I agree but some ppl do be like that (dense and down to earth).
Also, there's no denying the affection Wooju has for Jiheon which usually leads ppl to forgive easily (why so many ppl stay in toxic relationships).
And in Korea the dating culture is different (having a tracker app is normal), whereas this would clearly be seen as stalkerish in other countries.
So judging Wooju so harshly like he's just dumb is rather easy from a 3P view. It's never easy to know when ppl are manipulative that why they're *manipulative*
It isn't easy to know when PPL are being manipulative, I agree with that. But if someone holds you down and force themselves onto you... Well, at that point it is easy to realise that the person is not so good. And what pisses me off is that the rape and assault was so underlooked, they're just ignoring it like it never happened. I'm saying the author is purposefully ignoring certain things, dumbing down certain characters, so that the story can reach the specific end they have in mind. Which is just unfair to the characters. Or maybe that's just me.
Oh yeah no that I agree! Like I don't think it's unreal for someone like Wooju to forgive what happened but it was done very quickly and superficially. And it feels like he undergoes the story...
(But what you're getting at is a really interesting debate in literature: is the story the result of the characters or are the characters following the story, both mindset have pros and cons tho)
It's like the author wants this story to go into a specific route, which is probably the route where the bottom ends up with the blondie. I think that's why the author is making the bottom this much painfully naive and oblivious. Because if they did write the bottom as someone who have some awareness and half a braincell, theres no way he's gonna end up with the blondie's manipulative ass