I really enjoyed this story until they got together, but every conflict following was so frustrating to read about. Jinwo became such a frustraying and unlikable character in a way that wasn't satisfyingly adressed in the main story. With every little conflict he immediately thought of breaking up, he constantly made up exaggerated lies to cover up thinngs he felt ashamed of and he overcompensated his insecurities to a point that made him look like an asshole and a homophobe. A lot of his behaviour can be explained by him being very insecure but he was actively sabotaging his relationship and was never confronted about it. Jungwoo was a character I really enjoyed, partly because he was so open and communicative (as opposed to Jinwo who was allergic to open communication), but it felt like he was constantly coddling Jinwo and brushing over totally out-of-pocket things he did and said. Like when Jinwo fully lied about Jungwoo dating a girl? Jungwoo should have put a stop to that because lies like that end up backfiring but he just went a long with it, despite being deeply hurt and generally not wanting to lie to his closest friends.
Anyways idk a flawed insecure character can be fun especially since I think he was portrayed very convincingly, but he was never challenged for his bad behaviour and coddled constantly. The "villain" of this story wasn't Jinwo's insecurity but the fact he remained un-self relfected and unchallenged to the very end.
I really enjoyed this story until they got together, but every conflict following was so frustrating to read about. Jinwo became such a frustraying and unlikable character in a way that wasn't satisfyingly adressed in the main story. With every little conflict he immediately thought of breaking up, he constantly made up exaggerated lies to cover up thinngs he felt ashamed of and he overcompensated his insecurities to a point that made him look like an asshole and a homophobe. A lot of his behaviour can be explained by him being very insecure but he was actively sabotaging his relationship and was never confronted about it. Jungwoo was a character I really enjoyed, partly because he was so open and communicative (as opposed to Jinwo who was allergic to open communication), but it felt like he was constantly coddling Jinwo and brushing over totally out-of-pocket things he did and said. Like when Jinwo fully lied about Jungwoo dating a girl? Jungwoo should have put a stop to that because lies like that end up backfiring but he just went a long with it, despite being deeply hurt and generally not wanting to lie to his closest friends.
Anyways idk a flawed insecure character can be fun especially since I think he was portrayed very convincingly, but he was never challenged for his bad behaviour and coddled constantly. The "villain" of this story wasn't Jinwo's insecurity but the fact he remained un-self relfected and unchallenged to the very end.