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I think he either said something like, "At the end of our contract, you don't have to go. You can stay if you like."

But after they were interrupted, he lost his nerve and decided not to repeat himself.

When Kim Dan said, "I'll never forget my time working with you", I thought his smile looked so tight and sad. Like there was unfinished business and mixed emotions but he had decided he had no choice but to move on at the end of it all. Wish we could get a Kim Dan POV chapter but only getting Joo Jaekyung's POV is part of the storytelling in this arc.

I love these side stories. They're cute, funny and fluffy after so much bleakness in the main arcs.

My favorite panel is Min Ji Wook breaking the fourth wall, looking right at us and saying, 'But we have laws in this country to protect minors. Putting on a uniform to have sex is a bit...' and Joo Seung Eon saying, 'Who are you talking to?'

I also love the panels of the dog barking at Joo Seung Eon saying, 'Quit tormenting Jiwook oppa' and glaring at Joo Seung Eon when he came out.

After not wanting Min Ji Wook to spend time with his friend Hyun earlier on in the main story, Joo Seung Eon actually cuts Hyun a check for giving Min Ji Wook sexy underwear and probably wants Hyun to influence Min Ji Wook even more ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄

Han Juwon can't separate work from his personal life. His reaction to Lee Seodan's report was an over-reaction and he admits it in the next chapter. The report may have been flawed, but he over-reacted because...

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he felt like Manager Kim was being too touchy-feely with Leo Seodan by tapping him on the shoulder and being chummy with him. So Han Juwon is feeling possessive and jealous. He suggests moving Leo Seodan's next to his, so he can keep a better eye on him and keep other's hands off him. Leo Seodan thinks his reaction is cute and funny.

Leo Seodan didn't think Manager Kim was crossing a line, but asks how is he meant to stop a shoulder tap? Han Juwon sees his point, but still feels frustrated. Remember, he once said that he had the impulse to kill anyone who paid attention to Leo Seodan.

In the next chapter, he forces a naked Leo Seodan to have sex with him in front of the apartment windows and then mischievously bites him on the same shoulder that Manager Kim tapped him on. If that's not an over-reaction to a shoulder tap I don't know what is!

I wonder if Joo Jaekyung is afraid of heights. Kim Dan would probably have to end up trying to keep him calm lol

It started out so promising and crashed. The ending was definitely rushed. I wonder if the mangaka felt burnt or was told they had to tie it up after x number of chapters.

I thought that they would have a reveal that Beomjoon wasn't actually a gangster but was actually an undercover detective trying to investigate a drug ring or human trafficking. And that being a gangster was just part of his cover. That Jeong Hui-jae would find out he was actually a good guy with heavy-handed tactics. I thought that the subplot with the classmate was leading in that direction. I thought the classmate was unknowingly in league with a crime figure that Beomjoon was trying to bust, and Beomjoon would bust that the crime figure in the process of saving Jeong Hui-jae and the classmate.

We never really understand who Beomjoon actually was or why his real name was such a closely guarded secret. It would have made sense of he was actually a notorious gangster or an undercover detective, and the way it ended, it just seemed like he was a gangster.

In one of the chapters, Jeong Hui-jae finds a tortured man trapped in a room that Beomjoon forbid him from entering. We never learned why. So in the way it ends, it seems like Beomjoon was just a ruthless gangster torturing someone. This is what causes Jeong Hui-jae to be afraid of Beomjoon, but it's never addressed again. I wish that subplot had been resolved. I wish Jeong Hui-jae was given answers. I wish we were given answers. It would have been nice to learn what happened to Jeong Hui-jae's father, who abandoned his own son to escape loan sharks. I thought the father would make an appearance again, and Jeong Hui-jae would either confront him, or Beomjoon would intervene on his behalf. SO. MANY. UNANSWERED. QUESTIONS. AND. HANGING. PLOT. THREADS.

Instead, we get a kind of abrupt ending.

This chapter explains why Joo Jaekyung gets along so well with Kim Dan's grandma. His former coach's mother - a grandma figure - was so kind and good to him - more of a mother to him than his own mother. So Joo Jaekyung probably found it comfortable to talk to her and maybe it partly explains why he was so quick to cover her medical bills

I was curious about Lee Taegun and Seo Eun-Seong's back story so I looked at the raws. I don't read Korean so my interpretation may not be accurate. Here goes.

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Seo Eun-Seong and Lee Taegun went to the same high school. After Seo Eun-Seong loses his parents and is orphaned, he is suicidal. He goes to the top floor of a tall building and is about to jump when he sees Lee Taegun below. They make eye contact. Seo Eun-Seong hesitates and just stands there. Lee Taegun goes to the top floor and sees Seo Eun-Seong. He offers Seo Eun-Seong an extended hand and says "I'll help you."

From there on in, Lee Taegun looks out for him. Gives him food and snacks. Sees that he is self-isolating and tries to talk to him. Is all-around kind and caring. Seo Eun-Seong is aggravated by this. Lee Taegun says he knows what it's like to be an orphan and that he's just looking out for him. Seo Eun-Seong says that Lee Taegun has no idea what it's like to be him and doesn't understand what the pain of loss is like, since Lee Taegun has always been an orphan, and Seo Eun-Seong once had parents but lost them.

Seo Eun-Seong is depressed and so he's a jerk to Lee Taegun and says some ugly things to the guy who was kind to him, empathized with him and was only trying to help. Lee Taegun is understandably hurt and offended, because his kindness was thrown back in his face, and I think Seo Eun-Seong is the one who doesn't understand Lee Taegun's struggles of having been alone always and having to fend for himself always.

They're both teenagers and it's just a sad situation. It makes me think that if the two of them had been friends from the get-go, Lee Taegun might not have been in such a vulnerable situation as a teenager and wouldn't have through the exploitation and trauma he went through... since my theory is that even though Seo Eun-Seong was orphaned, he probably had some sort of inheritance and relatives he could still turn to, so he was still better off than Lee Taegun. But I understand Seo Eun-Seong grief of losing his parents too, and how that made him say something utterly cruel in a moment of vulnerability.

I love how Seo Eun-seong is running interference to protect Lee Taegun and allow him to shine in his role as the hero, away from Kang Jaeha's malevolence and horrible intentions.

I wish Kang Jaeha would just drop dead.

I love how Pilwoo always finds a loophole to Seo's directives.

I think Seo subconsciously gives open-ended directives which Pilwoo can mess with because he secretly enjoys Pilwoo's attention and affection

Someone posted they're going to wait until this is finished, and will speed read past all the pain and suffering, and I'm going to do the same. I'll wait until all the chapters are out before I pick it up again.