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I have an ominous feeling about the 3rd male lead. He's giving bigger psycho vibes than Mujin lol. The 2nd and 3rd male leads are toxic, the MC is exasperating in how dense and insistent he is in following the og novel's love line, and Hyeonjin is just so pitiful.
As a person, Hyeonjin is amazing. He's doing his best with the cards the world dealt him. He'd be a kind and faithful lover. But goddamn he has such heavy burdens that realistically speaking it would be difficult to start a relationship with someone like that unless the other person is really in love and willing to share the weight off of Hyeonjin's shoulders. And you know what? As I'm typing this comment, I realize that that person is our MC, even if he doesn't realize it yet. MC wants to see Hyeonjin happy. But at the scale he's doing it at, that's gotta be more than just liking him as a friend. Be for real, no one would work for a gangster just to help cut your struggling friend's debt in half. At most, you'd treat that friend to a meal, maybe lend money. But MC goes above and beyond that.
There were times I wondered whether Mujin would be endgame, especially since I'm used to the trope where the MC ends up with the tall, handsome, and rich guy that comes up in the story second, but now I think it's Hyeonjin fr. MC just has to snap out of his mindset that Mujin x Hyeonjin is ever happening, and the ball will start rolling from there.