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I can’t seem to hate Juyeon. After I read the novel, I understood why he acted the way he did. What happened to him was truly traumatic and horrifying—especially for a 14-year-old child. If I were Juyeon, I might have treated Jiwook even worse.
Don’t we all want our rapist to suffer? I might have done the same. I might have gone to such lengths that I could’ve become even worse than Juyeon. I might have become a monster. I do pity Jiwook as a human being—but he deserved that.
We can’t compare pain equally. Maybe Park Juyeon did worse things, but imagine the pain and trauma he went through. I understand. He was just a child—an innocent child—when Jiwook did all that to him. And even after gaining strength and power, his mind was still trapped in that child version of himself, frozen in time for 8 years.
So no, I can’t hate Juyeon.
I just hope Jiwook ends it himself… so he won’t have to suffer any longer.