter 33 (I need to re-check chapters prior to 24 though)

The typo that the artist mentioned on Twitter is for chap 34 but I can’t seem to find it? I think I understood what line they are talking about but I’m not 100% sure

 

[jazkin]

Tell me this at least. Does doyeon do some aftercare stuff with jinju or no? 😂

if by aftercare you mean showing basic human empathy then yeah 😂

I need aftercare after this chapter

 

[HolySatan]

if by aftercare you mean showing basic human empathy then yeah 😂

I need aftercare after this chapter

oh mah gawd I can’t with doyeon. My girl (doyeon) really said 60% is passing. Low key though I kind of figured doyeon would show some aftercare because if not then i was thinking they should add thriller genre to the WEBTOON as well. But to what extent she would show aftercare? Like i wanted it to be a lot but also I know that’s kind of not reasonable since she’s pretty pissed still. I don’t know what k was expecting but I was hoping for a little bit more tbh.