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I'm a little biased towards this because it was one of my first webtoons and my very first introduction to the manga/hwa thriller genre, so I'd give it a 8. However, if I have to be "unbiased", I'd give it a 6.

Characters
This manhwa started like a typical stalker fashion, but it's different in the fact that the main character, Yohan, genuinely doesn't know what he's doing is wrong. Love characters with traumatic and mysterious backgrounds.
Daejong isn't a pushover so I'm glad that's there at least, but that's bare minimum.

Art
The art is good and consistent. That's all I can really say. It's well-drawn. The facial ... features are captured well too.

Story
This is where it gets kinda... eh...
It got slower and slower toward the end. I liked the plot twist and constant suspicion, but I really thought they'd do more with Jia. Seriously, she was too sus not to have a bigger role.
The main problem this story has is Hyeseong's dad- his way of thinking for the experiment to happen is so flawed. It's literally proven we need emotion to survive. Also what's with that basis of "we use 10% of our brains"? As someone who took one course in psychology, it's a myth that's constantly disputed. How does this PROFESSIONAL psychologist not know that? Also, the motive for involving Daejong is so stupid. Just because he was rejected by her mother, boohoo he's going to now use her child. Seriously, what is up with this soap opera of a plot it turned into?

Hyeseong also only goes berserk after his brother dies. He wasn't going to go ham on his dad before because "morality" but now that his bro died all of a sudden it's ok. It feels like the author was just trying to wait but lost patience for the planning and ultimately just decided to make Hyeseong snap (which, contradictory to my statement, I do think kiling of Yuseong was a good for a character perspective).

Also, what is the point of Hyeseong disappearing for 10 (was it 10?) years? And it felt like Daejong's only purpose was to wait. It feels like her development and character got thrown out the window. While circular storytelling is ingenious if pulled off correctly, it doesn't fit here.


I know I've been trashing on this, but it's not bad as a first thriller. It's got twists and turns and will make you think (until toward the middle-end, at least). Maybe this is just my bias talking, but give it a try if you don't have anything else to read.

This story can be summed up in one word: frustrating. Are we supposed to be shipping the main two characters? It feels like we're supposed to, but I don't think anyone with a brain really can. You'll only feel bad for the female lead because of how she's suffering, and yeah there's this spell about how she can't tell anyone but my god is the male lead so dumb that he can't take any hints she's trying to give. He's also toxic and takes out his anger on her because he dislikes the female lead's father. Why are we even rooting for him? At this ... point, the only person you should be rooting for is the main girl but even then she's always at a dead end.

It's like if someone tried to make the Remarried Empress but paired Navier and Sovieshu instead, but made Navier 2x more depressing and tried to make you sympathize with Sovieshu. I don't even like the Remarried Empress, but this is the closest analogy I could come up with.

Even when some event tries to happen, it doesn't go anywhere. It may go, but it won't go far, like one of those Walmart Skateboards that only roll 2 inches away from the starting point.

Do not waste your time reading this. The only redeeming quality is the shiny art.
The whole story is based on miscommunication. If you like reading stories like that for whatever reason, go for it.