The Dangerous Convenience Store

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well, for starters GET SOME TISSUE BECAUSE YOU GONNA CRY !!

typical gangster mafia angst romance ? YES, but...but... walk with me
seme Beom(ajuicy = yes that's his name given by the fandom) is a gangster working under some dark mafia shit, bleh bleh bleh WE DO NOT CARE. uke Eui-Jun, a college student with a failed love life, stumbles across Ajuicy in a CONVENIENCE STORE and then they "fu*k". It was a one-night stand but it leaves a mark on both of them only for them to explore these newly found emotions evoked by them. But Ajuicy is a old old man (37) while Eui-Jun is ... in his mid 20s. Things go well as they keep "fu*king" but emotions befalls onto one of them and now things get messy. (not saying anymore because do not want to spoil your experience).

There is so much GREEN all around the characters it's crazy, Seme is so so so respectful, he cares so much. Consent is key for real. The way the feelings are shown with so much complexity it breaks your rooting heart. There is so much angst but let me tell you the fluff makes up for all of it. There is no SA :)

Overall :
Art : 9/10 (BOMB)
Plot : 10/10
Characters : 10/10
Ethics : 9/10 (-1 because you'll see once you read)

Conclusion : YOU HAVE TO READ IT because it is beautiful, painful and moving. This is not BL with romance, this is Romance that happened to be BL.

The story is set in South Korea, where we meet our main character who works at a convenience story, Yeo Eui Joon. He's your typical college student, and he wants to quit this job as soon as possible because of the dangerous work environment (a lot of gangsters frequent this store). However, he feels tied to that place because he gets payed a lot more than usual. Then, he meets Bum Geon Woo (aka ahjussi) who is a gangsters and starts going there daily, and that's how their story begins.

I want to make this review as spoiler-free as possible, hence why the simple introduction ... to the story. I gave this series a 5/10 because I do not see what other people see in this. Other than fanservice and wholesome moments here and there, it really doesn't feel like a proper thought-out story. I'd say the story was maybe a 6.5/10 by the end of season 2. However, by season 3 the author completly messed up. There's a huge time skip of 3 years between season 2 and season 3 where a lot happens (and a lot of the events that happen during this time skip are really important for the main character) and it feels like certain moments of the story that were very important for the main character were disregarded or just lightly mentioned in the beginning of season 3 which felt incredibly dull. Not only that, (minor spoiler ahead) but the two characters were split up at the end of season 2 and haven't seen each other for 3 years. Then, on the first or second chapter of the third season they meet again by coincidence and they start talking like nothing happens, one of them invites himself into the other's house and next thing you know, they're having sex yet again. All these events that the author wants to make us care for are not portrayed that way by the characters at all. It just feels like empty words.

In other words, the plot is incredibly bad, cliché and doesn't make a whole lot of sense. As I said before, the author writes events that are supposed to be really important and big, but the way they're written through characters it's almost like they're very meaningless.

I also think it's worth mentioning that one should judge certain social aspects of this story through the lens of the culture of the country of this story. I don't think there's anything specifically hard to understand on this one, but I always like to remind everyone of it.

Also, this story has a lot of sex. Like a lot. Which is to be expected of a BL, but it felt like everything lead to sex. Not a complaint, just something I felt like I should include in my review.

So, what are the good things about this series? The art is definitely one, the art is beautiful and without a doubt the artist is incredibly talented on that regard. The panels are nicely done and the conversations are easy to follow.

To conclude, I don't think I'll remember this story for a long time. I recommend it if you like the way the caracters look and want to watch them have uncopious amounts of sex and wholesome moments between them, because other than that, there really isn't much here when it comes to a nicely put out story and plot.

i dropped this manhwa bcz of pacing and well it didnt really have much of a plot to begain with, just a uni student n his stupid problems n him venting em out to this mafia dude, maybe it had something to offer in the later chapters but im not gonna wait around for that, ig others might enjoy it and further chapters might actually be good i dont know, but the first bunch and i mean a BUNCH of chapters had nothing at all and was nothing but boring.

the art is good at the very least, and altho i say it was boring ... it was still not the ridiculously unbearable type, ig someday i might just pick it up again if i feel like suffering myself, it may have been boring but it wasnt completly bad either ig maybe its just not my type.