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i also really liked how each realistic the romance felt
their progression of feelings for each other throughout the story felt natural and made sense with the characters
i loved how they portrayed bomi’s crush on jaemin as a the warm, fluttering, yet fleeting feelings of spring, something that warms the heart but isn’t set and doesn’t last forever
verses jinyeong’s portrayal of something unexpected, a change unprecedented yet somehow still touching, like the peace found after the dust settles and the changes subside, a grounding feeling of comfortable discomfort
it truly made bomi’s feelings for jinyeong more set in stone, more nurtured and blossoming versus the light crush on jaemin which scattered too soon

i also liked how the manhwa repeatedly paralleled spring and youth, expressing the puzzling path of life, love, friends, and school in such a realistic manner, diving headfirst into new situations, taking chances, being young
i loved how it reiterated that youth is messy, it’s going to be messy, but the mess that’s created are more than just mess, they’re memories, they’re love, and that’s life

and with all romance, my favorite is when they focus on more than just the romance
i loved seeing the friendship between bomi and seonhui grow over the course of this arc, through the honesty of their feelings to their acknowledgement and understanding of each others, despite their differences
and watching the friendships blossom beteeen the other characters was just as heartwarming and endearing

the pacing was good too, as the author did a good job building suspense when needed through flashforwarding to whatever grand event (fake dating, gyuri) they wanted to portray
i thought this was a good technique to keep the readers going, especially since the event they foreshadowed too would usually happen 2-4 chapters ahead

i also really enjoyed the small details throughout the story that both established the world but also the characters themselves
like, we all know, jinyeong’s ear blush
or when the curtain hit gyuri
or jaemin’s uncomfort, or seonhui’s gradual upset
or the hint abt the next arc after jinyeong’s and bomi’s chance meeting at the bookstore

the art itself is amazing, gorgeous, and easy on the eyes, maintaining a light, whimsical, heartwarming feel for a high school/college(?) setting manhwa

i truly cannot think of a genuine criticism for this story, as i thoroughly enjoyed pretty much all of it
i assume dongchae’s story will be discussed in a diff arc..?

but other than that, a good arc 4.5/5 LOLL maybe even 5/5 but i’ll see

srry i fell asleep writing the second half

finished hamin/somang’s arc and i cried so much
frfr my favorite arc
so realistic and amazing at portraying their emotions
i literally couldn’t stop crying at the last five chapters like brah
idk what to even say bruh evetythjt was just so beautiful and just somang consoling jaemin was so comforting, so bittersweet, and just so much to me
hamin we love you and u will be missed u shouldn’t have deleted ur damn msg god damn it

i felt most things here hit close to home i guess which is why i cried so much.. that suffocating feeling of inadequacy and vying for unobtainable perfectionism and selflessness wrought on by the pressure of unrelentingly restrictive parents …

reading through how both hamin and somang brought radiance into each others lives was so sad 😭😭😭 they were so good together… they needed each other…

and reading how jaemin struggles to process his grief and his pent up emotions is honestly just so crazy
like seeing his friends come together and build from everything from the first arc
seeing how jaemin has a real support group who cares for him
idk just seeing everything come together and somang’s care relieve jaemin from his grief and torment is so sweet and sad and it actually means so much to me idk what to even say

i just think basically the portrayal of the difficulties we face to have the beauties of life are so well described and impactful in this arc, from the feeling of being alive for the first time to knowing that people care for you, to the isolating feeling of simply being… everhtbjnt ws so beautifully written…

i love how each character aren’t getting less relevant but more fleshed out through the story, even if it’s not about them (the side characters too)

i loved how this story portrayed life, from its radiance to its struggles

i loved how this story deliberately expressed how the actions of one character ripppled throughout the others, that an event isn’t gone unnoticed, how despite its insiginifance in the grand scheme of things, the ripples still reverberate reaoundly among those affected

idk it just felt so realistic and harrowingly depressing i loved this arc so much

5/5^

ok just finished gaeul’s arc
was good but lowk a 7/10 or 4/5ish

i still love that we see all our characters from before but with how they tried to do two romances (seonhui and subin/gaeul) lowk made it a little messy and less fleshed out
idk i wish we got more individual focus on each of the stories to be truly immersed in the story like with the first two seasons
either way, i liked both stories and i love that the authors don’t typically do cliches so seeing bittersweet endings are always nice
i wonder if we’ll get more conclusion about uri and her boytoy but i mean the twoish panels that conclude their story are fine

i wonder if jaemin also finds love himself, but that might be what the sequel is for
i still love all the side characters because they’re so funny and the authors always makes sure to pay enough attention to them, which is great

i nearly cried when gaeul discussed his bullying story, so that means it was well written and emotional enough to emit a response LOL
it felt kind of rushed though, i don’t know, i wish they had more chapters or emphasis on it itself
or like discussed when subin called gaeul disgusting more
it felt like lacking a little bit and it def could have been expanded on more (ie what happened after subin called her stinky? did they address it or did i forget, or like what about when she told her mom? why didn’t her mom want her to move? bc of the bullies idk …)

i liked the conclusion between seonhui and jaemin, but i wish the courting scenes beteeen seonhui and the guy (im so sorry bro) were more concrete and realistic… i mean they made sense but it also felt like it was missing something but idk what srry…

i mean overall, v good v realistic, i really loved the ending and i wish the two bullies received more justice and was completely cut off by subin