
Guess im one of the few who doesn't hate the older brother ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭
Hes had to learn how to survive, and I dont believe our Mc genuinely hates either one of the brothers, DEEPLY inside he feels sympathy for the older one and frustration at the other brother for not noticing anything while being surrounded by victims... But Mc is not willing to pop his bubble, that would be too easy, its better when they find out by themselves... A little machiavellianism is necesarry in all this... The only true villain was the pedo father... Everyone else is just surviving and dancing to the tunes...

I wonder in the last scene of ch 43, the reason Minjae thinks about Jungwoo's words when he comforts Taeyoung, i Wonder in that moment, he remembered those words ("I forgot everything.
you will be able to forget too.") because maybe he thought "Jungwoo might be right. He should forget the past and give up on revenge and be happy with Taeyoung so Taeyoung wont suffer like this". My theory is thats the reason Minjae remembered that memory. He wanted to give up on revenge for that one little moment. For Taeyoung. Because he started to care about him more than his revenge plan and he is slowly healing.

this is such a good analysis!! i actually thought the opposite--jungwoo, as a bystander to minjae's abuse (even though he himself was also a victim), only opted to comfort him by making him "forget" instead of actively stopping it. even in the present, minjae reflects on this event by realizing that this was not a form a genuine comfort, but a way to discourage minjae from outing the president for hyuk's sake, not his (again, by forgetting). i think the reason minjae suddenly remembered this is because he was tempted to comfort taeyoung in the same manner--by telling him to forget it ever happened and move on. but minjae understands that this type of comfort wouldn't really be meant for taeyoung, but minjae himself (as in "forget the inner turmoil you're feeling and continue to let me use you"). in the end, minjae decides to comfort him silently, because taeyoung didn't offer him any words when he embraced him from behind either (after the field trip). his hug was enough because it was genuine. so minjae inwardly hoped that his actions were enough too. this is just what i thought!!

Can someone spoil it and provide a summary of how it all comes down and hoepfully soon gets a somewhat bittersweet ending? I love this series so much

Spoiler
I don't remember much but they will set the church on fire and Anette will be buried below. Heiner will find her thou and she will be alive. Kathrine is dead unfortunately but her baby and husband are okay. Anette bought house on the beach, war is won, and Heiner will visit her occasionally because he finally understood that he loves her. I think she didn't forgave him at first but in some time they became a little closer and in the end they kiss

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Annette became a composer and her piano skills are famous,she received requests to do interviews for newspapers and accepted from one. I think Heiner is deaf with one ear or almost deaf. Actually I cried a lot on thi novel. It really bitter sweet. When Heiner won the war, he went to visit Anette with a flower bouquet and saw her laughing with Ryan.He though he didnt have the right to mess with her happiness and left the bouquet at the doorstep before leaving. Anette saw it and know it was from him and run to meet with him.
Why should she suddenly care about him? Why did it take him 10 years to reach out? If he really wants to create a bond, he better be patient and perseverant but most of all, be respectful of her boundaries (which i doubt he really will, none of his family memebers have respected her EVER) if he doesnt, she will never accept him into her life
Why didn't he reach out? They are still minors. Plus, we don't know his living situation and what he was going through. And yeah. You're right. She's not obligated to care about anyone. The mother, father, and guardian were horrid monsters. But he's as much a victim as she is. They were starved and tortured together. She coped by not remembering. He coped by not taking things seriously, except for his twin. He remembered her and has been missing her for a decade. Finding her has probably been his driving force that whole time. So yeah... It's not gonna process yet for him that she doesn't remember him, let alone that she doesn't want anything to do with him. He's not a bad guy. He's a broken teenager as much as she is.
Thank you omg
They are like 17 or 18 max. He was like 7 or 8 when she was taken away and he didn't know Jack about her location. His "parents" continued to abuse him and of course would never give him any information about her location. It took him 10 years to find her cause he had no other resources but his own will to find his twin sister