Sanho is the typical bottom that fell first; ditzy, naive and dense, constantly stumbling in his words. But this portrayal is so extreme that he comes off as plain stupid. The author is forgetting that Sanho is an ADULT MAN that is portrayed as handsome, friendly and smart enough to get into a good university. He is not a little kid, he should not be this clueless. The drawings of him with little dog ears get annoying even.
The only way to redeem his character would be to just come out and straight up say he is autistic or something similar, and I say this as an autistic person. That would be the only explanation for him being so socially inept. And before someone says "well he could actually be autistic and you shouldn't assume he isn't" or whatever... Unless it's stated in universe that Sanho is autistic, this is just bad writing.
But Sanho is still better than Euihyun, who simply has no personality. The authors wanted him to be an asshole to make the unrequited love plot last but couldn't commit, they don't even have the skill to commit in the first place. Not only that, but they still wanted him to be the sweet and gentle hyung that Sanho fell in love with so how can he be an asshole? Other authors make this work with some sad backstory, but this is not being achieved here.
Seems like the explanation they were going for is that Euihyun doesn't like people that only care about his money, but from the start it was obvious Sanho wasn't one of those people. Even if there was an initial misunderstanding, it should be over pretty quickly. But no, he knows Sanho isn't after his money but still acts like an asshole. I mean, what's a good explanation for him to get so mad that Sanho was waiting for him outside?
It's clear to me that his actions are solely defined by what the plot needs, he has no substance.
This story is as flat as the colors in the art.
Sanho is the typical bottom that fell first; ditzy, naive and dense, constantly stumbling in his words. But this portrayal is so extreme that he comes off as plain stupid. The author is forgetting that Sanho is an ADULT MAN that is portrayed as handsome, friendly and smart enough to get into a good university. He is not a little kid, he should not be this clueless. The drawings of him with little dog ears get annoying even.
The only way to redeem his character would be to just come out and straight up say he is autistic or something similar, and I say this as an autistic person. That would be the only explanation for him being so socially inept. And before someone says "well he could actually be autistic and you shouldn't assume he isn't" or whatever... Unless it's stated in universe that Sanho is autistic, this is just bad writing.
But Sanho is still better than Euihyun, who simply has no personality. The authors wanted him to be an asshole to make the unrequited love plot last but couldn't commit, they don't even have the skill to commit in the first place. Not only that, but they still wanted him to be the sweet and gentle hyung that Sanho fell in love with so how can he be an asshole? Other authors make this work with some sad backstory, but this is not being achieved here.
Seems like the explanation they were going for is that Euihyun doesn't like people that only care about his money, but from the start it was obvious Sanho wasn't one of those people. Even if there was an initial misunderstanding, it should be over pretty quickly. But no, he knows Sanho isn't after his money but still acts like an asshole. I mean, what's a good explanation for him to get so mad that Sanho was waiting for him outside?
It's clear to me that his actions are solely defined by what the plot needs, he has no substance.