That was an interesting point. I definitely like the other couples more (maybe that played a part in it). Though, I would have liked to see more of them after getting together to actually see how they are with communication.
It feels like Bawoo is getting his feelings validated now that Hoon knows what it feels liking someone, and I don’t think that’s very wrong but it would be toxic if he kept it up for long. I could pass it off as immaturity of youth, but it is an issue if it goes further in their relationship.
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So sorry that this is such a late reply but i really wanna answer some of the things you said here.
And this might be coming here as Bawoo is my favourite so forgive me if it sounds a bit biased (︶︿︶)＝凸.
While I do agree with you on most part that it's stupid for Bawoo to think Hoon deserves to grovel because he suffered so much back then.
But I really don't think Bawoo is at much fault here, Hoon is really just fucking dense. In one of the chapters (ch 29 i believe) Hoon mentions how he choose music basically for Bawoo and even Siwon recognises that Hoon is basically in love with Bawoo.
Bawoo had mentioned it before that he liked Hoon but as always he was too dense to get it.
Even in another chapter Daun can guess that Baawo likes Hoon. Though he is rather perceptive but I don't think you need to be a genius to figure it out.
About the part of letting go, I feel like that's rooted to Bawoo's character. He is used to letting things go, we see how he grows up with so much younger siblings that he has to give up a lot of his childhood for them, especially growing up poor. He even has to give up the guitar something which he really likes, just for his family. So when provided with the opportunity of explaining to Hoon that he liked him in a way more than friends did and risk losing him or just letting it go and turn back to normal. Bawoo naturally chose the latter.
And when Hoon tried to contact him after moving away Bawoo most definitely ignored him because he wanted to give up on liking Hoon and what's better to ignore the said persons existence?
At the end of the day Bawoo was just a kid forced to act like an adult and role model.
That being said I do wish we were given some more side stories about them to see how their relationship is after everything and how they have progressed. I was a little disappointed as they were my fav that they mainly just had stories about their past.
I absolutely love this story, it was so good.
I loved all the characters, Bawoo and Duan were my favs, they were so funny. But there's one thing I wanna say about Bawoo, I think he's toxic for Hoon. At first I thought that him and Hoon's relationship was cute and kinda funny despite the misunderstandings but after reading everything,
its obviously that it's being portrayed as cute and healthy by the end but it's not really , it's borderline toxic. It's almost painful to watch Hoon try so hard for someone that physically & verbally insults him and never communicates properly with him then he keeps telling himself that he deserves it cuz "it's not even half of Bawoo's pain from back then" or sumn like that like huh?? ....It's made like Hoon is the one that horribly wronged him in some disturbing way even tho Bawoo is partly at fault too....If Bawoo REALLY liked Hoon, he wouldn't let this go on; especially not for that long. Plus we never got to see Bawoo reassure Hoon and actually communicate with him, we just see that they end up dating. idk I can't see their relationship as anything but toxic anymore. Everyone else's relationship was so interesting and had SOO much depth, there was so much change and it was fun to read.