
"If you were a girl, you wouldn't be here right now." - Sangwoo. That's pretty much telling us that Bum is his ideal. He may not be gay, but he projects his mother through Bum due to his mother complex. He's drawn to their similarity, except Bum is more of the passive type, too steeped in his obsession with Sangwoo, enough to overlook Sangwoo's psychopathic ways and his violence. Sangwoo thinks Bum is stupid and easy to manipulate. As we all know, Sangwoo prefers killing women because it all goes back to what his mom did to him, turning him into a misogynistic serial killer. I think he's keeping Bum alive because he wants to see how far Bum would go for him.
I can't even articulate my feelings anymore but I'll try. This manga is a masterpiece! I don't know why it's so underrated! The details the author had put in place of war and cataclysm, fueled by hidden agendas and opposing philosophies, building up to this touching yet awkward moment between Randel and Alice...I'm just blown away! I know at times it may seem long-winded and rhetorical, and that Alice seems to be naively pursuing her own sense of self-righteousness, but it's her passion that drives the narrative. Let me just segue way into my thoughts about my favorite character...GODDAMIT RANDEL OLAND! Don't go losing any body parts! Jesus how much can a superhuman fucking body like yours take? Your foot just got frickin' amputated and re-attached the same day! ╥﹏╥