Geez, I know from the comments that it's a tearjerker but I ended up binging the whole thing and I couldn't sleep after all the crying. 3_3
The story is beautifully written and drawn, and I love that Ha-Kyung eventually has the confidence to stay with Yoonsung and Yoonsung enables this confidence.
I was left with a surprising thought about how the women in Yoonsung's family took a much more proactive stance than their partners. In the family dinner scene, Yoonsung's mother dispels the silence stating that Yoonsung's happiness is what matters. Yoonsung's sister-in-law Eun-jo apologises to Ha-Kyung directly and says he's what has made and will continue to make Yoonsung happy. In contrast, Yoonsung's father and older brother both never made an explicit apology. Throughout the manhwa, they've been quite secretive in what they do instead; Yoonsung's father tried to deceive Yoonsung's grandfather (and I suspect Yoonsung's father didn't talk about his concerns about power imbalance from the grandfather's reward for finding Ji-Young) and Yoonsung's brother supports their father's decisions in an equally quiet, behind-the-scenes manner.
This contrast between the women and men in Yoonsung's family made me think about how Yoonsung and Ha-Kyung act. Yoonsung, for the most part, is proactive and I think he had the privilege to. In the beginning, when Yoonsung has a strong gut feeling that Ha-Kyung is the missing important piece of his memory. There aren't any other distracting priorities, so it's clear he should pursue Ha-Kyung with nothing much holding him back (aside from the slight fear his gut feeling's wrong). Ha-Kyung, on the other hand, is confronted with much more in the beginning. He's torn between wanting to help Yoonsung retrieve lost memories, his want to spend time with Yoonsung once more, his fear for his younger brother's safety, and his conscience on breaking the monetary deal he'd received for staying out of Yoonsung's life. His actions are, thus, muddled and sends mixed signals to Yoonsung. He only resolves to tell Yoonsung everything when he learns from Eun-jo about what Yoonsung had gone through.
How each character acts based on clarity on their priorities makes me wonder what's holding back Yoonsung's father and older brother, and more broadly what might be holding back my parents' or my actions.
Geez, I know from the comments that it's a tearjerker but I ended up binging the whole thing and I couldn't sleep after all the crying. 3_3
The story is beautifully written and drawn, and I love that Ha-Kyung eventually has the confidence to stay with Yoonsung and Yoonsung enables this confidence.
I was left with a surprising thought about how the women in Yoonsung's family took a much more proactive stance than their partners. In the family dinner scene, Yoonsung's mother dispels the silence stating that Yoonsung's happiness is what matters. Yoonsung's sister-in-law Eun-jo apologises to Ha-Kyung directly and says he's what has made and will continue to make Yoonsung happy. In contrast, Yoonsung's father and older brother both never made an explicit apology. Throughout the manhwa, they've been quite secretive in what they do instead; Yoonsung's father tried to deceive Yoonsung's grandfather (and I suspect Yoonsung's father didn't talk about his concerns about power imbalance from the grandfather's reward for finding Ji-Young) and Yoonsung's brother supports their father's decisions in an equally quiet, behind-the-scenes manner.
This contrast between the women and men in Yoonsung's family made me think about how Yoonsung and Ha-Kyung act. Yoonsung, for the most part, is proactive and I think he had the privilege to. In the beginning, when Yoonsung has a strong gut feeling that Ha-Kyung is the missing important piece of his memory. There aren't any other distracting priorities, so it's clear he should pursue Ha-Kyung with nothing much holding him back (aside from the slight fear his gut feeling's wrong). Ha-Kyung, on the other hand, is confronted with much more in the beginning. He's torn between wanting to help Yoonsung retrieve lost memories, his want to spend time with Yoonsung once more, his fear for his younger brother's safety, and his conscience on breaking the monetary deal he'd received for staying out of Yoonsung's life. His actions are, thus, muddled and sends mixed signals to Yoonsung. He only resolves to tell Yoonsung everything when he learns from Eun-jo about what Yoonsung had gone through.
How each character acts based on clarity on their priorities makes me wonder what's holding back Yoonsung's father and older brother, and more broadly what might be holding back my parents' or my actions.