@Kuraiken I mean, to be fair to both of our arguments, Amane's situation is clearly being softcored by the writer. They obviously want to show Amane as a victim of past bullying to explain his current mindset, but simultaneously are too scared to portray real bullying. I'm simply going off of the writer's intent and calling it "bullying".

Even applying your stance, the "teasing" still feels weird to me. Whether you consider his height or not, Amane has a face that would incite jealousy rather than mockery. Maybe if the writer made the teasing originate from jealousy, they would have no choice but to show some real bullying....

@iaminurcloset Our protagonist, Yoohan, used to be a thug who worked as a loan shark to pay for his mother's hospital fee. He was so dedicated to the job that he was fine with threatening one of his customers with their child's life. As revenge, said customer kills Yoohan's younger brother.
Before this death, Yoohan's ex, the current spoiled actor Myeong-shin, was planning to steal his earnings and leave, but the vengeful customer broke into their apartment wanting to kill Yoohan. Myeong-shin tells the guy about Yoohan's brother and how it would be more effective to kill him for revenge, which is how the customer finds them.
After his younger brother's death, Yoohan also finds out that his money was taken by Myeong-shin, and these two events essentially set him straight. In the present, Yoohan still wants to earn enough for his mother's hospital fee, but this time, without taking any jobs that may bring more harm than good. He almost feels like he's changed for the better.

That is, until he finds out how Myeong-shin basically caused his younger brother's murder, meaning he betrayed him twice. Now, Yoohan wants to get revenge on Myeong-shin and becoming an actor will be his ticket to that. Does this help?

@imnothere Not necessarily. I'm still here because I'm too much of a completionist. I want to see everything this series has to offer before I can fully criticize it fairly. In spite of that, I don't like any of the main characters, I hate their dynamics, the story constantly finds new ways to disgust me, and I feel bad for the younger siblings and their grandma.

I'll admit it's taking a LOT of willpower to finish this, but once I've seen enough, I will stop knowing the full extent of this story's wretchedness.

@BeyondParasolTrees You're right, unfortunately.

@BeyondParasolTrees Funny you say "little details", because that actually is an important detail. No matter how much you may like a certain dynamic, readers are not obligated to get attached to a relationship if they don't see how it was formed and strengthened. In fact, that information was the one puzzle piece I needed to be fully attached to their friendship, so not getting that is pretty disappointing.

@BeyondParasolTrees "Flowers bloom and fall eventually, but the beauty of Guanshan will remain fragrant forever" or something along those lines.

@Johanan Watt I'm expecting to start seeing some self-awareness when I click this next button, or I'm not gonna be happy.

@BeyondParasolTrees The funny thing is they didn't even "become" friends. One chapter all three of them are pinning Mo down and twisting his ba***, and then the immediate next chapter, the same three are hanging around Mo acting like they're friends. The author couldn't be bothered to show this friendship developing, so they just skipped over that to get what they wanted.

So, to be frank, they never became friends because the author was lazy.

@BeyondParasolTrees I guess the author didn't want us to think about that (even though tht development is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY).

@Venice Perez Here's some advice when reading this series: DON'T READ THE COMMENTS. They're gonna be wishy-washy no matter what. They don't understand set-ups and payoffs in writing, and will expect characters to be written one-dimensionally since that's what they're used to on this website (yes, someone has to say it). Analyze and appreciate each main character in your own way, and your reading will be easier.

@jail  On top of making us want to throw up from the toxicity, the writers are also trying to confuse us????

Yeah, I'm done.