Weak Hero 184 - Review & Summary
Non-spoiler summary: Without going into details, this chapter is what I like to call a 'seed & develop' chapter. Seopass (author) is master of story telling, and this entire chapter is a perfect mix of 'boring things that need to be explained' and 'massive character defining moments'. We see some details into the minds of the Chungil Lee (Mr.CEO), Mr. Song, and we're given a bit of a cliff hanger when Philip Kim meets the Mok-Ha duo.
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Review: The chapter starts off where 183 left off. Mr. CEO is in his car watching Eugene's aunt (don't you dare touch her you dirty old man). He yells at some punks to disperse so that they don't bring down the property value in the area with their presence (what a glorious insult) and then we get introduced to his driver - who gives off some serious 'future important character' vibes.
His driver asks him about the land he's recently purchased and its revealed that it was a congressman who suggested to him that buying the land around the development area was better to avoid suspicion. If I'm being honest I never used to pay attention to these moments in the story, I knew they were important and I'm sure that the intelligent writing really comes across in moments like these but my smol weeb brain usually just skims these parts of the story because it's 3 am and I don't have the mental CPU to spare.
The story then switches over to Donald Na who is hard at work again behind his desk. The Mok-Ha duo is delivering some paper work for Mr.Song when suddenly, as they're leaving Mr. Song gives Dongha Baek some 'spending money' for the two of them. In exchange he'd like them to tell him any information they get from Donald a few days they tell any 'other places'. Dongha checks the amount and immediately turns into a money ho* (he probably has a lot of hair products to buy).
After the Duo leaves, his assistant starts asking him questions and it comes out that this shady mofo is using defective building material for the new development. Tsk tsk these old men....
Ok, we are out of the bushes now. The story jumps over to Philip Kim, whose gone to see Kingsley because he was insulted by the money he received after giving the union some information from his fathers company (he and Dongha are not the same).
Kingsley makes it very clear here that he was paid for the information because he's a simple informant, he's not a member of the union so he needs to be compensated. Philip is basically told, 'this is how it is', 'no you can't speak to Donald', 'it was and order from Donald, nothing you can do, bye beach'.
One of the things I love about Weak Hero is that it gives its characters credible personalities, in this brief exchange we can see Philip's desperation and shame. He may be a manipulative jerk but his character is fleshed out so well that you kind of start to feel bad for the guy. (It really makes me wonder what is going to happen with him, he's not the type to sit around and accept his fate, but he's also weak as hell in a school full of fighting geniuses and monsters).
Philip leaves, has a mini existential crisis and then bumps into the Mok-Ha duo. More accurately he and Dongha eye each other up before Dongha teases him and asks for a cigarette. When Philip says he doesn't have any, Dongha tells him to go buy some.
The chapter ends here and Im dying to see what Philip does. The love of his life, Donald Na, basically told him he's a call girl and then this easy going creep, who has everything he wants starts ordering him around.
This series honestly gives us so much to work with. We STILL haven't figured things out from season 1 (why does the girl from Grays cram school know Julia???) and I am super grateful that Seopass gives us so much meat to chew over.
was just demoted? Seongmok Do doesn't say a word and in most chapters he's less decorative than a house plant. Although the money was given to the both of them, he's never shown to have a reaction.
And this guy, handsome driver guy, I have a few questions for you. Why are you giving off main character vibes in this car? how come you're asking Mr. CEO about his business? Why aren't we married yet? No, I don't trust this handsome face at all.
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