Wait, why did Maria hate JJT? I literally NEVER picked up on that.
The recent chapter (93) I don’t see anything about Maria disliking him.
LMFAOOOOO I didn’t see the rest of your comment. Sorry for blowing up your phone.
It’s okay! It’s chapter 111 JJT has a flashback to when Maria is training him and he’s recalling all the times she’s looked at him with hatred/disgust in her eyes. Idk if I’d really call it hatred or just contempt because he is his father’s child I’ll have to reread it tho! lol I forgot I commented this tho
I found the Reddit link last night and it seems like I need to read it again.
Yeah, I just got back into the story but there wasn’t any update on here. I really love the plot but damn their author/artist taking a long time.
Frr it’s been a few months right when I started reading it too. hope it updates soon he’s been active on his insta lately tho so there’s hope @2Hakkk
I think JJT was always destined to lose his mind, but the jump is very abrupt. I’m glad that the author is explaining now (ch109-111) the progression of why he suddenly changed, but anyway, I’ll go over stuff that has happened that resulted in his shift, as well as his relationship with Maria because I want to :)
The frontal lobe is involved in emotion and morality and losing it can result in a complete change of behavior. From a pleasant man to a surly, aggressive, murderous fighter- To my understanding, JJT’s frontal lobe was damaged from the very beginning due to his father’s punch. Was this his father’s intention? Idk. Anyway JJT joining fight class furthered the damage, from his first fight with the bald guy punching him in his head, to every other time he was punched in the head. The last straw was when Cha So Wol broke his nose and Maria suddenly snapping at him due to her uncovered trauma. Now, explained in a recent chapter, Maria had been secretly hiding her hatred towards JJT the ENTIRE time she was training him, and he obviously caught on. Maybe he knew the entire time, but imagine knowing the person you are basically close to everyday, absolutely HATES YOU but they still train you, grapple with you, sleep next to you, and protect you. Their relationship, he calls her his girlfriend I’m unsure if they’re truly dating or not but it seems that way. He finds her as a source of comfort as well as the reason for all his suffering, but he can’t bring himself to ever hurt her, as of now. She is his world, she brought him into this world of fighting and violence, she’s his savior, and also somewhat of an abuser if you count her making him street fight as abuse.
TLDR; Fucked frontal Lobe as a developing child, sister got kidnapped, moms dead and he blames himself for it, the sudden switch between regular classes to Fight classes, Maria’s consistent (hidden) hatred for JJT revealed, First real Fight and losing, the rigorous training in random streets/alleys, having his nose broken, breaking down in front of Eun-Sol(I forgot her name but childhood friend) causing him to spiral and eventually S harming, was the cause of his change. Albeit abrupt in the manhwa, I think it makes sense now that the recent chapters are explaining his train of thought. He has completely changed as a person in the most recent chapter 111(pt35) once again on Webtoon KR. Full on Ken Kaneki transformation kyaaa omg. Anyway I just wanted to make a timeline but I’m wayy too invested, tell me if I forgot anything if you’d like! Thanks for reading. If you want to read translated vers of the recent chapters check out the Reddit /fightclass3 In the pinned section, a kind man is uploading
translations!