Even If It’s Not Love

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Sin Woo-hyun – The third head of a syndicate, living his life through inertia. He visits the older sister of the man who drove his younger sister to her death and meets Yoo-hwa there.

Kim Yoo-hwa – A life full of wounds. She meets Woo-hyun while in deep loneliness and loves him.

Even if it’s not love,

Even if you don’t mean it,

It’s all right.

Because it’s you.

Because you were affectionate to me, who was hungry for affection.

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Even If It's Not
아니라도
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08/01/23 Sleepy Translations c79 part2
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06/30/23 Sleepy Translations c75 part1
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doomscur
doomscur rated it
October 11, 2022
Status: --
Story:ML's half sister passed away due to the fault of FL's step brother. Originally ML wanted to find FL's half brother to take revenge but since he can't find the guy, he decides to drag the FL into his plan to bait her brother, by making her fall in love with him then ditching her in hopes that will tear the FL's brother heart apart.

ML is a scum. Can't be redeemed. He dragged the innocent FL into his revenge plan like an idiot high schooler. I thought he was a... more>> gangster boss with high IQ but nop. Bit*h you're a boss doing high business stuff yet you can't deal with this yourself? You just HAD to drag down the FL. At the end, how does that make you feel? That's right, like an idiot.

FL is a lonely individual. Girl just needed someone, even if she knows she's a tool. Now that is a level below lonely and sad. It's heart breaking. Girl can't catch a break.

This novel is angsty as all hell. Read if you want to feel the pain. I must love pain because I'm loving this novel!!! TY for the awesome translation!!! <<less
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luathas
luathas rated it
June 14, 2023
Status: Completed
First, let me address the elephant in the room -- the ML-FL dynamic.
REALISTIC CHARACTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FLAWED, Y'ALL.
They both are flawed (yes, the FL, too). And two wrongs dont make a right. So they had to separate. (At some point)

And props to the Author for achieving that without writing about mindless abusive scenarios or setting up dumb characters as Leads.

And now for the part why I think they both messed up-

cue FL :
Girl didnt have much going on about her. Was a... more>> victim to her circumstances, big time. A social outcast.

To give an example, out of a total of only 2 contacts saved on her phone, one belonged to her decade old dead Mother. So yeah.

Spoiler

And that is why when the ML (re) enters her life, she finds a life-saving straw.
Things were going good. Until she fell for him. Hard, that is.

I mean, you're meeting him almost after a decade and he's practically a stranger now (being ex-schoolmates) but it doesnt take you even a month to mindlessly fall in love? Without the ML doing anything special to woo you or relate to you?

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲.


She just needed affection, the source? Doesn't matter. Now, were the ML a degenerate psycho approaching her masked as a friendly guy next door, what would be the difference between FL and her Mother who re-married blindly & hastily for financial reasons and successfully sabotaged her own and her child's life forever?

Hence this also explains the Title of the book "Even if its not love (its unhealthy attachment) ".

I mean yes, her circumstances were bleak already and then the ML messed her up, leaving her having suicidal thoughts.
But the ML didnt know she was this pitiful and that messing with her will totally break her psyche.

*Sigh* That is why mental health is so important. Take lessons, kids.

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And I think ̶m̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶d̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶g̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶w̶o̶ ̶s̶h̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶, ̶ ̶w̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶s̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶i̶d̶e̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶r̶a̶c̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶n̶o̶n̶ ̶f̶o̶d̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶a̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶M̶L̶ ̶c̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶e̶n̶d̶ ̶a̶f̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶s̶t̶e̶p̶-̶b̶r̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶d̶i̶e̶d̶.̶ ̶J̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶s̶a̶y̶i̶n̶g̶.̶ ̶̶

But when all's said and done, Yoo-Hwa is still the best FL I've come across in BG novels so far.

And now the ML: Desperate Times call for Desperate Measures. But when dangerous people are desperate, they wreak havock left, right and centre. And I am not justifying him for approaching the FL with malicious intent here, no no.

Spoiler

He catches feelings right after they separate lol. Serves him right.
Clichéd guilt-ridden, regretful character in romance genres.
A plus point though, unlike many MLs who make the FLs/MCs "submit" via their evil ways.. Thankfully that didnt happen here. So I dont really understand the sheer amount of hate on the ML? Like he had the intent, but he didnt force her or manipulate/gaslight her to fall for him though?
His decision to involve an innocent bystander was pretty tr*shy and childish, but the author made him grovel the right amount, so I found it satisfying.

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The Author did a good job of not wasting their ink delving into tags like smut and melodrama as it would have defeated the purpose of careful character interactions and plot. (For example any further ML-FL involvement would have made their break up messier, the evil organisation clean-up sloppier etc) <<less
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Pekkimi
Pekkimi
October 2, 2022
Status: c35
It's so sad T-T but so good^^...... but the chapters are getting shorter and shorter T-T... but I love it anyway.....^^.... highly recommend for those who love sad and depressed love story..... I'm addicted.....I keep reloading the page every day even though I know it won't be updated......T-T
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ReadBhell
ReadBhell rated it
November 19, 2023
Status: Completed
One of the very dramatic novels that I read on Novelupdate, I liked it, I didn't dislike the protagonists as usually happens in this type of story, obviously at the beginning the ML approaches with bad intentions but, and as the FL and the ML admit, of course Otherwise, they would not have met again, I liked the Fl, she is not the typical s*upid girl who suffers, but the ingenious girl who suffers, I also liked how the ML makes the FL her everything, I would have liked to... more>> see the ML and FL like potatoes <<less
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