and like .. why wouldnt he wonder if inwoo is worried about him . thats his boyfriend they JUST fought for the first time, and its not like thats such a terrible thought, its a very common one. idgaf he is really not the villain yall want him to be
Inwoo stated several times that he did NOT want to meet his mother and how meeting her triggered his fight or flight response and severely traumatized. Yet Jiho not only did it again after seeing how badly Inwoo was hurt by the reunion, but did it in a way where he didn’t give Inwoo a choice and instead sprung a surprise meeting on him. Jiho also thought about how he didn’t like having to deal with Inwoo being sad and wanted to fix things as soon as possible. Jiho then didn’t apologize and instead went over to his exes place who he knew still had feelings for him and was even tempted to leave Inwoo for him because his ex was easier to be with
Jiho is completely in the wrong but not only that, he’s cruel, inconsiderate, and incredible selfish. Inwoo should dump him, he deserves better
yes and i obviously agree it was a terrible thing to do, he shouldn't have went about it that way but i stand by the fact that it wasnt something he did out of malice but out of a want to see inwoo get better and solve his trauma. this meeting between them was teased since the beginning and while unpleasant, from a narrative standpoint this sort of meetings are an actual trope in fiction.
chungi (? forgot his name idgaf abt him) wasnt his ex but we instead know him as jihos .. pretty much only friend. theres nobody else he could confide in (and he literally didnt he just wanted some time away from inwoo). of course he doesnt know how to deal with inwoos trauma and he shouldnt be expected to deal with it perfectly because hes not a therapist. Yes what he did is wrong and terrible and affected inwoo negatively, but i dont understand this stance of seeing him as an unredeemable villain when thats clearly not what the author is going for. Its 90% just very poor communication between two grown men.
It's not the meetup that is perturbing but jiho's reaction to inwoos response to the meetup. I believe inwoo had every right to have that response because he still hasn't healed from all the trauma he has suffered (one cannot just forgive a parent for trying to kill them / a parent leave their child with the other parent who is capable of killing their child) so ofc inwoos reaction was warrented. What i was utterly disappointed was with Jiho. Inwoo has shared all his trauma with Jiho and has been trying his best to deal with his trauma so that he doesn't cause the person he loves any worry, but still when tough time came jiho's first response is to run away and sleep over with his fwb instead of actually being with inwoos that night and communicating with him .
And it gets worse when you hear Jiho say things like "he was tempted" to date chungi because it would be easier . Plus you cant help but think about the fact the only reason nothing happened between chungi and Jiho is because CHUNGI backed away. All BECAUSE OF THE SWEETEST CINNAMON ROLL An Boram (I swear I can't believe such a wonderful guy like him is single).
So yea I can understand why Jiho can be the ire of so many readers .
Not to mention the fact that inwoo was a rock to Jiho during his tough times (when he came out to his family) and where is he when inwoo is the one feeling vulnerable and anxious .
once again I need to say that I dont disagree with the ire towards jiho. yes, i agree, he didnt handle the situation well at all, despite his intentions and how he hoped things would play out he managed to make extremely poor choices, but I just dont think that as the conflict gets resolved and the arc moves forward that things will be this black and white. the characterization in this manhwa is really good and i refuse to believe that the author would deliberately make the main character act in a completely irredeemable way.
the things that they and specifically inwoo are going through are extremely heavy and I personally enjoy seeing conflict arise through the fact that the characters responses arent perfect and the ones you would expect from a therapist who knows how to do and how to rationally act.
I think jiho still has every chance to redeem himself, and a passing thought that obviously came out of frustration with both of them and with the situation shouldnt define how he sees his relationship with inwoo or that he thinks hes that easily replaceable
of course i could be wrong about that ive seen plenty of manhwas go downhill out of nowhere but i think this one has been very consistent w its characterization so far and i dont want to jump to villainizing jiho when the conflict isnt even resolved yet. yes its frustrating, but calling him cruel and evil and whatnot feels just strange to me . idk
Yea I agree. Rather than villanizing him I just don't particularly feel happy with him ATM . It was obvious something like this was gonna eventually happen and I was hoping Jiho would be able to be inwoos ground when he feels like drowning (not that I am saying this cannot happen in the future) but based on his character so far not sure if that could be possible. I don't know maybe it might be cause he is young but he seems kinda immature? If that's the right word for this context. So here's hoping the author gives him some character development so he doesn't say "get tempted" to go the easy way out. But you never know i have now read so many stories that never get better. But here's to hoping this one will.
On a side note I am not sure how I feel about chungi slowly falling for Boram (I swear I love this guy so much) if CHUNGI gets some character development too then well that would be great!
I think theres no way he could have had enough experience to BE mature in these sort of situations since they arent things hes ever dealt with before not only himself but also in other social contexts, he doesnt date nor does he have friends really .. so I never really expected him to handle things all that well. not to say im excusing him because again it sucked but i still think its a valid explanation, and i really do believe things will get sorted out in the end.
As for the second couple I hope boram will be a good influence on chungis character because so far Ive found him honestly insufferable
feel like people are being WAY too harsh on jiho but that might just be me .. he did not have the terrible selfish intentions u all seem to think he had when he set up that meeting. yes he shouldnt have and it wasnt his place to, but the impression that he got from inwoo was so clearly that he wanted to reconnect with his mom again. yes inwoo had all the right to be extremely upset but jiho also did for being purposefully made uncomfortable as a result of something he did with inwoos best intentions in mind. but what do i know !!