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I read this about ten years ago, and it's still one of my all-time favorites. This story, even if it's so short, has left me such a mark that it'll probably always have a special place for me. I wish there were more of this. Like this, I mean. This one was perfect in every way, and the author must've known that prolonging it would've only ruined it.

Look, I agree that not every story needs to have a happy ending, but the managemet of the story the author did was just poor planing. In my opinion, all three characters deserved to be punished, not only two of them and especially not letting the guy that started all this mess go about his life like nothing happened, with the addition of being the only one that got what he wanted to boot.

There can be awful stories that are good, like killing stalking for example. But this? This wasn't one of them.

To be honest I would've been happier with the story if all three of them just died. The mother was the only somehow-likable character in this clusterfuck, and it's pretty gross that they decided that she'd be the one to die. You want a better ending? Let the guy kill the old bastard, and then let him go completely crazy and kill the protagonist and then himself. Even cliché is better than this.

Salt over, sorry.

Oh boy, the clusterfuck that's brewing...

Something tells me things will not end well for Bum. Sangwoo wouldn't just give up his freedom this easily. I'm pretty sure he just made things worse for Bum... Ugh. This is the worst. How can people actually like Sangwoo?!

Oh, God... I finished this about 5 minutes ago and I still can't stop crying. This was so beautiful! The only thing that annoyed me were those 8 years that they aren't getting back. UGH. Imma go cry in a corner for an hour now.

This thing has my brain so twisted up that I don't even know who is "good" and who is "bad" anymore. Obviously Sanwoo is a twisted motherfucker (hah) with a personality so fucked up that I really can't see him changing. So what if it turns out that he is really starting to see something in Bum that's not a reminder of his mother? His murderous passtimes and the psychological abuse are not going anywhere, and I won't even mention the physical abuse, that's so impregnated in this mahnwa that it's just not worth it. Bum, on the other hand, was abused so much, and by so many people, that I seriously doubt he is ever going to heal, and where does that leave him? He is not evil, but he is not exacly good either, is he? He's just seen so much shit and gone through so much that... I can't help but see him in a very gray light. Most likely, from here on is where we'll actually see his true character development, and it can only go so many ways. He will either realise how much of a victim he really is and seek help, or he will become even more suicidal because he can't see a way out or he starts belittling himself even more, OR he finally snaps and kills someone by his own free will, maybe even Sanwoo. And then there's the policeman. He will find out eventually, and he's clearly the catalizer here. But how will he affect the plot in the end? He really gives me the feeling that he's not completely sane either. Am I the only one? He might confront Sanwoo, but then what? He's basically on a solo mission here, the other policemen basically hate him and most likely won't believe him anyway, Sanwoo's cover is just too good. He might end up dead, or he might save Bum. But THEN what? There are just so many plotholes waiting to be filled yet that I can't see the full picture. And, really, THAT is what is so interesting about this story. It might give you bits and pieces, but it's never enough to actually predict its final piece.