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Preview, JE: 'I saw someone so beautiful here, I fell in love at first sight'. Of course, he says this line at the gallery. THE SAME GALLERY where Nabi's sculpture was displayed. EW. Stalker alert.
*insert puke-emoji*

I miss the good old days when the comment section had discussions on the story, characters, film-making & psychology. Stuff, that actually mattered. Sigh.

Aww, what a precious baby! He has such a sweet smile, I hope he stops taking tsundere roles which don't let him smile as much! ^^

aww, you guys <3

trash...

Bit-Na would never play house with Kyu-Hyun. She's more... consistent in her aversion to dating, romance and deeper relationships. Jae-Eon, on the other hand, is an embodiment of contradiction. He doesn't want to be clingy, he doesn't want to date, doesn't want romance and exclusivity, yet that's what he ends up doing anyway. Bit-Na, is less confused in that respect. Atleast she's honest to herself.

These are the kind of people why a lot of us 'not so young, but single' people *choose* to stay single.... just sayin' :P

JE isn't a conscious-manipulator though. His actions and behavior stems from years of prioritizing *his* needs over anybody else's, and it has continued over years such that he come across a s selfish prick. He isn't your standard stock-character who dislikes intimacy and domesticity (and that's where he's *very* different from Bit-Na, who also sleeps around a lot and isn't into relationships). Instead, JE craves for it, and will only allow himself as much, so as to not to get caught up in his own feelings and into the situation. Ep.6 pretty much confirmed it. You can see how selfish he is, because all he realizes is *his* pain and hurt, and doesn't spare a single second of empathy of what Nabi might be going through.
Like you said, he always turns situations in a way that the outcome is what *he* wants, and Nabi just trudges along. And just because he's not consciously doing what he does, and Nabi ends up being a willing party....doesn't make him any less of a manipulator! :)

JE isn't a conscious-manipulator though. His actions and behavior stems from years of prioritizing *his* needs over anybody else's, and it has continued over years such that he come across a s selfish prick. He isn't your standard stock-character who dislikes intimacy and domesticity (and that's where he's *very* different from Bit-Na, who also sleeps around a lot and isn't into relationships). Instead, JE craves for it, and will only allow himself as much, so as to not to get caught up in his own feelings and into the situation. Ep.6 pretty much confirmed it. You can see how selfish he is, because all he realizes is *his* pain and hurt, and doesn't spare a single second of empathy of what Nabi might be going through.
Like you said, he always turns situations in a way that the outcome is what *he* wants, and Nabi just trudges along. And just because he's not consciously doing what he does, and Nabi ends up being a willing party....doesn't make him any less of a manipulator! :)

>>>he will now literally do everything to get her back just to dump her ass again.<<<
aka, how it goes down in the webtoon.... or atleast 99% of it!

Amen!

100/100.

I think the only angle of Auntie's speech I agree with, is that 'we mustn't settle for less'. Like MissNoTIme said... there is a middle-ground between JE and DH... and I agree, NB should wait around for that!

I guess, too little, too late?
The fact that he has to talk to KH to get an idea what Nabi is going through, just shows how self-absorbed and into his own head he is. He really needs to get his head out of his butt, istg. It's like he has zero empathy or emotion. He only cares about how *HE* is the one who's hurt in all this. UGH.

It's reprehensible how somebody, especially a man is absolved of all accountability just because his *woman partner* is a particular way, and is not perfect herself. Somehow, the baseline for men, is SO much lower than women.... like doing even the bare-minimum excuses you, because you are a man, yet the woman next to you must be kept on a pedestal and has astronomically high-standards of 'goodness' to meet. And if she doesn't.... then her name-calling will excuse the guy of any and all trash-behavior. SMH.

But I think you also missed the fact that Nabi thought she had 'fixed the shelf', but later we see that it was still crooked. It could be a metaphor of how she walks away eventually from a 'crooked' JE, who wouldn't be able to change... is someone who's *incapable* of change.

Love? Excuse me, but today's episode was literally titled: 'There's no such thing as love. Nevertheless.....'
Nabi has finally come to understand she doesn't 'love' JE... but she'll continue to torture herself over this weird 'situation-ship' she has going on with him.

It was so funny, JE finally got a little insight into Nabi's head after talking to KH, who happens to be in a similar position to Nabi in his own relationship with Bit-Na. A 5 minute-convo with a third-party gave him more perspective, than spending countless nights with Nabi in her bed.

I really don't know what that says about their 'relationship'. It's certainly, nothing great. :/

With k-dramas putting jerk, tsundere CEO's on a pedestal, there is no way a bicycle is winning over the Maserati. Nope.
*I hate this*

I agree. And Nabi also looks uncomfortable, like she's stepping on eggshells, around JE, whenever they discuss anything even remotely profound. I really dislike how she seems to fake her nonchalance even when she's not okay with a lot of JE's evasive behavior or actions.
On the other hand, I think Nabi is open enough around DH, where she's not nervous to show her visible displeasure. Then again, there's more at stake (to lose) in case of JE (aka, he might leave)... so I get her sense of caution around him.
With DH, what's the worse that can happen? They already fell out of touch due to misunderstandings earlier!