yeah, I mean how can he forgive and forget?
IMO, the adaptation made it more shallow yet less agonizing at the same time, the art is good but it didn't capture the same framing and hue as the author did with the novel, as it was more obvious yet subtle(saying this on the pacing and durations) with the actions, emotions and thoughts portrayed and spoon fed by the author to their readers. All of them had a tad more depth and sweetness.
TBH, MC's choices were either going with this route thingy of Stockholm syndrome or committing due to the PRIMARY reason on having the will to go on is because of his brother which he had probably mulled over for more than a decade and his personality also made a great contribution to that as he was way TOO desensitized starting from a young age.
If it weren't for those two reasons we'd get a whole other story.
Rape is shitty, but you gotta understand the world they're living in. What they've done to Yugeon is unforgivable but due to them being raised wholly different(Aside from Heesu since that guy is totally an oddball to the bone), a gray moral compass, and their sanity and wellbeing on a very thin ice it is somewhat comprehendible.
I think the primary issue with this story really lies in how we go from 100x amount of rape to a sweet romance. there’s no real middle ground or a good redemption arc, if any.
Nothing really comes out of the rape, and it’s not really addressed until the final chapter and that was just Yugeon saying ml owes him a debt.
The other three rapists more or less get away with it, and the plot rewards them at the end for no reason.
The story was good and interesting but the last season was very underwhelming. gonna give this a solid 7/10