Idk if it's manipulative, he tried doing it the right way now he's playing into Jiheon's game
To be more specific, he confessed, tried to get Jiheon to pay attention to him, did the commercials etc.. now he's realizing the only way to EVER get Jiheon is through his own (jaekyung's) career, so he's playing that card
That's how I see it
Guess we on opposite sides because the one I was frustrated with the entire argument was the MC. He claims to be thinking of the ML but the ML saw through his bullshit. The MC just wants to keep the ML on a pedestal. Even though the ML says he doesn’t want to compete, why is the MC forcing him to? How about you do your damn job as an agent and do proper PR instead of coercing him to basically placate the media?
I get everyone is excited for the next part but i feel very annoyed with how the ml is kinda manipulative idk is it me but I felt the frustration of the mc in that whole argument