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I think this perfectly sums up the weird feeling i had when reading this. it reminds me a shit ton of life of pi . it's rly hard to put in words, but i'll try. both hyuk and the tiger seem almost non-existant. they don't feel tangible and more like a piece of the mc than a separate being entirely. idk bru ghhgakjhfsjhvkjhsfljahsr
THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I FELTT
Like i felt weird reading this, it didn't feel like another comic where its just there for shock factor like there was something else being sad here
Is hyuk a metaphor for depression?
Cuz this is what it felt like to me for some reason
It felt like hyuk was a little thing at first but mc kept running away from confronting it until it festered and became what it was now
Hyuk shenanigans (or in this case "depression") kept piling up with how much mc kept ignoring it until it ACTUALLY became an issue
Him not being able to ask for help from the police, his peers felt like a metaphor for him not being able to get professional help (therapy) and him being afraid of people seeing hyuk bcuz he didn't wan people to know how much he was hurting
The "stay at home" felt like him trying his best to keep his depression under wraps so noone could "find him out" or know about his illness, yk?
The time where mc tied hyuk up it felt like him taming his depression, not getting rid of it by meds/therapy but learning to live with it even tho it hurts him to
The end just felt like him completely surrendering to his illness, and even tho it seems "peaceful" it will slowly tear him apart.