NOOOO BC I WAS LITERALLY JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS. like i was wondering why i don't feel so connected to jo & ian's story even though he's the "better" option. and i realised its bc i literally have no idea why jo even likes ian. WHY is that guy ready to give up everything for a man that he recently met? what is it about ian that he loves so SO much? i love ian a lot but its bc as a reader i've seen his past, i've seen his struggles, i've seen how sweet he is w toby, i've seen his forgiving side etc etc etc. and yeah jo knows a lil bit about ian but not to the extent that explains when he's like. im gonna kill for this guy. for a manhwa that's so well written it comes off as a lil stupid ngl. on the other hand, i totally understand why ian likes jo, since jo is pretty likeable and has done a lot for ian. similarly even if people think that ian never actually loved tj (or even vice versa) (i do think there was/is love between them but yk people can interpret it differently) we still know why they are unable to let go of each other. there's a reason behind the obsession. meanwhile jo's feelings for ian fall flat. also i agree w everything else u said too !!! (& wdym used to be r u not anymore )
ive come back to this manhwa as someone who used to be team TJ (bc i really love his design and as a character) and here are my thoughts after reading new chapters.
i think Ian still really loves TJ so much and i dont think he loves Jo at all, or at least not right now (ok maybe he likes him a little). i dont even know if i want him to end up with anyone, i feel like some serious development with both sides needs to happen to give me a satisfying ending. If TJ is endgame, he needs to choose Ian by leaving all this gang life behind by accepting that Ian WILL love and HAS loved him even without all of his power in the gang. And for Jo to be endgame, Ian has to let TJ go, and there needs to be some serious timeskip with Ian actually falling in love with Jo bc theres a lot of things he needs to unpack and i think Jo deserves it. also i still dont understand why Jo is so inlove with Ian but yea. overall interested in how this turns out.