I think the father wasnt inherently a bad person but he's a very bad parent. He thinks what he's doing is good for his son may be to some extent it was justifiable to survive in those environment you need to possess some sort of strength but Jinheyong is too sheltered to have that mental strength. One comment from her mother of him being an embarrassment took the light out him proves that he was just a delicate soft hearted individual. They did not let the challenges of life touch Jinheyong but they are also expecting him to be strong and only follow their command. It's frustrating to see. Yes they gave everything to him never abused him physically which is very rare in those type of households but they also didn't do anything that would contribute to his individual growth. It just made him more pessimistic. The saddest part it you can't even properly cut them off because you know it was from good intentions but it was the same thing that ate you away. I know it's a story so there are good people surrounded to Jinheyong but it's totally opposite and scary people do exploit others for selfish gain the Dad's concern is also valid the middle school friend was too good to be true but he could really be bad news and other people as well.
I agree with a lot of things you said but his dad is definitely not a good person. He's classist, one of the main reason he had issues with mc's middle school friend (14 year old at best) was because he was poor and couldn't provide any connections to mc rather than the friend being too good to be true imo.
I know the dad loves mc truly, even if his ways to portray this is bad. But you can love someone and still be a terrible person to them and people around you. That's why I feel so sad for mc. Imo his soft heartedness was truly ingrained into him by saying he was embarassing someone he loved with all his heart and soul (╥﹏╥)
Also, a grown ass man getting a college student fired for not letting him get his way speaks volume about his nature. So from the amount of panels I've seen on him, he's trash.
Sorry if there is a misunderstanding but I meant his only redeemable quality was he didn't abuse his child physically and supported him as much as he could to get the GED was genuinely concerned for his well being at least, didn't even financially restricted him to which I was very surprised. Normally these type of parents tend to do that and first thing they do is give up on the child. His friend's parent for example how she abandoned him. But she wasn't a bad person per se. Other than that Jinheyong's father is the biggest piece of shit to humanity. I am pretty sure he also got the same upbringing but unlike our Jinheyong he was a snobbish brat and also got the same curated mindset from Jinheyong's grandad. Because I noticed to some extent Jinheyong also inherited those behaviours. But he is self aware and acknowledge it is wrong and trying to change.
Oh I see, i agree with you especially for mc too. I also think his self awareness might have come from seeing how-in some way-both those poor people and jinny are in the same category of being an embarrassment to the dad and his picture perfect image.
Then for the small unintentional things jinny doesn't realise could be hurtful, uyun is there to keep him real. While jinny's mom is almost in the same boat as dad. (TへT)










Even I'd start a War if they hurt my Uyunie!