
I was kinda taken back by the first chapters because of the tentacle monster and I was worried the tentacle monster was going to be the “ML”. Also my guess is that Dr yu “gave birth” to Octo after that tentacle monster in the basement captured him and that’s why it’s kept hidden for his mental health. It gets a lot better and I love their family of 3.

The only villain was squall’s father. He was the seed of disaster for everything that happened. The artstyle is very cutesy but it can talk about pretty depressing and sad things. Also I found interesting that the author gave characters some kinds of “disability”, Squall missed one arm, Margaret was hypersensitive to sounds (making them both flawed heirs), later as Mag she can’t talk for a while. All characters were afflicted by a mental pain, as described in the story, caused by the war and the loss of their families.
I think some things could have been developed more or in a slightly different way (like the whole backstory that caused Margaret’s death), but overall is a good story with unique concepts.

I feel sorry for jitae, jian and mc because they’ve been failed by the adults around them. The most pitiful one to me is Jian, it’s sad the fact that his mom doesn’t care at all about him and even lied and used him. He uses drugs and sex as a way to cope. He is not as evil as I thought in the beginning, he’s actually kind inside.
I am ashamed of myself for not starting this earlier.
I had totally the wrong vibe about this story. In the plot summary they talk about dogs and mc gets metaphorically referred to as a “dog” or pet, which is very fitting with his personality. I was positively surprised by the story, it’s actually very psychological and “human”. It focuses a lot on how the characters think, feel and why they behave the way they do. I was even more surprised by Jooin and when he talked about his childhood and how he became the way he is, I saw a mirror of myself because his experience is how my life went.
Possible spoilers
Jooin became “lazy” and without energy, the total opposite of what he used to be. You could say he had depression. His mom and the controlled life were oppressing him, taking away his freedom, but ironically when he finally had the chance to be “free” he did all the things he couldn’t and they didn’t make him happy nor satisfied. He gradually lost his energy and became more dystimic. His laziness is his mechanism to go on.