Please Be Quiet And Take Off Your “Something”

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Kim Na-Yool is an overworked designer working at Ethical Communications, a famous advertising company. Night after night, she remains in the office to labor away a job that never seems to end.

But one day, after a long journey of misfortunes including the loss of all her precious work due to her computer overloading, Na-Yool loses it. That’s it! No more sacrificing her life for the sake of a company who does not deserve her!

In a sudden burst of courage, she barges into the President office to rebel. There, she witnesses her handsome boss, Kwon Si-Jin, secretly enjoying jerking off…

The weird office romance of a pervy CEO and his hardworking underling! What exciting events await Na-Yool’s long sleepless nights?

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사내에서는 정숙할 것
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Latest Release

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10/04/22 Sleepy Translations c91
09/27/22 Sleepy Translations c90
09/18/22 Sleepy Translations c89
09/10/22 Sleepy Translations c88
09/03/22 Sleepy Translations c87
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08/13/22 Sleepy Translations c84
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07/31/22 Sleepy Translations c82
07/23/22 Sleepy Translations c81
07/17/22 Sleepy Translations c80
07/09/22 Sleepy Translations c79
07/02/22 Sleepy Translations c78
06/26/22 Sleepy Translations c77
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Review
9 Reviews


patient
patient
Jan 10, 2021
Status: c9
I know it seems really dragged out, but in reality it's not. The 8 first chapters is all chapter 1, because the translator split one normal length chapter into eight parts and labeled them all as separate chapters. This makes reading experience extremely choppy and slow, but it's not the novel's fault. As for the novel, I can't even say much, because the chapter 1 (or chapters 1-8 here) was about establishing the story setting. I'll keep reading because it seems interesting. EDIT: after reading some more, the fun part... more>> starts at chapter 12 here and it's pretty good. The banter between the two is top notch. <<less
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Tinta
Tinta
Nov 04, 2021
Status: --
Hi, translator here~

I've translated about half of the novel up to now, so I thought I might leave a short personal review for people wondering about this novel ^^

Stuff you might like:

    • The dialogues! They are absolutely hilarious, quirky, full of innuendos and wit, with a bunch of word puns that hopefully I translated well enough for you to enjoy. The author's writing style is what got me to pick this novel, and the humorous dialogues are what make 80% of the novel ^^b
    • Great smut <3 Like some people mentioned, there aren't many smut scenes though, but plenty of s*xual allusion here and there to wait for it. Besides, smut scenes are long, of course extremely funny as well, while being hot and sexy!
Stuff you might not like:

    • If you're looking for a novel in which characters communicate well in a mature way, this novel is not for you. Most characters are self-centered, they bicker, don't listen to each other, and loooove talking nonsense. Though it is often fun to read, it can also be annoying for some people.
    • The story doesn't exactly have a plotline. It mostly focuses on the FL and ML's ambiguous relationship and whether they have feelings or not for each other, and if they do, will they confess to it or not. With a bunch of side characters to create trouble eheheh~
That's about it! I hope this review will be helpful to whoever read it.

Honestly it could be a 4 star novel for me, but I had to take 1 star away because of
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the FL's ex-boyfriend, who is not only the epitome of Korea's macho, misogynist, conservative culture, but also the tr*shier whining clingy ex than anyone could ever get. Thankfully FL (and all other characters) put him back in his place in lots of comical ways, but god I hate him sooo much, my blood pressure always raises when writing about him ><;;

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PenelopeEckart_
PenelopeEcka
Mar 07, 2021
Status: c17
This novel made me crack up a lot. The MC and ML's first interaction was just so funny I almost wished for this novel to have manhwa adaption.

The first part seems dragged, but don't let that put you off, you can skim through it if you really can't bear it. Because this is a worth read, I tell you.
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MLisMyHubby
MLisMyHubby
Dec 16, 2020
Status: c6
I'm into smut novels especially if it has a good plot. Most of the time, I read smut novels just for the sake of smut scenes, disregarding if it has a bad plot. But this novel is in the six chapter with no smut scenes at all! The whole 6 chapters are just her monologue of ranting. Maybe I'm just used to smut novels that has smut scenes in their first chapter but there are also novels who has smut scenes on the latter part of the story but it... more>> is still interesting to read, like Lucia. I know the author is building up the reason of MC's hatred toward the ML, but man, six chapters of monologuing is a bit too long for me. I don't think the next chapter will have a decent scene interaction with other characters of the story but another chapter of her monologue. I don't know if I will still continue reading this. Maybe I'll come back if it updated some few more chapters. Maybe the next chapters will be a lot more interesting. Hopefully, others will read and give it a review so I would know if there's a good progress in the novel. I like the plot description of the novel and I guess this is a smut novel that has a good plot story, not just simply smut novel with smut scenes that will question your rationality like novel. <<less
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astropia
astropia
May 18, 2023
Status: c110
I think your enjoyment of this novel will come down to whether or not you find childish banter funny or annoying. It's not necessarily a bad thing but Na-Yool (FL), Si-Jin (ML) are very immature and constantly bicker like elementary school kids. Over time you can tell it's their weird way of flirting with each other. Seung-Jae (2nd ML) also acts like a child but more in a puppy-dog way. Usually I found them amusing, if somewhat headache-inducing in how they twist words just to "win" the argument.

The other part... more>> about the banter is that it drags the pace down. I think this is less important for new readers who can binge 100+ chapters, but a single scene can span 3+ chapters because they spend so much time on meaningless bickering and excuses. Usually it's absurd and irrelevant to the overarching plot or character development. But it really is funny! Extremely minor spoiler of their absurdity in chapter 42:

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Si-Jin "coincidentally" comes to take the elevator at the same time as Na-Yool, who doesn't want him to see her ex wandering around outside their workplace. Because her ex is so embarrassingly pathetic. So she makes up an excuse about not riding the elevator on the right side because of her bad mood, so he can go first and she'll take the left one. She goes on about how she always liked left more anyway ("how progressive, " Si-Jin notes) and how she used to be a lefty. Anyway, her attempt to shake off Si-Jin is unsuccessful.

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Si-Jin would be an awful person in real life, but he works in imaginary novel world. His opening scene was 100% s*xual harassment and dubcon, but Na-Yool secretly likes it sooo your mileage will vary on that. Sometimes his condescension towards Na-Yool is not cute, like if the ex was talking to her that way everyone would be calling him scum. Both during and outside work he finds fault in every little thing Na-Yool does. I'm hopeful after the spoiler part below he'll be better. Still, it is usually funny and cute watching him flail around failing miserably at trying to charm Na-Yool. He's obviously a socially stunted overachiever, not an evil sadist. (Well, mostly.)

Na-Yool is a good example of a flawed character. Her lack of trust and denial can be really frustrating, but she's also trying in her own way. Her relationship with Si-Jin is way out of her comfort zone and it's natural she would be suspicious of her POS boss's weird change in behavior. However imo her distrust of Si-Jin drags on to the point of stretching the reader's patience, and it feels like it was just done to draw out drama and keep them from formally dating.

Spoilers for chapters 84-93:

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I was very pleasantly surprised by how well the author handled the climax of the stalker storyline. The seriousness caused some tonal dissonance compared with other chapters, but I prefer stalking and women's rights to be treated with respect instead of making it a joke/trivial issue like often happens in rom-coms.

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The translation is generally strong. It isn't easy to translate jokes and wordplay, but most of them are still good in English and there are notes for parts that only work in Korean. I didn't notice any common translation issues, such as name misspellings, pronoun confusion, and past-present tense mixing. The translator may have made some of the arguments sound more antagonistic, making ML and FL less likeable (I can't judge that). After getting some comments about this, they explained FL's motivations and tried to soften the word choice a bit. I appreciate their willingness to take feedback without getting angry or hurt. Updates are now irregular, but not so much as to indicate impending dropping. (Hopefully.) I personally don't mind this but for some, frequent and consistent new chapters are important.

PBQATOYS feels just like a k-drama romcom, in both good and bad ways. The good: wacky, funny, cute romance; the bad: slow pace, jerky ML, unnecessary drama. I like that it feels different than the usual isekai/fantasy webnovel fare and will continue to keep up with it. <<less
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MilaRei
MilaRei
Mar 21, 2023
Status: c107
3 stars because 2 years have passed since I started reading, still I can't finish it. It absolutely kills the flow. I feel so so sad because I will have to probably wait a year, probably more, to finish it 💔

I... I don't even know where to start.

The characters are... new. Lol not really new but we get to see them being their idiotic selves so much, so openly, so unashamedly! It's just fun. I don't know, it could called self awareness? The author and what she wrote I mean,... more>> well and the protagonists too, kinda.

I also like how contemporary Korean it is. We have their social structure, mannerisms and so here. But not gratuitously. It show us how s*upid and harmful they can be.

Na-Yool is no damsel in distress! But the men around her treat her like she is a wallpaper. Her words nor wishes matter.
Spoiler

It's infuriating to see how people bypass her. I don't if it's exactly like that or a bit exaggerated but it IS real. The no means no. The I said what I sad, I know what I said, I mean it, I am in my right mind, stop putting words on my mouth. That we women are garbage doesn't matter what we do the moment men (society) deems so. The fact that authority think of us women as victims when they like to!

it got DAMN REAL.

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FL is so frustrating to say the least!!!! She is so clueless and narrow minded. She is conservative in such an s*upid way. (I mean, in retrospect, there's any other way to be conservative? Don't mind me).
However.... at the same I couldn't help myself but cover my face every time she was s*upid and clueless because it could have perfectly been me. She is sometimes so freaking relatable. And that is because of the fact that people are never STRAIGHTFORWARD. Her s*upidity has a reason and I just wanted to see her being more and more s*upid until it exploded in her face.
Same thing with the male lead.

The smut was okay...? I liked the first scene but after that you can just acknowledge it... not good, but not bad at least.

In sum, it was a light entertaining read, I laughed and pulled my hair because of the s*upidness of the characters and laughed and cringed. It's just a bunch of idiots and the consequences of their actions and I LOVED it. <<less
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kohaichi
kohaichi
Dec 29, 2021
Status: c50
It's fun to read especially when the FL and ML are interacting (at least for me) ~

The only downside for me so far is the FL's lengthy monologues to the point that it gets boring to read and sometimes confusing because it doesn't have the best translators either. Add to that on how slow the updates could get, it takes weeks to have 1 or 2 chapters and I am quite impatient when reading novels after getting used to reading novels with 500+ or 1k+ chapters...

I know the translators are... more>> working hard to share this novel to us and am very thankful to them. These problems are inevitable 'cause it's not like they can focus only on one novel since they have other novels they need to translate so I can understand this could be the most the translating quality and speed could get... TT

I would be more satisfied in this novel if—in every chapter—the FL could interact with the ML more.

But despite all these stuff, I still can't help but keep supporting this novel, it's pretty chill to read so it adds plus points to me since it's unlike any other novel I've read and this fact compels me to read more of it uwu <<less
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xinxe
xinxe
Jun 24, 2021
Status: --
I thought it'd be good from the reviews, but that was my mistake. I thought it at least have some comedy but I just couldn't swallow from where it came from and what followed. I really disliked their personalities and tempers.

Spoiler

It was disappointed in the ML's pushiness on absolutely everything, and the FL's just going along with it as a result, it'd be great if she could at least show some determination on anything.

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kasjein
kasjein
Apr 19, 2021
Status: --
I only caught up now but its really good I want to see more of seung-jae even though I doubt they'll use him as a second male lead. Seung-jae is probably going t0 be used as a character to highlight the male leads protectiveness and love for the female lead and I hope he will be a male love interest. Great story, Great plot and I like it. I'm looking forward to the newer chapters.
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