Love or Hate - Recommendations

jaeyounglee says...

These two manhwas really gave off the same vibes. The love triangles, their complex way of expressing their love. It was something like an unhappy happy ending. It wasn't perfect love but it was love nonetheless 

feathertail38 says...

both of these stories are about main characters in toxic relatioships and have a lot of sex. similare vibes, really

Tussledust says...

Both Love or Hate and Body Complex are good. I definitely preferred Love or Hate but Body Complex is a good manhwa to read after. Both MCs are both pretentious and pedantic. They're both full of angst. The stories heavily focus on the MCs thoughts and you feel their angst and unease. I have felt the way they felt, it seems like an esoteric feeling and point I life that's hard to explain. But the stories make you feel it and it was a very nostalgic feeling. Everything I said makes the stories sound bad and un-likable(and to be honest, the characters can be really un-likable at times) but that's the charm of the MC and the stories. I would give them a shot. 

Sylphiette23 says...

If you are into having the stress over which guy ends up with the mc, this is another one to read. The beast cage manhwa is still in it's early stages though however  I can sense my stress building up the way love or hate made me grit my teeth out of frustration.

Tussledust says...

Both stories deal with the idea and consequences of love and loving someone. A little more of an in-depth perspective of what love is or could be. 

HyakkiHikou says...

If there is anything that ties these two otherwise contrary webtoons together, it is there atmosphere. When I first started reading Love or Hate, I became immediately reminiscent of when I first read Walk on Water. The sexual tension conveyed within the panels is infectious and is what makes these two series some of my top reads. The main characters do well to carry the plots with unconventional traits and not-your-cookie-cutter motivations. I find parallels between Ed/Yeowoon and Lee Haesoo in there private, self-loathing selves. They both use sex as a (temporary) solution to something in their lives whether that be finanical issues or identity crisis. 

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urnewbstfrndSPINEL says...

Brothers.. half-brothers.. an incestuous relationship.. NOT.  Both display the dilemma of falling for someone that's supposed to be family. Both also show that it's the semes that push with the relationship and the ukes are the reluctant ones. Angsty and full of conflict, but both end in happy endings as the main characters finally become free to love each other.

feathertail38 says...

Both of these stories have characters with similar characteristics  and vibes, even though the scenario  is different 

cnstltr says...

"Hate Mate" has nothing to do with siblings - thank g**. I almost got the feeling that "Love or Hate" was being reduced to the MCs being stepbrothers..

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Similar to Haesoo (Love or Hate), Subin (How to Hate Mate) is figuring out how to love someone (properly) by living through a messy crush-almost-lover-type thing. Same same but different.

In my opinion the art and especially the storytelling can basically give one the same level of satisfaction for both - almost. Although "Hate Mate" has more trouble keeping the best possible order of events intact to make it comprehensible while keeping it interesting - it tries too hard at times. 

Whereas "Love or Hate" puts a lot of emphasis on intercourse to work through emotional turmoil and the like, "Hate Mate" uses not-so-friendly meetups and pissed off banter to get the point across. It managed to weave in some profound ideas into snappy dialogue with a hell of a lot of swearing; "Love or Hate" plays it cool and immerses you up to your last braincell into it's toxic environment full of drama and angst.

As both titles suggest the common denominator here is the relationship, the thin line, between love and hate, how those words can sometimes be used interchangeably and how you sometimes just can't do jacksh*t about it being the one or the other.

So, both Toons can be considered fundamentally different in their delivery and execution but they still overlap significantly. They felt refreshing but might not hit the spot for everyone. If you enjoy following along as some pretty boys figure out their ambiguous emotions.. you will probably like both to some extent. I enjoyed them a lot.

tiredfrogsticker says...

first off the duration is the same - 10 years

and theyre both about getting away from a relationship and breaking into a new one, though they may end differently.

do take note that theyre quite different in plot and characters overall though.