Do Whatever You Want 5
Posted: January 7, 2009 Filed under: Do Whatever You Want 1 Comment »Aww, this volume did everything I wanted it to. Jinwon got all the business with his family cleared up. There was some weirdness about his oldest brother beating the crap out of him when he found out he was in a band, and then something about his father and mother, and his favorite brother, the one he lives with, moving to America… you know, craziness. It was a little much, but I was happy with the way it was all handled.
Hosoo and Jinwon’s relationship still hasn’t been dealt with directly. They’ve been getting closer and closer as the series goes on, and it’s been pretty much unspoken until the very end of this volume. There still isn’t very much… solid, or confirmed between the two yet, but I don’t think that will be too far off.
Jinwon’s dance partner… well, the same way I thought Hosoo was pairing off with Soomin, it looked like Jinwon was really going to pair up with him. Both are clearly important to each other. Maybe that will still happen. Iljae still hasn’t given up.
Dana? Well, she pretty much dropped off the face of the Earth. She came back in this volume, but more as a friend to Soomin than anything else. The friendships between all the characters are quite good in this series, be they romantic or otherwise. Even if someone doesn’t wind up with the other person, it’s pretty clear that all the characters are… well, there for each other, which is a mark of quality.
Again, not “absolutely fantastic,” but I’m constantly comparing it to Let Dai in my head. There is very little that will fare well against that series, but Do Whatever You Want does a fine job in its way.
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