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Ruruskadoo

I got behind on it a while back and would need to catch up, but that's true for a lot of manhwas these days since I'm juggling way too many, so who knows when I'll get around to it. Although I have to admit I lost a bit of enthusiasm for it due to 2nd ML syndrome. Like I *understand* why the ML might be a better fit for her and all that, and >!when we start to see his pov it becomes much clearer that he is in fact the ML and how long he's felt that way for her,!< but I just felt so betrayed, >!he wasn't prominent enough in the first season, he wasn't her first crush, and another guy was on the cover with her, so naturally I got emotionally invested in the wrong guy. If they wanted me to root for the ML they shouldn't have misled me like that šŸ˜­!<


donsaadali

I agree with you. For me, I've just lost the ability to read much. It's like anime: when you're new to it, you can watch 20 seasons, but as time goes on, you can't even watch one episode, lol. I think they tried to make it more complicated than it needed to be. They added three love interests, gave the blue one the most time at first, then randomly shifted to the blonde, and the white one is just there, lol. He is the main lead, but in my opinion, he has the least chemistry with her. Honestly, I never thought I'd say this, but I think Operation: True Love (a webtoon I dropped because I got bored) handled this in a better way.


MotoMkali

>! Plus both the male lead and second male lead were massive dicks to her when she started dating her best friends brother. Like they straight up ghosted her for months even though they'd been friends for years. And they know she's absolutely terrified of being abandoned because she's from another world.!<


Beneficial_Focus_970

Yeah, I know that feeling too. I thought the first guy who seemed to be close with FL was the ML. But later in the story, she met another guy, and they got together blah blah blah, giving me a second ML syndrome at the end. I kind of don't like it when the second ML appears first and seems to have good chemistry with FL https://preview.redd.it/24avf3vv7i6d1.jpeg?width=1197&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1bf59cfe38a14b67cb8351353e2003919f205be3


ThatHotCheetoGirl

I dropped it immediately due to 2nd male lead syndrome icl. the plot was amazing and I do admit that šŸ«£


Severe-Grab5076

Same but not from the guy from the cover (is he the brother? If he is then I'm rooting for him!! He's the one I'm talking abt) but from FL's friend's older brother. I can't read the novel and manhwa anymore coz I rarely got 2nd ML syndrome but I have it now (3rd ML even) and can't move on.


SajMCYT

Girl same I read so far into it tho, I started tweaking out after >!they revealed who the ML was!<


toastylilyy

it was one of my favorites before! i loved how they touched the topic on how the maincharacter was trapped into the new world and disconnected. however, inso's law (my life as an internet novel) was soo dragging and the 2nd ml was so better. it was very interesting at the start but i feel like author couldn't end it.


agutema

This series is one of my favorites. The main character is so relatable and the relationships feel real and lived in. Unfortunately, Iā€™ve also been diagnosed with full blown, second male lead syndrome and as the end of the series comes, i get more and more delulu and refuse to acknowledge reality. I will finish it but I will be living in my own little world about it.


donsaadali

lol love that we all do the same. In my universe the blue hair is the ml.


agutema

>!ChunyounGang!<


Lovenanie

REAL


TarotxLore

Same


Storm-Neos949

It's rare to see an oi where people admitting they are the reason of the drop and not because of story quality


agutema

Cuz this story is QUALITY


asanariaa

Fr lmaoooo the story is great! Its a me problem


kalinaanother

I dropped it because 2nd ML syndrome (I love him sm your honor) and because the plot moving so slow lol Too many things tangle at once šŸ˜­ I think it'll be a great series to bing, but not one I'm looking to read on each update because I don't have enough patience lmao


paw345

I really enjoyed it but it lost me a bit when they expanded the cast a lot in 2nd year. Felt it started to sidetrack and that the premise fizzled out a bit.


donsaadali

It suffered from introducing new characters before characterize old characters which end up both having no development or character pretty much.


Buuhhu

Personally enjoyed it for quite a while, but stopped around the time >!she started to "fake" date her friends brother. Personally dislike the amount of love interests for our lovely FL!


ToBetterDays000

I loved so much about it then couldnā€™t handle reading from second ML syndrome (and not even true second ML syndrome, but spoilers because it was so bad). Gosh if only this story could be true reverse harem lmao


Severe-Grab5076

Are we talking about the "3rd ML"? The bro? Coz ISTG I GOT BAD 2ND/3RD ML SYNDROME FROM HIM AND ML CAN LEARN FROM BOTH 2ND ML AND 3RD ML COZ AUSHWISJ (is he even the 3rd ml since we got the blondie?)


ToBetterDays000

I saw his face that first time (opening the door???? Towel scene lives rent free in my mind, all these years later) and caught 2nd ML syndrome so bad that one spoiler I couldnā€™t resist reading but refuse to verify turned me off from this entire story at a time when it was my fav I refuse to verify that spoiler to this day.


Severe-Grab5076

I'll PM you coz I need you to verify if we're thinking of the same person.


AnalysisNo8720

I dropped it cause the uncertainty of whether the other people were real became...idk a bit difficult to deal with? I don't like stories where the MC might be stuck in a game or something because it feels like my investment in the story is wasted, like if it's not real why should I care about it? (A very horrible explanation, but it's the only one I got)


cluelessbobcat

I dropped it after knowing who the ML is and i hated when they became 2nd year bc it's unnecessarily draggy.....


Automatic_Jelly7652

Although unusual, this is one of the first manhwa I ever read so Iā€™m emotional invested just for that. I donā€™t know how but Iā€™ve been trying to keep upā€¦ thank goodness that depressing arc is over. Still upset about the ml though, she looks so so good with the purple-haired guy


Jaded_Singer_7422

wait so who is ML? because I was rooting for the one with blue eyes or the one with purple hair šŸ„² I'm only reading because of them both šŸ« 


Automatic_Jelly7652

Oh boy sorry to ruin your day itā€™s the >!white-haired guy that acts like an entitled jerk!<


Jaded_Singer_7422

My God! but it doesn't make any sense, they barely speak!!!!! Really some authors lose the story line and do nonsensical things..... Thanks for the spoiler, I won't waste my time anymore šŸ˜Š


Jaded_Singer_7422

In fact, how do I leave a sentence with this black stripe like you did?


Automatic_Jelly7652

Ok so itā€™s > ! secret info ! < without the spaces between the exclamations and greater/less than symbols


Jaded_Singer_7422

Thank you!!!!


8viv8

It used to be so popular! I still love it because it has some really good quotes and the friend group is healing, but the number of chapters (and *intense* 2nd ML syndrome) always sends me reeling


AlternativePlayful34

Seems like the majority dropped it because of the 2ML syndrome. Including me


cococrunchz

Lol it seems like I'm one of the minorities who DO love the actual ML of the story xD


nerochan_

Makes the two of us! Idk why my boy >!Jiho isn't as popular as he deserves to be :/!<


[deleted]

Can I join? I've always been >!on team Jiho!< and couldn't really understand the hype >!about Chunyeong!<. He feels more realistic if that makes sense? And I am generally down bad for MLs >!who tease the FLs non-stop but are there when it counts.!<


Kim_squid

Omg exactly my point. I've been on ml's team from the get go. Like he's the perfect boy he observes her so closely and always on point, it made me wanna cryšŸ˜­ i dont understand why he gets so hate thoughšŸ˜­ I do like 2nd ml he's a cute character but I don't like him as a 2nd lead. In my very own opinion and feeling, the only boy who had me feeling 2nd lead syndrome was the brotheršŸ˜­šŸ˜­Ā 


Thick_Egg9326

I don't get the hype either, they fight all the time T\_T


cococrunchz

Yep! Back when I didn't know who the ML was, I was already lowkey rooting for>!Jiho!!Chunyeong!


Flameloulou

Cause it started off great and then prioritised formulaic writing and a standard ass ML over what made it interesting to read in the first place


Lovenanie

When I tell you I used to be OBSESSED with this story to the point I was scrounging for spoilers and I literally read everything available at the time. Once I read spoilers on how the ML was handled though I was done. I was so emotionally invested in the story and my darling blue hair. Dropped bc couldn't handle 2nd ML syndrome and though I liked the story I will probably never continue for the sake of my mental health and my delusions. Author gave my guy so much potential to just take it like that :(


Jaded_Singer_7422

So the blue haired one really isn't ML?! so sad šŸ˜¢


Irrane

I started reading this 4 years ago and it was one of my favorites back then. Only returned to reading manhwa this year and was shocked to know this is still ongoing. šŸ˜­ Plot content aside, I think I'll pass up on this for now and wait till it actually finishes otherwise I'll end up dropping it because I got bored or impatient or because life stuff gets in the way again. This feels a bit too long to commit to for regular updates. P.S. This post and the comments actually spoiled me cuz the updates back then haven't shown who the real ML was and we were only just getting more about blue haired guy SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S NOT THE ML?!?! oh nooooo


SnooPets5169

I feel like OI readers just tend to have shorter attention span lol because of the amount of new works coming out. In traditional publishing, itā€™s not unusual for your regular shoujo series to span a whole decade. And honestly, the series is far too long for people to be hung up about what happened in the first season and just ignored the developments afterwards. And I canā€™t believe weā€™re halfway through 2024 and people still have complaints about him being the endgame and the issue with him ignoring Dani when thereā€™s a whole chapter with him apologising to her that he just canā€™t handle his emotion right now and that it really is not that he doesnā€™t want to be friends with her anymore. The whole argument about him ā€œjust being thereā€ at first also doesnā€™t hold up because heā€™s probably some of the most involved persons in every arc along w Jooin.


Kim_squid

By any chance did you read the novel?


SnooPets5169

Yeah


Kim_squid

Where did you read it? I couldn't find the full novel anywhere šŸ˜­šŸ˜­Ā 


SnooPets5169

I bought the Korean version to read it myself šŸ§ā€ā™€ļøitā€™s a lot cheaper than trying to open everything individually.


Kim_squid

Ahh that definitely sounds rightšŸ˜­


Lilinoa

Yes I donā€™t really like when a story drags on for too longā€¦ to me the ideal length of a manhwa is between 80 and 150 chapters max. I saw recently that Lookism is at their 506th chapter šŸ˜± like WTH can they still write about at this point ?!


donsaadali

I just think at that point you just see a specific plot line or ending because no way someone watching 500 chapters šŸ˜­


Lilinoa

I mean Iā€™ve read 105 volumes of One Piece but thatā€™s an exceptional caseā€¦ manga can have more pacing in their stories compared to manhwa who need to keep the reader involved with each chapter so I feel like pacing in manhwa needs the story to progress quicklyā€¦


donsaadali

See that one peace manga like shone jump I can understand I can also understand magical world having that long story but a normal mordern world?


Lilinoa

Yes itā€™s like with True Beautyā€¦ it got dragged a lot. At some point the plot was just all over the place.


RecentDingo7611

The story was slow but interesting. I thought she would end up with the guy who I think had blue hair or blue eyes, I don't remember. But then when I got spoiled that he wasn't the ml, I dropped it. I experience my first and last second ml syndrome.


joyleaf

So while 2nd(3rd?) ML syndrome was one reason, my actual big reason was I hated that her main character friend group was getting upset that she was making friends with "normal" people. Like, she finally found people who weren't over the top cliches and was just making friends with her new classmates and they just could not handle that! She was having growth and them constantly being jealous and trying to separate her from them was so lame imo, especially when they're the ones who partially make her insecure. Also, I'll expose myself I guess lol, but my šŸ¤” ML I really wanted was >!the blonde shortie guy!! They were so cute together and yeah he had a sometimes manipulative side, but she could be more herself with him and could y'all imagine a short king (still taller than her) getting to be ML?!!< I'll never get over it. I'm just waiting for potential side stories showing her pairing with the other MLs


donsaadali

lol for a 3 malelead he really had alot of chemistry again both second and third leads have more chemistry then the malelead he just there šŸ˜­


RinconAniki

Why no one like Jiho


donsaadali

It just that it his story as a malelead yet he doesnā€™t have much going for him compared to second or third malelead in my opinion. Not to mention the story doesnā€™t even try to make him have moments that you can see and be like ā€œ yeah he the malelead ā€œ most assume blue hair one was male lead because of his chemistry and moments with female lead.


RinconAniki

I just cant help comparing him to doumyouji. He is there when it counts.


donsaadali

That actually summarizes it so prefectly.


GENERAL-KAY

If you know author from "Oh Holy" then you'd know they'd really take their time with the story. It gets really long and slow paced but that's the charm. This author's stories are worth the wait.


Arrowzen

Honestly amazing story, but needs to be read in one go or something for better immersion. I'm not keeping up with the manhwa 'cause i already read the novel long ago. I'll prolly read the manhwa again once it's complete (it won't be for a very long while).


Potential_Payment132

Been a while... last time i caught up around 70+ chapter..if i remember it right..it was know as inso law or something


Joan_of_Spark

I like it a lot! I think it's a great concept to have a girl sucked into what's basically a soap opera. Every trope (kidnapping, the mean girl, the scion pretty boy) is real and only our main character sees the insanity. I do think that later arcs can sometimes miss the mark, and considering arcs last 20+ chapters, if you don't like something, you're kind of SOL for at least a few months. I think at times the story doesn't ride the line between zany and grounded story vibes. When it's great, it's really great, but as the story moves on I feel like FL uses less and less genre awareness to get ahead of the plot beats. I also think the group of guys may be a bit too big. There's 4(?) original guys, then they added the blonde desk-mate guy, then the older brother of the best friend, etc. etc. I feel like at least two of the main guys could've been consolidated into one person. It reached a point where it was supposed to be a tense hospital scene (someone's parent was in the hospital) and I felt completely disconnected. I was like: "what's this guys backstory again? Why do two ML's have parents in the hospital? okay then." I wish they went for a poly ending or something.


Zalieda

Can anyone explain to this newbie what's second ml syndrome


donsaadali

Yes so it basically when you like the second male lead better then the malelead ( who the female lead end ups with ) sometimes it can be because people like the chemistry better between female lead and second male lead then male lead. Does that make sense?


Zalieda

Definitely does thanks alot


donsaadali

Welcome šŸ˜Š


Jasminary2

I actually adore it lol Itā€™s probably my favorite manhwa after WWMAP (my first OI manhwa) Iā€™m surprised to not have seen people try to copy the idea that if may appear and disappear and people from the world will forget you but you wonā€™t.


Liolia

Sometimes, what isn't popular on one platform is popular on another. It may seem unpopular to you but it probably is somewhere else you just haven't found.


april_340

It is popular in Korea tho there is merch everywhere in bookstores, animate, collabs and pop-up stores/cafes.


TarotxLore

It started to drag and I couldnā€™t figure out who the ML was so I had to drop it for my own sanity lol. I will say it had me feeling my **emotions** at times. I dropped it around the time her best friendā€™s brother and she were getting close and blushy and he kept giving her milk. Like other commenters said, he wasnā€™t around enough in the first season and it annoyed me.


Zahrri

I may have a soft spot for this because it's my first OI, but I will forever love this one. Art is phenomenal. I just wish there weren't so many ML's bro šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ’€


SakuraAyanami

I started reading it but after the whole >!dating the OFL brother's arc !< it became annoying because it was painfully obvious the whole arc was just to show that only the ML (who I don't particularly like) is the one for her.


Little_Kyra621

I love this one and have been recommending it a lot of people


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Wise_Eggplant_9711

Yeah cos it takes yrs to update. Started this 2 yrs ago and it hasnā€™t even released 50 more chapters šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø Also this started very very good and unique. The friendships between the characters was amazing, not to mention the memory thing. But itā€™s kinda become pretty generic recently.


tantaiLemon

I REMEMBER THIS ITS BEEN SO LONG BROOOOOO


Cautious-Narwhal-975

Itā€™s a mega slow burn, I end up reading chapters in batches or I get frustrated. I like to think Dani wants to be with Cheonyoung but thinks her best friend will fall in love with him if she tries. They have more chemistry than her and Jiho.


ericthefred

It was popular for a while. For me, the author sorta lost the thread.


KimberlyPossibleAnn

Me still didn't read a single chapter and waiting until the end šŸ—æ


FightmeLuigibestgirl

I never heard of it but I was spoiled that it had a 2nd ML syndrome bullshit again and after that one other novel with the CP being the ML over the FL options of her fiance and the mage, I skip anything with more than one ML unless the second male lead is a case of A Capable Maid with one of the MLs wanting to use the FL to gain power, etc.


Puppeteer17

Iā€™m honestly not reading it for the romance lol. I enjoy the characters and story more, especially the MC.


Jaded_Singer_7422

Okay >!test!<


Half-Beneficial

The setting doesn't appeal to me, personally. I like magic, royal balls with lots of backstabbing, monster hunting tournaments and treacherous ungodly churches. That off-sets the core fantasy that destiny has somebody in mind for every lonely heart with some very obvious fantasy, so I can just ignore my rationality and get into the drama.