There are tons of visual cues and underappreciated quiet moments in this manhwa. We readers from the starts are made to observe people through the characters eyes. Every new scene we switch from observers to observers and peer at each three characters in place of the one in charge. With Sumin we observe how Sungji is a mysterious enigma that brings novelty in her life, new love, an innocence and blossoms a new path. Sungji sheds a new light in her future, one without Seju which represents her darker past.
From Seju we always see how she does not and refuses to see Sumin in the moment but the Sumin she loves and adore in the past. She does not and refuses to move on because she latches on to old love like a parasite, which makes her dishonest and manipulative and dodgy in her current relationship with Sumin. Probably because of both their dishonesty, they can never move on from their past scar and forgive one another. In Seju's eyes, we view Sungji as an innocent pretty woman who is also not very smart. But Sungji is also much much more simpler and honest than Seju. That is the contrast between the two, something that Seju doesn't fully understand because of her upbringing. Which is what Sumin is drawn to, Sungji's honesty and innocence, while Seju is cynical and shrewd.
Sungji's perspective is more or less neutral. I think she's a very well-written character actually. She's honest but sometimes, as readers, we aren't even allowed to peer into her thoughts. There are soany panel where Sungji is left silent and observing, but we never get thought bubbles until we see her next action when the scene cuts to the next. One scene she lays with Sumin and then she leaves, for good reason. She does not tolerate the bullshit Sumin plays, when Seju is willing to accept the burdens of Sumin's entire being. Probably why their relationship failed, as Sungji made it succeed. Sungji has always chose the path to move forward, push Sumin to work her way out of her past, force Sumin to confront her flaw as a character.
At the end of the day, I fucking love these characters. And I wish I could see them grow old together or apart :(. I come back yearly to read them and discover new things. That's quite the story.
There are tons of visual cues and underappreciated quiet moments in this manhwa. We readers from the starts are made to observe people through the characters eyes. Every new scene we switch from observers to observers and peer at each three characters in place of the one in charge. With Sumin we observe how Sungji is a mysterious enigma that brings novelty in her life, new love, an innocence and blossoms a new path. Sungji sheds a new light in her future, one without Seju which represents her darker past.
From Seju we always see how she does not and refuses to see Sumin in the moment but the Sumin she loves and adore in the past. She does not and refuses to move on because she latches on to old love like a parasite, which makes her dishonest and manipulative and dodgy in her current relationship with Sumin. Probably because of both their dishonesty, they can never move on from their past scar and forgive one another. In Seju's eyes, we view Sungji as an innocent pretty woman who is also not very smart. But Sungji is also much much more simpler and honest than Seju. That is the contrast between the two, something that Seju doesn't fully understand because of her upbringing. Which is what Sumin is drawn to, Sungji's honesty and innocence, while Seju is cynical and shrewd.
Sungji's perspective is more or less neutral. I think she's a very well-written character actually. She's honest but sometimes, as readers, we aren't even allowed to peer into her thoughts. There are soany panel where Sungji is left silent and observing, but we never get thought bubbles until we see her next action when the scene cuts to the next. One scene she lays with Sumin and then she leaves, for good reason. She does not tolerate the bullshit Sumin plays, when Seju is willing to accept the burdens of Sumin's entire being. Probably why their relationship failed, as Sungji made it succeed. Sungji has always chose the path to move forward, push Sumin to work her way out of her past, force Sumin to confront her flaw as a character.
At the end of the day, I fucking love these characters. And I wish I could see them grow old together or apart :(. I come back yearly to read them and discover new things. That's quite the story.