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 (▰˘◡˘▰)
No one bullies him?? He literally lives with a bully and has to deal with abuse everyday. His life is definitely worse with Sangwoo
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. ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭
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.
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.
This is a shounen Ai so, i don't think that we'll see a sex scene or something like that. But it doesn't matter because the story is amazing as well. There are so many manga with so many sex scenes, but they aren't sexy like this one. I have read the other chapters in korean and i loved them all. (▰˘◡˘▰) We have to understand that Go Siwon has no experience in love. He has to understand his sexual orientation and above all, he has to change his relationship with Jun. This isn't easy. Soooooo i think that a sex scene would be inappropriate right now. A good manga (manhwa) remains good even without sex.
But I hope they will do it in the future (I love sex scenes too)!! (▰˘◡˘▰) DON'T HATE ME, this is what i think (=・ω・=)
i have a fetish for hands... and this manga is so DAMN GOOD!! This author deserves all my gratitude, because now, thanks to her, my life is better!! ლ(´ڡ`ლ) THIS IS WHAT WOMEN WANT BABY!! (〜 ̄△ ̄)〜