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I had a very similar upbringing to Jaekyung, so I understand his thoughts and actions very much. The author has written this character absolutely brilliantly. Not to say what Jaekyung did to Kim Dam was right, but if you are raised like that, and treated like that by the people who are supposed to love you, it’s pretty goddamn difficult to change what you’ve been taught without going to therapy. I was very much like Jaekyung when I was younger, heartless and cold, attacking anyone who I perceived as a threat, but I had to viciously retrain my behaviour through therapy, and I bet Jaekyung could become a better, (mentally) stronger person if he just worked on himself as I did.