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Let Dai is a [[Boys Love]] [[Shojo|Sunjeong]] [[Manhwa]] by Woon Soo-yeon.

 

 

You know where this is going already, don't you? Another BL series that uses the generic gang violence, shafts every female character in sight and has the boys screw like bunnies. Right? Wrong! Let Dai takes [[Dysfunction Junction|slews of characters]], grinds them in a blender of teenage angst and social rigidities, boils them in a climate of violence and emotional trauma and then serves it as a tragic story of love and freedom.

 

* [[Abusive Parents]]: Dai's father, but only when it comes to Dai, and to a more emotional extent, his own mother. In a similar way, Eunhyung's father hits and abuses her when she doesn't do what her parents want her to do, but only her and not Yooneun, while her mother stands by supporting the physical abuse with an emotional counterpart.

* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Subverted. All love is unrequited expect the main couple's.

* [[Anyone Can Die]]

* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Dai is mean, violent and frequently disregards Jaehee's human rights, but when he decides to show affection it's really clear how much he loves him, and Jaehee, no matter how pissed off he is at what Dai has just done, will always capitulate - usually after a brief if futile struggle to maintain his freedom.

* [[Badass Biker]]: Dai

* [[Crack Pairing]]: in-universe ''everyone'' perceives Dai and Jaehee's relationship like this. No one can see why Jaehee - an honour student - is around someone as violent and dismissive of societal norms as Dai, and more than one person is completely shocked at finding out. In the beginning the Furies - before they're disbanded - can't figure out why Dai hangs out so much with a pacifist like Jaehee.

* [[Big Fancy House]]: Dai has one that he goes out his way to avoid being at.

{{quote| '''Naru Hagi:''' Let me introduce myself. My name is Naru Hagi. I'm the most popular supporting actor in "Let Dai," and according to myself, as well as a few other people, the biggest heartthrob in the series. I'm the McDreamy to end all McDreamys, entering as a blonde when the author has time, and as a black haired guy when she's too busy. Should I call myself the male "Candy Candy"?<br />

'''Goohee Jang:''' Whaddya you, sick in the head?! I don't get anythin' you're sayin', you crazy ass! }}

* [[Coming of Age Story]]

* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]]: Dai. Ladies, Jaehee is off-limits. Seriously.

* [[Inner Monologue]]

* [[Interplay of Sex and Violence]]: In the first few volumes, Dai and and Jaehee spend as much time hurting each other as they do treating each other romantically. Dai seems to be under the illusion that severely beating Jaehee, tying him to train tracks and then stealing his wallet means he loves him. Jaehee doesn't exactly agree.

* [[Love Hurts]]: The whole series plays with this. Dai takes it to sometimes very literal extremes.

* [[Love Martyr]]: A bunch of characters, but Jaehee stands out the most since he's dating a sociopath who constantly hurts him and people he cares about.

* [[Masochism Tango]]: Dai and Jaehee's relationship plays out like this, sometimes to abusive extremes. Most of it revolves around Dai's possessiveness and wanting to completely monopolise Jaehee.

* [[Meaningful Name]]

** The [[Foil]] for Dai calls himself Dai Oxin

* [[Momma's Boy]]: Jaehee to his mother. {{spoiler|It's inverted.}}

** Naru's family actually fits nicely into this trope. {{spoiler|Before the father dies anyway.}}

* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Yooneun could have avoided a ''huge'' amount of [[Angst]] in this series by explaining things to the people around her instead of just letting them believe their incorrect assumptions, doing nothing to correct them. Eunhyung's {{spoiler|rape}} ''especially'' could have been completely avoided by telling her the situation with Jaehee instead of acting secretive for no valid reason. This kind of stupidity coupled with the fact that she's constantly in [[Angst]]-mode and trying to play the martyr instead of actually helping out anyone when she is in the position to do so - particularly Eunhyung when the first thing she should have done {{spoiler|after she was raped}} is [[Idiot Ball|told her parents and got her counselling]] - makes her probably the least sympathetic character in the entire series. And this is a series which includes a borderline sociopath. It doesn't make it any better that she rarely if ever takes responsibility for her part in events.

* [[Scars Are Forever]]

* [[Scenery Porn]]: Not the most obvious example but it deserves a mention.

* [[Yandere]]: Eunhyung's friend, Sehee

** "If you're gonna get jealous, do it like you mean it, bitch!"

 

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