Perhaps bc I've yet to re-read the series but can someone please explain to the gist of the story? It seems blurry.
Sungho kidnapped Dohyun and raped him numerous times in what seemed to be a fulfillment of a well-planned revenge, 10+ years in the making. Dohyun, having a perplexing case of selective amnesia, understood this as indeed a revenge ever since he managed to piece out the whys and wherefores of Sungho whe he accidentally discovered the latter's diary whilst attempting to free himself from confinement.
However, as the story progressed, the readers are peppered with flashbacks of a seemingly normal high school classmate friendship between a younger Sungho and Dohyun, making us baffled and curious at how things turned from a rosy friendship to a mind-breaking case of kidnapping and rape worthy of an SVU episode or a CI documentary.
As it turns out, it went south for them as fast as my grades during webtoon update days when the two were forcefully split apart by the force called "new school year" and they were placed on different classes. Sungho felt Dohyun drifting away from him and he became quite desperate in keeping the friendship alive. This desperation led Sungho into letting Dohyun do as he wanted with his body during their lunchtime trysts inside the dusty school sports warehouse. Did Sungho consent to it? Yes, he did. Was that consent gained through manipulative means? Yes it was. Sungho is obessed about Dohyun- his company, his face, their moments. However, that didn't prevent the eruption of shame and disgust Sungho felt towards himself for having his metaphorical arm twisted into giving his body up for sexual favors.
With that, one can now understand the reasoning behind the ruined adult Sungho, his warehouse, his rape diary, and his calendar. However, this is not even half the motive. Sungho is hell-bent on his nuclear revenge but his obsession towards Dohyun is REALLY something else. It eclipses his life-in-prison-worthy criminal acts enough to make it seem like desperate love, even making some fans hope for a happy ending with them ending up together. If chap 36.4 ever meant anything then there it may never happen but it could also mean nothing and Team Killerwhale could always do a surprise.
I hope this is a good enough "gist" but I still suggest you read this again since they all now got rid of the google-translated chapters, especially if you're into the psychological yaoi genre. It's still one of the better ones out there.










Overly dramatic. Too much of unnecessary tears. It would be nice if the story ended before the photo-taking scene tho