heads up SPOILERS AHEAD i am speed muwehhehe no but seriously this manhwa was exactly what i needed from reading such a shitty plot from the previous one i read. it took me so long to read my last manhwa that i was afraid this would take weeks or months too. BOY AM I GLAD TO BE WRONG . i do feel bad about the score though. this was ALMOST a perfect story and im sad it wasnt. but its still an amazing read nonetheless. the main reason i took 0.2 points off from the score is two factors which couldve been fixed with at least three side stories. 0.1 was taken off because we never get to see them get married . are they together? yes. are they engaged? by means of a paper yes. do we get to see wedding? no . they allude to this countless times in the story but no we dont get a scene like that. the other 0.1 is due to hyejin never stepping foot back into the season 2 portion of the story. honestly if i rated the first season alone then i would say this wouldve been a 10/10 absolutely perfect. however after making such a big deal about the bond between hyejin and jueun as sisters jueun at least from a readers perspective quite literally dips. since we never got a continuation. jueun no doubt invites her sister to the wedding and gets to tell her the rundown of how everything went down maybe minus the time traveler part afterward but well never know her reaction or how she feels about it all. i would think jueun feels bad about hiding all this but i think theres the issue that shes also so griefstricken that shes in a way speaking for her sister when the one who died isnt the sister she sees in front of her. but thats where the stories hurt. both past or present the two sisters mentality will always be you dont get to decide that for me when it comes to sacrifice. jueun oh my poor girl. honestly if i cared for someone as much as she did her sister then i would do the same as her. its become a norm for me to be numb to pain its a wonder if anything phases me that isnt fictional. the same words i would say about money and life. in her place. she didnt dare ask for more when she was with her mom and was grateful for what she was given. but like all humans we all reach a breaking point. her hyejin worked tirelessly for their family so its only fitting for it to come tumbling out in front of their mom sooner or later. i love her calculated attitude to the point where i felt she was the older sister because of how much hyejin wanted to live with the other group practically begging jueun who saw through them. no offense but even if jaeun didnt want to go its usually the older sister who would send off the younger ones to have a happy life first. her confidence even when wavering is what allows her to stand up to the people hyejin couldnt. and i think thats why i forgave a bit the way they handled hyejin not appearing as much. because when she was there jueun was still in the middle of her enemies with a weakness exposed. even if hyejin could help what would a no one in an economic heirarchy do in the grand scheme of things than get hurt? and thats why I think jueun wanted to solve everythig quietly rather than tell hyejin which would get her caught up in the same people who hurt her. jueun not only suffers from grieving fully and bottling up her emotions but she feels like being a burden as well. she has every right to feel that way too. imagine if someone fought so hard though with hidden selfish desires as well to make sure you had a happy life they paid the price with their life hell even i would be scared to ask for help or let people know how i feel. jueun is so strong in the opposite of her sister where not just because she knows what happened in the past but because her personality wont allow for people to walk all over her. the company dinner scene explained it perfectly. shes not sorry for her actions if it means defending herself. thats why im confused when people say that iho saved her in the end and her success feels unearned just because she didnt finish her goal up to 100. she did 90 of it on her own. not letting iho till the very end how harsh the family has been on her. the reason iho stepped in was to save her was to let her know she no longer had to fight on her own. that she no longer needed to feel like a burden to rely on others again. some people took his words as coherent when thats not the case. its as i mentioned before: if jueun pushed herself it wouldve only caused her death. its an unfortunate power play for sure but jueun put up with the family on her own for so long and no matter what she did or said it would bounce right back off of them. iho is the only person who has the power as an outsider to stop them from harming him and her any further than they already have. honestly youre rooting for jueun the whole way through. shes lived with so much regret and inner turmoil that just like her you wish she was freed from the chains of invisible responsibility for herself iho or hyejin. i love how shes almost always the one who initiates the kisses in the stories too. like it just felt so right. it showed she was walking forward in her life. i never blamed her for being overconscious because as mentioned her sister died. not knowing the full context of seontaes personality at the time she tied him back to the man who took part in hyejins death. iho my equally poor boy iho. he has suffered equally as jueun. parents dying in a gas leak which i still dont think is an accident but well never know... then having to also not feel like a burden and change his name to live under another roof. to anyone confused as to why taeha ihos name before he changed it/birth name went through all the trouble to live under his uncles greedy ass its because he was shamed an asian honor especially in this case he received the disgrace toward his parents its as he said he wanted to make his uncle sincerely eat his words. but the thing that made me love iho more was that unlike other male characters he let go of his own revenge for jueun. personally i think people misunderstood the meaning of revenge in this case for both jueun and iho. jueun wanted to save her sister from death and from the people who drove her into that scene. and thats just that. even without contact in the end hyejin doesnt suffer the lashings of her fathers family and is living happily. and though we see seontaes character growth and know hes not fully the villain that pushed hyejin to her death he was also a victim in an aspect he is also sufficiently away by law so hyejin cant fall for him either. ihos revenge was mostly just an apology. WHICH he threw out the minute he saw jueun die. i cant believe people said that he needed to watch her die countless times to feel a connection. excuse me? one is enough to make anyone sad. thats like saying jueun needed to see hyejin die countless times to make her love feel real. iho had always loved her he was just scared because like jueun wanted to save hyejin from those in power to destory the things she loved iho wasnt offically in the chairman position and had a fasttrack mindset. he didnt even know jueun had a sister and even if he stepped in to help hyejin it would end up causing more harm than good. since hyejin couldnt even withstand seonji and the stepmom alone. adding iho in the mix. whos his crush wouldve pushed her further since he wouldnt have feelings for her should she grow any if he helped. his whole story is all about regret. its why he wanted to go back. to help hyejin if he knew and to see jueun rather than run away from his feelings. i just love how this man made no mistakes and stuck to his word. he never pushed jueun further only made her acknowledge his feelings for her. his actions in the first season spoke louder than words. then in the second season when she needed it he spoke up. he broke and bent all the rules for her. ihos communication skills know no bounds. his confession his words just everything is perfect. his personality quite literally giving no shits. hyejin she briefly shows up in the beginning then basically disappears. though she is the catalyst for how the plot unfolds i dont think she is as important as everyone says. yes her death is what caused jueun to take her place but once she does its acknowledged shes far from the fight. once left on her own it showed how she only wanted the best for her sister to live a happy life. which i liked how she wasnt actually interested in seontae and used it as an excuse to ask jueun how shes doing. i think the real missed opportunity was never revealing in depth what jueun told hyejin during their final conversation. i think if it ended with jueun telling hyejin to not get involved until the entire matter was settled and she would come find her again it wouldve given people some peace of mind. though even with that i think people would dislike how theres no chapter at the end with jueun contacting hyejin again. sometimes i forgot hyejin was the older sister because of how much of a pushover she was in the small time we saw her. but i guess im just used to seeing an older sister who doesnt give two shits and fights for them. then again the story wouldnt be what it is if this happened. im not sure. i just laughed when she told jueun to let her know if seonji was bothering her because shes not a pushover. as if thats not how she suffered when she originally moved to the house. but thats not entirely her fault not even half or really because its difficult to stand up in those positons. shower thoughts seontaes development was refreshing to me. i was SO worried about the story dragging to be a love triangle even knowing the story was only 69 chapters ive been traumatized by terrible pacing. i really dont know his father was thinking for having a passion or greed for power when he only trained him to be a rule abiding son. thats just a recipe for disaster. but thankfully he knew his place and used it as a growing method. to take the words of individuality from jueun to shove seonji in her place and take a stand. in the end hell get the position hes been groomed for but i truly hope he makes decisions and finds love on his own accord. hes still accountable for what happened to hyejin in the original timeline but he didnt know she was suffering and seemed to really care. he wasnt in that much of a favorable position either. moreover seonji is a delusional bitch and will stay that way but i was surprised to see the mother take responsibility for how she turned out in the end and left with her. which was still satisfying because this left jueuns father where he started. alone. i think a lot anger for this story comes from the fact it is seen as wasted potential. to a degree i understand. but i could easily fill in the gaps for the end. iho and jueun come back from their trip and through a cute romantic gesture iho properly proposes. jueun and her father will meet for the final time as he has no heir for his company which she refuses and cuts ties with him for the last time. jueun goes to hyejin and finally tells her how the war is over. theyre financially stable and can regularly see each other again. hyejin might not take the news well at first about jueun getting hurt in all this but will come around. both iho and jueun visit their parents burial to share the good news iho will continue working for his uncles company under a different high position and jueun will continue to work with jueun as well. then they have a small wedding with only those closest to them. its a pretty easy way to think about in my point of view but maybe thats just me. a warning to those who dont like romance focused stories. this is not for you. if you want familial love this is not it. if you want high stakes tension this is not it. maybe its just me but when i see on webtoon the centeral genre listed as romance i would expect that to be heavily focused. and im not saying they cant coexist but as a romance consumer i personally didnt care for other scenes not dragging out. because im here for the romance / so yes as advertised its centrally a romance after a short period of time kicks in real quick. overall the story is amazing. and i feel like if you really want to read the best part of the story without feeling down about the details i mentioned above then you should stick with season 1. though not a clear ending the first half touched upon a lot of the issues that were presented from the start. id say season 2 starts off very ihofocused no complaint from me was always curious about where this man came from and what he was thinking. Also check out the ost for this webtoon. i regret not having it play in the background as i read. PSA This is my first review for a manhwa i usually use the notes to type my thoughts but recently theyve been going over the character count when i had more to say so im just testing this out. End of the Day by Kim Donghyunhttps://www..com/watch?v=aMJDjCrSgI To Tell the Truth by Rendyhttps://www..com/watch?v=gDnW9IyDPU