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i get what you mean and i too sympathise with jahan but my opinion of him soured when it was revealed he turned away hawon’s stepmother. he had no right to make that decision on his own and his excuse that he did it to stop her from asking hawon for money makes no sense considering she obviously knew about hawon’s oppressive debt. i understand jahan didn’t completely understand the consequences of his actions but it’s undeniable he was acting selfishly because he didn’t want her to take hawon from him. he gets upset when hawon keeps things from him but he hid the stuff about his stepmother for almost 10 years while hiding the stuff about his own father too. i get that he’s mentally stunted because of trauma from selling himself at a young age but the fact that hawon wouldn’t have had to suffer for the past 8/9 years if he had just let hawon meet his stepmother bothers me to no end.
additionally if jahan went to his father to claim his inheritance he would’ve been able to at least provide some financial support for hawon. i don’t understand why he’d rather they just suffer together. i understand why he is the way he is and why he's made some of these decisions but i just can’t bring myself to like him
People jump to conclusions and make actions subconsciously based on experiences and sometimes complexes. In Jahan's case, his mom left him with all of her debt so he blames her for his misery. He most likely subconsciously assumed that Hawon's step-mom would be trouble to Hawon based on his own experience and so lied to her believing that he's genuinely doing good for his friend.
As for his dad, I assume he resents him for not acknowledging him when he needed him the most, but we don't know that for sure. Either way this matter should not affect his relationship with Hawon since Hawon himself
[Continuation] Either way this matter should not affect his relationship with Hawon since Hawon himself does not let him in on a lot of personal details either. Who would go "hey I hate my father and want to avoid him because he fucked up my life and I'd rather live in misery paying off my debt for the rest of my life instead of accepting his inheritance... but you know what, let's comply because my friend needs financial support" anyway?
jahan said himself that hawon doesn’t usually keep things from him up until now. it’s clear they’re usually meant to be open with each other until now. i think anyone with sense would go claim their inheritance if it makes their and the people around them’s lives easier, plenty people would actually go for this option since frankly it is the easiest. it’s never been implied that jahan hates his father, rather it’s been made clear that jahan just doesn’t want to leave hawon behind and that’s why he didn’t accept his father’s offer, but maybe his trauma has stunted his common sense because as it is hawon has more trouble trying to look out for jahan for doing things that he shouldn’t do to get by then he would if he just claimed his inheritance. jahan clearly isn’t much of a rational person but still it’s not like he chose the best choice, suffering together is not better than one of thek suffering while the other has money to help the other out to an extent
to an extent i get why jahan did what he did but it doesn’t change the consequences of his actions considering just how much the mc’s life could’ve changed if he had just met his stepmother. that wanst jahan’s decision to make regardless of how he felt
The people hating on Jahan just hate complex characters, also will simp over the literal rapists and abusers in the story bc “hot”. Jahan’s mother SOLD him to pedos ever since he was a child (remember the rant about his mother suffering the same WITH him), he was raised to sell himself and never learned a healthy way of coping. It’s understandable and tragic that he has a sex addiction, but tries to do better for MC’s sake, though failing at times because it’s all he’s ever known. He is the only one in the story who genuinely cares about MC and has no ulterior motives. They even point out he could leave this life of poverty now, but doesn’t because he cares about MC and doesn’t want to leave him alone. Jahan has been the MC’s only source of happiness and companionship for nearly 10 years, the goal of them going to Korea together and starting a farm likely being a major reason MC stopped his suicidal ideations. And what, people hate Jahan, the literal victim of pedohelia, because he’s “slutty”? Because he suffers from an addiction brought on by years of childhood abuse? Grow up. The “slutty” comments really prove you’re not mature enough to read this kind of story yet.