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Oh definitely, she could've done this with a completely new story and new characters and it would've still been bad but at least that way she wouldn't have ruined these characters love story.
It just feels like she's still riding the popularity this manhwa's had and she's scared to try something new.

The author is writing this side stories as if she was still stuck in 2010 with the misunderstandings and miscommunications clichés that were so popular at the time.