
Guess im one of the few who doesn't hate the older brother ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭
Hes had to learn how to survive, and I dont believe our Mc genuinely hates either one of the brothers, DEEPLY inside he feels sympathy for the older one and frustration at the other brother for not noticing anything while being surrounded by victims... But Mc is not willing to pop his bubble, that would be too easy, its better when they find out by themselves... A little machiavellianism is necesarry in all this... The only true villain was the pedo father... Everyone else is just surviving and dancing to the tunes...

I wonder in the last scene of ch 43, the reason Minjae thinks about Jungwoo's words when he comforts Taeyoung, i Wonder in that moment, he remembered those words ("I forgot everything.
you will be able to forget too.") because maybe he thought "Jungwoo might be right. He should forget the past and give up on revenge and be happy with Taeyoung so Taeyoung wont suffer like this". My theory is thats the reason Minjae remembered that memory. He wanted to give up on revenge for that one little moment. For Taeyoung. Because he started to care about him more than his revenge plan and he is slowly healing.

this is such a good analysis!! i actually thought the opposite--jungwoo, as a bystander to minjae's abuse (even though he himself was also a victim), only opted to comfort him by making him "forget" instead of actively stopping it. even in the present, minjae reflects on this event by realizing that this was not a form a genuine comfort, but a way to discourage minjae from outing the president for hyuk's sake, not his (again, by forgetting). i think the reason minjae suddenly remembered this is because he was tempted to comfort taeyoung in the same manner--by telling him to forget it ever happened and move on. but minjae understands that this type of comfort wouldn't really be meant for taeyoung, but minjae himself (as in "forget the inner turmoil you're feeling and continue to let me use you"). in the end, minjae decides to comfort him silently, because taeyoung didn't offer him any words when he embraced him from behind either (after the field trip). his hug was enough because it was genuine. so minjae inwardly hoped that his actions were enough too. this is just what i thought!!

Can someone spoil it and provide a summary of how it all comes down and hoepfully soon gets a somewhat bittersweet ending? I love this series so much

Spoiler
I don't remember much but they will set the church on fire and Anette will be buried below. Heiner will find her thou and she will be alive. Kathrine is dead unfortunately but her baby and husband are okay. Anette bought house on the beach, war is won, and Heiner will visit her occasionally because he finally understood that he loves her. I think she didn't forgave him at first but in some time they became a little closer and in the end they kiss

More spoilers
Annette became a composer and her piano skills are famous,she received requests to do interviews for newspapers and accepted from one. I think Heiner is deaf with one ear or almost deaf. Actually I cried a lot on thi novel. It really bitter sweet. When Heiner won the war, he went to visit Anette with a flower bouquet and saw her laughing with Ryan.He though he didnt have the right to mess with her happiness and left the bouquet at the doorstep before leaving. Anette saw it and know it was from him and run to meet with him.

I like this series a lot. I hate how Ido never deserved Sejin, but I am liking how Ido isnt magically going to just change his ways just because he knows he did wrong last time. Ido is unable to communicate his emotions, fears, expectations... Before he would just show anger and abuse as a mechanism of defense, now he is being too careful and thinking too much and not doing much...
People dont change to their core in just 1 year... IF there is genuine change, it can take decades.... i like how this is shown through him. I read somewhere we tend to hate the characters that represents us more... And that really irked me as much as Ido does ( ̄ε(# ̄)Σ
To anyone considering trying any type of freaky plays just know, even too much pleasure can be painful. Be careful and play safe, always have a safe word and traffic light or similar system ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ノ~