Lover Boy 3

사랑하는 소년 #3

by Zec, Nina Gliese (Translator)

Eunho war schon als kleiner Junge hoffnungslos in Jaeha verliebt und machte ihm immer wieder Heiratsanträge. Doch für Jaeha war Eunho stets nur der kleine Nachbarsjunge... In den Jahren, die seitdem vergangen sind, hat Jaeha kaum einen Gedanken an den kleinen Eunho verschwendet. Doch plötzlich steht Eunho, mittlerweile ein junger Mann, wieder vor ihm und möchte Teil von Jaehas Leben werden. Wird Eunho für Jaeha immer der kleine Nachbarsjunge bleiben oder wird er ihn endlich als den Mann sehen, der er heute ist?

Genres: Manga, Manhwa, Romance

352 pages, Paperback

Published July 29, 2025

Reviews

[Ryofire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great volume in this series, though it is a very sad one. I know it's partially explained later, but the flashback of Hyesun getting upset about what appears to be a photo of her much older than that husband who was still an adult at the time sleeping with a professor we don't know she even had, is very odd in context, and people have good reason to be weirded out by this. Without context, it looks like she's mad that Jaeha is secretly queer. The same thing happened with Hanjoon: absent context, Hanjoon running into Jaeha in the parking lot made it look like Hanjoon was physically abusing Jaeha, rather than someone else hit Jaeha. I get it's all for drama, but the Hyesun moment is a lot worse, because we're supposed to have more context in this flashback, but still don't. I think it's one of the weaker moments of the story.

Yen Press/Ize Press needs to update their translation standards for their Korean books and keep honorifics. There's a line Hanjoon has that makes no sense in context and even in the "translation notes" at the end because the publisher is so stupid about removing honorifics from Korean works. The publisher at least some of the time keep honorifics in their Japanese works, so the publisher knows honorifics matter. There is truly no reason to have a different policy for Korean works, even if this translation isn't as ridiculous as the nonsense they're doing for "Semantic Error". It's especially worrisome as they turn to getting into translating Chinese works, as well. I appreciate the diversity and that more English publishers are getting into translating Korean and Chinese works, but this policy of removing honorifics - and as many Korean cultural markers as possible, I was honestly pleasantly surprised one of the dishes this volume kept its Korean name, given how bad the policy of removal is - is dumb and needs to be removed entirely.

[Swathi · Rating 4 out of 5]

They finally got together at the end of book two and then this. I get that there has to be ups and downs but I'm starting to really dislike Jaeha's cowardly ways. He never seems to have an opinion and always goes with whatever is the easiest. It makes Eunho seem almost like a doormat.
Saying that, the artwork is great and I love the silk pages. I hope that this story turns around soon

[-moonprismpower- · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jaeha! He has such low self esteem… It makes me so damn sad. And Eunho… he’s trying so hard to reassure Jaeha but you can tell he’s anxious that Jaeha’s going to run away..
Time apart can help but Jaeha definitely needs to help himself…

[Eve Healy]

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