Cuz like.. what if he didnt like him. Would the abuse still be okay in his mind? If it was a person he never liked he wouldve probably never realized his wrongs
Bruh yeah honestlyyy. And what if JJK was still on a winning streak and in peak condition? Would he have ever realized any feelings for KD or that his actions were awful?
(no probably not)
TRUE. like we've never seen him spare an ounce of sympathy towards anyone other than dan in the first place. his treatment towards other people probably still is okay in his view :/
THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING SINCE CH 70 bc like.... why DOES jk like dan?? what does jk even like about him?? i can't pinpoint when it would've started or what could have triggered it. honestly the writing is making it feel like jk's conflating his affection for dan with his desperation to win (dan is just a requirement in the formula). guilt shouldn't stem just from seeing someone as a romantic partner
Yeah, up until JJK lost his match, injured his arm, and KD left, JJK held absolutely no respect or affection for Kim Dan.
While this isn't my favorite form of romance, especially with the way they threw in JJK's back story almost as if to justify his actions, I do recognize that this is Mingwa's style. It plays on the trope of 'only realizing what you had when you lose it'. Her previous work BJ Alex is pretty famous for doing the same thing. It's a writing style that's easily covered up by having the ML pine. As you mentioned, it's a workable formula but not likely to go down in BL history as anything remarkable.
regretting all the awful things you did AFTER realizing you love the person you did all those awful things to is... an interesting choice as a writer lmao