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I don’t think that the person who ran away before them was Jake. I think shin just mentioned that to say that they weren’t the first ones to risk running away from that gang, I mean if they were gonna get caught they would have been killed by the gang. And I think shin just mentioned that to emphasize how bad it was living with his father and that gang, it was so bad that even at his young age they were thinking about running away and there were the other kids who thought the same and risked their lives by running away(hope this makes sense)
And after jake got shot, he and shin go to that diner place to eat breakfast, shin notices his good table manners and Jake tells him that his father was strict with table manners and that his parents are alive and well. I think that is one of the very few facts we get to learn about him.
Oh you're right, I didn't remember this scene with Jake, but it's still possible that Jake was adopted by these rich parents after running away so I don't think it totally invalidates my theory
But well it's just a theory based on one sentence, you're most probably the one who is right in your interpretation and I'm reading too much about it
Either way can't wait for the next season to know more about Jake
Jake talked a tiny bit about his strict upraising when they were in the diner. He mentions his father being strict and all but there were no mention of drugs, broken home, etc.
He could be adopted tho, but it doesn't really fit with Jakes pov, he obviously met Shin in a parking lot for the first time. I also had this in the back og my mind, but i doubt it, it would also be too cliche
Exactly my thoughts too!
I've been wondering the same thing. At first I thought they were talking about the foster father, because in Shin's own words ff did "run away" during the time Shin and Gren took off and went into hiding from their foster brother Henry(?), but Shin exactly says, "a certain guy ran away BEFORE us." Which means he isn't talking about Henry or the ff. so unless that was mistranslation, that's a weird tidbit to just throw out there for the readers.
Also, Jake could've later been adopted by a family that was strict... so him talking about his family doesn't completely rule out that him being one of the foster kids. Still that would be a cliche-y coincidence
I find this very plausible even with the mentions of his strict upbringing. If it does, I’m coming back to this comment haha.
This is no shade to you or anyone but I hope it doesn’t come true. I think it’d be a more compelling story is Jake was just obsessed with Shin for Shin as he is in the present rather than the tired childhood friends trope. I wouldn’t be so mad to not read but I would be moderately disappointed. Maybe I’ll have to eat my own hat and the author will kill the landing but I’m so tired of that twist.
When we learn about Mc's childhood there is this moment in chapter 35 he says that he and his little bro ran away from the drug-addict "father" and gang
Then he mentions another person who "ran away before them", and I wonder if it might be seme ?
Why I think that :
1/ what is the point of mentioning the fact a kid ran away before him if it's not going to have an importance in the plot later ?
2/ We don't have any info about seme's childhood so he could very well be that kid who ran away before becoming who he is now
3/ If it's him it makes sense for uke not to remember him since apart from his little bro it is clearly stated in the story that he doesn't remember the other kids' faces. He doesn't have any picture of that time either, so maybe there will be a future scene in which he finds a family picture and recognize seme among the other children ?
Just a theory too, but in any cases I'm curious about the mention of this adopted brother. Even if it's not seme I think he may have a role to play in the story