He can lie and not admit it all he wants but he surely did it out of jealousy and his own damn hurt ego. Like Ian said, he targeted Jiwoo's friend for a reason. If he's so sure that he's stronger than him, he could've just kidnapped Jiwoo directly. Both actions will lead to Kayden's fury anyway. But he particularly chose Jisuk so that it'll hurt both Jiwoo and Jiyoung cuz his poor fee fees were crushed. He would be less of a loser if he just admitted that he was jealous but instead he preached this whole grand reasoning about protecting the Ian family. Bullshit if you ask me.
You know what? I'm sick of this trope where the girlfriend/boyfriend (husband in this case) tries to excuse their partner's experience abuse or neglect and forces them to reunite with their abusive parents who clearly have not reflected or want to change. If I met the parents of my partner who literally abused him, I would've slapped them and dragged my partner far away from that place. And what does having grandkids have anything to do with this ? I'll be more worried since what if they do the same thing to the grandkids like what they did to their own kid.
I don't get why authors love to do this trope where years of neglect and emotional trauma can be overlooked by a nice conversation or just by having grandkids. I get that it's an Asian sentiment to put family first (I'm also asian) but sometimes not all people deserve to be parents.
No litrally its so tiring but its also so common in everyday. The abuse that children face especially neglect and "strict" parenting is never taken as seriously as it should. Authors love to create a traumatic backstory without any actual consideration of what theyre actually freaking writing its crazy
You know I was patient for a few chapters but now I think the author is just farming this for clicks and views. The story doesn't even make sense. I mean, he's still in korea (a place with so much cctv and Internet) and seems to be working in the same city and they couldn't find him for over 6 months ?! I would understand if Taesung is a normal person but he literally has money, influence, manpower and two powerful people backing him. Also, what reason could the grandfather have used to blackmail him?! Haebom doesn't have blood family, Taesung's parents are independent CEOs, Taesung himself runs a independent business, his parents are very supportive...... at this point I would've preferred if Haebom had amnesia because otherwise this would make no sense.
Either the author is in desperate need of money or she's being sadistic and wants to torture the characters. Because I can't believe this is what we got returning to this series after so many years. This ended in such a good note years ago but now it feels like the author is ruining it for rage bait and views
My prediction is that the author continues this rage bait for a few more chapters and gives a bullshit of a reason as to why Haebom left Taesung. Then Taesung will go against his grandfather and convince Haebom to reunite. Still, I can't believe my once believed wholesome romance is now being turned into a crazy soap opera.
I need sweetness and fluff! This arc is so boring, mostly because it doesn't make sense. They keep dragging this issue on and on and honestly ? I'm over it! I'm a South Asian and I know schools don't give a damn about what happens to its students outside of school. So its very difficult for me to relate to this arc when it is clearly forcing the plot.
I'm a South Asian and I have gone through such things like being separated from boys to prevent incidents (even though it was a coed school), prejudice against the whole school because of a couple of students, scrutinised by society because of class differences etc. So while I do get where Toki and Kikyou academy is coming from (especially since they're a girl's school), the reason why I'm feeling mixed is because some things feel realistic while some things don't. The more realistic scenario will be that Kikyou moved to a new area. No prestigious academy will be located next to a "local boys school" in the first place. Also, I can't forgive Toki threatening Kaoru to leave the school and her reason that it was for Kaoru's own good was bullshit. If this was in real life, sure they may expel her (I've seen it happen) but mostly it was because the school didnt want someone to damage their name and cover their own butts if something happened. If we didn't get the forced sob story for Toki sensei then isn't she doing the same thing? Covering her own butt from getting into trouble?
That's why I'm feeling mixed. Either make it realistic or make it dramatic (especially since the build up was pretty dramatic). This odd forced story plot which makes everyone tilt their heads is definitely not it.
I've always imagined that Chika would become a koto craftsman like his grandfather in the future. Just imagine, Satowa will be a famous musician and Chika would be a well known craftsman !! (≧∀≦) They would be such a power couple in the koto world !! Please author-san, let my prediction be true(/TДT)/










Just a useless TMI: The rubbing thing that Leo does to describe kissing is a reference to a scene in a korean movie called "Architecture 101" where the actor Jo Jung Suk teaches how to kiss by using his hands and rubbing it together aggressively in a comedic way (like Leo just did in this chapter). It was a famous movie scene that was a meme in korea. You can search in YouTube "Architecture 101 kiss lesson" and see if you're curious to learn how to kiss, the Leo way
Thank you for the additional background info hahahaha