I really liked this! The characters had good contrast between their past and present lives and endings. Arie was incredibly naive and careless with her position and how starting an affair with Henan could destroy his life, and had no concept of consequences which makes sense since she was raised in isolation with no power to establish boundaries. Whereas Yeonwoo was much more considerate and aware of others and very good at setting boundaries. Henan was yearning and never had the courage to meet Arie without feeling shame for his feelings and resentment for her power over him and died full of regret. Dokyung understandably started off even more fearful bc of the fate he met but was able to overcome it and meet Yeonwoo on even ground and openly admit his feelings. Kalima was obsessive and saw Arie as one of his many possessions and used his power to keep her under his control and believed love could be created by force. And while Seojin still abused his power in some ways and lied, he did so bc he understood love can't be forced. And he was able to let go and move on, something Kalima never would have been able to do. I only wish this were a bit longer!
I really liked this! The characters had good contrast between their past and present lives and endings. Arie was incredibly naive and careless with her position and how starting an affair with Henan could destroy his life, and had no concept of consequences which makes sense since she was raised in isolation with no power to establish boundaries. Whereas Yeonwoo was much more considerate and aware of others and very good at setting boundaries. Henan was yearning and never had the courage to meet Arie without feeling shame for his feelings and resentment for her power over him and died full of regret. Dokyung understandably started off even more fearful bc of the fate he met but was able to overcome it and meet Yeonwoo on even ground and openly admit his feelings. Kalima was obsessive and saw Arie as one of his many possessions and used his power to keep her under his control and believed love could be created by force. And while Seojin still abused his power in some ways and lied, he did so bc he understood love can't be forced. And he was able to let go and move on, something Kalima never would have been able to do. I only wish this were a bit longer!