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Apr 17, 2024

At the End of the Road (Manga) add

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Ok I am gonna be very harsh on this so bare with me but I cannot in all good conscience say neither the endgame or the resolution to the twins stories were satisfying because there were so many loose ends left untied even with the author explaining a few about Joohoon in the notes, they still left literally everything else ppl REALLY wanted to know about up in the air. I'll give the bad first then the good. WARNING: before you read my review or the manhwa, if rape, suicide, or bullying are triggering topics for you then please avoid.

Bad:
First off Woojin was a complete ... psychopath, he watched a video of a guy getting raped and felt nothing, he said he was bored and could care less what happened to him, but if its TAEMIN getting assaulted then he cares. He felt zero empathy for a guy getting brutally raped on camera and committing suicide behind it, something even Taemin felt empathy for and wanted to get some type of justice for him even though he never even knew the guy. But time and time again Woojin openly says that he doesnt care about Siwon if it wasnt Taemin in his body, so I dont understand how Taemin could possibly love someone who lacks empathy the way he does, if someone told me to my face that watching a rape video that pushed someone to suicide was 'boring' I would run far away from them because that is sociopath mentality, to not feel even a shred of sympathy for somebody elses suffering, someone who has personally experienced suffering himself, is honestly terrifying, not attractive.

Moving onto Siwon which is my biggest gripe with this series is that he never got any justice, sure his twin failed and lost everything but we dont even see or know what happened to him, yet we got to see and know in great detail of what happened to Siwon tho, but Jiwook? nah we're left in the dark one what happened to him. Hell even Joohoon walks away without facing any punishment despite ordering Siwon to be raped and filmed, now hes the one giving karma to Jiwook? what about his role in all of that? he just gets away with it? thats like someone hiring a hitman to kill their relative but only the guy who hired the hitman gets punished while the hitman walks away, that is BEYOND unfair to Siwon that not only did HE suffer at the hands of this bastard but now his twin brother too. Yeah he deserves it 100%, but Joohoon and everyone involved in the assault deserves way worse.

The fact that Siwon was revealed to have been such a good loving brother who cared for him and tried to look out for him and even stood up to Joohoon for him even though there really wasnt much he could do, he still stood up for his brother and told him to back off, and that was repaid by a brutal assault his own brother set him up to suffer through, the fact that he was willing to put himself in harms way just to help his brother only to be repaid like that was utterly heartbreaking and he got zero closure, he never knew his brother set him up, never knew his brother leaked the video, never got to see everyone who made him suffer face consequences, and he never got justice because literally everyone forgot about him in the end fr fr because Siwon has become Taemin now, he lost his life and his identity forever.

His only crime was being a good kid and loving his brother and he paid the ultimate price for it, the least he deserved was to have closure and his assaulters brought to justice and revealed for the scum they are. None of which happened, nobody faces any consequences except his twin who we have no idea what it was, but clearly nothing important enough to mention because the author tells us about Joohoons past but nothing about what became of Jiwook. We dont even get to see if he ever feels any remorse for what he did, its just a rushed 'I was jealous of him, I acted out, I hooked up with a bad crowd, I hated my brothers for having everything I didnt so I set him up and ruined his reputation and got him bullied relentlessly until he committed suicide' and that was it, which is such a piss poor way to wrap up his end of the story. But again out of everybody Siwon is the one who got the least resolution because everybody just forgets about him entirely, his brother is caught and exposed and thats it, Taemin is forever stuck in his body now and will forever live in his image while Siwon just dies? he just dies and gets forgotten while Taemin gets to live on happily ever after in his body?

I get it, maybe you wanna argue that well this is realistic because lifes not fair and not everybody gets a happy ending, ok so why did Taemin get a happy ending? why did Woojin get a happy ending? why did Joohoon get a happy ending off scott free? the only ones who got the bad endings were Siwon who was completely innocent, and his twin, neither of which got proper resolutions to their stories.

And I get it, their not main characters, but the plot literally centers around what happened to Siwon and Taemin being trapped in his body and having to solve the mystery surrounding what happened to him, so this was a crucial plot point and pivotal characters that were completely rushed and brushed aside for a forced romance that shouldnt have been together in the first place. Taemin was a good hearted empathetic guy, Woojin did not deserve him and was a constant manipulator until he finally got what he wanted because he knew Taemin cared about him alot and couldnt let him go and he took advantage of that.

Good:
Listen I gave it a 4 because there were a few positives, the art style was decent, weird in some areas but overall the art was good, pleasant to look at, distinguished designs that all stood out from the others. I liked Minjun and his lackeys relationship and I wish we could've saw more of them because they were far more heathier and interesting as a pair, even tho you could argue Minjun was manipulating Hoon too, you never get the vibe that hes being malicious and doesnt actually care about him, which is why seeing more of them together would've been more pleasant to watch than the actual main couple.

Mixed:
Taemin was a decent MC for the most part but I hated how he let himself be manipulated by Woojin so easily at times, even when he was rightfully mad at him and pushing him away. But it was still great to see atleast HE cared about Siwon somewhat and couldnt just ignore what happened to him despite never meeting him personally. Siwon didnt get enough screentime or focus to really get attached to and form an opinion of but we know enough to know that he was a good person who only loved his brother and wanted to help him but was only met with betrayal by the very person he tried to help. Siwon does a great job of making you feel for him, but it sucks that he doesnt get a proper resolution so your just left feeling empty since he never amounts to anything but a plot device.

The body swap thing was great in concept but HORRIBLE in execution because what even was the point? why did this story have to take place from switched bodies? why not just have Taemin see Siwon commit suicide and wanna find out why because he pitied him and felt bad he couldnt save him in time? he WAS planning to go to school soon so that'd be the perfect chance to look into his death and find out what happened. The whole body swap thing just felt completely pointless, its never explained which is fine but it doesnt serve a purpose either, Siwon dies and Taemin lives on, why couldnt that happen with them in their own bodies? I thought maybe it was because they both died at the same time but wanting different things, Taemin wanting to live while Siwon wanted to die, so Taemins soul went into Siwons body since his injuries werent fatal while Taemins was but even then the body swap thing just feels so unneeded and just added just for the hell of it rather than having a legitimate purpose for it.

Just throwing out there but the main couple isnt inherently bad, its just that Woojin is written so scummy that I cant bring myself to lie and say their happy ending was earned cuz it wasnt, they were clearly inlove, clearly very devoted and attached to eachother, and their whole childhood bond/relationship was really sweet and heartwarming, but again, Woojin is written so scummy I cant lie and say their happy ending felt earned cuz it didnt, you just always know its gonna happen eventually but nothing that happens really makes you believe their good for eachother, if anything it feels more like codependency than actual love because they both came from messed up loveless home lifes but found solace in eachother. I just accept it because it was inevitable and could've been worse, most readers probably will as well, and besides his total disregard for other ppls suffering, and his manipulative tendencies, hes overall alright and they have an entertaining dynamic.

Anyway overall its not the worst manhwa I've read but definitely one of the most disappointing that left me feeling empty with so many loose ends not tied up, but I wont say its the worst thing ever and that you shouldnt read it, but if your hoping to get closure for the twins stories then get ready to be disappointed because your not going to, Siwons dead and you never find out what became of Jiwook, so if your gonna read it then only really get invested in the two MLs and you'll for the most part enjoy it.

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Jun 30, 2016

Mayoiga (Anime) add

Not Recommended

this was the biggest load of crap i ever seen in my life, all that potential wasted and this really had promise at the start

but then we get to know the characters...
now just to note my favorites were hayato nanko maimai jack valkana i believe sorry i never remember his name but you know who i mean, those were my favorites

however...they started off great and then slowly butchered later!
hayato is the perfect example of a great character ruined by bs backstory and sudden switch from concerned overprotective friend to friggin obsessed yandere, yes his backstory was tragic having abusive and controling parents then being locked ... in an attic with a creepy picture of your dead grandmother staring at you is enough to screw anybody up, but that was not a valid excuse for his sudden change in personality, if you just established he had extremely manipulative and controlling parents then why the hell would he go and do the same to mitsumune? its bs and contradicts his whole backstory and personality change, basically hayato's character was RUINED

hayato's backstory should have been slightly different, instead of just using mitsumune as his puppet it should have been hayato had something dear to him that was taken in a tragic way, then after meeting mitsumune he realizes now he has something else dear to him he wants to protect, that would of easily explained his overprotectiveness and given their friendship a much more stable and sensible ground instead of just making him into a selfish prick that only used him, hayato is still my favorite because he was the only one besides when he went yandere asking the real questions and acting smartly through out the situation and was able to finally understand mitsumune's feelings and accept him as an equal

now we all remember the dreadful reveal of lovepon cat girl and military guy which also made no damn sense, lovepon being abused by her stepfather gave her absolutely NO reason to want and murder everybody she came in contact with, being abused by a piece of crap stepfather does not justify her having such a huge bloodlust, cat girl was understandable but still pretty lame, and we all know the worst one....silicon boob implant....seriously? if that was supposed to be terrifying they did a poor job on it, that was the stupidest thing i ever seen in my friggin life

now mitsumune ill give credit he had a pretty decent backstory and believable reason for going on the tour, however him as a character is straight GARBAGE i mean he met this girl masaki for 5 seconds and then hes just like to hell with hayato, yes when hayato got out of hand i agree he shouldnt of listened but not all the time hayato was wrong infact he was 100% in the right and clearly just concerned for him and what does mitsumune do? he ignores him and keeps getting involved with her anyway and is constantly getting into all types of horrible situations because of it, she even almost got him killed MULTIPLE times and he STILL kept chasing after her, no matter how many times hayato warned him he kept not listening, hell he didnt even care how hayato felt at all he completely forgot about him all because of this girl masaki now he just forgets his best friend since childhood for some random girl hes only known a DAY

honestly mitsumune is the true definition of a bad friend, despite hayato going yandere i have to put a huge blame on mitsumune for that because he never once considered how hayato felt, he never once thought about hayato in any of the dire situations it was always MASAKI who was first to come to mind and who was hayato's? MITSUMUNE, seriously if he can drop his friend that easily over a girl hes only just met then he really shouldnt have hayato let alone anybody as a friend, hayato did genuinely care about mitsumune and that was made clear by the ending when he accepted his nanaki and admitted that mitsumune gave him confidence and freedom which is how this should of went from the start instead of making him appear selfish and manipulative

30 ppl in a 12 episode anime...needless to say over half of them didnt get a single bit of development and the ones that did were absolutely dreadful minus mitsumunes and the rest were bland and just oh well that sucks

the ending was pointlessly dragged out and by the end more then half stayed behind for the most bullcrap reasons and less then half left with some common sense, your in a place where your deepest fears manifest as monsters that is still very unknown and still needs alot of research to be done about it and trust the lady who was manipulating you this whole time, yea makes total sense

on a side note jack was another wasted character, he was my favorite simply because he didnt take anyones crap and was willing to kill a bastard for trying to bully him, yes a bit of an over reaction but if you been bullied your entire life and finally snap you have nobody to blame but the ppl that pushed them to it, i understood jacks situation from being bullied and snapping in such a way myself however they went on to portray him as a serial killer and villain, basically portraying a victim of extreme bullying who retaliates will go on to be a serial killer and betray everybody, seriously wtf?

what should have happened was jack was simply fed up and defending himself, when he got out instead of becoming a psycho killer he just simply went into hiding and was even secretly protecting them this whole time or just hiding out scared, later on when hes found they eventually prove hes a good person and innocent and he re joins the group but nope they had to make him evil and stupidly make him actually work with the other jack who he previously was trying to kill because he messed with him, like wtf? seriously WASTE of a good character and horrible portrayal of what victims of bullying are really like, their not crazy serial killers, they are FED UP with being a punching bag and striking back which others see it as an act of an insane person its really an act of self defense, when ppl snap their not thinking rationally their acting out of fear and pent up anger from being bullied so long, but enough of that i just really their portrayal of that

overall enjoyment was really 1 but i rate it 2/10 simply cuz the art and animation wasnt terrible and a few likeable characters

i actually did like a few characters even though they ruined the potentially good ones if you ignored their bs portrayal you can still see where the characters were good at and if i had to choose a different main character it would be hayato hands down and cut the yandere bullcrap, story had promise but was executed as absolute garbage, characters had potential that was wasted and others just simply served no purpose at all, art was decent and had variety atleast, music isnt bad but easily forgettable, enjoyment started off high then ended in an all time low, want my advice? DONT WATCH IT unless just to laugh at how bad it is, seriously just skip it and go to corpse party or something

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