Anyways, you came here for some diabetes through too much cute shoujo. And so I will so indulge :3 AHAHAHA Actually I came back to this manhwa. I had stopped reading because the platform I watched it on stopped updating and so I lost hope that I would ever finish it. I was so devastated because it was such a cute series with such a lovable couple that I just needed to know what happened next, but I also didn't have the monetary means with which to procure it (lol sorry this was before I had a part time job). I was so enraptured with the story of Woojin and Gayoung, that every now and then I would think about their unfinished story. I suppose this is how the readership for Fluttering Feelings feels forever. I'm sorry :(
Well, since I'm here posting this, you know I finally got to finish it!!!!!!! Hooray!~
{Spoilers}
This is the story of Woojin and Gayoung and their friendship turned relationship and all the grey areas in between. It's a story that makes your heart ache, race, leap, flip, and drop all at once throughout the entire series. There's a lot of times where the things they do have no dialogue, but are so meaningfully illustrated that it captures the mood and intention better than words could in the comic format.
Chronologically, because that's how my mind works lol, it starts off with Gayoung being bullied by her middle school classmates, she felt it was a sort of divine punishment for sitting on the sidelines when she saw other people being bullied, something she wasn't fully in control of at the time, but something she felt she has brought upon herself nonetheless. She was in group tutoring with Woojin at the same time, but the two of them weren't friends, just neutral acquaintances at best. Woojin's mom was going through a rough time, and when Woojin saw Gayoung treating his mom so nicely that changed his attitude towards that sweet little cinnamon roll and the two of them eventually became friends. And that was it. Everyone would tease them about being more than that, but the two of them stayed as steadfast friends, even though at one point Woojin was romantically interested in her. He quelled the feelings in his heart though, as nothing more than a passing fancy and the two of them individually solidified their sentiments to stay only friends to spite all the people that told them otherwise.
This happened all the way through college with Gayoung ending up Woojin's senior at university by two years because Korean boys and their mandatory army service. Anyways, the two of them end up at the same university, still at their same silly antics, except things are changing. With the two of them each pursuing other romantic interests, it somehow bothers the other that they would be spending so much time with another person, eventually making them realize that they have feelings for one another, each one denying that their feelings would ever be reciprocated. And it gets complicated oce you introduce other people's feelings like Eunji who almost went out with Woojin or Chanhee's longtime unrequited love for Gayoung. It's things like that which make it so hard, but at the same time so rewarding to finally see the two of them together. It's a beautiful thing, true love is. Especially childhood friends. Y'all already know how much I love the childhood friends trope. Maybe that's why I love this manhwa so much? And I think just their nuanced relationship and the fact that you can see from each of their perspectives and their take on the situation that just gets me that much more invested in their story.
As you can see I've been deeply moved by the story. It's so incredibly sweet, and I wouldn't mind a mini epilogue of the two of them growing old together. They're just so adorable and their dynamic is honestly one I wish to have with my future significant other (lol jk I'm forever alone). But it's overall just a good time with good feelings and if it was ever turned into a kdrama YOU KNOW WHO WOULD BE WATCHING EVER SINGLE WEEK! Read it. It's a beautiful thing. I love feelings.
And I have screenshots actually!!!!
Honestly, Chanhee was so incredibly precious. He fell for Gayoung so hard and so fast, which I have kind of mixed feelings about, but he was so pure. When he thought she had a boyfriend at the time, he was a gentleman and didn't pursue her. He just watched her from afar, which turned into a sad thing in and of itself because he watched her like he watched the subjects of his documentaries. And when he tried to force his feelings onto her as if that would change her mind he tried his hardest to learn about love, reading all those ridiculous books and treating her so well, just unable to really read the signs because he's inexperienced and Gayoung already had mixed feelings. It's just sad seeing this pure boi trying his hardest, but to no avail.
And this boi. LOL major respect for this dude as an A1 supporting character. He's honestly such a great guy and totally underrated by everyone else.
LOL they messaging each other to do a life check was something I think I'll need later on when college gets really hard. It's just things like that that're really sweet and touch my heart.
Asdfghjkl; jealous Gayoung is so precious. She wants her friends to be happy, but at the same time she's realized her feelings for Woojin and wants to be with him.
What a gentleman :') so cute holding his jacket because that's his girl. Obviously I don't approve of objectifying women, but he's just trying to protect her asdf
I wanna end with this picture because I remember the first time I read this through I actually took a screenshot of this and sent it to A. It was really funny. Oh man, this must've been in like sophomore year. Wow, what a throwback. What a mood. Pretty nostalgic really, and it also shows that my tastes haven't really changed either.
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