He wasn't the leader that ordered them tho. He later says the only reason he joined that group was cause they saw him choking the teacher and kinda started hanging around him or something. The only reason that red hair stopped when the ml said to, was cause he was afraid of him after knowing that teacher incident.
I don't think he ever enabled them, i will admit he never outright stopped them, hell in some instances (2 i can think of) he even makes up an excuse of other people seeing the scars to stop them from going too far. He also talks to the bullied kid once after stopping the others and tries to understand him, but ends up seeing himself in him about not fighting back.
Also the bystanders were all kids, the bullying happened when they were kids, and it was by a group so it's kinda understandable why no one wanted to interfere. Kids probably value their own life more than a person they don't probably know about. You can even see the mom of mc telling him not to be involved or even help the bullied one so it's understandable that kids wouldn't really want to interfere.
I will put the blame on the teachers tho, fk them and the bullies too, i do wish we'd see them getting some consequences and update on the bullied kid.
If I'm wrong about ml not being involved in the bullying feel free to correct me. But i definitely didn't see him be involved in bullying actively, he definitely was a bystander too but you gotta remember he had his own shit going on and remained sort of emotionless during the first half(which even the mc comments on on the later chapter) and he too was a kid. I also say this cause i was comparing this to another work which had similar theme and how this one handled it better since it shows the consequences and the ml didn't actively take part in bullying.
When did he enable them? He only ever told them they were lame and to stop, or he simply walked away. Like jinhyuk says at the start there's 3 types of people: bullies, victims and bystanders. Heechan was also a bystander, just one closer to the action. This kind of bullying and no one doing anything is unfortunately very prevalent in Korea.
And you're stretching to say the victim was also beaten at home for what reason? His parents clearly cared about his suicide attempt so that's very probably not the case.
Being a bystander in a situation you actually have power is enabling? I didnt read the full story cause i just got donw with the bullying. But as far as i got he was pretty much the one whose opinion everyone else was asking? So he was in a position of power conpared to the others. He could have standed up for the kid maybe? The other bullies were afraid of him. Or maybe go to the teachers himself. Maybe they would have listened. Just because you are a watcher and not comminting the actions yourself that doesnt mean tou arent perpetuating something. In one of the chapters after they punch the kid and he vomita it falls on the Ml shirt and he complains. Wich results on the kid being beaten again. Yes he didnt lift a finger. Thay doesnt mean he wasnt a perpetuator tho.
If he stood up to them he could've become the target instead because they would find out he's not really a delinquent and has never beaten anyone. The teacher? You really didn't read the story, because the teacher is very aware and doesn't do anything to help. Then everyone in the class is a perpetuator. If bullying stories aren't for u just don't read them.
Ya like i said i droped the story almost imediatly duo to the bullying. But im still allowed to give my opinion wich i did and im doing. Im not criticising the story, um criticising the characters behaviour and things i tought could have been different.
I think that in such an intense case of bullying someone could have stood up, involved the police or something. Just not allow the situation to progress so much.
L take bro
I know everyone is like ml was not a bullie just watching but he pretty much was the leader?
The others were trying to satisfy him and he just enebled it more? Dunno i have a sour taste in my mouth with this story.
Everyone goes to live their lives but what about the poor child that tried to kill themselves? It was an attempt but its gonna be the first of many now and life long trauma. Dunno i deslike everyone. The bullies(yes Ml too) , the bystanders and the teachers that were doing even less.
Ya poor ml abused at home but how do we know if that boy was abused at home too? Imagine duffering at home and at school. Such hell