Another adorable and funny comic featuring dumpling!ssamba by unicornshitrainbow:

Tried to draw seol-a with the cute dog ear, but I failed haha.

Source:
http://unicornshitrainbow.tumblr.com/post/140815232012
http://56.media.tumblr.com/ce68376141f25ab0276d49814055d447/tumblr_o3ubplv9qt1ueis6xo1_1280.jpg

Fanart of SeolRae taking a selfie by akumasakura

Follow me on instagram: avrora_98

Source:
http://akumasakura.tumblr.com/post/140933568773
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Fanart of possessive!Seol-a by chinsuru:

no-rae and seol-a!!

in celebration of me getting a new tablet (my bb) i drew one of my fav otp

Source:
http://chinsuru.tumblr.com/post/140063542646
http://56.media.tumblr.com/d5284c9e7f6a33eec45dd639030418e8/tumblr_o36rlazxrZ1tfyq6go1_1280.png

chmartx strikes again!

I’m re uploading the No rae one just cause I’m shit with file management and I just want these two to be together all the time. Ahhh.. I hope nobody dies on this ship. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Don’t let Ssamba be as mean as that jroth person from the 100. I almost give in to that Clexa ship cause there’s not a day that I don’t see them on my dash. and Lexa is hot af tbh. But maaan.. what they did, that was so mean. Everyone should just boycott that show so that writers would learn to stop ACCIDENTALLY(????!!!!????) killing the gays all the time.

#fluttering feelings #seolrae #yuri manga #yuri #Illustration #Fanart #art #i would lose my shit if one of these babes dies #im too invested now #there's no turning back

Source:
http://chmartx.tumblr.com/post/140533063271
http://56.media.tumblr.com/90f67d7c7051d1e94e061f7502be5763/tumblr_o3l3m4hs5V1ug97doo1_1280.png
http://56.media.tumblr.com/5f6b27113d3537abe2880dfd33648064/tumblr_o3l3m4hs5V1ug97doo2_1280.png
http://56.media.tumblr.com/1c213e7e93fa316ab9096ed76fd9dcb5/tumblr_o3l3m4hs5V1ug97doo3_1280.png

thatotherhobby made an awesome fanvideo, I don't think we can embed videos here so go to their blog to watch it!

“if it killed me” by Jason Mraz. The lyrics remind me so much of Seol-A. Sorta companion to the No Rae vid I made.

Notes: I tried to find a female cover but failed. I did a few minor edits to the lyrics… hehe. My iMovie crashed after I was done so I had to redo the text. Saw a couple of errors. Sorry. Overall I’m pretty happy. I played around (and wasted hours) with other songs while this floated at the back of my head. I didn’t want to do “another melancholic tune”, but I kept coming back to this song. So there, it’s done. I hope I can focus on my work, my study, my life. Jesus, fluttering feelings is my secret addiction. Don’t tell anyone.

Source:
http://thatotherhobby.tumblr.com/post/140504572509/
https://vtt.tumblr.com/tumblr_o3km5qrcBN1qk1iq6.mp4

It's ambiguous, but I don't think Hye-gyeong was texting Sung-pyo, I'm fairly certain she was texting Seol-a. The texts are shown before Sung-pyo arrived (so before he could've seen No-rae drinking a lot). Plus the line "But she usually stops drinking at her limit. Everything will probably be fine~" is mirrored later when Seol-a thinks "...Is she really the type to stop drinking at her limit?"

As for whether Hye-gyeong is playing matchmaker, it's certainly possible, since she's said before that she thought No-rae and Sung-pyo went really well together. It might have been a factor in her asking Sung-pyo to take No-rae home. But I don't think she invited Sung-pyo to the party (since the original plan was to leave quickly, though No-rae threw a wrench in that), and her orchestrating the drink swap is definitely out of the question because that would be an absolutely shitty thing to do.

Edit: looks like xphrnzrjh beat me to it, pretty much what they said

takachi, I mentioned some of my predictions a few days ago here. I also would get a kick out of a super-awkward scenario like ffins07 mentioned (No-rae waking up to find both of them there) haha

last edited at Mar 19, 2016 2:01PM

This is going to be a little disjointed because my brain is fried from midterms and also there's too many different things I wanted to respond to (so many new posts, dang). Holy crap this got long...

Re: all the comments saying "FF is supposed to be a romance but why isn't the romance happening"

As I mentioned a few days ago, on comico FF is clearly labeled as slice-of-life, alongside romance and drama (+ serialized, Korean). It isn't tagged as such on Dynasty, and overtoon doesn't translate that bit of the comico header, so I guess a lot of people aren't aware of this... though ssamba's Q&A said as much tbh. With that in mind, everything that's been happening in the last few chapters is completely in line with the type of story FF is billed as, and with the way the series has been progressing thus far... so I'm a little ??? at the sudden wave of complaints. I mean, given the current point in the story, I understand people saying "omg get together already" because that's how we're supposed to feel as readers, but the "ssamba doesn't know what they're doing" comments are a different thing altogether.

There's tons of other series where every event, interaction, and introduced side character all wonderfully, purposefully, and efficiently serve to advance the romance plot. If that kind of focused and driven storytelling is what you need, great, but don't go demanding it from this manhwa because that's pretty much the opposite of ssamba's style. FF is generally structured as a series of episodes that are very loosely connected plot-wise. Just like real life, not every piece of story has consequences for some greater overarching narrative. And just like real life, the level of excitement goes up and down. Sometimes things seem like they're about to reach a head but then you lose the moment. The story has always been like this (for the past 60+ chapters!) so idk why people expect FF to suddenly change to a straightforward romance plot just because one almost-kiss happened (at least that's what I assume is the reason since it seems the amount of criticism jumped after that).

Honestly, if I just consider plot points alone, FF kind of reminds me of fanfiction lol. But it doesn't need to be brilliantly plotted because its strength is in its characters. Each episode is full of small moments and interactions that deepen our understanding of the characters and/or make us root for them even more. There is development, even if not necessarily for the plot as some people would like. i.e. after the ski trip, just because Seol-a never went "hey No-rae, let's talk about how we almost kissed last night" (which would make no sense/be OOC?) doesn't mean she forgot it happened or was unaffected. Just look at how she's being so much more skittish/awkward/blushy about physical contact than usual.

Quoting Knightingale:

A luxurious part-time-job that led to a holiday at a ski-resort at which coincidentally Norae’s ex-boyfriend stayed at the same time which led to Seola breaking down in tears, having an accident and a nearly-kissing-moment

When put that way, wow, sounds like a domino effect headed straight for the gay except ssamba dropped the ball/decided to be a huge tease at the last minute, right? But then go back and remember that the part-time job chapters contained really interesting/telling conversations between our MCs and Prez Yoon, a boatload of awesome fluff, and that No-rae monologue among other thing. Same with other episodes. Stop and smell the flowers!

I'm not saying FF is perfect by any means, or that it's above criticism, but I do think some people need to re-examine their expectations for the series.

Re: "we need No-rae POV"

Completely agree, but at the same time I trust that ssamba will provide it when it's necessary (like I said earlier, the POV pendulum will swing back eventually, as it always does). As for when enough is enough/when we've reached the point of too long without No-rae POV, well, everyone has different patience levels so that's pretty subjective. Personally I'm getting there but can wait a few more chapters. It helped that chapter 65 gave us a little bit, albeit in a really indirect form. Also, while some people reacted to chapter 66 with "I get it already, Seol-a's frustrated, nothing new here" I thought what we were shown about her past relationships and the contrast drawn with how she's approaching (or hesitating to approach) No-rae was quite interesting.

Someone said that the way ssamba shows us the characters' thoughts was inconsistent, but I think it's very deliberate on ssamba's part, whether it's to modulate the tension or to make us empathize with a character. ssamba usually leaves just enough hints to point us in the right direction, and every once in a while gives more direct guidance via stuff like internal monologues. It's fun to interpret all the small details that ssamba includes, to try and infer what characters are thinking or what will happen next. In a way it's like actively interacting with and thinking about the story, rather than just being spoon-fed each character's inner consciousness.

Nice job with the typeset takachi, thanks! On a semi-related note, I feel like I haven't seen anonymous around lately. Miss their puns :(

Also, super belated, but @ffins07, the categories listed in FF's comico header are actually: drama, serialized, slice-of-life, Korean, romance. I agree with a lot of what you said though.

Nevri: Unless there are no chapters left for that.

I agree, that would be a bummer. But can we wait for it to actually happen before complaining?

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@sarawr144 I guess I'm guilty of being on the defense squad, haha. Sorry, can't help but jump in when it feels like the thread is sliding too far in the direction of negativity. But I agree that it's been a lot less fun lately, I'm also getting tired of repeating myself.

Here's something to discuss if people want to: I wasn't expecting Seol-a/Sung-pyo interaction to happen this soon, honestly. I mean, next chapter it might just end at "oh we're here (at No-rae's place). okay bye" but there's a lot of potential for some interesting conversation... what do you all want to happen/think will happen? Do you think Seol-a will be cold/openly hostile? Chew him out for breaking up with No-rae the way he did? Or Sung-pyo will probe at Seol-a's relationship with No-rae?

From the bit about Seol-a having trouble remembering his name (profile or chart haha), it seems that she doesn't have him in her mind as "omg RIVAL!!!" or spared him that much thought, but at the same time, his appearance at the ski resort did affect her a lot.

@cipp: I think a lot of people feel compelled to try to counter the negativity, and I get that. I made a short post on my pov a week or two I ago I think for partially the same reason. It's hard not to..

As for Sung-pyo, I thought it was kind of odd how unruffled Seol-a was by his appearance and by Hye-Kyeong asking him to help No-rae home. I kind of made the same observation that Seol-a didn't seem to give him much thought lol.
I wasn't all that surprised by his appearance now though. It seems about time for him to come back and get some closure, and, as someone already pointed out, it makes sense for him to be at the party since he is re-enrolling this semester. I feel like there must be at least a little conversation between him and Seol-a, otherwise it would be super awkward (and it still will be really haha), but I don't expect it will be confrontational. I'm guessing they might try to feel each other out a little: Seol-a to gauge his motivations and expectations and Sung-pyo to get a better idea of what kind of relationship she has with No-rae (since he was surprised on the ski trip by their closeness).

@sarawr144 Oh, I'm not surprised either by Sung-pyo showing up (I'm the one that pointed out that it makes sense for him to be at the party haha) but I was expecting it to be mostly him and No-rae interacting, maybe some drama happening, before Seol-a finally getting involved. But depending on if/how this conversation happens I prefer this direction.

I agree with you that it probably won't be confrontational (I was just throwing that out as a possibility) since they really don't know each other that well and it would be kind of weird/rude for Seol-a to do that. Seol-a does seem a little suspicious of Sung-pyo's intentions/seems to have picked up that he might not be completely over No-rae (i.e. from chapter 49, "What's he staring at her so affectionately for?") and she might, like you said, take this as an opportunity to "gauge his motivations and expectations." On Sung-pyo's part... it might be interesting if he was aware of and brought up Seol-a's reputation as "queen of the business administration department" and expressing a little surprise that someone like her is friends with No-rae. Cue "what's that supposed to mean"/defensiveness from Seol-a resulting in her revealing a little more about her feelings than she intended... well, that's just my imagination going too far :P

confused1203: Also, I agree with othera that No-Raes best friend is not okay with the closeness No-Rae and Seol-a have. (Why is she acting gross)

I don't think Hye-kyung thinks that No-rae/Seol-a are acting more close than regular friends would, and I don't think she has has a problem with it either. Are you maybe thinking about the line "Kyaah No-rae oppa, aren't you being a little too gross?!" I don't think that Hye-kyung was the one who said that, and it was said jokingly. But also, the word that was translated as "gross," 느끼해, is kind of hard to translate to English. I've seen greasy, sleazy, smarmy, buttery, oily, etc. (it is also used to describe food, i.e. if I only have rich Western food for a while I start to feel 느끼해 until I get my next kimchi fix) but none of them quite work. In this context it would be used to describe a couple that's going way overboard with the pda and acting super lovey-dovey, to the point that it's too cheesy/cringey/gives you major second-hand embarrassment. It doesn't quite have the connotation of "disgust" that maybe "gross" gives off.

Nevri:

Nya-chan posted:

In my opinion, FF jumped the shark after No-rae's bus accident. That life threatening experience should have accelerated things between them.

Yup. That is exact point after which I stopped reading it, cos even after it there was no progression.

I know that extreme situations pushing people together is pretty common in fiction (and sometimes it works really well! togetherness through adversity etc.) but personally, I would be really hesitant to make a move on someone who was possibly traumatized... to me something like that would seem like taking unfair advantage of them when they're in a vulnerable state.

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Hey, ssamba has already done a 50 Shades parody, so who's to say that she won't do Twilight next ;)

I'm also super curious about what No-rae is thinking, to the point of feeling a little frustrated... but I trust that the POV pendulum will eventually swing the other way and we'll get to see her thoughts again. ssamba has always been pretty sparing with the inner monologues, but when they happen they're so great.

@sarawr144 I guess I'm guilty of being on the defense squad, haha. Sorry, can't help but jump in when it feels like the thread is sliding too far in the direction of negativity. But I agree that it's been a lot less fun lately, I'm also getting tired of repeating myself.

Here's something to discuss if people want to: I wasn't expecting Seol-a/Sung-pyo interaction to happen this soon, honestly. I mean, next chapter it might just end at "oh we're here (at No-rae's place). okay bye" but there's a lot of potential for some interesting conversation... what do you all want to happen/think will happen? Do you think Seol-a will be cold/openly hostile? Chew him out for breaking up with No-rae the way he did? Or Sung-pyo will probe at Seol-a's relationship with No-rae?

From the bit about Seol-a having trouble remembering his name (profile or chart haha), it seems that she doesn't have him in her mind as "omg RIVAL!!!" or spared him that much thought, but at the same time, his appearance at the ski resort did affect her a lot.

last edited at Mar 13, 2016 2:35PM

Was just checking the FF tag on Tumblr and it looks like halmoni's translation is up! Yay!

http://pastebin.com/xWCWKW2b

HK: Huh? (small text: Did she bite you or something?)

LOL. Vampire AU anyone?

last edited at Mar 13, 2016 1:34PM

Oof, so many complaints about Sung-pyo. Here we go again. From a storytelling standpoint it's pretty obvious that things with Sung-pyo haven't been resolved yet, so I don't know why people are surprised to see him again. Even I thought that meeting at the ski resort was a pretty big coincidence, but this is a school party and No-rae and Sung-pyo go to the same school. It's not unexpected at all for him to be here. Plus there's the fact that Hye-kyung knows him too.

Again, he's someone with a lot of impact on No-rae and the way she approaches love/relationships and not just some obstacle/plot device ssamba inserts on a whim. People need to stop looking at every character in the light of "how will this person help/hinder SeolRae" as if they're all pieces in some sort of formula. You'll enjoy the story more if you pay attention to and appreciate the interactions between characters and the little things each one reveals about the MCs.

@Nya-chan, if you're looking for a coming-out story rather than a "fluttering" story, FF is exactly the wrong thing for you to be reading lol (as it's quite clearly labeled a "ssome" story, the concept which halmoni explained a while back). Just saying. Maybe you should take a break from reading, and if we hit a coming-out story arc, I'll alert you.

And I don't know what you mean by "solidity" but ssamba's storytelling style is working great for me. Again, I think this is a matter of taste/opinion...

chocofudge: @cipp Is this the first time No-rae addressed her as Seol-a ya?

I'm pretty sure it's happened before (and I don't think it's too rare either?) but the -ya usually gets dropped in translation. It's the translator's choice on how to deal with suffixes.

takachi: what about the moment Norae leans in? When Seola asks her if she's really tired?

The first one says "물끄러미" which idk but the dictionary is telling me it means blank/spaced-out (as in "blank stare"). The second one is something like "oo-oong/uuung" which I don't think means anything, it's just a sound like "mmmm" or something. idk, this is the limit of my abilities lol.

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Martian: Did No-rae kiss or lick Seol-A's neck?

Seems pretty open to interpretation, but the sfx under the part where Seol-a goes "!!" just is "ha-ah--" which seems like breathing out/exhaling to me. Maybe Seol-a is ticklish on top of being frustrated haha.

last edited at Mar 13, 2016 11:20AM

IT'S SHOWDOWN TIME
here's the "gist" translation, with usual disclaimer that my korean sucks. ?????? indicates parts i don't know/wasn't sure about.

h: kim no-rae you're drinking quite a bit today?
?: what's this, are you running?? today? (i think this basically means why are you drinking so fast)
?: hey, drink slowly. this is already your 2nd glass!
n: idk idk~ i'm gonna drink~

rando: aigoo, our no-rae, have some anju~ (anju is like drinking/bar food)

s: ...
s: i'm going to the bathroom real quick.
s: ?
n: you gotta hurry back..

?: kyaa, no-rae oppa, isn't that too cheesy?!
s (thought): the heck...
?: ah, why is she acting like that, really!

white box: do you mean it or are you joking?

(i think this is hyekyung's text convo but not sure with who, so i might have scrambled pronouns)
yellow box: isn't no-rae too (????????)?
box: every once in a while her tension?? is too much and explodes..
yellow box: is it okay to just leave her be??
box: for now we should just watch over her and stop her when it's time.if she gets drunk it's really hard to take care of her... TT TT
box: even so, you watch your drinks well. it's going to be fine~

n: seol-a ya!
dude: oh, seol-a hoobae! (hoobae is opposite of sunbae. refers to underclassmen)
n: you came?

s: ..sorry, but that's my seat (omg her scary face)
dude: ah, really? sorry sorry~

dude: please sit
s: ......

n: sit, sit
n: seol-a ya~
s (thought): aigoo...
s (thought): are you really someone who watches their drinks well?

?: (???????)

?: hey, let's sit over there!

n: ick...!
s: what?
h: ?
n: this... tastes weird.
s: hm? give it here.
s: isn't this soju? (korean liquor oop) (smalltext: our table didn't order any soju..)

dude: ah! that's mine!
s: you should have kept it away!
dude: haha! sorry~

n (thought): soju makes me drunk too quickly...

?: Hey! no-rae looks drunk?
?: what should we do.. anyways that sunbae is really..!

s: no-rae. kim no-rae...

s: are you okay?

s: ..what?

s: are you really tired?

s: no-rae...
?: ah...

s: !!
(i think seol-a pushes no-rae away and hye-kyung catches her)

h: aigoo!
h: what's wrong? are you drunk too?

s: no.. ah, that is.. (sfx: dugeun dugeun)
h: are you okay? your face is really red.
s: no, that is.. it was so sudden..
h: huh?

s: this won't do. i'll leave with no-rae first.
h: you want to? but she's so drunk it'll be hard to take her on your own..
s: if i can't, i'll just piggyback her, i guess.
h: she's quite heavy...
h: wait a sec!
s: ?

s (thought): that guy... (smalltext: gu sung-pyo or pyon sung-pyo or something?)

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Wtf... I got up late today and the chapter is late again.... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Don't forget about daylight savings! (turn your clocks an hour ahead) So there's still 30 more minutes left before the normal release time.

Yeah, the thread's been unusually quiet the past few days. Midterms, maybe? But I'm excited for potential drunk No-rae shenanigans.

Forgot about daylight savings though, gotta kill time for an hour now...

@Thiaguinho-sama Out of curiosity, where does it say FF was originally going to be 50 chapters? I looked through the 2 past author Q&As but couldn't find anything. Anyways, I'm fine with the series running longer if that's what ssamba decides they need to tell the story well, I just meant I don't want the length to be dictated by external forces like comico or fan demand.

I actually enjoy seeing old marrieds in fiction haha (particularly since it's so rare to see it with f/f couples) so I'd be fine with an arc like that lol. But probably most readers wouldn't be very interested. That being said, I think it's totally plausible/possible for ssamba to wrap things up well in 100 chapters. I guess I'm in the minority but I don't believe that the fact that we're at chapter 66 means that it's too late/there's not enough time left/we're going to get a "confession ending".

Yeah, I don't think comico would want what is (probably) their biggest moneymaker to end any faster than it has to, haha. At the same time, I'm not sure I want a comico-ordered extension either, I hope ssamba can just use as many chapters as they need in order to tell the story they originally intended. Extensions have ruined good kdramas before because suddenly the writers have to manufacture more drama to fill up the order, I don't want FF to fall into that trap too.

BeAji

I apologized if i got on anyones nerves with that post :/

Sorry, didn't mean to sound as if I was annoyed at your post (I'm really not). I just wanted to prevent another round of panicked speculation about how FF is going to let us all down in the end, because people might interpret that as something ssamba officially said. Also I was in a hurry and didn't really have time to check my tone, sometimes I have trouble with that. Err... anyways, welcome to the forum! ^^;;

last edited at Mar 8, 2016 6:03PM

BeAji

One of the comments on comico said that the author said they may keep the story all fluttery and end it like that with no other progression
What do you guys think about that? D;

Alright, before everyone collectively flips their lid... what's the exact text of the comment, and did they have a source for where ssamba said this? Because "anonymous commenter said ssamba said blah blah" is pretty sketchy in my book. (not to mention there might be lost-in-translation issues, unless your native language is Korean?)

I highly doubt ssamba would say that (whether they were planning to actually do so or not), because way to lose your readership lol. They're not stupid.

And finally, can everyone cool it with all the doomsday predictions... we're only at chapter 66, 2/3 of the way through the projected story (though really there's nothing preventing ssamba from extending it). For me, I'm not going to bother getting worried until maybe chapter 85. YMMV.

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@madlax232 yeah you're right, I got a little heated and conflated some things. I'll edit that.

Thanks as always for the typeset thatanon. I'm pretty busy these days as well so I probably can't do everything you do, but if there's part of the typesetting process that can be done separately, let me know. I'd be happy to help out (though I might need a few pointers on fonts etc.).

Okay, I feel like I have to throw my hat into the ring here. Though it looks like some other people already covered some of this because I was too slow writing this up.

Yeah, halmoni probably shouldn't have taken the "bait" (as Nya-chan themselves called it) and escalated things, and also shouldn't have made that comment post-ban (though Nezchan already responded to this) but "I'm trolling you, specifically you" is a pretty clear-cut violation of rule 1?? There was nothing ambiguous about that and Nezchan took appropriate action as a mod. This isn't kindergarten, let's drop the "but they started it first!" finger pointing. Don't worry, Nya-chan will be back in this thread next week before you know it (and if you really can't wait until then, you can find them in other threads).

I'm not saying FF is flawless by any means, but it's been established MULTIPLE times that many of the "flaws" some people keep bringing up (i.e. slow pace, presence and role of side characters including, god forbid, ex-boyfriends!) are, for others, what makes FF so engaging, enjoyable, and different from most other f/f series. So it comes down to a matter of taste, and yet people for whom FF is very much NOT to their taste keep reading anyways, get frustrated, then come here to repeat the same complaints over and over again, as if it will somehow make ssamba change FF to cater to them. Or alternatively, they seem to want to emphasize that they have objectively superior taste (i.e. see Nya-chan's use of "mindless praise","you're delusional", etc.)

What seems to happen every week:

• Person 1: They still didn't kiss? What was the point of this chapter? Ssamba obviously doesn't know what they're doing and they're just going in circles.
• Person 2: *writes long and detailed explanation of what the chapter revealed in terms of character development, how it contributes to the story, etc.*
• Person 3: *clearly didn't bother to read or respond to preceding discussion AT ALL* Nothing happened this chapter! FF is such a goddamn drag, _______ series is so much better.
• Me: *pulls out my hair in frustration*

Let's just say I'm running out of hair...

Anyways, on a lighter note. @MacySan oh yeah, no doubt Seol-a is naturally flirty as heck. It's just that the scenarios I was thinking of were really silly ones that probably would push things into OOC-ville. idk, for example (a really dumb example because I tried to think of one on the spot) Seol-a purposely spills food on herself while over at No-rae's apartment, as an excuse to take off her shirt in front of No-rae (and show off her hot bod + specially-bought-for-this-reason bra). But while taking off her shirt, the spilled food ends up getting on her face in a decidedly not-sexy way that just ends up making No-rae lose her shit laughing... though once Seol-a leaves, No-rae has to go take a cold shower ;)

P.S. @ieeheh, I'll leave the actual execution of that montage to some other intrepid soul. I've already procrastinated too much today as is -__-

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MacySan

I find it nice though, how Seol-A admits that she's actually trying to seduce No-Rae xD

Not sure if I'd want to see this in canon since it might be a little OOC, but I'm just imagining a montage of Seol-a trying a million different classic/tropetastic seduction techniques on No-rae and every single one of them failing miserably (and hilariously)

ieeheh

Box: I've always been this way.
Box: Never having any doubts about love.
Text: 'Seol-a'
Text: 'Do you know what the real problem is?'
Text: 'In our relationship, it's always about you and never about me'
engrish
Box: Because until now, that was always my style.
Box: But you're different.
Box: I can't be like that with you.

Yeah, it was always about Seol-a and never about the other guy because Seol-a was never in love.
This kinda brought me back to what happened with Yuji. It's true that Seol-a was so young and inexperienced so we can't compare here. But her pride still was too big that she could never approach and confront Yuji for what she said. In No-rae's case, it has been different on every aspect since the beginning, especially after No-rae already harshly cut ties with her at school. While Seol-a wasn't even aware of her romantic feelings, she already didn't even care about her pride and chased after No-rae without thinking much (no address? hello!).

Yup yup agreed. It helps that No-rae started out as a friend first as opposed to one of the many guys trying to claim Seol-a as their gf, but like you said, it's a big jump in maturity compared to the past "friend" situation with Yuji. And in addition to how she's already acting differently without thinking about it, her actions last chapter and her monologue this chapter show that's she's making a conscious effort for No-rae, to make sure it's not all about herself and her own feelings.

It only made Seol-a more puzzled and started to misunderstand that she might be forcing herself on No-rae against her will

I don't think it's quite at that level, since No-rae hasn't actually actively pushed away/rejected Seol-a in response to those bold moves. The main response has been extreme cluelessness, which I'm unsure if it's genuine or really good pokerface on No-rae's part. But hurting their friendship (and No-rae) is a definite big risk from Seol-a's POV.

Unfortunately for Seol-a (in the short term), what No-rae's brother said last chapter doesn't apply to academics. No-rae's gotta get ready at her own pace, in her own No-rae like way. But she will get there eventually! I just hope there aren't too many tears before then.

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ffins07

Tease.

ha-ha... I'm glad I have some friggin' work to do because otherwise I'd be obsessively checking this forum for the rest of the day looking for that translation.

Haha, sorry. Wish my Korean was better.

I also have a ton of work to do, but not the self control to prevent FF from wrecking my Sundays. Sigh...

xl

But I think it's already time to accept that sometimes people have sex with more than just one person in their life time guys.. I mean it's 201 5 6, it's time.... -> sex experience xD

You mean... sexperience
*gets thrown out the window*

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