No one bullies him?
Sangwoo is good with him.. at least in these chapters.. ad we can see. As we can see: Bum preferred to stay with Sangwoo, even when he could leave without problems. That's what i think :)
(sorry for my bad english)
No one bullies him?? He literally lives with a bully and has to deal with abuse everyday. His life is definitely worse with Sangwoo
I'm not agree! I'm not saying that i'm right (i understand your point but when he was younger his life wasn't better.. always alone, everyone considered him a disgusting person, disabled, ugly. The uncle raped him every days, for years, and let him live in a dirty hole.. his life wasn't good
His life was bad in the past and now. It's hard to call one situation better than the other, they're both horrible for Bum.
His life now is not good.. but, for me, is better. I have read chapter 25 and i was disgusted by his uncle!! Sangwoo has never done such a disgusting thing to him. NEVER. But that's what I think..
Actually... Bum said he prefered being raped by his uncle than the life with Sangwoo... (when he tried to escape before).
Mmmmm.. are you sure?? he hesitated to go away and tried to convince himself, but when he thought about his uncle he started to shiver. He wasn't able to move.. When Sangwoo in Bum's imagination said: "Don't go? you have a family that loves you more than anything! Your uncle is waiting for you.. He even had his bed ready".. he started to shiver and he started crying (chapter 7)!
And in the chapter 20 he said "i don't want to go outside". I don't know where you have read that he prefers his uncle. (???) As you can see, Bum in this chapter (24) smiled and he squeezed the cake because (i think) he was happy about what Sangwoo did for him.
Have you read chapter 25? What his uncle did to him is disgusting, i was going to throw up.. But, i don't want to repeat myself. This is just how I interpreted the chapters..
In a way, I see your point. Sangwoo and Bum have had progress in the recent chapters, compared to the early chpaters. In CH25, we see Bum sitting with Sangwoo on the big table. There will always be that power imbalance between them, and that power imbalance would definitely never go away. However, compared to his life before (to the extent of what we are shown) this "life" with Sangwoo is not the worst. What Sangwoo did in CH24, it might be the grandest gesture Bum has ever received from anyone. Although Sangwoo's intentions about it are questionable, unfortunately, I hardly think Bum has ever had someone defend him like Sangwoo did. Sangwoo has a fucked up sense of justice, he kills people who he thinks are "bad people", he's an asshole who likes to tease Bum with his bad humor. But I see your point when you say Bum is "better" with Sangwoo.
From what I understand, Bum is living in poverty, hardly making ends meet. He is mentally ill, people in general don't really like him. In the recent chapters there has been progress in their relationship. There are implied timeskips, but I don't think Sangwoo treats Bum like he did in the earlier chapters. I think Sangwoo has this mentality that if you insult Bum, you also insult him because he sees Bum as someone he owns. Bum has finally someone who defends him (intentions questionable) and will do something about it and act upon it. He even lets Bum eat at the big table where the "superiors" eat (i.e. Sangwoo;'s father) However, there will always be a power imbalance and their relationship would never be a healthy one. But compared to before, the way I see it, Bum's situation now isn't the worst.
Bum does have a better life now, he is obsessed with Sangwoo after all. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Yes! I think the same!
I think it's hard to compare hells. Bum is in an abusive relationship now, to say the least. He is in fact being bullied by Sangwoo's jokes, even if he is not being sliced or having his bones broken. But yes, he does have someone now and he has been given a sort of structure that could look like support. It is one of many reasons why he may stay instead of running.
Oh, yes of course. I didn't mean to imply that the there is no abuse going on, or that what they have is something healthy. Unfortunately, the abuse co-exists with whatever positive thing that could sprout from their relationship. But ultimately yea, Bum has someone now.
Agreed. :)
I'm not talking about chapter 25. I was talking about the chapter when he was thinking about escaping or not (and tried to..., but Sangwoo screwed him). Bum TRIED to escape because he though being with his uncle was better than with Sangwoo... He said it himself too... lol.
read my comment.. i know what are you talking about.. it's in the number 7.. and Sangwoo is not real, but just in Bum's imagination.. you have to read again the story.. and my comment too.. LOL
He tried to escape.. but he wasn't able to do it because he started to remember how shitty his life was with his uncle!!! Please! it's pretty clear. ╮(￣▽￣)╭ Anyway.. if you understand that he wants to come back with his uncle, you are free to think as you wish.
In the end I think that Bum has a better life now that he lives with Sangwoo.. No one rapes him, he can eat, he can have showers, no one bullies him. I'm not saying that Sangwoo is a good person, but i love him the same, and the author made me hate all the victims. They weren't good persons in my opinion. I can't help it, i like these two crazy bastards (▰˘◡˘▰)