#mingwa

There, I said it.

But it wasn't always like that for me.

The buildup in the beginning chapters was what made me stick around to see what would happen. I had just finished reading The Dangerous Convenience Store before starting on Jinx, and I had high expectations since I was seeing that it was one of the most popular manhwas on Lehzin and on social media. So, naturally, I gave it a try.

Every chapter got me hooked. The best mixed martial arts athlete and his physical therapist. Power imbalance. Power play, both literally and figuratively. I was hooked on it, only because I was used to that kind of premise with the Asian dramas I was watching when I was younger (minus the sex part, of course). So I didn't really mind the other things that were happening. But once Dan's debt was already paid, I wasn't entirely sure where this was going, especially when Mingwa told everyone that this was going to be a happy ending.

Honestly, I felt like this was rushed. So rushed, in fact, that it felt like Mingwa just wanted to get this shit over with. And it's so sad, so so sad, that it ended how it did. I wanted yearning. I wanted more sad Jaekyung, sorry Jaekyung, kneeling on the ground begging Jaekyung. That whole chapter of him chasing Dan at the bus stop and kneeling: sure, I got what I want, but I wanted him to be sorry.

Not once did he say "I love you" to Dan. It was always Dan saying how he was feeling.

And this wouldn't have happened if the ending wasn't rushed.

I feel like the ending being rushed started when the conflict of Jumin and Dan's former doctor resident was placed at the very end. I think this decision was made in true K-drama fashion, having the ending carry the main conflict. But at this point, we already know that Jaekyung would definitely win against Jumin. We didn't have to add that fact that Jumin deliberately tells Jaekyung that he was the one who ordered for the doctor to stab Dan. That was stupid. So, so stupid. Given that Mingwa built Jumin up to be this villain that plans everything out from scratch, this was kinda out of character of Jumin to just drop that bomb.

At that point, the determination for Jaekyung to win and get this over with so that he can be with Dan was already enough juice for him to obliterate Jumin in the octagon. That added Jumin line wasn't needed, even if Jaekyung was exhausted. Adrenaline would carry him through this fight.

Maybe I just expected too much from Jinx when the first ever manhwa I read was The Dangerous Convenience Store. In that story, Ahjussi and Euijoon had years of a time skip and in that time skip, they fixed their shit. At least, Ahjussi did. He had the time to fix his company from the mafia that it was to something that had a clean reputation, only because he wanted Euijoon to not worry about what he did for work. Now that's character development. And I was expecting Jinx to be similar to that. I did post on Tiktok that I wanted a time skip, because time definitely heals all wounds. It's real, you guys! Time does really do that! And other manhwas also have the time skip element that made the characters better, or worse (Even If You Don't Love Me had a time skip that made me want to tear my hair out because that was a terrifyingly slow progress to justice). But there will be progress and a marination of the story if a time skip element was introduced to Jinx maybe 60-70 chapters in. That would probably cover Jaekyung's change in his demeanor, Dan's maturity over his adult decisions, and everything else in between. In The Dangerous Convenience Store, the time skip was just there. Although they explained what they have been doing in the past 5 (?) years, nothing specific was mentioned. We could just imagine that they grew, because it wasn't really important to the story.

We could've had that type of story progression for Jinx, but instead, everything was rushed. There was a time skip, but it was just a month. Jaekyung and Dan are already dating. They already have their promise rings. Dan calls Jaekyung by his name and not Mr. Joo.

I could talk more and more about why it's so disappointing, but I'll just end up comparing Jinx to other stories that I've read.

Overall, Jinx could have been better. I know now from watching Boyfriend on Demand on Netflix that manhwa artists also have deadlines and are constantly pressured by the company to keep updating on their set dates so even if I'm disappointed, I kinda get why Mingwa did what she did. Oh well.

Oigan se que fue dificil el final de Jinx haha... no puede ser de verdad termino esta aventura de 4 años T_T haha pero bueno... esperemos y a conformarnos con los extras

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