@miamora
None of those girls is actually interested in him, and the narrative makes that very clear. That’s one of the reasons the male protagonist is drawn to the female lead. She is genuine and sincere, and she sees him as a real person. Now, regarding the girls who are "in love" with him: they show interest because he’s handsome and they want to have s*x with him—and he knows it.
It’s not as if he’s breaking hearts in the traditional sense. He either goes along with what they want and then pulls away, or he simply doesn't engage at all. I don't know about you, but to me, that kind of "romantic" approach—where you make it clear you just want s*x—and the act of genuinely "liking" someone are like parallel lines; they never meet. Girls can be opportunistic, too; they aren't always innocent. It happens a lot.
Look, I’m not denying he was an a**e—he definitely was—but I still view the revenge aspect as something painful. For one thing, as I said, the protagonist isn't the sexual predator he appears to be. He approached her with a misconception shaped by his recent experiences; after all, she is the outlier. And that’s what it is: a coming-of-age process where he moves past his skewed view of girls. He has his own trauma, too, but it’s tied to his emotional relationships. The fact that he recalls a childhood memory rather than one involving a recent ex symbolizes that he had never been in a genuine romantic relationship—which isn't surprising, given the kind of girls who usually approached him.
So, it’s a "first time" for him; that doesn't make him a bad person—it’s just his first time. And the female lead shouldn't be revisiting the situation for the sake of her writing; it’s harmful to both of them. Genuinely bad people are different; what I see here are two traumatized individuals learning how to relate to one another.
Not everything signifies bad character; people don't just click an option on a screen and say, "I’m going to be evil!" It isn't set in stone, and the definition of having a bad character varies from person to person and depends on the moment of assessment. In fact, if you can and want to change for the better, you don't have a bad character. I’m no longer the "bad" person I used to be. I was in a relationship, too, and ended up cast as the villain. But that doesn't mean I have to face some sort of retribution; I learned things I hadn't had the chance to learn before, and I consider myself a better person today—one who relates very well and genuinely to the people around me.
And she didn't need to revisit her relationship for her writing, nor should she have. She wasn't forced to. And that’s somewhat controversial, because he shouldn’t get involved in the relationship, yet she is intentionally conveying that interest—even if it’s feigned—to him for her own reasons.He wasn't actively pursuing her after he returned—so much so that he thought she would ignore him.
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