This doesn't make sense.

if you read ch. 17 then itd make sense but if you’re waiting for officials, then next week itll make sense for you lol not a writing flaw

I read the fan translation. He couldn't cry is one thing. But missing his parents is another. One can miss someone without crying, especially when they are not there. You miss their absence, you adjust to it, you think about them. If your parents die, you might not cry for some phychological reason but you would definitely show some other indication of grief or missing. True not everyone grieves the same way but reader hardly gets to see anyway. Even when the vampire is explaining his family to the loan shark, he still does it so cheerfully. It definitely feels like something is amiss. This boy acts like everything is completely hunky dory and nothing has changed.

The point of chapter 17 especially Changdeok’s words was reassuring Jongwoo that there’s different ways to grieve, like you pointed out. He also let out the tears after hearing those words because they’re something he needed to hear in regards to how he felt towards his parents’ death. He admitted he was sad but that he just didn’t cry. People react differently when sharing vulnerable sides like smiling to brush things off yknow? Not everyone is gonna be crying or facially expressing their grief. I’m sure he misses his parents and is completely devasted inside; he wouldn’t have visited them at sea if he didn’t. Or even had their pic as his profile pic.

You miss my point. You assume that he misses his parents, we don't actually get to see it anywhere. That's not how it works when you tell a story. Show don't tell. One might not cry or show facial expressions of grief but one would still think about them, feel their absence in some way or the other. I mean your parents dying is a BIH event in one's life, especially when one is a still a minor. It would literally take 2 panels to show it too. It was as simple as the vampire cooking something for changdeok, followed by one panel showing how he used to watch his parents cook the same dish. And then back to his face, even a close up of his sombre eye would have sufficed. No crying, no overt emotion. He even mentions that he learnt from watching at his parents restaurant. So there's already a context set up. I mean cmon, he lived with them for 18-19 years and the reader isn't shown a single panel of missing or him thinking about them? When it's been a week since they died? You may not show any grief but you still grieve in your head. There is such a huge change in his life but the reader doesn't feel it at all. The reader is shown absolutely nothing that might indicate that he feels their absence especially because he is a vampire, different from others, his parents were the only ones who knew what he was. That's a big deal.

The reason why it feels weird to the reader is completely natural and instinctive. Any reader would ask this question, especially when other manhwas in the genre where the event of main character's parents dying defines his entire life and his tragic backstory (so many orphans in Bl manhwa genre hehe). It feels weird because it is weird.

the story isn’t about grief and angst. that’s it and that’s all, it really isn’t this deep.

It doesn't have to be about grief to show a well rounded version of the characters. Just like how a character being a good son doesn't make the story about parent child relationship, it's still a BL. its like some of y'all are allergic to critical thinking lol.

critical thinking isn’t necessary when you have common sense. obviously, the death of his parents is not important. it’s sole purpose is to force him to live with mc. it wasn’t introduced to be dwelled on. the main plot is vampire ml with momentarily unrequited love for mc. again, that’s it and that’s all. you’re chasing structure where there’s nothing to anchor it. some things are genuinely only surface level deep. this isn’t a writing flaw, just doesn’t fit your standards.

Lol what are you even taking about? Of course the death of his parents is important, it's the 'inciting incident' that starts the whole damn story. An inciting incident is a story means an event that changes the status quo and gets the ball rolling. The loan shark dude only finds the vampire sitting on the curb because he is a helpless orphan now, and that was the day he brought his parents' ashes home. And the whole issue of his parents passing is very much relevant to the vampire because HE TALKS ABOUT IT, WHERE HE ISMT ABLE TO CRY AND FELT.LIKE A MONSTER BECAUSE OF IT!

Chasing the story with nothing to anchor it??! Bwahahaha, just typing words doesn't mean they make any sense. This definitely is a flaw BECAUSE THE CONTEXT WAS ALREADY SET UP. The vampire missing his dead parents that changed his life trajectory is not supposed to be deep, just logical, natural and intuitive.

Like your comment so bwahahaha, like seriously? You are gonna sleep such blatant scenes under the carpet just so you can type an argument online?? Do people here even know how stories are written???

you’re contradicting yourself and disregarding everything i said. no matter how much of a professional you think you are in analyzing, you must read to comprehend and not respond. i never said it wasn’t relevant to the vampire. i said it wasn’t important to the plot outside forcing him to live with mc. even adding some emotional baggage. you reiterated that by saying it’s a inciting incident. again, comprehension is key. i never said you’re chasing the story. i said you’re chasing STRUCTURE. you want there to be depth emotional wise and there clearly isn’t. specifically because that’s not the focus. all your “could’ve” and “should’ve”s don’t matter in eyes of the obvious. it’s just a bl. you say it’s not supposed to be deep, yet complain about how he isn’t in shambles or “that concerned” about his parents death. then in the same sentence, you talk about logicality. would you prefer the author force it in our faces or give the story time to progress. mind you, you’re coming to all these conclusions with a week of storytelling. i could be wrong too and the author may very well dive into the weight of his parents death, but as of right now that’s not the agenda. how strange is it to call someone’s writing flawed because you’re reading with your mind somewhere else. assuming you’re an adult, you’re way too invested in this. don’t like the brand of tea? don’t buy it rather than senselessly criticizing the business.

That's a lot of words for saying nothing.

Showing the character thinking about his recently dead parents doesn't make the story about grief or angst. You said that the parents dying wasn't important. But it very much is, both to the sorry and structure. The vampire thinks of the impact his parents' death caused so obviously it's important to see how the vampire feels about it. Like I said in one of the comments above, it would literally take two extra panels to show it and the reader won't feel swayed from the BL plot or his relationship with the ML. How is it forcing the issue. If the author uad shown those two panels, it would have made the vampire's character and situation even more believable and authentic. I still don't understand how am I contradicting myself when I say missing his dead parents is natural and instinctive, lol. Sure the story isn't finished yet, but there is a relevant place and time in the narrative to show emotional beats. And this place, where his parents have JUST died, because of which his life CHANGED DRASTICALLY is definitely a relevant place to show those emotions. If my mind weren't focused on the story, I wouldn't even have thought of my arguments. I find your replies very baffling. i get that a lot of readers get offended when you criticise something they like. But try to keep a level head and look at things objectively. It's not that difficult.

you’re right i’m wrong and offended