Yani

Psychopathy is not a mental ilness, it's a collection of personal traits so it's not an excuse for someone to be spared of their sentence. People are born as psychopaths but they are fully conscious people with conscious thoughts and wants. They don't feel remorse for what they do (it doesn't have to be a murder)
Narcissism too is a personality disorder so again - they have complete sense of self and motives behing actions.
As for bipolar disorder, yes, I agree with Irene, that's more like a disorder with a break from reality and JJW is not that. He can't be excused with anything for a future sentence in jail.

I do think psychopaths are categorized with their narcissism, too and by getting whatever they want from others if it suits their desires. And exactly because they think only about themselves, they, like anyone, would be scared if their life(the only thing that can matter to them at times) is at risk. They lack empathy and don't understand human emotions but they do experience them, only when their ego and needs are in the picture. I do see that JJW seems to have very...lively expressions and he feels strongly about certain things. Most often they are just two emotions - fear or anger, sometimes a sick kind of "happiness" so that's not a big spectrum.. That's my thoughts, I may be wrong. There is a clip on Youtube, quite a long but interesting one, where a professional psychiatrist discusses the different mental states of film and TV characters and how they present the real-life mental disorders. Psychopathy was one of the things mentioned, but there were other interesting topics (i don't consider psycopathy as an interesting one) Think I might watch it again to have some understanding of future film characters and people as a whole. Here is the link if anyone is interested in listening to professionals basically giving a free lecture xD:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbp_EeBk-As&t=1088s

Edit: Also, someone who lies consistenly about their background and who they are psychopathic traits. That of course is not a full profile and a certain "diagnosis", there should be a collection of factors. Taken from the YT break-down but suspiciously similar to our TV series case. Think for sure he has a type of personality disorder and it could be a narcissistic personality disorder, hence the feelings of grandiosity and using of other people, the feeling of no remorse showing signs of malignant narcissism. Again, almost quoting.

In the scene when his brother told him he went after Cha Young, after he left and Jang Han Seo was alone at the table - the way he quickly and subtly changed emotions and his face qas different..I was like, sigh, it should have been you ;d it would have been "traditional" but it would've been better in my opinion

I actually agree. I think his brother would have been far scarier and better suited for this role, or just some other good actor. I know they went the "untraditional" route to make the sweeter looking guy the antagonist but honestly even in the last episode, he seemed off to me and lacking for the role - that being a villain or a sociopat or a psychopat.

I'm fully with you on this! I wrote a similar opinion down in the comment section and now I see I'm not alone. Her behaviour was really unjustified and totally wrong and unexcusable. Whole time through her stupid speech I was like "Bit*h you did not...!" Characters are loosing logic and humanity in their actions, really Zi O is the only human being in the drama or more like....humans are sh*t and since he's not human that's why he's better and morally right in the head. :(

We'll wait and see what they would make her do... I'm hoping for the best but I'm gettin scared, too because the signs were not that good, the show turned really dark :(

So what if her child is going to be different? How does she know that would impare her? No reason in thinking that if it hasn't happened yet. Turns out the psycho doctor is right about one thing - people are so afraid of the different they would make everything to "right" the "wrong" when something/someone new comes up, they even would turn against their closest because of that fear(Gu Reum's situation). Zi O was right - she new about him and made him believe she trusted him which is totally deceiving and seems like she was fooling herself, she didn't believe him truly and yet she made a child with him and THEN she was pissed at him for that. I really want to see her own up to her decisions as a grown person and now a mother. A certain amount of fear is understandable, fear of the unknown...okay....but that's her family, what unknown, really? She is a main character and at the end of the series is still having problems accepting or understanding a main plot point, tells me that maybe she didn;t have much of a character development throughout the show...hopefully, I'm prooved wrong in the last episodes...

I see where you are coming from and I agree she had an emotional breakdown but I'm not sure it was exactly because she gave birth. In real life, maybe, but what I;m saying is Pospartum depression is a specific condition (it sounds like it) and if that was the only reason for her behaviour a drama or a movie will most likely address that if they want to convey it to watchers. Like, if they really meant to use it as a plot point or a character development, they would make sure to tell us, for example by having another character comment on her unusual behaviour by saying it's normal for a new mother...something like it, not necessary in that way. If it's not addressed then I think creators didn't really have it into consideration, that's how it is in fictional shows most of the times and they don't always have the time(or that's how they think) to adapt human experience like it is in real life. They ommit things on purpose so, for example, me as a watcher, if I interpret a certain character's behaviour through my lens it won't be relevant to the story because writers didn't mean it to be relevant to the story, although it may look like something from real life. Also, what she is saying sounds a lot like things she used to say in the beginning of the show, seems like they are changing her character's direction yet again, back to the untrusting roots and this time more judgemental than before. I empathise with her emotions as a mother (her being the mother), but that doesn't excuse her behaviour towards Zi O and the things she said and thinks about him...like, two different things, she was being really cruel and what she still believes in about him is unjustified. She didn't have much proggression through the drama as a whole, I hope that changes but I don't think she is behaving this way because of depression, she really thinks part of Zi O and her own child is monstrous and she wouldn't easily believe those lying bastards if she didn;t still have doubts about her parent;s murderer. If it was just because of a mental breakdown, it would be made clear in a way, that's how I think.

Well, it's not a medical or particularly realistic show. She was written to be fine after NUMEREOUS head concussions ans beatings so I doubt some depression after giving birth was in the script lol. Real-life logic is different from the world of the specific drama logic. Haven't watched episode 10 yet but in 9 almost everyone seems to get the short stick of the script, including her :(

:( wow...if she rerally thinks that, that's such a big BS reasoning, totally unexcusable.

Zi O's friend.....that was so cruel! So freaking sad and unnecessary after everything he has done for Zi O...Cried so much and sweared so much like I haven;t done for a show in more than an year! The drama is really dark now. Didn;t want him to die, his character didn't deserve that end because of someone else;s poor reasoning throughout most of his life! Not just that...like...the death of his girlfriend and this man's life weren't tied in any way, this was just pure cruelty - he doesn't fight who he thinks is the enemy but hurts weaker people for revenge, that's the coward's way of thinking and "solving" things! Because of endless fears this man hasn't solved anything in his life and took another person's life because of it...no sympathy for him now!
Let's see how the writers solve this from now on...if they can

Whatched episode 9 and I am pissed!! I really didn't care about the secondary couple, like they got my zero respect through the show but now Lee Son, that petty lil bit*h....so stupid, so unnecessary and totaly preventable and that ending....how tragic exactly would the drama become? I'm scared that emotions are getting total control of all the characters by now and no one is going to have a clear view of the situation and so many things can go in so many wrong ways...I really hope not! But Gu Reum is probably becoming more unstable in her reasoning by the minute, I'm scared. In all tragic shows I can see the moments where things are becoming hopeless and the reason is always characters seemingly put in hopeless situations and they stop thinking of ways to get themselves out of it, they are rather working against themselves....I hate that, I hate that they are not given a chance to save themselves ;( Hoping for the best!

You just have to find it.. Lol

I also think it was definately realistic to happen that way and for them to behave in that way before that - it really was an attraction, too, that kept them close. It;s also maybe the first drama I watched where the romance happens at this point in the series and is hidden so well from the beginning - it looked natural and grand at the same time, so happy for that approach! I reallyyyyy hope for their happiness now

Agree about everything - your comment is on spot! <3 And I'm afraid, too ;( Hoping for a happy ending as there were so much sad moments through the show already...

Episode 6 was so LIT(pun intended, hehe)! Like, what and end of an episode! The story is getting better and the character of Zi O, too, so excited for next week's continuation! And that masterpiece of a song got released <3333

Watched till episode 4. I really like the cinematography, the great acting (the actor of Ji Oh is so good at expressing pain, anger, sadness, desperation...just, for real a good actor!all his emotions came off as powerful and real at the right times - end of episode 3, especially <3) and the story is becoming more interesting. That OST though!! <3 the editing with the music - I get shivers everytime I hear "Look at me..." <333

After watching the last episode of Todome no Parallel I have to say it's a really nice ending to a very good story. It was so original and interesting and the characters were really well made and played, I enjoyed watching it, the actors nailed it (especially Yamazaki Kento and the actress of Saiko was so cute!) ! And the main song from the OST - Sayonara Elegy - waaaaa, so good, too! ^^

Amen, sis/bro! I'mma be part of your magical circle then!

Wait, big spoiler......is Bi Yao dead? I don't know the original story but here she was clearly shown to be pierced in the shoulder(we know that when a character is not pierced in the heart, stomach or head...he/she is basically pretty much alive) and she didn't die because she spoke for a little to Xiao Fan after that. Ling Er for sure is gone but I just read a review that Bi Yao is dead and I just didn't see it that way. Hope she isn't...I'm sure they didn't show her dying, they rather strongly hinted she was alive at the end in this version.