
I like stories like this. Jihyun did something absolutely unforgivable, and is trying to change himself and move on. But while Chiwoo might not be enraged anymore, that doesn’t mean that he will take Jihyun back, even as a friend. Feeling sorry for your actions doesn’t automatically grant you forgiveness and even friendship. It’s a refreshingly real take that needs to be said more often in stories — it’ll take more than just wanting to change to repair your relationships with others. Sometimes it won’t ever be repaired, and that’s ok.

I’m gonna wait on what the doctor will say before commenting on if the manga is being accurate or not. That said, I appreciate how the series had someone go “hmm maybe you should go to the hospital” when an unexpected medical thing happened.

Same. All these people commenting "THATS NOT HOW IT WORKSS!!!" at every cliffhanger, then come back to eat their words at the next chapter.
The doctor character is very well researched, and the person asking Uke to choose is a patient who himself has no idea what's happening to him. For all we know, the doctor himself will tell them "THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS" in the next chapter.
The alternate story seems to be about a what-if Jihyun hadn’t fucked up their relationship in highschool — for all the Jihyun/Chiwoo fans out there. Frankly, I rather like how the current series already handled things, but it’s nice to see a universe that says “things could’ve actually gone better between them if Jihyun hadn’t messed it up”.