An Uncomfortable Truth

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"What does 'like' mean?"
An Uncomfortable Truth is a psychological thriller revolving around the pair of brothers - Yoseob and Jaeha, where we also meet important characters such as Yura and Taeoh.

Despite what it might seem at first, DON'T mistake this for a typical "yandere guy falls romantically in love with his brother, and are willing to hurt/kill/cut off people from brother's life, while said brother remains completely oblivious and/or accepts yandere guy for who he is (omg incest, yandere, happy ending, etc.)".

Because it's really not like that. It's a story where the beginning starts with revealing the ending - "Yoseob (...) is in the police ... station convicted of stabbing 8 civilians with a knife", and we're told about the past and what happened, that's lead up to those events. Though it changes perspective for the four main characters, and therefor it reveals and explains a lot. It's a story of incredibly unfortunate events, with so complex characters that acts/has acted in ways, which has lead to all these events. Stories based on cause-effect coherence. Most of the time, you'll probably feel bad for the characters, but since it's deep down in the psychological genre, you'll (hopefully) be completely pulled in by the story, its explanations and how it's tied to each of the characters.

It's an intense manga, so I'd advice you to give it a try! A good few-hours read, and if you like complex characters with harsh/rough pasts, that have lead them to become who they are, you might enjoy trying to determine how you feel about some of them - who's the "bad" and "good" guys, if they are such people amongst the main characters. And it got a pleasing and pretty artstyle as well + full color pages!

"I like you."

I don't usually go for thrillers but man, I can't empathize how good this was.

There aren't a lot of works out there that cover mental illness in a way that's both intriguing and respectful. We get to see in detail why Yoseob is the way he is, and how the decisions and actions (or inactions) of others inhibits and changes him. However, he's not completely demonized as many characters who suffer from similar conditions are in other series. The story also touches on the butterfly effect as a major theme as well, which was one of my favorite aspects of the story.

I appreciate that ... we get to see all of the main 4 characters backstories too. It allows us to connect with them and see why they're making the choices they have and to empathize with them on deeper levels as they have all suffered their own traumas. Overall, they're all pretty fleshed out characters that are easy to become attached to and invested in.

Even if thriller isn't usually your go to, I highly recommend giving this a shot. Just keep in mind there are scenes that include intense child abuse, and somewhat graphic violence against humans and an animal. Each of the chapters that include such scenes are prefaced with a warning, but I like to warn people in advance just in case. I'm somewhat sensitive to gore and was able to get through the series just fine with the warnings.

So basically I have spent 5 hours reading this manhwa online and honestly that fish in this man, is gonna pretty much haunt me for life lol. I advise anyone who are fish lovers to not read this manhwa, especially if they are Finding Nemo fans!

I have to admit I really liked the intensity among each character involved and I have to say, they were all pretty much likeable. However I felt this manhwa needed to offer more like not have a dragged out storyline and make it less lighthearted. I think the arts theme made the story look rather too "happy go lucky" so ... that’s why I’m mostly giving this story a 6.

However it was a good addicting read (from 11pm to 3am lol) and if you like the Yandere genre, go read this folks to see if Yoseob would haunt ya in your dreams or not lol...