Nice analysis like always! It's surprising that we didn't see Min at all yet he will certainly play a role at some point in harming Nakyum. Maybe once he knows that Jihwa couldn't kill him, he will intervene eventually? I think Jihwa was thinking of himself when he asked Nameless that question. I don't see the point of him wanting NK to get raped and then return him. Doesn't make much sense.
Also, I don't think SH will toss NK away. He could have done it already but he is obviously waiting for some explanation or evidence. We get to see Nameless choking Nakyum.. and usually, strangulation bruises and marks appear 2 to 3 days later. I am wondering if the author thought of that and once SH will notice the marks, he will believe Nakyum! But for sure, no one saw that plot twist coming!!
It doesn't look like Nakuym is anywhere outside. He's in some sort of a storage room, there's food stored and wrapped in hay there. It's still within the mansion.
He was given the fire and, for the reason I can't understand, Seungho's expensive robe, that he wrapped himself in and is clinging onto. I guess this was how the plot needed him to know that Seungho is somewhere around. In the last panel, Seungho is standing there, watching him sleep.
Nakuym is treated rough, that's true. I was expecting more observational skills from Seungho at this point and that he wpuld give Nakyum benefit of a doubt. Perhaps he did notice the marks around Nakyum's mouth, and that's why he didn't grab his throat. Or he didn't notoce and stopped only because he just can't be violent towards Nakyum anymore.
I guess Byeonduck wants us to be very confused right now lol
Next chapter could be Jihwa and Nameless going to town, and perhaps only few scenes of SH and NK at the end, just to leave us on a cliffhanger lol I call it.
But I totally agree with you on the fact that Min is the true villain. Jihwa isn't that smart. He's narcissistic and wanted Seungho for himself, he acted out of desperation and broken heart. And thr kill plot, who's idea was it after all, right? Min's. Min has a personal vendetta with Seungho and wants to mess with him. He loves drama and gossip. I'm sure he's far from being done.
And then there's also a teacher that will probably return at the end of the season, equipped with the knowledge of Seungho's feelings towards Nakuym - his weakness.
For now, I just need Nakuym to wake up, embrace Seungho and tell him what happened. And I need Seungho to believe him.
im literally crying for nakyum right now. He went through a lot, and Seungho did not even give him a chance to explain (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
I'm amazed you said it went as nobody expected because really, it was very predictable Jihwa would have given up with the murder plot (and that he would have ended up with NoName, that was very expected too)
No one choked Na-kyum, it's just a nightmare
Ooh, I love what you've added!
Had no idea the marks appear couple of days later, that could be a great twist here too.
I can't wait till next week...
Technically, it starts to show the day after but it gets darker with brownish-blue color 2 to 3 days later and the marks can last for about a week... depending the amount of pressure applied and how it was applied, of course. It's a pretty common act in BDSM, not that I've ever experienced it but I read about it, haha. That being said, it was just an assumption that the author would use that as a way to make SH believe NK. Actually, maybe it was just a nightmare from NK and he wasn't chocked at all （￣へ￣）
Yeah, sorry guys. Totally misunderstood Nakyum's location. Thought they left him outside the wall but once I re-read it I realized he was in some kind of storage room/shed. SH didn't throw him out, he locked him up. You know, like a crazy person would.
And yeah, the choking was a dream. Sorry if I didn't make that clear in my initial comment >_<
Yeah, I went to re-read too, since I thought the choking was real. But you guys are right, it was a dream indeed.
However, Nakuym saw the Nameless in that dream, though in the mask, so it shows that he did see him at some point (perhaps when Nameless approached him initially, at the doctor's). I think he will have ptsd reaction when he sees him again in the future, in town, and that might be important for the plot.
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What did I just read?? I don't think this is how anyone expected it to go.
Basically, Jihwa wasn't able to go through with it and they tossed NK in the snow for SH to find. The servants made the assumption that NK tried to run away, and SH almost choked NK but decided not to in the last second. They put NK somewhere outside of Seungho's house and left him there.
During a flashback Jihwa asks no name if he's ever embraced a man, and NK had a dream about no name crawling on top of him and choking him. My guess is that Jihwa either paid no name to sleep with him, or paid no name to r*pe NK. (First option is more likely)
Once NK woke up he started banging on the gates to SH's property, only for no one to answer him. He goes back to small bed outside they had laid him in and falls asleep. The last panel is of SH standing next to him.
NK just went through something traumatic af and gets thrown out because no one will let him explain himself. Either way, this ended too easily. I think the real villain is going to be master Min. Min wanted in on hurting NK to mess with Seungho, but Jihwa decided not to do anything, so more likely than not Min will take matters into his own hands. Especially if NK has been tossed out by SH, he has no protection now.