i’ve made multiple comments over the course of this manhwa about how i rec the novel (including one spoiling jiwon’s backstory pretty early on in the manhwa’s run because i think it’s very important context for why he behaves the way he does), and i’m glad the manhwa has reached this point! his history with his coach explains his anxieties and struggles a lot. it’s disheartening seeing some comments though talking about effectively how jiwon needs to get over himself.
part of why the novel is one of my favourites is BECAUSE of how distinctly mentally ill jiwon is due to his history with trauma and abuse (while i don’t think this was the intended read from the author, i do think he’s very easily interpretable as discouraged / quiet type bpd) and how he struggles with his relationship because of it, while jungwoo continues to treat him with as much grace as he can muster. it’s not always easy, nor does jiwon make it easy because he has such a history and it impacted him terribly, and he does stumble multiple times (ex. when he panics and effectively shoehorns jungwoo back into the closet by making up a girlfriend for him, when i first read that part i thought he was lucky jungwoo was the person he was dating because not many other people would easily accept that incident), but it’s not easy for a reason and jungwoo knows the reason and is willing to try. so it’s disheartening seeing some readers seeing a mentally ill abuse victim and complaining about him. like yeah his anxiety is exhausting. he has a very good reason for that
i’ve made multiple comments over the course of this manhwa about how i rec the novel (including one spoiling jiwon’s backstory pretty early on in the manhwa’s run because i think it’s very important context for why he behaves the way he does), and i’m glad the manhwa has reached this point! his history with his coach explains his anxieties and struggles a lot. it’s disheartening seeing some comments though talking about effectively how jiwon needs to get over himself.
part of why the novel is one of my favourites is BECAUSE of how distinctly mentally ill jiwon is due to his history with trauma and abuse (while i don’t think this was the intended read from the author, i do think he’s very easily interpretable as discouraged / quiet type bpd) and how he struggles with his relationship because of it, while jungwoo continues to treat him with as much grace as he can muster. it’s not always easy, nor does jiwon make it easy because he has such a history and it impacted him terribly, and he does stumble multiple times (ex. when he panics and effectively shoehorns jungwoo back into the closet by making up a girlfriend for him, when i first read that part i thought he was lucky jungwoo was the person he was dating because not many other people would easily accept that incident), but it’s not easy for a reason and jungwoo knows the reason and is willing to try. so it’s disheartening seeing some readers seeing a mentally ill abuse victim and complaining about him. like yeah his anxiety is exhausting. he has a very good reason for that