Yes.
You got that right!
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Thank you, you nailed down everything i wanted to say! People change and grow, Chanmi went against everything she knew to protect Chungyeun even before she did any research. The fact she even went and did research! Went to that parent meeting! People don't understand how hard it is to do that, how this makes her an amazing friend and character! Many queer people wish they had a friend like that.
People are too hard with Chanmi. Chanmi is a great character, she went against her beliefs for her best friend and you can say whatever you want but it's not easy. It shows how much she cares for Chungyeon. As for the whole Chanmi x Boss pairing, Chanmi didn't notice the crush not because she's dense but because she still has the heteronormative mindset and the author nailed this aspect. I mean she wasn't very aware of the lgbtq community (besides all the clichés about it) until her best friend came out.
And yeah, she's maybe a 100% straight. Does it make her a bad character ? No, because her main purpose in the story is showing how she overcomes her beliefs to support her best friend. Usually in wlw stories, the best friend turns out to be homophobic because she's a repressed gay. Here, the best friend turns out to be homophobic because that's how her environment is, that's how she's always learned how to be. And the boss crushing on a straight girl after saying she's not into them shows how love is unpredictable. Sometimes you crush on people you wish you never would have.
And if, in the end, Chanmi ends up together with the boss, good for them. It'll mean Chanmi is bi and being bi doesn't mean 50% into girls and 50% into boys, it could also mean being 10% into boys and 90% into girls or even 1% into girls and 99% into boys.
So yeah, Chanmi is a great character.