its not clear that he actually victim blamed the bottom, from the looks of things both of them have different perspectives on the past and the top is frustrated with the way the bottom is so negative about everything and is wasting his life away for his dad, the first step into the shabby apartment, the noodles from the bottoms job, how the bottom can work all he wants but would never be able to afford his dads medicine, it probably reminds the top of how miserable the bottom still is because of his dad.
the top genuinely loves the bottom and probably has some sort of mental issue with obsession and that led to him trying to kill the bottoms dad to end the bottoms suffering in highschool, the bottom however doesnt know that the top reciprocates his feelings (unsure here if the bottom confessed back in hs and got rejected or not story is vague there) so in his mind the top was a close friend turned bully in his eyes which leads to the present, in the coming chapters it might be a long miscommunication arc, or the top confesses that hes liked the bottom all along and the story might end quickly
Geez, what crawled up your ass today? Lmao.
I have read and comprehended what was translated so far. The top very much blackmailed and assaulted the bottom. The bottom cannot consent when he is being actively blackmailed. I never said I hate the story. Not sure I like it either. And there's not really anything so far, that justifies what the top is doing. Just saying lol
you have really strong opinions on both characters already and its only chapter 5 who wouldnt be baffled? and even now you only seem to look at the bottom in a pitiful light when he can quite literally dominate the top at any moment, not only are you underestimating the bottom youre also not willing to see the top any different from a piece of shit
what, dont you know what strong opinion means? you think what you commented wasnt a strong opinion? you were forcing your own headcannons onto the story how is that not a strong opinion not you trying to switch up the roles here “whats wrong with you” you literally dont even know whats wrong up until now lol its fucking crazy im out of here
The only one forcing headcanons here is you, Ex:
"very much, so much hes pissed off hangil still beats himself up over everything"
"its not clear that he actually victim blamed the bottom" - right after the top told the bottom his personality is the reason he was being bullied so much? But sure. Okay. He doesnt blame the bottom at all for having a shitty school life.
"the top genuinely loves the bottom and probably has some sort of mental issue with obsession and that led to him trying to kill the bottoms dad to end the bottoms suffering in highschool" - none of this has been mentioned or confirmed by the author. Its literally your head cannon...
"bottom consented to at first" - the bottom never even consented lol
"can quite literally dominate the top at any moment"
I could go ok but you get the point. Pretty hypocritical of you to say I'm making up head cannons after you typed all that bc out
yeah because im reading between the lines and looking from both characters perspectives unlike you whos only focused on the fucking “rape”???? did you mistake hangil swinging fists for mideum swinging fists instead?? hangil literally said ‘i wouldve beaten the shit out of you if it werent for my dad’ fuck but he must look like a disabled maiden in distress to you right?
“bottom never consented” he fucking agreed to do that shit over work his ass off for the medicine fees?
“top genuinely loves…none of this was confirmed by author… literally your headcannon” did you fucking not read the last chapter? after hangil says ‘i guess you really did find me disgusting back then’ you see mideums clear frustration when he says ‘dont even think anymore, everything you imagine is wrong’ do you THINK i would read that as HATE? ive read enough throughout my entire fucking life to know mideum does not fucking hate hangils feelings.
“its not clear he victim blamed the bottom” yeah its not, you saying he said hangils personality was the cause of his bullying, hes talking about hangil being naive as shit and that was a joke, hangil got pissed because he knew he shouldnt have trusted mideums little “i dont know you!” act. mideum literally says ‘dont you think its unfair to me if you only rmb what you want to? you forgot the fact that i got you out of the bullying, you never wondered why i helped or bothered to ask’ yeah thats hangils issue that got mideum so rattled over, because he kept remembering shit the way he wants to and completely blocking out all the other factors that couldve made his life easier had he just came to realize hes not the only fucking one in the world despite his bleak situation.
oh but me saying all this is just my headcannon and noone should be able to analyze details from random text bubbles that totally dont add up to the story at all, the author has to list it out with bulletpoints for the audience to trust the story :(
and wheres your little opinion on the first and last bit you highlighted?
...you do realize your "reading between the lines" is just your head cannon, right?... Also, there is a HUGE difference between ASSAULTING someone and SEXUALLY assaulting someone... If you want to be a rapist defender than go ahead.. also, he wants to beat the shit out of him bc he tried to kill is dad? Wtf are you going on about?! I would also want to beat the shit out of someone for trying to KILL my family. You really have this whole story all screwed up just so you can justify a rapist top. You're really doing all you can to make the bottom out to be the problem. Its weird.

?? Does the top like him back or not?