Read 37.5 the author does clarify some things . long story short hwon isn't the beggar but his childhood friend that he ditched when he was younger. Initially the author was going to make hwon the killer and end it at ch29 but decided to change it that's why it's confusing even to the end haha
Oh cool, i thought it was left open to interpretation on purpose. I'll go read that. (⌒▽⌒)
Just read it, okay, so it looks like he's definitely the childhood friend and now all that's left to interpretation is the vitamins and Hwon's true intentions. My thoughts on this have been and still are that the vitamins are just that, vitamins and that while Hwon is still obsessive about Woojin (as shown in ch 37), he isn't harming Woojin in any way whether it be imprisonment or drugging. I feel like if the vitamins were drugs Woojin would've lost, not gained weight (ch 37, pg 22) and i think the symptoms of a drug addiction would've been more obvious. I think the end of ch 37 is explained pretty easily, Hwon and Woojin are happily in love and living as a couple, however, in Hwon's mind its hard for him to just let go of the obsession he'd built for years so at night, when Woojin falls asleep he kinda hovers over him and acknowledges all that obsession. He says exactly what he wants, though it seems like he hasn't acted on the obsession. Some speculate that the end is Woojin dying from the "vitamins" as Hwon talks over him, he wakes up briefly and then dies, but i don't agree with this. Ch 37.5 has the ending labelled as a "happy ending" and if you listen to what Hwon is saying, he's saying "stay with me till you die" as in for life. He wants to be with him forever, not kill him and lose him.
I like your interpretation, so i'm gonna go with this "happy ending" :))
Ty :^D
Didn't the last chapter kind of hint that he COULD actually be the beggar? What Woojin had been identifying his childhood friend with was the mole, but it was revealed that it was his own sister that had the mole and his memory is just playing tricks on him. Hwon says, during another one of his sketchy inner monologues, "oh... I was so happy when you told me it didn't matter who i was" (ch 37, pg 27), pair that with the obsession he mentions in ch 37, pages 24-26, Woojin's brother telling him that his childhood friend had died (ch 27, pg 1. Could've just been a lie from his crazy, obsessive brother?) and the "vitamins" he's been giving Woojin and it leaves open the possibility that Hwon is still the begger. Honestly, even the "evidence" that he is the friend is iffy at best with it all just being hearsay from his brother and his own iffy memory. The eye color thing for example, though again, bad memory... IS he the childhood friend? The only decent evidence that he's the friend is his own memories, when it shows him waking up after the incident and crying because Woojin wasn't there. Idk... ╮(￣▽￣)╭