Love Is an Illusion!

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I stuck with this for 50 chapters hoping there'd be some redemption or character growth, but at this point I don't think I can do it anymore. I read it on recommendation of a friend, but to be honest, the characters are too dull. I have a hard time liking Hye-sung. It's like he's supposed to be tsundere, but I felt like he takes it too far. Maybe it's an issue with the tone of the translation I read. The way he wants to take advantage of people makes me dislike him. Dojin is pretty bland, but he has plenty of red flags himself.

As ... for Hye-sung, it's one thing to have a character with trauma who learns how to move on from it. It's another to have one that dwells on it or suppresses it without addressing it for so long, if at all? I don't know if they will, but they just keep mentioning his past traumas without him actually confronting or healing from anything. It's kind of frustrating to read because it seems like it's just being used as a way to excuse him from acting out of line at times.

I don't usually write reviews, but like another reviewer here, this one has been haunting me since I stopped reading it. The toxic relationship and the lackluster chemistry between the main love interests really failed my expectations, since it was unfortunately a rec by a friend who loves it. Now that I know it isn't going to get better, I'm just going to give up on it at this point. The characters are bland at best, and selfish and small minded at worst, with very little development as far as I made it through.

If you're looking for a story that doesn't delve into any of the conflicts it presents, then you're in the right place.

Kim Hye-sung is a “fierceful” omega; and by that, I mean, he's really just a tsundere. So, he's actually aware of the problematic situations he gets himself in and even calls someone out when they victim-blame him because of a misfortune. This happens a few times: he verbally recognizes how messed up something is and then he gets "ignored"; the conversation soon diverting into something safe that puts the blame in him. And It Is Never Brought Up Again.
At first, I thought this certain ... trait of him was actually gonna be developed along and within other characters, but no; since the problematic actions others do to him are never actually addressed, there's no redemptions arcs.

Up until now, I feel like you could, somehow, still end up liking this. Who knows, each to their own. But then, Park Dojin happens. And he's the most bland romantic interest to ever happen. He literally doesn't have a personality. There's not much you can say about him other than that.

In the beginning, I felt like there could actually happen an interesting “enemies” to lovers kind of narrative — given Park Dojin's newfound interest in Kim Hye-sung and the latter's refusal —, but… to put it simply: Park Dojin's feelings morphing into love are actually so abrupt it just feels like a switch was pulled. It's impossible to find out what got Park Dojin into loving Kim Hye-sung, and even he himself says that he doesn't know why he loves him (lmao). There is not a single romantic scene between them that feels like they have chemistry together. There's not even romantic scenes. //(Worst part is, the side couple have the exact same dynamic going on and it's torturous.)

In fact, the only time I felt like they could actually have a deeper relationship… ended up in them having sex. All of a sudden. Abruptly breaking the "understanding" atmosphere it had going on. Which is also a common trope in this story: conflict happens, they fuck, it's solved. God forbid actually communicating to each other how they feel without one of the characters playing it off as a joke or the blame being put into others. There's no consequences, lol.

So, even if you felt like you could enjoy this story despite its inability in handling conflicts, you'll definitely have a hard time liking the protagonists and their relationships. Bland is the word that summarizes it for me. Nothing and no one is really likeable, I nearly dropped it a lot earlier because of how annoying one of the characters was, and their insufferable personality is never really acknowledged. But well, if you like smut scenes, go ahead, there's plenty of that.

My expectations were low for this one, and I was still disappointed. If you stop reading in chapter 15 or 50 it's not gonna make that much of a difference, since the first few chapters already let you know how the story's gonna go.

One of the worst most comics I've read, I wasn't gonna write a review but this is so bad it's keeping me up at night.
Every main character is a bad person that does terrible things, so much so that you cannot route for any of them. It's a romance where you hate the mains with a passion and at every turn hope they just break up and you get new main characters. The only reason to read and keep reading is hate-reading, but I don't recommend that either as that really messes with your head and mental health (me right now).
Every character's choices go from ... bad to worse, in all the possible worse ways in their situation. I would say the relationship is toxic af but idk if I'd even call this a relationship.
Do not read, for your own sake.

Is this a little messed up? Yes
Do I still like it? Also yes
Love is an Illusion is an Omegaverse. I cannot say this is for you if you are unfamiliar with this topic. 100% of the plot is driven by the fact that this is an omegaverse and if omegaverse gives you the ick then don't read it BUT if you are willing to try then go for itt. This manhwa is really funny and the family aspect is really cute.
All the characters are problematic but I think that's what makes it a fun read. They're not real and their actions have no real consequences ... so if you want to just soak in the drama of someone else's life 100%. Also, this manhwa is worth it for the baby, Byul, who is one of the cutest anime babies I have ever seen. The start has some tough parts to get through but I think it really hits at some points. So.. I say give it a shot.

I had to drop this series mostly because I just can't stand how toxic the relationship is. It's basically a relationship between someone who is constantly verbally abusive and takes advantage of their partner, never being honest with themselves and taking every opportunity to get out of apologizing and someone who is overly forgiving.

No matter how bad it gets Dojin forgives Hye-Sung for literally everything. It honestly just pisses me off.

If you can get past that part of the character design then go for it. The story has great detail and their journey would be cute if there was some character development, but I made ... it halfway through and they're still exactly the same, just living a different lifestyle.

The sex scenes are hot though, and the art is really well done. Sometimes in color, sometimes not.

This is for professional Omegaverse readers only, the type of persons who are specifically looking for the 5 stages of grief and 100 stages of hormone therapy PLUS a pacemaker to assist with your dying heart becasue after you've read this you will be nearly dead with so much happiness that you will feel like you were the one dating the omega.
So kudos to you if you've started this, and best of luck in your endeavors to completing this.


Is the story unique? If it was predictable, did you enjoy it anyway because you like this genre/set-up?
Yes the story is very unique, unpredictable, adventurous ... and the genre is specific to the culture its based off and very on point.

Do you think the art style is fitting for the story?
Started off black and white then got into a webtoon kinda feel with opened up a can of whoohaa!

Were the characters well-rounded? Did they have flaws and strengths, or were they unusually strong/smart/stupid?
Characters are very human like, if you can you understand they are very detailed created and don't lack any thereof. so each person will continue to carry out their role in the story.

Did the characters react to situations and events in a realistic way?
Very. Very. Reactive.

Do you think others will enjoy/dislike this series, even if you didn't? Why?
I think it depends on how mature you are with reading manga/webtoons/stories. I've been in this for like more than a decade now and I can honestly say I've read a lot of risky stories and it really depends on how open you want your mind to be.

I always advise readers to be openminded and don't take what isn't real and apply it to reality, just enjoy the fun and don't take things too seriously.

I used to love this story so much, and don't get me wrong I still do but rereading the story, I've Lowkey noticed that this story is HEAVILY problematic. But I mean how much can you expect from 2020 bl authors. y'all should read it tho its fire and I love angst. The story wasn't predictable at all cause the mc was so fucking annoying I swear, all he did was pull shit out of his ass and do it. The characters were cool , my fav def has to the family of the other mc, I'm trying not to spoil too much.