My friend dropped the main series because it didn't go with the ship where is jihun (sry to bitchering his name). And I always while discussing the stories with her, try to bring outside perspective and not be just like HE FUCKING HOT, LET'S SHIP THEM. I was like " would you want to be with someone who raped you? Like what the hell, man?"
I enjoyed the side story too. But I would rather see someone else step into Jihun's life and get maybe series about Jihun getting his life together. Even tho it seems he will get married or something.
I agree with you but the whole point of a parallel universe and the side story being named “what if” it to emphasise the fact that “this could very much have been one of the outcomes if the abuse and rape didn’t happen ”. While it did happen in the main story line, this is a completely different universe when Chiwoo probably didn’t even meet Kyujin, the relationship stayed normal and the abuse and rape didn’t happen. A parallel universe’s purpose in most webtoons or mangas is to show different outcomes if major plot points were carried out differently. Sorry if i come off as a bit aggressive or a know it all....

Y’all-are delusional and fucked up. Yeah the side story was nice, and would’ve been nice to see if Jihyun was the main lead and didn’t fuck up his and Mc’s life (I forgot his name lol) But too bad that isn’t what happened. Jihyun raped Mc (I’m so sorry I don’t rmember his name) and just because you’ve seen a side story of them together, you have the audacity to want to ship them now? Like I said; yeah it would’ve been nice to see them together, but that’s only if the rape and all the shit Jihyun did, DIDNT exist. But it does, and you can’t excuse and cover that up, just because you now ship Jihyun and MC. I know we all have our opinions, but that’s messed up. We shouldn’t be trying to ship Jihyun and MC, we should be wishing for Jihyun to grow and learn, and finally find someone who he loves and someone who loves him back. But of course, this is all just my opinion, and if you don’t agree, feel free to go against mine, but I will not be changing my opinion. I’m sorry not sorry if I’ve offended you. XD Btw the side story was nice, so let’s thank the author for the nice perspective of the other side. Thank you and bai.