Omg yessss

People don't realise that inseop isn't really the type to want one thing and one thing only, for how long would he be interested in our fl? What if he finnally "gets" her? Do the readers think they're gonna live like a happy couple and have a bunch of kids? I don't even think his feelings are romantic at all. I'm betting if they get together and one day kijeong buys a new coat or something and he sees it and wants it, he'll just kill her lol that's the kind of crazy he is. I'm so glad the author was able to write an insane character like this lol

Louder!!!

I also posted this and got a few of dislikes. Like are yall serious?
https://www.mangago.zone/home/mangatopic/20685731/

There are yanderes that are 100 times worse than Inseop. Yandere is already a toxic archetype to begin with, that is what the "yan" stand for. They will go to any lengths to get the person they want. He is like book definition of yandere. He says himself that this is the first time he is feeling these feelings "This is the first time I wanna protect something. I did not notice because I never felt this before".

If it was any other yandere that is a black flag, ms go would already be inprisioned at home or he would cut her leg ligaments. Yandere is not a pure romantic archetype, it is one that deals with such possessiveness that the person being the target is not even seem as a person most of the time. They are seem as an object to possess. It is a great analysis of how objectifying this kind of "love" is. That is pretty much how Inseop views Ms. Go. That is base yandere behavior. He is actually pretty chill compared to most. If it was a Japanese work or a BL Ms. Go would not be walking out of that house in this chapter.

The whole point of yandere is that they LOVE their love interest SOOO MUCH its literally driving them insane and it's making them go to extremes like obsession, manipulation, isolation, killing etc. And the things they do are always emotionally driven.

Inseop's not it. Yes he checks the box for the things I mentioned above (obsession, manipulation, isolation, killing) but does he love the MC? No. Are his motives driven by his emotions? No. He's acting for personal gain, power, or control rather than emotional devotion. The thing he said that you quoted "This is the first time I wanna protect something. I did not notice because I never felt this before" he was saying this to MC, of course he would season his words to convince her. But reading between the lines, what he meant was that it's his first time wanting to own a person. Psychopaths/sociopaths can't feel love, let alone fall in love, because that's how they're developed biologically.

Not really. Just got to the chapter he was being genuine and he himself cannot understand his emotions. Mc asked "do you like me?" For the first time he made a very surprised face and then they went home and he stayed in silence for a long period so much mc had to call him for him to come back to his senses. He himself was surprised by the possibility he could "like" someone cause it was the first time he felt such emotion towards a person. Inseop is clearly neurodivergent with anti-social disorder. The kind of love his brain can produce is different from neurological people. You are thinking yandere love is pure or driven only by devotion. That is not true, several yanderes are driven by control. That is why you will get yanderes that are 100 times worse than inseop. There are Yanderes that are literally rapists.

I study psychology in uni and this thing about people that suffer from antisocial disorders not being able to fell love is misconception. They are not voids that lack all emotion, rather they experience it in a different way from neurotypical people.

Psychopaths generally don't feel love in the deep way other people do, cause their brain lack certain chemical ligations to produce that emotion in the same way a normal brain would (hence why they have a severe lack of empathy). But they can form intense obssession and even forms of intense care for a specific person. It is actually very common for yanderes to be psychopaths or sociopaths.

I get what youre saying because I also studied psychology up to my 3rd year so Im not coming at this purely from fandom vibes alone.

I agree with you that yanderes CAN be driven by control, but thats not the part im disputing. Where I disagree is the source of that control. Their need for control almost always stems from extreme emotion like their fear of loss, attachment anxiety, obsession and distorted love. Even when it becomes abusive or violent, its still emotionally motivated (example is the rapist yanderes you pointed out).

This is why I dont categorize Inseop as a yandere because his actions dont read as emotionally driven in the way yanderes are. Again, yes he shows obsession, manipulation, and the desire for control but those behaviors alone dont define him as a yandere. The WHY matters. His behavior consistently aligns more with possession and utility than emotional devotion.

As for my last point about psychopaths/sociopaths, I phrased that poorly. When I say psychopaths, sociopaths or ppl with sever antisocial traits can feel love, im referring specifically to romantic love. This isnt the same as saying they feel nothing at all. Yes they can experience desire, fixation, possessiveness and even a form of attachment (these are some, if not all of Inseop's traits) BUT these are not driven by empathy or emotional reciprocity or 'romantic feelings' because the parts of their brain that help people feel deep love and care about others, didnt develop the right way so those parts are not functioning properly. "love" in these cases is closer to obsession or ownership than emotional devotion.

Also, the scene you mentioned where hes surprised by the idea that he might "like" her doesnt necessarily contradict my point. Being surprised by feeling something new doesnt mean that is romantic love.

So just to reiterate my point. Yanderes are driven by extreme emotion. Even when control is involved, that control stems from overwhelming attachment and fear of loss. Inseop's behavior aligns more with possessive fixation rather than emotionally driven romantic love, which is why I dont classify him as a yandere in a traditional sense

Yandere and possessive fixation are deeply correlated. He is like level 1 textbook yandere. Yandere love is not common possessive love, it is not simply jealousy. It breaks the barrier of morality, that is the whole point of the archetype. Inseop is like level chill that is when a yandere only hurts the ones around the "darling" there are yanderes so crazy they will hurt the person they are obsessed with. Some that literally will cut their legs, will deprive them of the senses so they can only listen and touch them, that will drive the darling clinically insane, that will make the darling kill themselves, that will rape. All this inside the yan archetype. "Yan" literally means "病んでる" that is "mentally, emotionally ill/unstable" where the attachment becomes destructive. Destructive obssession is the point of the trope.

"Attachment and fear of loss" I think we all saw bro literally killing someone in the first chapters and now unlocking a whole new expression cause the woman he is obsessed disappeared from his sigh. Yanderes are literally very controlling. I would say Inseop is not even controlling enough, even tho you seem to think his are driven by control. If it was another yan Ms. Go would not have left that house in this chapter. He still more and less respects her autonomy, cause if it was another girl would be on chains on chapter 20.

I think people don't want to consider inseop a yandere because of that exact reason. We've seen majority of yandere force themselves on their "lover" by chap 6 or smth, there's always that cliche scene where he's jacking off to fls's picture or belongings lol, or the stalker type that has 500 pictures of her around his bedroom. But inseop isn't like that. Whenever there was a shower scene in the manhwa I was like "oh he's gonna jack off now to thought of fl" but he didn't, not even an implied masturbation scene. I think the author has made him sexually restraint as to not make this story more predictable than it already it. He might be a yandere in the other aspects though. I really like this almost "asexual" demeanor of his. Man I really wanna see a well made kdrama of this, like they did with strangers from hell

Yeah I agree with you about the range of the yandere archetype. I also agreaa that yanderes can be extremely violent, controlling, abusive, obsessive, etc. Psychopaths are also capable of these same behaviors that you and i listed. So we can say yandere traits can overlap with psychopathic traits. But heres the thing, theyre not equivalent. just because two types of behavior look similar doesnt mean one is the other. the motivation behind the actions is what really sets them apart.

You keep focusing on the yan (obsession, instability, and destructive behavior) but youre overlooking the "dere" part, which is supposed to represent the affectionate loving side.

Dere = love or affection toward the person
Yan = obsession or instability that makes that love extreme or dangerous

The point Im making is that destructive obsession alone isnt enough to define a yandere. The archetype is built on emotion-first collapse. Inseop does show "yan" behaviors (obsession, possessiveness, fixation etc.) but the "dere" (romantic love and emotional devotion) are missing. Yandere isnt just about the harmful abusive behaviors. its about LOVE itself turning destructive. meaning the root is the romantic love, which inseop is incapable of because he is a psychopath.

his actions arent driven by emotional overflow theyre simply just fixation paired with ownership. yes he killed early on bc he couldnt get a hold of MC, but that wasn’t because his feelings overwhelmed him. he acted irrationally bc his control or goals are threatened, not because of his emotional attachment. its no different from a kid throwing a tantrum because things are not going his way. plus he killed the woman on purpose to lure the MC out. Inseop knows her death would affect the MC emotionally and she would come to him = she will be in his reach = she will be back in his control.

Several yanderes are driven by ownership, that is part of the archetype. To love in such a ill way you do not see the other as a person but as an object that is rightfully yours. As I said inseop is not even that controlling, any other yandere would already have put Ms. Go in chains and she for sure would not have left that house if it was other yans. He actually respects her freedom pretty much compared to the average.

Me too, I really love that he never forced himself on her or tried to touch her while she was asleep. I never even considered it, but thinking now yanderes can also be assexual. Very nice observation of yours.

People are too used to that kind of yans so they get confused when it is not that cliche. But after reading so many different works inside this archetype it is pretty clear he is one.

Strangers from hell was SOOO goated and the Kdrama ate, it would be crazy if they did the same to this one