these theories are so good and totally made me understand the new chapter lol! Thanks i always appreciate long comments like this
Hmm I don’t think Minchan has any of Seoho’s soul. Because Minchan’s soul is whole and healthy, we know that from the start when Bihwan bound himself to it. I think Minchan also appears in the births and deaths registry that the grim reapers have, but Seoho doesn’t (the registry is based on souls). Basically, there’s been moments to see the state of Minchan’s soul and nothing has indicated that his soul is altered yet. So I really think the plot twist here is as Muyeol says, Minchan and Seoho are completely different entities that just happen to look the exact same, in body and soul. Muyeol is grooming Minchan to be the vessel for Seoho’s (not yet) reconstructed soul
I don't think this fully explains why Bihwan was so insistent on Minchan being Seoho tho bc it was v clearly based on more than just looks. iirc he found his literal soul familiar in a way, which means that if Minchan isn't actually a reincarnation Muyeol would have had to do smth to him to make him appear that way, no?
Exactly, I just re-read the 3rd chapter and Bihwan says he remembers everything about Seoho including his sweat and his actual soul so it's definitely not just Minchan's whole soul
Brace yourselves for a long one folks cuz I gotta a lot on my mind hhh but first just wanna say this manhwa just stays being 10/10 my god. Muyeol is just such a great antagonist, and it was amazing seeing it being exposed and that Bihwan was quick witted and smart enough to see through his bullshit.
Now let me put my thinking hat and see if I can make sense of this.
Seoho's sould is supposedly fractured like a tea cup (idk if i was the only one who was reminded of Hannibal and Will and the teacup lol) and is probably not all in one place, Muyeol wants to put it back together in order to save Seoho who had sacrificed himself to save Bihwan, this would mean that the sealing on Bihwan was for his own good and not a betrayal from Seoho. These are facts that may or may not be the full truth depending on how genuine Muyeol is being.
Now Muyeol spent years mourning Seoho and probably gathering whatever fractured pieces of his sould he could find, for the purpose of putting it back together. Then in the 2000s he comes across this boy who looks exactly like Seoho (minchan) and here he either already found him post accident or actually caused the accident that killed his parents.
Now here there are two possibilities (maybe more) in my head now, either Minchan was dead after the accident and so was just an empty vessel that Muyeol decided to safekeep and put Seoho's fractured souls into, which would explain why Bihwan recognized Minchan's sould as that of Seoho. Or somehow Minchan's soul absorbed Seoho's fractured soul and became both Minchan and Seoho's souls mixed together. In any case the reason Minchan has so much positive energy life energy is probably due to whatever Muyeol did that would keep him always self healing but the negative effect is that it's too much for his body to handle so he needs the negative energy from ghosts/Bihwan in order to stabilize.
Finally this brings us to the reason why Muyeol (aka Gwonryeom) asked Minchan to release Bihwan: now here there's a lot of motives ofc, my first thought is that releasing Bihwan means whatever curse was put on Seoho would be lifted (maybe reversing his blasphemous actions of using that cursed object) and was an integral part of getting Seoho back.
But yeah this long ass comment was just sth i needed to get out my chest I love this manhwa so much and I've never been this invested in the plot of one lol.