I imagine that Eunseong's 'ulterior motives' are simply genuine guilt and love (as opposed to Kang Jaeha's abusive power and control), and he's approaching Taegun via a supportive method (guiding) rather than a coercive one (holding the purse strings), but Taegun is right: the situations are remarkably parallel. I think for resolution we should look at what Eunseong said: no one can function in this world completely independently; we need others. We all exist in a complex web of interactions with others and we're going to be connected to other people whether we like it or not--the best we can do is make sure as many of those connections as possible are bonds of mutual care and trust with people who have our best interests at heart.
... btw, is the director protecting Taegun from reliving his trauma in nightmare, or is he shielding Kang Jaeha from being publicly exposed as The Worst? Hmm, por que no los dos, I suppose. Lord save me from minor characters with fox smiles. Why do I have so many weaknesses. (≧∀≦)
If the older brother wasn't Munchausen-by-Proxying the younger one, I'll eat my Easter Bonnet, LOL. Remember how often he brought him food/tea/warm milk, etc.? "I helped make it! <3" Yeah, I'll bet you did. The extra ingredient is *yandere*.
right? remember the chapter when our attention was directed to the older brother bringing food to the younger one in the nursery. "Why are *you* bringing it?" "Because I helped make it!" (oh dear) Right afterward we're shown little brother coughing in bed and the older one bringing him warm milk--and *insisting he not tell Tanaka about it*. The next day, after having partaken twice of food/drink Big Brother brought him, Little Brother is so sick he can't go on the boat trip. That's just the kind of evidence Sherlock Holmes would zero in on, haha.
I have a sneaking suspicion that Big Brother also had something to do with the family tragedy, like arranging a scenario in which he could step in and rescue his little brother ("mummy thinks you would look very impressive!" asdslaksdfgh good job, Mom), but because he was just a kid it all went horribly wrong and backfired: "I'm an utter failure of a son and heir." And the way he compared their tenant farmers to 'sheep', yikes. Even Vincent was a little >_>
We kept hearing about how weak and fragile the younger twin was, but Our Ciel was actually the stronger, more independent twin all along. He had a healthy view of himself as a separate being and accepted that he and his brother would naturally have their own lives as they grew up--he was looking forward to it, in fact, and even had a highly unique and original plan for his own future rather than the traditional path for younger sons of titled families. It was the elder brother who could not countenance their ever being parted. Yandere backstories Inc. XD
On the surface, it's a high-spirited and fast-paced work of the short-episode-mystery/genius-detective type that's so funny and genre-savvy that it might just be a good-natured send up; look a bit deeper and you'll discover lots of touching, positive moments that will get you thinking about the essence of friendship and the benefits of withholding judgement until you get to know someone. This one surprised me and I'm glad I stumbled across it.
If anyone ever uploads chapters in annoying order like this again I'm hunting them down asdkslaksdjghfg
how dare you do this to an idiot like me (≧∀≦) I keep losing my place! Anyway hard to believe this is the same creator as A Physical Education. I saw the cameo appearance and was like... no way LOL.