What do you think Jinu's role was in the 400 years that he has spend in the demon world? Considering his conversation with Gwi ma in the beginning and how the other demons immediately cleared a path for him, it gave the impression that he's always been more important and well respected than the other demons.
Do you think he build relationships to other demons in that time like to the rest of the Saja boys? How did his relationship to Gwi Ma impact his role in the demon world?
Love this question! I think there is so much room to explore this in canon actually! My hope is that if the Debut short film comes out, it not only shows the girls' debut, but Jinu's journey/story leading up to debuting the Saja Boys.
In canon, the actual movie script says that the demons felt a sense of "jealousy" for Jinu as he parted the crowd during his big introduction. For the demons to be jealous of Jinu implies many things. It implies that Jinu has something they want and do not have.
Jinu, even after having witnessed a public execution, feels confident enough in his standing to sing what is essentially a diss-track to his abuser. Gwi-Ma doesn't react harshly towards him, even after coming off of an anger-fueled tantrum. He threatens Jinu, but not in the same way he does the other demons. He speaks to Jinu like he's a peer in a lot of ways. Like they're on the same intellectual level. And although Jinu is still a slave to Gwi-Ma, there seems to be a strange sort of respect that Jinu has earned.
When Jinu pitches his plan, Gwi-Ma's uncertain of it at first. Mocking. A play on what Jinu had just done to him. It seems like passive aggressive jeering might be a common occurrence between them. But it doesn't take very much to convince Gwi-Ma that Jinu's plan is a good one. He passes off on it very quickly. Almost like he trusts Jinu above all others to get the job done.
"I taught you well, Jinu." Gwi-Ma said those words with pride. Not necessarily for Jinu himself, but pride for his success in molding Jinu into a worthy servant. I don't know if there is a hierarchy in the Demon World. But the fact that Jinu feels comfortable in bargaining for the erasure of his memories with Gwi-Ma tells me that Jinu might be held in higher regard than others in Gwi-Ma's eyes. I think that, if he were a lesser demon, Gwi-Ma would've just forced and threatened him to pull off his boyband stunt without promising him something in return.
Not until later on when Gwi-Ma's VERY angry with Jinu do we see that dynamic shift. He torments Jinu and threatens not only to rescind his deal, but make the voices worse. But even then, even while Gwi-Ma is torturing Jinu with his sins and telling him how awful he is, he doesn't yell. He doesn't call him an idiot. He doesn't call him weak or pathetic or useless like he does the other demons. Yes, he reminds Jinu that he is nothing more than a pawn. That he is a horrible, selfish person. All the things Jinu hates about himself. But it's clear that Gwi-Ma still needed Jinu. He didn't immediately kill him, even though he had every reason to after witnessing Jinu's honest encounter with a Hunter, their sworn enemy.
Whether Jinu held an official position of authority or not, it's clear the writers intended for us to believe his relationship with Gwi-Ma was a unique one. Jinu held an air of power, despite his powerless situation. There is definitely something more there.
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