Joowon and Taku should have just left Haesoo to be with someone who isn't so indecisive and full of baggage. If Haesoo was a real person then everyone here would be hating on him and calling him a hoe. He got it easy cuz he's the protagonist, but he isn't anything special. Joowon and Taku are too good for him, meanwhile Haesoo needed a CAR ACCIDENT to happen in order to take some action. Weak.
hey no, it's not as joowon and taku were faultless either????
one was arrogant and cocky, and couldn't see that haesoo was struggling in their r/s for yEARS, thinking his idea to keep this relationship undefined was working just fine and haesoo would always come crawling back to him if he kept this up. he also heavily played into the unhealthy jealousy games that haesoo would try and start.
and the other one was manipulative and well... more manipulative!! he planned to drop haesoo from the start anyway but just wanted to make him fall for him out of fun and interest in haesoo's writing, and also use haesoo's emotions for his exhibition? he also said in multiple different ways that he liked seeing haesoo sad or guilty or hurt, so he could feel wanted ugh.
also: you have to understand that haesoo was so weak minded because his mother had been guilt tripping her for many many years, and although he loved joowon he didn't want to hurt her and he felt like a horrible person that didn't deserve love because of the things she said to him!!
anyway in the end, the point is that they all (mainly joowon and haesoo) changed from that initial point of the story, and genuinely regretted their actions (except taku but whtv).
Idgaf about Joowon and Haesoo's complicated love affair just give me Taku's side story already
he's manipulative to start. and then he's selfish to end. He never once did anything for someone else, without an ulterior motive to ALSO benefit himself :D and he's the least developed out of the three.
joowon: actually matures, reflects and recognizes all his faults (the faults: taking haesoo for granted, being so arrogant in his decisions to keep their r/s undefined that he missed how haesoo was suffering, not wanting responsibility for any problems their r/s may cause but still being possessive). Anyway, he clearly tried to become someone better. He realized everything he did wrong, drops all his possessiveness, and makes multiple sacrifices for haesoo's sake WITHOUT asking for haesoo to take him back. Instead he shows that he's literally willing to be anything haesoo wants him as, even a brother or friend-- even after haesoo lowkey said he's not worth loving if it means he might lose his mom, and dumps him for another guy :D Joowon literally still tried to protect HS till the end, and even loses his drama as a result.
meanwhile haesoo: fully recognizes by the end how he mistreated joowon and regrets it all very deeply. he stops running and denying his feelings, which may seem minor to you, but it's a HUGE feat for him, considering he was guilt tripped for 7+ years by his mom and made to feel absolutely horrible for loving joowon and that he was a failure of a son for this.
now, there's taku. he literally does not have any moment of self reflection??? he fully recognizes his own shittiness from the start, admitting he tried to guilt trip haesoo, manipulate him for his own interest and exhibition, displays haesoo's hurt emotions out of intrigue, etc... but doesn't bother to really change at all. even in the end he's like "told you im not a good person" and just seems to accept that. i understand ~love~ can make you selfish and somewhat vindictive though, so i sympathize with him to that extent. but it wont change the fact that he's underdeveloped in comparison.
oh yeah here's the post that fully explains what i mean by "he's manipulative to start, and selfish to end". tbh with his manipulative nature, it's not as if joowon and haesoo are better to start anyway. but as the story progresses he remains the most underdeveloped to me sooo:
http://www.mangago.zone/home/mangatopic/9517513/
and i say more here~ (the replies underneath, between me and another user @jungzi explain a bit more of why i think what i think): http://www.mangago.zone/home/mangatopic/10579920/
if you seriously disagree with everything i said, feel free to discuss with me kk
I can enjoy the fact that it's not meant to be a healthy relationship and the author makes that clear with Azusa's creepy smile. Not all relationships are good and this is the reality. Neither of them are the best people either, they're both assholes in their own ways. In a strange way they go well together. If you read this with the mindset that this is NOT a fluffy, healthy love story then it's pretty decent read.
Thanks to Ookami, I am offically a furry