it’s not excusing his actions. his backstory serves to show why he acts the way he does now. no one said it justifies what he did.
Joo’s to blame for Dan’s desperation to make money.Thats nonsense if your going to hate on a character have a sense able reason
It was to give context, not to justify!! Hope this helps!
I agree. We now understand him. We don't have to forgive him & said actions
I get that y’all are saying it’s just context and not justification, but that’s exactly my point — it’s context used to justify. If it wasn’t, they could’ve just given him a normal background. But instead, they drop the trauma right before the character is about to get more “humanized,” and now watch how Dan starts seeing Jaekyung differently despite everything he’s done to him. That’s what I meant by “it’ll make everyone forget.” It’s a common tactic to soften the blow and get the audience to feel bad for the guy, even if no one outright says “he’s forgiven.”
Yeah I agree with this too. Inside the manga's micro world, this was the only way forward for jaekyung to remain the ml.
But externally for the creators, dropping the abuse bomb to whitewash jaekyung's previous abuses is problematic & also par of the course for yaoi mangas
I hateeee it when authors know there’s no way to excuse a characters actions so they introduce some child abuse as if it’ll make everyone forget the bs they did