
I’m a little confused
So it’s pretty much confirmed, or at least I thought it was, that the happy world Huimin “came from” was a world he created to escape his miserable life like he had actual DID and just recently found out that the world he came from never existed and he’s been the Huimin from silence the entire time right
But then how the fuck is Iheon in the “happy world” Huimin created. I don’t mind spoilers I’m just confused af cuz this confirms that the happy world actually exists and that Huimin IS from another world. I’d assume it was regression but the book, the cafeteria construction, them not being friends, Huimin not being an artist, etc (all the discrepancies) wouldn’t exist and would follow the timeline from before, making it confirmed Iheon atm is in Huimin’s delusion. Of course I wouldn’t mind the theory of real world Iheon and hallucinated Iheon being one in the same, which was what I originally thought the first time Iheon changed to be more like Huimin’s best friend Iheon, but it feels like the whole DID and hallucinated happy world theory is more confirmed and makes sense. I don’t know I’m just a little lost (and yes I AM reading and analyzing each chapter it’s just hard to do that on this last one if I don’t know what route they’re going so I want some clarification)

I think people put to much stake in the DID affiliation. It's two parallel worlds, the real world and the world of Silence the book.
The Huimin we've been with is from the real world, and the Ilheon he became friends with is the one from the book after he isekaied after his death in the book, that's why the Ilheon in the book has those pictures and knows the real world Huimin.
As I understand it Ilheon has been trying to rewrite the story of Silence after he saw how amazing his life in the real world with Huimin is. I have my suspicions that Ilheon has known for a while that the Huimin that is currently in the book, is the real world Huimin, and that's why he doesn't want him to leave...

Spoilers ahead!
But like big spoilers - I've read the raws and there were like 10 chapters ahead
So it's like this:
- Silence happened,
- Iheon died, Huimin made a desperate wish before his death "if we were friends instead, would we be happy?"
- the school life world was created with Huimin having no memories of Silence and Iheon being reincarnated at the point shown in the latest chapter
- School life world is a simulation revolving around Huimin and only progresses when it involves Huimin, time literally stops when he ks not in the area.
- School life has fixed plot pints which are the drawings Huimin did while he lived in Silence
- Iheon can not confess, the wold prohibits it
- the School world has a fixed point in time where it will fall apart and 'finish'
- Iheon doesn't want them to finish living as friends so he makes sure Huimin gets to read the book Silence
- Huimin wakes up reborn in Silence in the cage scene with only his memories from School World
- Iheon doesn't have his memories at first, I think he gets them back (the school ones and previous life ones) somewhere around Huimins heat after they spend it together

And because I know people will ask, here is a link to the raws
https://tkor09.com/%EC%95%84%EB%8A%91%ED%95%9C-%EC%A7%91%EC%B0%A9

Ah gotcha so what I’m understanding is that in a way both of them are real
So basically the school world was created by Huimin and his wish and does actually exist, but does that mean that the Huimin from school life is also the Huimin from Silence or are they still separate beings?
I think I got the gist of it for everything except if Huimin is the same person or not so thank you for clearing up the confusion, I don’t mind for any spoilers or major spoilers, if anything it actually helps me read because I can understand better whats going on lol

Thanks for this! I think the spoilers or rather even tags that explains the themes would've been better for us going into this without having to rely on conjecture... I was confused why people kept saying Huimin had DID (which i now understand they incorrectly termed but alas) rather he lived in two time lines unknowingly.

The school world will exist temporarily, think of it kind of like being in a game? No one besides Huimin and Iheon will remember that world
And from what I understand, Huimin lived though Silence, got reborn into the School world without memories and now woke up in the current Universe with his memories from School world but without his memories from Silence. Because Current Huimin has flashbacks from the Silence, I do believe that he is the same Huimin in all 3 worlds, but has yet to recover the original memories.
Ngl the author was quite creative with the timelines xD

Dude yeah genuinely what makes this one my favorites atm is how crazy and creative the storyline is, like the art, characters, whatever could be ASS and I’d still read it with how crazy this plot has been so far and how interesting everyone’s theories are.
Thank you for clearing things up for me, I know I could wait and figure this all out then but genuinely what made me enjoy this so much was all the theories and going through it KNOWING what’s happening. Cuz like now we can follow Iheon from the first chapter in his POV and now thanks to you I can see his approach to succeed in being Huimin back to Silence without ruining their friendship and how he recognizes school Huimin before he regained his memories. Gosh it just makes me even more excited to see more chapters (≧∀≦) I could go ON forever about all my theories

I think after they reveal how the whole timeline works, you'll have a lot fun re-reading this story from the very beginning
If you enjoy such twists and turns in the plot and like video games, I highly recommend playing 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim (or watch the playthrough on youtube, it has around 40h and can be watched like a movie/podcast)
I can't think of another manga title at the moment, there have been too many titles I've read to easily sift though xD

It ends just like that? I swear there’s so many unanswered questions, what happens to the virus? Do they ever find a cure? How does Youngwon react to HoHyun being used? Why were they being looped other than “ahh he’s a cure,” cuz like ok but how? Why specifically Youngwon? Does the virus ever get released? What happened during the times zombies DID get out and how the government was able to contain it so fast? Like I have even more questions but that’s a few of them, I just feel like it was a hallow ending with lots of open ended questions. Don’t get me wrong this was still good and like good ending, zombie apocalypses hardly have good endings like this, but I feel so unfulfilled

You’re the reason he has to install the GPS tracker? Maybe if your insane stalker ass didn’t stalk and threaten to kill the mc like you JUST DID he wouldn’t need a reason TO watch the mc in case of what literally just happened because of you
And bro really said “you should watch out for him cuz he has a crush on you”- to his husband who he assumes is holding his kid. Like wow no really man?
Haha sorry this guy is just (╬ ̄皿 ̄)凸

Now don’t get me wrong I’m fucking with this heavily and want to see a 6some like yall but is it just me or am I also slightly uncomfortable with the other 4 Owen’s. Like they’re all the same guy and they’re all adorable but it’s ticking the “this is cheating” switch in my brain when they’re their own person and the OG Owen feels hardcore jealousy. I heard somewhere that handkerchief Owen gets pregnant and I honestly hope not, I love him don’t worry and ngl I want him to have kids with ALL the Owens (would be kinda funny if Nux is the one that gets pregnant for the golden twink Owen since the top is the one that gets pregnant), it’s just hard telling my brain it’s not cheating when everything points to it other than being told they’re the same person repeatedly it’s all just confusing my brain to the point I’m happy and also upset seeing Nux flirt with the other Owens

I noticed a lot of ppl feel the same as you. And its nothing wrong with it. Its great that we all have different view points. If it makes you feel better think of it as a poly relationship. It might help a bit to turn off the cheating switch.
I'm the opposite I prefer he treats the other Owens as separate people and I wish he would treat them better instead of only focusing on the main Owen but it's whatever I told myself not to think about it anymore just let it go and ride it out

Yeah but he said that he’s with the others because of Main Owen so his love for others won’t be the same. It’s like loving someone’s (Main) other aspects (other Owens).
They aren’t separate, so Nux wouldn’t. And I can see why OP feels this way, it is a unique concept ngl and instead of diff personalities, it’s bodies with same memories and same person but clones

I wish something happened for me to accept that they’re all one person. They are but yeah. Maybe when Main Owen and Handkerchief stops being jealous after gaining self love? I think it’s the jealousy that makes me super uncomfortable and not sure.
I feel like all Owens are somewhat jealous, the Main Owen’s jealousy is spreading to his other inner parts/other Owens.

I understand that and I'm not saying your wrong or anything. I just view the Owen's as different ppl although their technically the same person because of the different personalities even though it's just different versions of himself throughout his life span. But I still feel like his love for the main Owen shouldn't be different since they're all versions of him. So to me I feel like the love should be equal. Then we are constantly seeing how the other Owen's are deeply in love with him & feel neglected while he doesn't feel the same. It kinda feels unfair to me. I would rather the author just magically merged them all together as 1. Because as the story continues & I see the other Owens trying but getting push to the back it makes me sad. Because i am viewing it as polyship to process it better. But I learned this is just a story where I can't think to deeply into. I just gotta take it for what it is and keep moving.

No you’re not wrong either. Nux also said that he has yet to accept all of them as one person, ch 91.
And he averted or evaded when Tan Owen asked him if he was putting up with the rest because of Main Owen.
I just think it makes since his love for all isn’t the same. Again, it’s like loving some aspects of Main Owen. Without Main Owen, the others wouldn’t be there nor would Nux want to.
They are all different versions, so his love for them is different versions. That’s how I see it.
I would also love the merge. I’m so uncomfortable by the jealousy.
This concept is annoying ngl.
Also I made a post: https://www.mangago.zone/home/mangatopic/18647034/

I’ve been trying to think of it that way but with the main Owen being super jealous and even beating them up when they even think about Nux in a loving way, going out of his way to keep them away from Nux, and then Nux not having feelings for them at all and only putting up with them really does not make it feel that way lmao it does feel more like one of those harems where the mc is dating/married to one but all the other girls just won’t go away and keep flirting with him even when he doesn’t have feelings for them and hot gf clearly is jealous. And I HATE those tropes, not saying I hate this one because again my brain is super confused on how to feel about it but poly is far away from what my brain is thinking about all this based on the characters’ mindsets, if that makes sense I’m really bad at wording

I agree honestly. Why is Nux being intimate with others if he doesn’t love the rest romantically like he does with Main Owen? Unless it was said in story that he HAS to be intimate with other selves of Main Owen like a customary rule. Even then, this all feels forced and just icky.
I know Nux reassured Main Owen, but I feel like it’s not enough. Plus him saying he has yet to see all Owens as one person, meaning he sees them as separate for now.
It’s more reasonable that Main Owen is jealous because to him, the other Owens aren’t exactly him. And Nux saying that adds more tension tbh.

I agree I really don’t like harem and avoid it like the plague, not saying I hate this one of course, but I feel like it moves more towards the harem side of relationships rather than the poly side of relationships like I mentioned in my reply above.
I think what really gets me is it feels like Nux and the other Owens have to put up with each other, like he HAS to kiss and have sex with the other Owens because they’re the same person, but then they feel jealousy over each other, fight for Nux’s affection secretly or physically, and like honestly I feel like the memories share thing is just straight up forgotten other than “ahhh I guess main Owen will beat me up for this” and it’s like dawg Σ(  ̄□ ̄||) what I mean is that they’re treated more like separate beings with no connections more than 5 versions of the same dude with shared memories and the way they interact with each other leans more towards a harem or forced cheating rather than an actual poly/mono (if you can even have that as an option) relationship. A part of me kinda hopes for it to move more into a merging direction (doesn’t necessarily have to turn 5 people into 1 but just make it more clear it’s the same person rather than Owens who are forced to marry Nux whether they like him or not and Nux who is forced to like them to marry main Owen and then main Owen and handkerchief Owen be fully jealous of everyone)

Reading your replies and posts I definitely think that you have a similar thought process to mine, I already kinda went over it in my other two replies so I won’t spam my message board with it but you definitely cleared up what was so confusing for me, it literally is because they’re moving away from making them the same person and trying to distinct them while trying to keep the jealousy and whatnot to the point it feels like forced cheating like “I HAVE to have an affair with this person to keep my marriage from falling apart” which makes sense in the context of they’re all the same person but they really do nothing to keep that mindset other than an occasional reminder. I do agree there needs to be some type of merging (like I mentioned before doesn’t have to be merging 5 people into 1) could just be making them more similar just so they could stop moving away from the wholesome poly/mono relationship and prevent any further jealousy and physical abuse, so I don’t feel like I’m watching an affair every time Nux kisses or has sex with another Owen

You worded that nicely. This is the logic I don’t get: “I have to have an affair with another part of my partner because I want to be with my partner.”
Which makes sense because they’re all one, but Nux not seeing them as one and Main Owen being insecure is just tense and not right feeling.
If you don’t see them as one, what is the reason for being intimate with the others? And you know there’s jealousy, why not talk more about that?
It’s not even the poly being issue, it’s the jealousy and just annoying concept of same person but many bodies and timeline memories. Ahhh!!!
“So I don’t feel like I’m watching an affair every time Nux kisses or has sex with another Owen.”
Exactly. Fuck

I knowwww and what makes things worse is that I don’t even think he can NOT have an affair with them (I’ll just call it that for now even if it’s not technically an affair I don’t know what else to call it lol)
Because with the shared memories they also are forced to like Nux whether they want to or not so I feel like it would be mind torturing for them to love this guy and have sex and be married with him but only in their memories/dreams while they’re forbidden from Nux or Nux refuses to love them back which is just torturing.
I just wish there was a way that didn’t make it feel like an affair while also giving them the love they deserve and if losing 4 pretty well made characters and merging them to one will solve it then honestly it’s a good sacrifice cuz either way I feel like this relationship would burn with the jealousy of being too distinct with the torture of being similar enough
That was such a Debby downer message I just wrote, so don’t get me wrong I still love and will read this to the end as one of my better reads, just trying to word things correctly( ̄∇ ̄")

Author made this too complicated. It should’ve just been 5 different guys or at least little jealousy and strict communication. Just a 6some wholesome relationship, communication and fun. Fuckkk
Everyone feels differently about this. Some don’t care and are excited for smut, some overthink like me, and some think all is the problem.

Owen being Owen, of course they love Nux. But Nux also like them all except maybe hesitating on military Owen, cause he kidnapped him.. Other than that he is also actively searching for handkerchief Owen, and dreamed of the other 2 Owen. He is not opppose to the relationship, but rather anxious of the Owens being jealous of each other. At the end of the day I really think that Owen just need to accept all 6 of them can have a healthy relationship without gatekeeping Nux for himself 24/7
You know what would be cooler tho? 5 Nux, I end my case

HAHA yeah I noticed every type of person you mentioned in the comments. I’m definitely the type to overthink cuz I just love looking really in-depth with stories and getting into the characters’ shoes. I’ve also seen a lot of people hate the main Owen because his jealousy is the main problem which I totally agree, but I can see where he’s coming from. Because he’s the one who loved Nux and wanted Nux while the other Owens started liking Nux because of him.
So I can see where his jealousy is coming from so I feel a little bad for him because he genuinely wants to be Nux’s one and only the way Nux is to him but can’t because of his race, so I can’t bring myself to hate him or blame him for being jealous

I dropped this because I got bored and came back to just kinda check it out to see if people are bored as well or if it’s picking up and the out of context hundreds of comments saying the black haired guy killing himself will make this a good ending is CRAZY yall got me dying laughing
Is it still a boring read? I don’t mind if it’s dark or anything, I just dropped it around the time skip because it just felt repetitive and slow
Uggghh I used to ship Penelope and Eclis and genuinely wanted them to be happy together so I can’t bring myself to hate Eclis and it’s just auggh I know he’s being brainwashed but he also never truly loved Penelope so it’s just hard because I can’t hate him but he’s the one who’s done this to himself and I don’t want Penelope to give in to him.
God I just love the character depth the author gives for each character where they do rash things like this but I see it as reasonable, genuinely good writing to make me love and hate nearly every single character, in a good way of course, it’s rare to come across stuff like this