Hi, I'm glad someone is seeing what I feel while reading this. I'm not mad at those comments about readers hating mincheol but I guess you cannot remove it from others since he is at fault too.
But you are right, this backstory is so important it's showing us how real the world is, not all of us are born with privilege,
Mincheol's situation, Taeha's, Nahaeso and Yoon Ari, all of their situation happen in real lives, and thee author is being great showing that this is real life,
This is one of the manhwa who don't sugar coat their story, it's showing us real situation. The author is not feeding us all sweets and romance like other manhwas.
I'm an adult reader so yeah, im getting what the author is trying to show us readers. But if I'm reading this on my teens I think I won't be seeing what the author is really telling us.
Exactly. It so important as a writer that you get across the important themes of the story. It’s not always get revenge then move on. Stories like that are a good but if you want a compelling story, a writer needs to show that people’s actions don’t happen in a vacuum. And that the system is the bigger and great villain and antagonist. By doing that the story relates to even more readers than those who have been in bad relationships, or tough financial situations. It relates to everyone, even those who are well off and are grateful they never gone through this pain.
I feel everyone got the message because it has been showing multiple times with the flashbacks and the present too. Like Haesoo works multiple jobs, she can’t afford any luxury. Yes, that has been a good point since the beginning, capitalism is bad but at the same time, it’s portraying Taeha as filthy rich, he got his job with nepotism and he is solving indirectly Haesoo’s problems with money. Like the second message is that money destroys and brings happiness to everyone, which I dislike. I wish Taeha was poor and both trying to love and work together
I get that Minshit is a bad person and as readers we are allowed to dislike him. However, I think a lot of people are ignoring one of the important lessons of the story being taught right now. It’s not about betrayal or being strong. It’s a lesson about an unfair society that demands you be resilient in your suffering. Mincheol shouldn’t have done what he did, but the backstory isn’t trying to gain sympathy. And I don’t think the main purpose to explain his actions either. I believe the backstory is to show a how brutish and consuming a capitalist society like South Korea is. Ripping apart it’s young and moving on to the next. Happiness is a birthright to a select few and sorrow is destiny for the rest.