Potato Sprout

HOLY SHIT IM CRYING, IM SHIVERING, THERE ARE BUTTERLFLIES IN MY STOMACH, MY CHEST IS TINGLY RN, IM SO HAPPY, IM SO EXCITED, AND IM JUMPING WITH JOY RIGHT NOW. IM SQUEALING IN DELIGHT, THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR 150 CHAPS OMG, THEY ACTUALLY SAID IT OUT LOUD OMG.

THIS

Chapter is just absolutely fantastic, I’m so so happy he kissed her even tho he’s feeling extremely helpless and down, I think he hit his limit and hanmi came for him which probably triggered this, nevertheless this is the best that I could have hoped for, I needed a big push in their relationship, THIS IS IT. PLEASE LET THIS BE THE START OF THEM PLEASE WILLOW I BEG YOU.

“If one day… you have someone that you like please tell me. Alright?”

People not giving a fuck about which gender they are attracted to or which gender they attract. Which also means that sexual orientations are more diverse than in 99% of Asian graphic novels (that’s including shounen, shoujo, GL and BL, where everyone seems to be one sexuality).

You are a girl that is attracted to boys and are not afraid to romantically pursue them and be both the emotional and physical rock in the relationship? cute.

You are a girl that used to be attracted to boys but is now crushing hard on a girl? ok.

You are a girl that casually started to like a girl? You don’t seem to care and neither does anyone else.

You are a dude that uses his fragility to gain pity and admiration from the whole student body? Cool.

You are a dude that uses non-sexual seduction to win over another dude’s favor and use him as a means of protection without being considered as “girly” or emasculated? Nice.

You are the dude that is being used without knowing and is simply expressing his romantic and platonic affection towards a “trustworthy” and “loveable” individual by standing up for him against your own gang members? Cute as fuck but you’re gonna be pissed when you find out the truth.

You are a dude that likes a girl but can’t like that girl so you date other girls, who all know that but still date you anyways cause they’re cool with that? ok, kinda sad, but ok.

Romance, friendship, family and power dynamics getting equal screen time.

Females being involved in gang politics at all levels, with minimal consideration for what are usually considered the female roles in physically-based hierarchies.

Hanmi and Go Jun both play important roles in school politics but that doesn’t always mean that they fight. Sometimes they spy, sometimes they get beaten up badly and sometimes they just play nice. It’s all fine as long as they don’t get pigeon holed just because they’re girls.

Dudes being sensitive in relationships, instead of being broody unfeeling one-liner producing machines.

Especially Gun. Like this boy is sensitive and non-violent and needs protection and nobody finds that funny or teases him because it’s not “manly”. Instead, everyone loves him and protects him, because he needs it. Hanmi doesn’t laugh at his sensitive nature when it comes to her relationship with Junhyuk.

A realistic take on charisma as more than fighting and getting chicks.

Most of the main characters are not chosen through the love decagon like most shoujos, instead, people that do the most, that influence the most people naturally become more important to the plot.

Fluid friendships that can be just as intense as any romance.

PEOPLE CARING ABOUT EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY FEEL PLATONIC LOVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER, AND NOT BECAUSE THEY WANNA SMASH.

Go Jun felt just as strongly about Junhyuk as she felt about Hanmi. There was nothing weird about it either, she just felt extremely attached to them and wanted to be a part of their world.

And Go Jun was veeerrry evil towards Junhyuk and Hanmi at first, but that didn’t stop them from making up after a good fight and lots of crying.

Yueun also feels crazy loyal towards Hanmi and she protects her from the shadows despite not being the strongest or even the most popular girl.

So while Hanmi was first the protector, Yueun doesn’t take that as the status quo. Neither does she expect Hanmi to reciprocate. She knows that Hanmi is going through tough times, so she focuses on making Hanmi’s life easier, as REAL LIFE FRIENDS DO.

It all comes to a head when Go Jun and Yueun fall in love and Go Jun is not sure whether Yueun loves her more or Hanmi. And the plot doesn’t end on Yueun choosing between the two, because FRIENDSHIP IS NOT SECONDARY TO ROMANCE!!!!

Gun cared for both Hanmi and Junhyuk and wanted them to be happy together and openly confessed his love to Junhyuk because that’s how he felt about Junhyuk, with no “no homo” in the middle of that. BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A THING AS NON-SEXUAL LOVE!