Codename Anastasia

ig i liked it cuz of: 1- the action genre, idk. It was attractive.
2- Political themes. It was different and catchy.
3-Zhenya's redemption. I see where you are coming from. I understand why you don't want to forgive him, but his redemption was actually not the type to happen overnight. I've seen a lot that "the ra** was not addressed" or if it was "romanticized". It was addressed, & no, it was not romanticised. Zhenya was aware that what he did was not okay after he started changing, nor did Taekjoo forgive him, at least as easily. well, da "forgiveness" part did become a reality at some point. BUT it had taken about 4 years of being with each other to truly reach that point, I only consider part 2 as the actual development (on both sides, ngl) as the volume 5 of part 1 was just the start of their relationship and there was not that much of a growth as zhenya was still new to all of it, but the thing is, Taekjoo at least made it known that what Zhenya did to him was disgusting AND Zhenya grows to somewhat learn to give in to Taekjoo's will (there were scenes in part 2 when they argued but zhenya let taekjoo go after taekjoo demanded it) and he let Taekjoo do what he wants to do, although he is not fond of it, and not keep him locked up, although he did consider it for a while, he still let Taekjoo do his job. he also learned to ask for taekjoo's consent as the relationship grew. might seem forceful of him to you, but after Taekjoo lost his memories in the mission, he tried to make Taekjoo genuinely fall in love with him and hoped that Taekjoo would not remember their past, because it was hurtful to him (idk if this rlly is development or not ig he was trying to be nice😓🙏)

It's okay if you don't forgive him. I'm not saying that his actions r okay or should be forgiven. I respect ur opinion, and it's totally fine if you don't agree with mine. I hope I did not sound rude😓

and not everyone will like it but you can always give it a try.

honey, there's more than (only one) ra** scenes I'm sorry😭😭 but yeah I still love this novel a lot and it's not because of the ra** OR zhenya tbh I don't even find him that attractive like what😔☝ it was js the politics (have recently been into them a bit too much), the action, and the way the characters were written. they were unique and well developed (get what I'm saying?😭) ppl js tell me to get a life bcz there's A LOT of non-con and I still like the novel (istg it's not the ra** dawg why can't I be allowed to have different POV's of the novel and characters and like it, this fandom definitely won't like my opinion about them😭☝🙏)

@_.laire_.flaire thats so real bro 😭 yeah I know there's more ra** scenes in the novel

bringing Jaekyung into this so randomly is mad foul bro😭🙏🧍♀️

@_.laire_.flaire I am not defending jaekyung his isn't any better but people always hate him More than other black flag ml like are they not read other manwah

@Love reading for lif... I never said I was in favour of defending Jaekyung, lol. I, personally, dislike him the most out of any characters (got called hypocritical for hating him and approving of Zhenya, but the other person does NOT get to say this after they like Jaekyung and despise Zhenya😭🙏). Also, my reason for disliking him is that, the romanticizing of ra** in that whole manhwa and how it keeps getting away with it. Like, I get told this often that my opinion is invalid (😔💔). I just like how CDNA (Codename: Anastasia) did not at least romanticize the ra**, or as far as my memory of the novel goes. The debate was abt the characters, so let's go back to that. Tbh, more than half of my opinions go against the whole of the CDNA fandom, but it is what it is. The ra** is not EVERYTHING about Zhenya's character. He has more complex issues, which were projected in this way (a bad choice ngl) ik that is his most prominent feature as of now (tf am I saying🙏) he lowkey developed ASPD and rather than getting treated was provided with even better opportunities (also he has the typical a** backstory, kidnapped at a young age, but he was saved only cuz his father did not want to lose his pride. zhenya is not an only child after all☝ tbh I don't rmbr if this rlly was his bg it has been a long time since I read it)

@Love reading for lif... (second part of the earlier comment cuz that was getting too long and this site doesn't let me yap too much😔💔)
abt jaekyung I don't like him bcz well he's weird asf he's toxic, zhenya is toxic too ik prolly worse than jaekyung but what I never like abt this argument was the consideration of js ra** like the person I talked with never said anything other than defending jaekyung that he did not ra** kim dan they never defended or explained his whole character because there's nothing to defend or explain like I'm not trying to defend zhenya's fuc*** up tendencies or the ra** but jaekyung? He's just as pathetic AND he has a bad written character he's very typical and the storyline was really boring and repetitive for the first season idk what's going on in the manhwa anymore I dropped it and I will never continue it idc what the fandom says abt me it's even worse than cdna cdna was a bit more engaging (I'm not calling the ra** engaging btw I'm js saying the other factors driving the story were interesting😭😭) jaekyung just is not a character who's even up for dissection like🧍♀️ also I will get attacked but I'm SO done with kim dan like I think he's going through a change in his personality and is starting to take a stand for himself but I will never like him for thinking the ra** was 'love' sorry☝😔 
but meh isok if u don't like my opinions js try and not be rude like all the other ppl I've talked to🙏

the r@ppe scene was a little bit interesting, other than that it was good

Also please do not defend ra** in my replies on my review lol I see that a lot and to victims that can be seen as very disrespectful. Thank you.

u read through everything though so idk why ur complaining...

@Yosepplsthurstinside... because it's disgusting--> ra** chapters happen during the most updated scenes. Can I not say that ra** is gross or? Maybe you like that? Idk

preach