The point of Hyo-Un looking like a child plot-wise is to express the gravity of how heinous these people were to a homeless orphan child. If he looked like a massive beefed-up dude like he is now we wouldn't have felt nearly as bad, and I doubt the villagers would fuck with him as bad.
It's much easier to abuse a small child that can barely speak than it is to beat a man that is like 6'12" and all muscle.
EXACTLY omg finally someone with reading comprehension skill
It wasn't even that hard lol
I think people were just looking for a reason to be "ick'd" out 'cause there's really not much you can complain about with this series.
To see the sheer idiocy in the comment section-- thinking it was people who were /wanting/ NSFW child-form Hyo-Un-- but instead I saw a bunch of braindead ass losers accusing the creator of "pedophilia" or bitching that it's "sus" that Hyo-Un looks like a child given that the two have a romantic and intimate relationship later on.
I officially give up. Ya'll are so fucking stupid that uploaders are now having to give brief summaries of chapters that JUST RELEASED.
I need ya'll to go outside and wash your asses.