About Mi-ae's and Jisu's past
This will be kind of an obvious post, but I really love to deeply analyze their little interactions :]
Well, as we all know in chapter 149 Mi-ae finally "remembers" who Jisu was. I say "remember" because even though we, as readers, may think that the most important part of their relationship was the fact that Mi-ae in various occasions helped Jisu against his bullys, probably that was just the top of the iceberg of what actually happened between them.
In fact, mentioning that event was one of the methods Jisu used to try make Mi-ae remember him.
But as you can see, he mentioned it very lightly, like it was just one minor occurrence without a real relevance in their story.
And his expression here suggests that he was expecting that that tiny hint triggered her memory into remember him, to remember something... probably bigger.
But then, Mi-ae just seem to remember vaguely just that one incident and that he was "the one who got smacked all the time".
When I read this part for the first time, I really thought that that was it, that was their past, and because of that I couldn't quite understand why Jisu didn't seem happy about the fact that Mi-ae finally remembered him.
And it's because Jisu realized that Mi-ae actually didn't remember him completely. And that bothered him. But I guess that he let it slide because, at least, she finally remembered something about him.
I do think that what Jisu wants her to remember it's deeply connected to the reason behind him moving a lot and the person he saw smoking when he was playing with Mi-ae outside of his house, because immediately after they go upstairs and Jisu glanced at that person through the window, the first thing he said to Mi-ae is "You used to call me Magpie. Do you remember that?".
The other ocassion when he wanted her to remember him was when she misunderstood his intentions into thinking that he was a bully who wanted to be friends with her. At that moment he was hurt by that vision of him, because as we know now, he was a victim of bullying and totally despises bullys.
So, that demonstrates that it's only at key moments when Jisu wants her to remember.
Yeah, this panel screams "IMPORTANT", and the way he said it doesn't seem like it's just talking to himself, it's like he is saying something that Mi-ae also should know. And Mi-ae's expression afterwards just confirms it.
That sentence triggered something inside Mi-ae's memory. She can't seem to recall it, but her expression it's literally the one we make when there's something we keep forgetting but we don't exactly know what it is (Soonkki is so good at drawing expressions istg).
But now, if it's really something THAT important, why does Mi-ae keep forgetting it? Because it's not like she even though didn't remember him so clearly, was aware about his existence. Like with Cheol, she didn't remember everything about him at first, but still remembered him right away as the kid she met in the countryside and with she spent a good time.
In Jisu's case... she banished he from her memories.
And I thought that it was weird when I checked the first chapter to look if Jisu was there. But she only remembered the fact that he moved out because of how many of her friends where doing so. But why this happened? Why then it's portrayed in the manhwa that her time with Jisu was important when she didn't even remember that they knew each other in the first place?
For that I have 2 theories.
1. She is just that forgetful lol.
2. Whatever happened between Mi-ae and Jisu was so impactful and maybe traumatic for her that her brain, as a defense method, decided to just block any memory related to him.
Now, I really don't know how darker the manhwa will turn, but I'm pretty convinced that there's something shady about Jisu's background that it had been hint in past chapters.
Bonus: I also wonder if after befriending Mi-ae, Jisu's bullying got worse, because that kid Mi-ae dropkicked actually liked her. (See chapter 100, tumblr won't let me put any more pictures /sad)
But I might be wrong as well, so any thought that you have about this will be well received :]
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