AnimeLover75

Call me crazy but I wanted Chiwoo to end up with Jihyun. Maybe it's true that Jihyun did not deserve Chiwoo and some people may argue that their relationship was toxic and that may be true to some extent, but there are also many instances that show how much Jihyun truly loved Chiwoo. To be honest, I did not like Kyujin much at all so my opinion may be biased. But Jihyun did what he did out of his own twisted form of love - which was true love to be honest. Kyujin just fell in love with Chiwoo at first sight and thus began showing him kindness which he might not have had he not fallen in love. In other terms, you could also say he's love was based on looks as he had not even known Chiwoo much at all back then. On the contrary, Jihyun's love was very much true and originated from a sense of friendship, care and support. He may have chosen to show his love in maybe not the healthiest manner but that's because he didn't know better.

At one instance, he tells his father that the apple does not fall far from the tree and we've already seen that he's father was an abusive man and hit him on several occasions so it's safe to assume he didn't exactly have the most healthiest of upbringings. He even tells Chiwoo that he does not feel like going home which shows the lack of empathy he faced at home. He chose to seek shelter in Chiwoo's kindness which Chiwoo showered him plenty with. And so it makes perfect sense that he would feel so strongly towards him, I mean I would too if I were him, who wouldn’t right? He may be big and strong but he was just a kid at heart who grew completely attached to the first thing that showed him love and kindness. Jihyun may also be rich and have an extremely big house but Chiwoo was the one who gave him the warmth of a home. He didn’t have any friends so Chiwoo gave him the gift of true friendship so its only natural that he would come to love him soo deeply because Chiwoo gave him the love he so badly craved.

Finally, Jihyun’s way of behaving towards Chiwoo in their final moments before they break up may have definitely been inappropriate but that could be because he kept making his feelings known to Chiwoo but Chiwoo never responded. And no, I am in no way empathizing with his behavior. What he did to Chiwoo was absolutely wrong and nothing could change or rectify that. But if being more patient was the issue just as Kyujin had been patient and persistent in his quest to obtain Chiwoo, Jihyun had been plenty patient, he patiently kept making his feelings known to Chiwoo for years spelling it out loud and clear to him every time. It’s possible that if Chiwoo had accepted his feelings then maybe he would never have acted out like that. After all Chiwoo liked him back too and so it makes me wonder why Chiwoo never reciprocated Jihyuns feelings back despite knowing how he felt towards him for a long time. Only if Chiwoo had accepted him, they could’ve had a much happier ending and Jihyun wouldn’t have turned out that way. He was deeply in love with Chiwoo and his obsession blinded him from rationality and so he did all those things which he never would have had to if he couldv’e been with Chiwoo or only if Chiwoo gave him acceptance. He might have turned out for the better.

And lastly, when he finally regretted everything he did and cried his heart out and apologized and confessed to Chiwoo, that was soo heart-breaking. He begged him to not leave him and that he would change for the better and wait for him to forgive him but Chiwoo instead asked him to leave and never forgave him in the end. Eventually Chiwoo got his happy ending together with Kyujin but Jihyun never got a happy ending. I know from the type of person he was that till the very end he could not and would never give up on Chiwoo. Chiwoo moved on but Jihyun got stuck in the past because he could never get over Chiwoo. In the end he was the only one left with misery while Chiwoo and Kyujin got a happy ending. Somehow this just doesn’t sit right with me. I wish he could’ve ended up with Chiwoo. Thats the only way he could’ve ever been happy. As for Kyujin, I’m sure that after a few years he would’ve gotten over Chiwoo especially since he also had a loving family. Whereas Jihyun never had any love from his family or anyone else and truly only loved Chiwoo.

Well this is all just my opinion but I’m just really sad to see Jihyun having to be the one to end up alone :(

I guess today's the day I shed rivers of water as I sit drowning in my own tears and sorrow. I cannot thank you enough Sorachi-sensei. Thank you forever and thank you for giving us the life we wouldn't have experienced without Gintama. Thank you all my comrades and partners in crime for keeping up with this amazing masterpiece. I open my mouth but words fail to come out when I try to describe the rollercoaster of emotions I felt in this wonderful journey of happiness, joy, sadness, tragedy and alas I feel like my silver heart has been broken, but my silver soul continues to live on every single day remembering the adventures shared with Gintama. After years of trolling, I cannot comprehend the fact that its finally over, Never thought I'd live to see the day. But as they wisely quoted in episode 209, " Nothing Lasts Forever, including Parents, Money, Youth, Your Room, Dress, Shirts, Me, You, and the Gintama Anime" and after 8 long years, it finally hits the mark sealing the deal!!!!

At the end of this beautiful journey, I'd especially like to call onto our favorite friends and cast of Gin-san, Hijikata-san, Kagura, Sogo, Shinpachi, Kondo-san, Otae-san, Kyubei-san, Takasugi, Zura, Sakamoto, Mutsu, Tsukuyo, Isaburo-san, Nobume san, Yamazaki and Shoyo-sensei (my sad baby Utsuro), thank you all for being more friends to me than any friends I know. Thank you for making me laugh more than anyone else I know did and thank you for making me cry more tears of sorrow than my exams did. You may be gone but never forgotten. With these words, I bid you farewell, until we see you again. Sayonara my love, my life and most importantly my irreplaceable friends!!!!