You know, what really kills my willing suspension of disbelief is that in all these countless loops (judging by the amount of bodies at the bottom of the cliff), apparently, they never got the idea to TAKE OUT THE HOUNDS FIRST before Guwon ? Of course, there is the possibility that they actually did and even succeeded, but then something else went wrong, causing a new loop. There are so many ways this could go, like Jinwoo choosing Guwon at the end and the rest of the towns people turning on him, pushing both off the cliff together (that would still require dead Hounds though). Anyway, I feel like the Hounds somehow hold the key to breaking out of the loop, hence the title of the story.
I swear, if the author is just edging us AGAIN with no payoff I am gonna end myself. He better smooch that dude or I am throwing hands (╯°Д °)╯╧╧ !!!
This is super intriguing already. And stoic, jaded, worn-out, investigative reporter with huge eyebags as MC ? Sign me up !
The pacing of this story is something else. (Horrid) Things are happening in such rapid succession, the necessary build-up is totally missing and it cheapens the impact of these incidents despite their severity. The author just springs it on the reader and immediately proceeds to the next thing. It feels like this is done so for mere shock factor too rather than for the sake of the story.
This author has decided a long time ago that they're done with normality and I respect them for that...
Ilay's paranoia about Xinlu taking Taeui away from him has REALLY gotten under his skin, hm ? The way he's totally crashing out also confirms Taeui's statement a couple chapters ago about him being Ilay's weakness and it's kind of pathetic how insecure and anxious Ilay is. He absolutely doesn't know how to deal with those bad feelings except violence (WHICH IS WRONG, YOU FUCKING PSYCHO !).
Somehow what pisses me off the most is him not even giving Taeui the chance to explain himself, like, at all ! ARGH !!! I hate how this is written !
The situation is already bad as it is, but this just amplifies the frustration tenfold because of the unfairness of it all. Let's say Ilay had heard out Tae and still decided to go through with this shit, be it as "punishment" or because he flat out didn't believe him, whatever, it wouldn't be nearly as anger-inducing because you don't expect much rationality from Ilay anyway. But him not even letting the man speak is just... ungh.
Not his dad coming to the completely wrong, out of left field conclusion his son is dating A-yeon (Uyun's sister) - and me almost choking at the mere mental image of that in my head, LOL XD !
I know he is completely reactionary in his views and an ignorant POS, but c'mon !!! That has to be denial at this point.
It seems hella dramatic, but also kind of confusing.
OK, Guwon has to be aware of the looping in some capacity. His words to Jinwoo the last chapters he was still alive HEAVILY imply it ("To me, dying isn't that big of a deal", "You've already tried to kill me several times, haven't you ?"). Also, he seems to be aware that the cliff matters ? He literally begged Jinwoo to take him up the hill despite being on the brink of death. His resoning for this was pretty shabby too.
And not just those recent chapters either. Guwon suddenly being there preventing Jinwoo from cutting himself in the kitchen in the middle of the night in chapter 31 is pretty suspicious too. That couldn't just have been intuition.
I think Guwon just remembered about the loop thing when he was about to die. at the beginning of the story, he has an amnesia, so I think every reset, he forgets everything.