Hmm

I wonder if we'll get more development with Sahara. So far, Sahara has been somewhat of a one-dimensional character. Suu and Hwaryun have had the most development so far (individually and in terms of "relationship"). I'm genuinely curious as to how the story will play out as I can't really see Suu ending up with anyone romantically. However, we already know that Suu has been independent and self-reliant his whole life, so it wouldn't make much sense for his character development to head in that direction. We can see that he has always yearned to love someone and be loved in return (regardless of what kind of love it is, he has received little of it in any form). So far Sahara has displayed blind devotion to Suu after supposedly "imprinting" on him. As of now, it seems that Suu doesn't really acknowledge Sahara. A few chapters back, when Suu felt that "nobody cared for him" when clearly Sahara was prepared to give his all for him, Suu only thought about Nadan and Hwaryun. I think this is because Suu was subconsciously thinking in terms of "romantic love" (even if his feelings for both of them were messed up at that point). It's clear that Suu has never seen Sahara as a romantic partner thus far in the story. This is completely understandable, seeing as how Sahara has been a literal child for the majority of the story. I could see the author developing their relationship more in season 3 with Sahara in his adult form, but at the same time it feels a little late to finally introduce him as a potential love interest. Suu's relationship with Hwaryun is even more complicated. Honestly, these two are the ones that threw me off the most. At first, I though that Hwaryun and Suu would both gradually develop feelings for each other and learn to trust each other. As the story went on, I thought "Oh I was right, this is what's happening". I was quite wrong. Suu and Hwaryun's relationship had been incredibly shallow from the start, and it didn't get much better. It's clear that both of the characters had some level of attraction to each other, but it ended there. They do not trust each other, and their end goal was to ultimately use each other. However, they are not the same in doing so. Suu never wanted to harm anyone. He wanted to get out of Rahan safely while doing the least possible amount of damage. Hwaryun, on the other hand, doesn't mind putting Suu in danger as long as he could save him in the end. I was reading back a while before, and in chapter 36 Suu tells Hwaryun that he's afraid of getting murdered. Hwaryun laughs, but then his face goes dark and says "I will save you, over and over again". Suu notices that he says "I'll save you" instead of "I'll protect you" but it gets brushed off. As you guys can see, this has happened multiple times in the story. Suu has been put in danger because of Hwaryun multiple times, but Hwaryun has always come to save him. This is also similar to when Hwaryun broke Suu's ankle and then had it treated and fixed. There's a lot more with Suu and Hwaryun but I'm pretty sure the rest of it is obvious and whatnot. As we all know, Hwaryun grew up in a bad environment and his outlook on the world is warped because of this. He probably genuinely thinks that he was doing the right thing by taking care of Suu and "saving him", even though he was the one who put him in danger first. I think that Hwaryun does have some genuine feelings for Suu, but these feelings aren't the most important thing to him. Suu and Hwaryun have a very toxic relationship right now, and I don't really want them to be a couple unless Hwaryun goes through some serious character development. I kind of have a feeling that Suu and Hwaryun are going to be endgame because that's how the author seems to have set it up. You can also see in the author's extra art that Suu and Hwaryun are always closer together than Suu and Sahara. Usually that indicates something. Anyways, regardless of who ends up with who, I'm completely hooked onto this story. I really didn't expect things to develop the way they did, and I'd love to see where this all goes.