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what i say: I’m fine
what i mean: Kim Jihyun is a victim of child neglect and domestic abuse and I wish that people would stop calling him bland for it; he is a very complex character with several layers to him and an insane amount of depth going for him. As a child he had a father who saw him merely as a future political object, an heir, and tried to mold him into whatever he wanted him to be by telling that he was only worth the money and reputation he made and separating him from the only person who would ever truly love and encourage him. He doesn’t even bother to ask how his son is doing for several years, honestly what a shitty guy. Kim Jihyun has been lost in the world for so long and wound up stuck in a toxic circle that brought him nothing but pain when he tried to experience what love was like for the first time; he went so far as to convince himself that he deserved the abuse and that his entire purpose in life was to be hurt to prove that he’s capable of loving a human being and isn’t an empty shell composed of all the expectations people put on him. This escalates to the point where he willingly lets Rika stab him and then tells her to run, presumably wanting to bleed out to death alone in the middle of the woods and not let anyone even know about it. Despite all he’s been through, he’s still possess a large amount of care of others and love for his friends- there’s far more to him than just his pain, even though he’s a character that embodies the symptoms of abuse and loneliness very strongly and it’s so sad to see people overlook that and label Jihyun as a bland character just because they consider him too “tame” for them. Of course he’ll be tame and reluctant, considering all he’s been through. Of COURSE there is no immediate deep confession of undying love or a kiss CG in any of the endings, of COURSE he talks about Rika a lot, she’s a huge part of his story and who he is. This route was to help him heal from the scars of both his childhood and his past love more than it was to pursue him for our own, and I understand if people prefer Ray over Jihyun. But labelling him as “bland” is an inaccurate statement and a mistreatment to the complexity of his character.
feeling half like replaying jihyun route and half like not torturing myself every day with suffering and harrowing amounts of self-reflection. well i’ll see where the pendulum swings
HERE THEY ARE!
a bit of Yoosung!
