The Young Master Makes His Secretary Work Overtime
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Warning:
There will be spoilers for the manhwa series Mastering the Secretary.
Content Warning: There may be references to age gap, power imbalance, social gap, noncon/dubcon, and BDSM (including breath play), as they do appear in the manhwa.
Synopsis:
Secretary Han has worked for the same family for years. He has faithfully served since his current master was very young. Now is no different. Though, now, he serves the young master in more than just a professional capacity. While he shouldn’t be so willing and pliable to such things, he can’t help falling for every one of his master’s whims.
He’s a secretary. But he’s something else entirely in the bedroom.
Review:
There is something about our young master that is very alien-like. It’s very disconcerting. I think the intent is to give him an eerily domineering air, but he ends up being just eery to me. I think it’s the shape of his face and those wide blue eyes. It reminds me of those memes about how scary blue eyes are. He is the embodiment of that meme to me. Because of that, I didn’t find him very attractive. He does have a dominating air because of his creepiness, but that isn’t very attractive to me.
On the other side of things, we have Han. He’s boobalicious, which is always a win in my book. I also love that he’s bigger than the top. And what’s better is he is submissive. He has all the makings of a winning bottom. What I don’t like, though, is that this does depict an age gap. The gap itself isn’t the problem. If anything, Han being an older bottom just makes him better, in my mind. The problem lies in when this longing between them began.
We see them looking at each other when the young master was, at most, a pre-teen, and that is super uncomfortable. I’m pretty sure they never did anything when the young master was underage, but implying that a pre-teen like that might have been attracted to a much older man, and the older man reciprocated emotionally really rubs me the wrong way. Seeing Han refer to the young master as a precious child in one panel and then making out with him in the next is truly gross. Of course, I’m sure they are trying to push that the young master is the one who instigated all of this, but it’s still gross. Han is like a guardian in a way, having served him when he was so young, and that just adds a whole other creepy factor to this thing.
It’s unfortunate that it had to be set up that way because otherwise, I might have liked this. There really is no story beyond setting up that Han served the family for most of the young master’s life. So, it’s almost entirely smut for the entire four episodes. I love a smut-heavy short. It plays on the power imbalance between the two and has some really fun humiliation play. If you love BDSM, dubcon, and a pouty, manly bottom, then this has the makings of something great. But it has that creepy setup, an unattractive top, and ends within four episodes. So, even if you do like all of the content, more than likely, it’s going to leave you wanting for something.
Results:
This is a pretty big miss for me. However, it has only four main episodes and the prologue, so it’s easy on the wallet. Plus, if you’re desperate for some age gap, boobalicious bottoms, and BDSM, you’re more than likely going to like this. Just be warned: if you’re expecting a story, you will disappointed. It wasn’t for me, in the end, but I’m not going to yuck someone else’s yum. If this is what you’re looking for, love it.
Have you read Mastering the Secretary? If so, what do you think? Do you agree with my assessment? Do you not? Let me know, and comment below!