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not sure how to explain my feelings here... honestly just so impressed by this story. i found the writing and paneling so captivating at so many moments; i really loved all the side characters well. i wished there was more on jin's ex too! more importantly, i thoroughly enjoyed the way jin's character has been expressed throughout the story. it was so moving to me, a character who only sees himself as a mediator or a bystander because it puts him in the position of most control. in the early stages he's portrayed as this hard-to-read, composed person, but wanting to actually be truly equals in his relationship is what makes him lash out at gyeonwoo.
the push and pull of their relationship was so compelling to me. whether a fair representation of polyamory though... man i don't knowi thought it was questionable at many moments. also i wished they explored that rape scene more instead of playing it off for gags. i took this as a very serious story so seeing such a terrifying moment for gyeonwoo turn into a joke felt very jarring to me.
Yeah that was the only thing I found I could genuinely not move past. How would that not be traumatizing. Why would you want to do that to someone you love??
i am so utterly captivated by this series... kim heejae and han garam's relationship is so heart wrenching. i loved the part where garam realises that unlike compton, he was able to turn his hate into love because he was the only one who heard that pure loneliness in kim heejae's music. from the product of a being born for music, garam is the only... only!!! one of khj's students who heard this loneliness and reached back out with almost bottomless compassion. he has this shocking capacity for the damage that khj brings, which is what makes him so pitiful at the same time... ouhhh kim heejae you are going to hell and i will see you there.