I really would’ve liked Cain more if the author did something different with his character. Like in this “realistic” world with these deep inter-personal relationships and characters, there’s just this random reincarnation plot. And Cain right from the get-go bulldozed his way into Jooins life, lied to him repeatedly, even manipulated him by purposefully getting a horrible apartment to guilt-trip Jooin into letting him stay at his place. Also how he acts like he’s perfect but he’s actually awful to everyone except for Jooin lol. It just gives bad vibes regarding his character. But then again, Yahwi was freaking terrible at the beginning of this story, but the difference is he’s changing and developing and realizing his mistakes. And as an audience, we’re learning why he made those mistakes in the first place. I still barely know who tf Cain is lmao.
Here me out…. Through Jooin, Yahwi learns how to become in-tune with his emotions and learns how to be a regular functioning human capable of love beyond simply being used like he has in that past. Also through Jooin, Cain learns that there’s much more to life beyond that single relationship between wolf x owner he developed in his past life, and he ends up finding many different things to be passionate about and live for besides being obsessed with his reincarnated owner who barely even knows him now lmao. I think that’d make a pretty good story.
I have a better (it’s a crack one, so don’t take it seriously bc your pov is the most sensible comment I’ve ever seen in this comment section so really I have nothing to add to that bc it’s spot on): Jooin and Yahwi become a couple and make things work while Cain goes back to being a dog (as in dog shape) and they all 3 live together.
Ya know, honestly, I don’t hate it lol. It would be a bit weird though since Cain didn’t just randomly/magically become a human. He was reincarnated into a human after he passed away in his wolf form, so in this life, he went through the entire experience of being born and growing up a human and stuff. Not sure how he has his memories, but if it’s a regular reincarnation plot, his wolf form would most likely stay in the past.
That’s something strange though bc Cain has the same Jooin’s birthday...which makes me think that maybe Cain was more than his faithful wolf whatever...maybe like a spirit animal of sorts lol something between those lines..anyway Cain’s end as I see it is for him to either live for himself and stop chasing after his master or kinda go back to those past days and regain his wolf form.

Oh gooooood the solid love triangle vibes have really spiked this episode lmao.
This is actually the first time that I felt like Cain was an actual threat to the Jooin x Yahwi ship, and it’s mostly because of how Jooin felt about their kiss. Usually it feels like Cain has had no development or impact that’d make him seem like a valid endgame option for Jooin in comparison to Yahwi, but he really stepped up his game this chapter with that monologue about him being a man too. Jooin talking about the kiss being warm and soft and not like any other kiss he’s ever felt gave a very romantic feeling that may or may not have been because he was sick and Cain pulled a very unrealistic manga trope that would literally never work irl lmao. But also, Yahwi making good on his effort to do better by bringing him soup and stuff to help him feel better is very cute. I still feel that Yahwi is endgame because he’s had too much development in background, character, and in relation to Jooin to throw it all away for Cain who has had little to no development beyond “ex-wolf boi loves you n’ kitty bad”. Like they live together and still no absolutely nothing about each other. Have they ever actually had a real conversation that wasn’t soaked in baited breath and horniness? I think not. Even Cain’s internal dialogue hasn’t revealed anything significant except for how desperate he is for Jooin and hateful he is of Yahwi. Yahwi is just… too developed and complicated of a character for him to NOT be the main love interest, ya know?