Okay, I know I usually start these off with dumb questions, but I'm sure this doesn't need one because all of us have had dating issues at one time or another. I seriously have to convince my friends I am straight but don't have game. And here to share our feelings of us love trouble is the rom-com Melancholy by Josh Nickerson!
Summary
Our stories follow Honey Melon (yes, really), a beautiful young girl at the ripe age of 30 trying to find love. However, these ventures often go about as well as stopping a fire with gasoline.
Characters
Honey: Our main heroine is honestly a fascinating character. On the surface, she is a very casual, dense, and matter-of-fact woman but often is far more unbelievable in her taste in men and romance, which has gotten noted within the series.
Honey is also very well melancholy, as she is frustrated and saddened that her life isn't the fantasy show she was hoping for when she graduated. The burdens of growing up have strained her emotionally. That cuts to bone for me as I fear where my life's going in at this very moment. So Honey's for me is easily a person to root for because that's like rooting for me as well.
Rudy: one of Honey's best friends, Rudy has a massive crush on Honey but never dares to speak up.
Pepper: Rudy's sarcastic friend Pepper is a loyal friend who isn't afraid to knock you down but pick you back up when needed.
Eddie: A misogynistic scumbag. Nothing more, nothing less.
Overview/Good stuff
Melancholy is usually black and white with an art style that mixes the Archie comics and Panty and stocking. While being primarily a comedic story filled with tongue-in-cheek jokes, innuendos, and brutal burns, there is more than a quest for love.
The series gives a somber tone of us growing older and things in our life-changing through various flashbacks. Honey is a woman with a lot of regrets. Failed relationships, friendships and opportunities permeate the story in an authentic way that never feels over dramatic. It is a touching story of trying to find yourself as much as it is finding love.
Epilogue
Melancholy is a very bittersweet webtoon dressed in an innocent glow. If there is a message to be said, it is one of moving one and not burdening the nature of the past so you can move forward. So as I keep moving forward in the meantime, let's see where the light shines next.
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