Rin is secretly in love with Shotaro ever since they were kids to the point where Rin actively pushes away others from Shotaro's orbit and wanting only to be his no 1 and never really sharing his thoughts and feelings and when Shotaro falls in love with a girl, suddenly he's like "Damn, Shotaro fell in love with someone other than me?? How can he do this to me?! Waaah! Still I cant hate you, so I'm gonna make you hate me instead! Yeh! I'm brilliant and Thats how I'm gonna get over you" and goes around sleeping and being an ass but still being "boohoo, I still like you, wish I could turn back time and start fresh" and fakes amnesia just to get back with Shotaro
Shotaro meanwhile here is brooding about Rin and reminising about their past like he's some damn widow. I dont really think Shotaro is against being with Rin and had Rin been forward with his emotions then Shotaro would have happily accepted it and he's just sad that he and his best friend is drifting apart and is raking his brain to patch things up, its just that this manga pointlessly tries to make it seem like Shotaro's pain about unrecognized feelinga towards Rin when in reality, its just Rin being an idiot and causing this damn mess of a situation and pointless heartbreak
I enjoyed reading this story, especially the chemistry between Yohan and Chunho and I really liked how Yohan and Donha were close to the hips like brothers and all four of them living together like a family and the story brilliantly dealt the pain and suffering of characters like how Chunho's guilt and sadness over his brother death and how he's basically meant to be the source of bone marrow for his brother's treatment. How Yohan grew in a home where he never really got much affection and the heartbreak between the General and Donha
I also appreciate how this manhwa handled "coming out of closet". Self-loathing, wanting of understanding, sadness, depression, happiness once when the girl finds there is someone who understands her
I cant forgive about the fact that this manhwa ripped out the relation between Yohan and Donha, To Yohan, Donha is everything, his friend, his partner and his family and for someone who had no one beside him growing up, the plot making him to give up the choice of not seeing Donha again is painful to bear, but perhaps we can take some comfort in knowing that Chunho will now stand beside Yohan holding his hand and standing by his side. Ultimately both Yohan and Donha got what they wanted, to be with someone beyond as family, though they can no longer see each other anymore, they do care for each other and keep them in their memory as they open another chapter in their lives
I dont particularly care for the side stories, the main story is sweet, comical and adorable and it felt refreshing to read