ok but like what if (LIKE what if) uke turns into bubbly and breaks smes's heart and then like it kind of returns to like modern day time where either we see yoon pado's pov in a world where uke doesnt exist anymore and how pado has a bunch of memories with uke that he feels are real etc or like a world where after uke turns bubbly we go back to modern day and uke is like waking up in a hospital or smth because im not sure if it is specified that uke did indeed die yk because he maybe just went into a coma and ykyk
a real father would want what is best for his daughter not what he thinks is beneficial to her tbh and especially not if he believes something to be beneficial to his daughter and hopes of gaining something from it
Well him not forcing her to get married outright, which is the norm, came across as him caring about her input so I can see why a reader would think he’s kind. That’s what makes it a twist. But you were supposed to think he was being progressive and kind and for more experienced readers it is clear that was an act. Since the piece takes the stigma and social hierarchy’s/norms of the period seriously we can infer it’s odd he’s not trying to marry off his sick daughter asap while she’s still breathing so he can get some use out of her. And because he’s being uncharacteristically and extraordinarily kind for the time period, this should make us suspicious. Men with that kind of power and influence in any time period are not kind hearted. They’re ruthless. It’s what makes them successful.
Plus the author usually tries to have some semi feminist/progressive aspects of her works since it is aimed towards women. It makes sense given the work that part of the romance comes from defying societal expectations of women for that time period and now. Her other work features an older divorcee woman mixed with female wish fulfillment (young rich guy falls for you). While not as crazy to western audiences, Japan is still very behind in terms of social progress and feminism so being a divorcee is still very stigmatized there and can be seen as a moral failing, especially for a woman. Besides the romance, this work is about Satoko’s liberation. Loving who she wants to love. Forgoing the notion of a woman’s purity because she likes a guy and wants to have sex with him and should be able to do what she wants with her own body. This is a very modern take and the point of that part where Asagiri (? Can’t remember if that's her name) tries to show some of the pros of being a regular woman and defying societal expectations. She was trying to give Satako a taste of living for herself/undoing part of the patriarchal brainwashing she’s been indoctrinated with. The goal of the story was never for Satako to return to her old life and to get married for her father. She needs to live for herself.
idk i kinda want to hang chae eunbi upside down and stare at her to make her feel uncomfortable tsk her and her nasty grape ass hair