#geunseo

[dyinggirldied]

I aspire to be like Geunseo one day. In what way? Writing all the common tropes of BL in an action fantasy webnovel and making it more tender and sus than even official BL but never adding the BL tag in the work itself 🤣🤣🤣

[tenthousandyearsx]

“…What are you doing?” Sung Hyunjae pulled off my pajama top. He stared intently at the wound and placed his hand on it. He had already checked it before – why was he touching it again? I could sense his magic moving. With my level of magic power, I wouldn’t normally be able to detect someone else’s magic without activating the Teacher skill. Yet the sensation of magic power swirling over my scar felt as clear as if I was seeing it with my own eyes. Then, Sung Hyunjae's magic, which tingled slightly as it overflowed, was quickly absorbed by the magic stone in my body. "It's like mine. How?" "It's just your overinflated ego."

A hand touched my back, right where my heart was. I swallowed hard. [...] “I'm reserving the spot on your back, where your heart is. You cannot give it to anyone else.”

As we walked down the hallway, Sung Hyunjae spoke. “You’re the first person to ever stay the night.” “I’m quite honored.” “Because of that, I’ll need a bit of time to prepare a bedroom. I do maintain the rooms, but they haven’t been slept in for a while.” Just tossing me a blanket would’ve been fine. The sofa was comfortable too. Though the living room was so large that sleeping alone in it would feel a bit lonely… “I’m too tired to wait. [...] Can’t I just share your bedroom?” [...] Sung Hyunjae slowed his pace and looked down at me. “I've never had anyone in my bedroom.” Had he really never dated anyone at his age? He didn’t have the kind of face for that to be the case. Maybe he’d never had a connection deep enough to bring someone home. “If it’s not okay, just leave me here. I’ll find a corner to crash on my own.” “Of course, my item is an exception. Can’t I take it everywhere?”

– The S Classes that I Raised – Chapter 154: Entrusted (4)

[mypersonalsandbox]

THE S-CLASSES THAT I RAISED (내가 키운 S급들)

[mauveflowers]

I have read Geunseo's author commentary and other translator's translation notes so I know for a fact that the way Yoojin and Sung Hyunjae interact is more akin to a perfunctory customer service dialogue and that can't be translated over to english as seamlessly BUT

Being an english reader it is actually hilarious trying not to read into their interactions. They just go off the rails all the time and say and DO things that are questionable at best. And I know there's supposed to be a level of distance in their social hierarchy (respecting people older and in better standing that yourself?) but WHY does SHJ act like that.

[lalune9x]

S-Classes novel SPOILERS chapter 470

some thoughts after translating this chapter. as I've translated this arc, I've become fully convinced that the confession/rejection subplot was intentionally presented in parallel with sung hyunje 'breaking up' with yoojin in order to repeatedly bash the reader over the head with the funny narrative device of "you think he's saying all this romance and heartbreak-related stuff about a woman, but he's actually thinking about sung hyunje!!"

I already explained how the korean word for 'getting rejected' also means 'getting broken up with' (차이다). so when the characters mention yoojin being rejected (by chloe), you could also read it as him being broken up with... and because korean often leaves out pronouns and the subjects/objects of actions and requires readers to fill the meaning in by context, it makes the ironic ambiguity even stronger. the story is repeatedly prompting the reader to fill in for themselves who yoojin is really heartbroken over.

then this section in chap 470 is wild, because WHY is it structured like this?

"[...] I still think it's fine to like whatever or whomever you want. No matter how it turns out." Because liking people and things brought joy and could even bring comfort. It was a positive feeling, in any case. Of course, you could also struggle because of it. I had. But even then, I didn't think I would regret any of it. Even if I were to lose it all once more, if I went back, I'd still end up liking them all again. I mean Sung Hyunje, too… He wasn't bad… well... he had put me through some crazy situations. Still, there'd been fun times too. That one time it had been delicious, yeah. That other time it had also been tasty. That one restaurant had suited my palate well. Naturally, Myungwoo's cooking was the best, but he fussed too much about my health. Though it really was amazing that healthy food could still taste that good. "Of course, I shouldn't go falling head over heels and giving up my heart on a silver platter," I said. "But I'm going to do what I like." It wasn't a big change, but how should I put it? I guess I would focus more on prioritizing myself. At my words, Yoohyun's expression became gloomier. "I understand, hyung. She's a foreigner, anyway." "…What?"

like what is the logical connection between these thoughts for yoojin that isn't 'I might have romantically-inclined feelings for this guy I keep thinking about'? how else am I supposed to read it? he's been comforting himself about how it's okay to like people, says he would like the same people even if he had to do things over again, and the one example of those people he brings up is... sung hyunje? he starts reminiscing about hyunje... cooking for him? (he doesn't even specify that the "delicious" things he's talking about are food at first)

and then right after those reminiscences about the fun times he had with hyunje, yoojin says he won't go too far in loving people, but he'll still do what he likes? he'll prioritize himself, aka act selfishly? the very thing he said he was going to do by refusing to let sung hyunje go? the story really smacks you in the face with the conclusion it wants you to draw.

also of course yoohyun misunderstands that yoojin's talking about chloe, because all of his sung hyunje-focused thoughts are internal!! even yoojin himself is confused at who/what yoohyun is even talking about at first because all yoojin's been thinking about is sung hyunje! (and maybe because in korean yoohyun doesn't specify 'she', so yoojin's thought process might've been like mine, thinking "huh, can shj really be called a foreigner?" before understanding yoohyun's just not privy to yoojin's gay inner monologue).

[freyadragonlord]

You know, personally i never talked enough out here about Whatever The Fuck is happening between Moon Hyuna and Evelyn Miller.

Because there's just. So Much. Going on.

They really despise each other. With waaay more passion than necessary. But apparently they used to be closer in the past, before breaking apart, and suddenly, Lots of spite there.....

The plot also has them interact a Lot, especially in the second half of the novel.... And their interactions are always reeeally charged.........

Almost like author-nim is trying to tell us something...............

[sarathebunny]

Bun yoojin 🐰

[nicastamatis]

started reading immortal days and it's crazy that phill considers putting a giant fish tank in his office. why is he Literally sung hyunje.

[wovenstarlight]

FUCK YOU GEUNSEO FUCK YOU GEUNSEO FUCK YOU GEUNSEO FUCK YOU GEUNSEO FUCK YOU GEUNSEO

[butterfirefly]

once again remembering han yoohyun the most character ever

[jamitin-k]

“If you don’t solve the problem at its root, it’ll be hard for you to change. Leaving the rotten interior be and only painting over the surface will only make you crack again.”

“…The root?”

…….

I exhaled a long breath. Yeah, I shouldn’t worry. What could I do about my heart having rotted? What could I do about the fact that if you dug out the rot, there’d be nothing left? That was why I was just barely hanging on, clutching to the arms wrapped around me.

So, what if his insides were rotten?

[dyinggirldied]

Size gap (Yoojin is 175 cm while Hyunjae is 197 cm)

[tenthousandyearsx]

Suddenly, I turned my head and saw [Sung Hyunjae] staring at the sea. Though he should have looked somewhat shabby being drenched like that, he had the kind of looks that seemed to deny any such notion. Noticing my gaze, he turned to me and smiled silently. That sight… How should I put it? For the first time, Sung Hyunjae looked like a person. Of course, I still couldn’t say we were on the same level. He was a human being so different from me that he could be considered a world apart. Yet right now, he felt somewhat new. I found myself a bit curious. What kind of person was he? Skills, Abilities, S-Class Hunter, Guild Leader, and so on. I knew quite a bit about that side of him, but I was completely in the dark about the rest. Still, having seen him frequently over the past couple of months, we had developed a certain closeness. He must have had a childhood, too. Surely, he must have experienced some hardships in life. Though that might not fit his persona. “Don’t smile; I might get fond of you.” “Haven’t you already?” “Not at all.” “I have, though.” What nonsense was he saying again? I couldn’t say anything to his smiling face, so I turned my head away. Ah, I was really tired in so many ways.

"Han Yoojin." Sung Hyunjae approached me, holding his phone in one hand. He showed me the screen with my number displayed on it. The name part was completely blank. "Is there something you'd like?" "…Are you asking me?" "Who else should I ask?" "Item" had been erased. Sung Hyunjae's eyes quietly looked down at me. Despite his light tone, his gaze felt heavy. If I'm not an item he owns or plans to own, he might treat me worse than before. A single mistake could lead to merciless retaliation. To stand side by side with someone is like that. Showing generosity and kindness is reserved for those beneath you. I took the phone. If I wrote the original name again here, we'd go back to our previous relationship. [...] I tapped the keyboard a few times and returned the phone to Sung Hyunjae. "I guess we’ll be business partners, you and I. I trust that we can work well together from now on, Sung Hyunjae-ssi." "I’ll be looking forward to it." Looking forward to it? That sounded ominous. Sung Hyunjae looked at his phone and slightly changed the name. "My partner." "…Why are you adding that again?" I tried to protest, but he turned away without even pretending to listen.

– The S Classes that I Raised – Chapter 187: Sung-ssi's Birthday (5)

[thenegoteator]

refusal to mourn, andrea cohen | persephone the wanderer, louise glück | my sister's keeper, jodi picoult | what the silence said, marie howe | in changsha, passing by jia yi's residence, liú chángqīng, trans. east asia student | republic, plato, trans. emily wilson | adult grief, louise glück | a brother named gethsemane, natalie diaz | the s-classes that i raised webcomic, biwan, geunseo

thank you @loosingmoreletters for getting this concept stuck in my head!! please take responsibility for your crimes

[lycoric3]

they've got pictures of the extra goods on their website and-

They've got a full on OST???? Alongside it like??????

They've also got photocard type stuff (well- they're more like trading card size i guess?) and prints!!!

consuming everything whole- am so desperate for official s-class merch

we're all out here hoping that this signals an english translation huh-

S-Classes That I Raised print edition announced?!

Link to tweet

Hope it 1) is for real this time 2) is not being funded and will just be on sale 3) is not an exorbitant cost for low quality print and 4) MEANS WE'RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO ENGLISH LICENSING.....

[transsongtaewon]

You know how in children's cartoons they have really strict guidelines about not being allowed to include character death etc. so the writers came up with things way worse than death to do to characters? I think Geunseo did that with jinjae but about gay sex.