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Pearl Boy
Dooshik is in a bind. After making off with the takings from the gay bar where he worked, he seeks refuge in a small, coastal town. As his funds dwindle, he desperately needs a way to make ends meet. Still, a boy’s gotta eat! So he dives into a clam house to satisfy his cravings. But with no money to pay, he dashes off leaving Jooha, the server, to foot the bill. Later on, when Dooshik returns to pay his debt, he’s greeted by a sordid scene that offers a tantalizing glimpse of the solution to his money problems. For within Jooha’s beautiful shell lies a secret treasure waiting to be drawn out. And Dooshik is just the man to do it.
560 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 18, 2022
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May 29, 2024
2.5 estrellas.
Ustedes me recomendaron esto y yo caí, jajaja. Me dijeron que el protagonista era la GREEN FLAG más GREEN FLAG del universo y yo sólo quiero decir que: DOOSHIK NO ES UNA GREEN FLAG. O sea, que ame a Jooha y que esté dispuesto a dar su vida por él no le quita todo lo demás.
EN FIN, lo terminé porque I was rooting for them y quería saber cómo acababa su historia. NO ME GUSTÓ CÓMO ACABA. El final me dejó muy insatisfecha.
Ustedes me recomendaron esto y yo caí, jajaja. Me dijeron que el protagonista era la GREEN FLAG más GREEN FLAG del universo y yo sólo quiero decir que: DOOSHIK NO ES UNA GREEN FLAG. O sea, que ame a Jooha y que esté dispuesto a dar su vida por él no le quita todo lo demás.
EN FIN, lo terminé porque I was rooting for them y quería saber cómo acababa su historia. NO ME GUSTÓ CÓMO ACABA. El final me dejó muy insatisfecha.
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January 1, 2025"WT- So you are telling me ,this dude produces pearls… 😭 instead... I had to read it for the plot 🫣📖✨"
October 4, 2023
Thank you for the memories. I’ll cherish all of them. Even the heartbreaking ones. I’m thankful for Doshik. The greenest flag ever. I’m so emotional now. Ahh what a roller coaster of emotions…
December 27, 2024
I’m going to drown myself in a pool of my tears bc I will never find a man that will love me like how Dooshik loves Jooha.
September 8, 2023
Exijo que me devuelvan todas las horas de mi vida que desperdicié leyendo esta historia.
El dibujo es hermoso (a excepción del pelo del protagonista morocho en las primeras dos temporadas JAJAJAJAJA qué era eso por dios). Creo que es lo único positivo que puedo destacar de esta historia. ¿Después? Sólo tengo ✨ quejas ✨
Para empezar, tengo un serio problema con la cantidad de violaciones que hay en esta historia, hermano. Cada dos capítulos había al menos 1 personaje (normalmente el protagonista de pelo violetaceo) al que violaban; que, para colmo, ya de por si la violación es un acto completamente aberrante y horrible, pero acá para colmo lo hacían super violento. Y, aunque va a sonar horrible lo que voy a decir, entiendo que el tener que sufrir algo de ese estilo para un personaje sea una especie de "piedra" que tiene que superar más adelante para desarrollar some character development. Pero en este manwha pasó demasiadas veces y llegó un punto que ya pasaba y no tenía ninguna relevancia para la historia ???? además de que lo que le terminó haciendo el protagonista morocho a los gemelos incestuosos me pareció nefasto y me arruinó todo el cariño que tenía por su personaje porque posta fue imperdonable; terminó volviéndose el mismo que le arruinó la vida a su novio.
Eso por un lado. Después tenemos el final. Que, si bien tiene la trope de amnesia (ugh la ODIO), creo que dentro de todo soy de la minoría que no lo odió. Onda, no me gustó para nada, porque después de todo lo que sufrió el protagonista de pelo violetaceo, lo MÍNIMO que merecía era al menos 5 años de felicidad pura. Pero, al mismo tiempo, soy fan de los finales no convencionales y/o tristes, así que podría haber sido peor.
En conclusión: me dieron una historia excesivamente perturbadora donde me hicieron encariñarme con un personaje para terminar volviéndolo extremadamente tóxico y dañino, ¿y ADEMÁS no me compensan todo el dolor con un final feliz? Smh una poronga.
2 de 5 estrellas.
El dibujo es hermoso (a excepción del pelo del protagonista morocho en las primeras dos temporadas JAJAJAJAJA qué era eso por dios). Creo que es lo único positivo que puedo destacar de esta historia. ¿Después? Sólo tengo ✨ quejas ✨
Para empezar, tengo un serio problema con la cantidad de violaciones que hay en esta historia, hermano. Cada dos capítulos había al menos 1 personaje (normalmente el protagonista de pelo violetaceo) al que violaban; que, para colmo, ya de por si la violación es un acto completamente aberrante y horrible, pero acá para colmo lo hacían super violento. Y, aunque va a sonar horrible lo que voy a decir, entiendo que el tener que sufrir algo de ese estilo para un personaje sea una especie de "piedra" que tiene que superar más adelante para desarrollar some character development. Pero en este manwha pasó demasiadas veces y llegó un punto que ya pasaba y no tenía ninguna relevancia para la historia ???? además de que lo que le terminó haciendo el protagonista morocho a los gemelos incestuosos me pareció nefasto y me arruinó todo el cariño que tenía por su personaje porque posta fue imperdonable; terminó volviéndose el mismo que le arruinó la vida a su novio.
Eso por un lado. Después tenemos el final. Que, si bien tiene la trope de amnesia (ugh la ODIO), creo que dentro de todo soy de la minoría que no lo odió. Onda, no me gustó para nada, porque después de todo lo que sufrió el protagonista de pelo violetaceo, lo MÍNIMO que merecía era al menos 5 años de felicidad pura. Pero, al mismo tiempo, soy fan de los finales no convencionales y/o tristes, así que podría haber sido peor.
En conclusión: me dieron una historia excesivamente perturbadora donde me hicieron encariñarme con un personaje para terminar volviéndolo extremadamente tóxico y dañino, ¿y ADEMÁS no me compensan todo el dolor con un final feliz? Smh una poronga.
2 de 5 estrellas.
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October 28, 2023
why did they have to end it like that, I need a straight forward explanation I need more what the heck😭😰
August 28, 2024
dude this was so much that i can’t even process anything but what i can say is that i enjoyed this story sm. funny thing is none of the two mmc’s pissed me off and that’s something.
i LOVE jooha sm and i also love his relationship with dooshik, they’re literally cute and everything. dooshik is a green flag, idc.
plot was top tier, pilwon was pissing me the FUCK off tho like why is this dude still alive until basically the end?? if he would’ve just died then jooha and dooshik would’ve had their happy ending but damn does the author HATE healthy lives for those..
the sexual assault scenes were uncalled for cause nobody wanna see that but i read it anyway (i went in blindly not looking at tw’s) it didn’t bother me but dude💀…
”I can make him so happy that he’ll never have to even think about pain ever again.”
OKAY THAT WAS MY FAV QUOTE BTW CAUSE UH?? I LOVE DOOSHIK, HE’S LITERALLY SUCH A GOOD FUCKING CHARACTER.
i LOVE jooha sm and i also love his relationship with dooshik, they’re literally cute and everything. dooshik is a green flag, idc.
plot was top tier, pilwon was pissing me the FUCK off tho like why is this dude still alive until basically the end?? if he would’ve just died then jooha and dooshik would’ve had their happy ending but damn does the author HATE healthy lives for those..
the sexual assault scenes were uncalled for cause nobody wanna see that but i read it anyway (i went in blindly not looking at tw’s) it didn’t bother me but dude💀…
”I can make him so happy that he’ll never have to even think about pain ever again.”
OKAY THAT WAS MY FAV QUOTE BTW CAUSE UH?? I LOVE DOOSHIK, HE’S LITERALLY SUCH A GOOD FUCKING CHARACTER.
November 28, 2023
En este mundo no hay como poder expresar el enorme amor que le tengo a Dooshik.
Dooshik el eterno amor de mi vida ✨💝
Dooshik el eterno amor de mi vida ✨💝
October 2, 2024
2.5/5⭐
Ok, solo porque el extra aclaró mis dudas sobre el final ya no me siento TAN frustrada, pero aún así me molesta que tuve que esperar tanto para saber qué había pasado jsjsjs
Ok, solo porque el extra aclaró mis dudas sobre el final ya no me siento TAN frustrada, pero aún así me molesta que tuve que esperar tanto para saber qué había pasado jsjsjs
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October 9, 2023This was a mess ngl 😭
October 27, 2023
This was dark - lots of TWs- rape (a lot), sex-trafficking, mafia, torture, murder, attempted suicide, drugs
I was totally with the storyline until chapter 88, and then the ending just pissed me off. It was a real letdown. The comic was full of suspense and drama, and the end was random.
I was super invested in the bad guys in this comic, and the resolution for all of them was so vague. I was hoping Daehui and Seung-Hyun would get together. There was some tension there. I wanted both twins to join the organization.
Seung-Hyun and his boss? I guess that's ok, too, but he still needs a second. I wanted Dooshik to become his second and for him to stay with the organization. Their life there was good, and they could have returned to it after Pilwon died.
The most aggravating part was throwing a memory loss wrench at the end? Jooha was so strong at the end. They both went through so much together, and then he just forgets and they live happily ever after?!
I don't totally regret investing in this comic since I enjoyed about 80 % of it, ɓut there is some disappointment in the ending.
I was totally with the storyline until chapter 88, and then the ending just pissed me off. It was a real letdown. The comic was full of suspense and drama, and the end was random.
I was super invested in the bad guys in this comic, and the resolution for all of them was so vague. I was hoping Daehui and Seung-Hyun would get together. There was some tension there. I wanted both twins to join the organization.
Seung-Hyun and his boss? I guess that's ok, too, but he still needs a second. I wanted Dooshik to become his second and for him to stay with the organization. Their life there was good, and they could have returned to it after Pilwon died.
The most aggravating part was throwing a memory loss wrench at the end? Jooha was so strong at the end. They both went through so much together, and then he just forgets and they live happily ever after?!
I don't totally regret investing in this comic since I enjoyed about 80 % of it, ɓut there is some disappointment in the ending.
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December 12, 2023
1.5 stars
I am so mad at myself for finishing this. The first part of this was gripping - I was like, it's dark and I knew that going in but at least they do the fade to black thing. Like, you'd see a snap but you could also as easily scroll past because for the majority of the time, it wasn't too much. It also added to the plot - what, with him quite literally producing pearls during climax.
Also the art is truly chef's kiss. The way it got better as it continued.
Now, the other parts after... I do not understand why there was need for a vivid scene depicting animal cruelty and chapters upon chapters of r*pe. Like, it wasn't even the ones that you debate with people. It was just straight up horrific to the point where I wondered if the author has psychopathic tendencies...I just did not understand. It didn't even matter how much I'd scroll past, it was just there - a copious amount of times. It was so much the twincest hardly shocked me.
Then that fucking ending? I pushed through this for that fucking ending?
Fuck this book.
I am so mad at myself for finishing this. The first part of this was gripping - I was like, it's dark and I knew that going in but at least they do the fade to black thing. Like, you'd see a snap but you could also as easily scroll past because for the majority of the time, it wasn't too much. It also added to the plot - what, with him quite literally producing pearls during climax.
Also the art is truly chef's kiss. The way it got better as it continued.
Now, the other parts after... I do not understand why there was need for a vivid scene depicting animal cruelty and chapters upon chapters of r*pe. Like, it wasn't even the ones that you debate with people. It was just straight up horrific to the point where I wondered if the author has psychopathic tendencies...I just did not understand. It didn't even matter how much I'd scroll past, it was just there - a copious amount of times. It was so much the twincest hardly shocked me.
Then that fucking ending? I pushed through this for that fucking ending?
Fuck this book.
May 30, 2024
No sabía que lo habían agregado a goodreads, pero me acuerdo que cuando lo leí me pareció muy meh~ La premisa es buena pero después me aburrió la dinámica "secuestro/tranquilidad/secuestro/relleno". El insta love también me aburre💔 Y es una lástima porque las ilustraciones eran hermosas, Joha es de los pixeles más lindos que vi♡
October 16, 2024
This took… a while! What a rollercoaster it was. Towards the ending it being hard for me to get it over with cause I could feel the direction of the story finish. The ending was not my favorite but I do enjoyed reading this. Was just… wild.
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August 6, 2023Dnf-ing this.
November 7, 2023
This was so fucked up, god damn. There were things I loved about this manhwa, such as the beautiful artwork and parts of the story. But some truly deranged stuff happens in it and it's too extreme. At some points it's honestly kind of ridiculous how over the top brutal and dark it is. Also too much sex, it gets boring if they keep going at it for four chapters straight.
December 13, 2023
Dlaczego poboczne postacie są ładniejsze?
June 2, 2024
kocham yaoi
August 15, 2024
Yo creo que no era taaan necesario que el prota pasara por tanto dolor
December 21, 2024
l'unica cosa chic è che eiacula perle
December 31, 2024
A stab wound would’ve hurt less than this Manhwa
December 17, 2023
so good but the ending was slightly unsatisfying
November 2, 2024
Lo único bueno de este manhwa es dooshik
September 8, 2023
read the first season of this and I'm not impressed. I was waiting for it to get good bc it got praised so much on instagram and I think if I was 16 I wouldve ate it up, but I'm 27 now and I just can't with this type of bl anymore. Not even the whole pearl cumming situation. I actually picked it up because I was feeling something over the top and ridiculous. There was just too much SA, smut and not enough plot. wasn't feeling the chemistry between the two leads either tbh. Like I feel for a story like this to work there needs to be some balance. If the angst was better written I mightve continued but it just felt soooo fetishistic it just wasn't a fun time. So there ya go
January 27, 2024
I’ve been reading this series basically since the day it started and overall the ending was just not it. It showed so much promise and had such a complex story that all this torture p@rn at the end was not helping its case at all.
At the beginning we addressed a lot of Jooha’s traumas but now there’s something happening to him every other day and we keep going business as usual.
I truly don’t get why the author chose to use torture as means of teaching a lesson, like d3ath wasn’t maybe the best option? And we know every character here is capable of it.
Kind of sad about the nose dive it took, but I will forever love Inking’s art style, shes amazing.
At the beginning we addressed a lot of Jooha’s traumas but now there’s something happening to him every other day and we keep going business as usual.
I truly don’t get why the author chose to use torture as means of teaching a lesson, like d3ath wasn’t maybe the best option? And we know every character here is capable of it.
Kind of sad about the nose dive it took, but I will forever love Inking’s art style, shes amazing.
September 3, 2023
POR FIN un manga en el que no hay violaciones dentro de la pareja (por ahora) y la comunicación es fluida entre los novios!!!
Todo dentro del ambiente mafioso y violento que tanto me gusta YASSS
Reseña 2:
Lo he vuelto a leer y me he dado cuenta de que es mucho más violento de lo que lo recordaba...
El aesthetic impecable y la relación me encanta 🤍 el final es un wtf que la autora se ha sacado de la manga y se ha quedado tan ancha, una pena...
Todo dentro del ambiente mafioso y violento que tanto me gusta YASSS
Reseña 2:
Lo he vuelto a leer y me he dado cuenta de que es mucho más violento de lo que lo recordaba...
El aesthetic impecable y la relación me encanta 🤍 el final es un wtf que la autora se ha sacado de la manga y se ha quedado tan ancha, una pena...
October 1, 2023
Ya tenía anotado el manhwa en otra fecha, pero acabo de leer el epílogo, así que al fin puedo decir que lo terminé. La historia tiene un arte que amo con todo, pero no sé cómo balancearlo con la historia. Way too dark for me. Es que hay tantas cosas de las que yo digo ¿CUÁL FUE LA NECESIDAD? (Ronda lo enfermizo) y yo que tanto adoro a la pareja principal y la quería ver feliz, solo por eso seguía leyendo, pero no puedo amar el final agridulce
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September 14, 2024
What did I think Goodreads? I think that the story had so much potential but when a story starts to carry off of just rape and murder it is not that good. I loved the series don't get me wrong, but I do not like how the plot was literally Jooha getting rapped the entire series. I usually put quotes on my reviews, but I am not going to for this one. I liked the side stories of this series because it is consensual.
November 18, 2023
This manhwa was brutal and graphic. But I love the main characters with all my heart. My only wish for them throughout was to be happy.
November 26, 2023
a wonderful manhwa... going forward I felt joy, pain and hate along with the characters and their stories
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