Gone

Big spoiler but since you want to know, continue

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Bread Song is the leader of Pavel (the heir to the business). He was put on finance but he got bored doing it. He seemed to enjoy killing more by the look of it. That's how he and Ryushio are related. He is his boss and he got away with it.

This comment section is not it. I promise you name calling people, throwing insults and being passive aggressive/mirco aggressive is not worth it. This just a drama at the end of the day and you are interacting with actual people and not fictional characters. Let's not go lower than this please.

I have not seen it but I am aware they been calling it best drama of the year when there is only 4 episode out and rating it already 🤣 I didn't know they were rating other dramas though.

He is not coming back babes. We just need to move on. You can watch some of Byeon Woo Seok drama to get bored wih him into moving on 🤣

I feel like burners shouldn't be allowed to rate until a month have passed so accounts don't upvote or downvote a drama.

I won't. Rating usually don't represent how I feel about the show.

I'm going to start this soon but the rating sure dropped a lot 😶

Thanks ❤️ Those who read it have my respect too because that was too long to be considered a short read.

Aww Ally, thanks for the great idea.

I'm waiting for season 3 to watch S1 and S2. I'm excited to see it.

That's what I was saying! So glad people agree.

I think I'll just let it disappear lol I don't think it qualifies as a review for the show since it only mentions one character.

Thank you 🥰

I don't usually write comments this long either 😅 I was shocked to see how long it ended up being. I was sure nobody would read but I'm happy hear people enjoyed it regardless of the length. Thank you for the heart and I hope we do get characters like him who get their full potential in other shows.

Forreal. It doesn't matter if they switched him, he is a little too tragic to not care about him. I would feel bad regardless.

Thank you ❤❤

Thank you!!! Too many people been saying we like him because he is hot and handsome. I just want people to know there is more to his character than looks.

Lmao what a WALL of text. I put it on spoiler to lessen it.

I said I would write a character analysis on Ryushio so here it is. I'm going to divide this into 3 categories. Background, character dive in and his relationship with Namsoon so feel free to jump to whichever one you like to read about.

[Ryushio's Background]

One of the reason why this drama flopped is because it created a message that also contradict itself. Let me bring up some of the quotes I remember.

"I'll hear her out myself and deal with her myself if I have to. I left the watches in my room for her to take. Being short of money makes people do bad things. I wanted to prevent that." - Geumja about Hwaja after she tried to kill her daughter and stole her jewellery [Episode 5] {24:41}

In this case, Ryusio was doing bad things not because he needs money. He is forced to do it as someone raised in the mafia on conditions where they put kids in cages to dog fight each other. You have to beat each other up if you want to eat because this is part of the brainwashing and conditioning they had to do to make these kids ruthless. It was shown that Ryusio, as a kid, couldn't beat up other kids so he straved for a while making him weaker so Binbin, took mercy on him and asked him to knock him out so he can eat. [Episode 9]

When the kids swore to escape one day to Hungary, Binbin realized, how ridiculous and naive they were because Pavel took him there too. It made him realize that no matter "where" they go, they can't escape Pavel's chokehold so no place is ever "free" from Pavel [Episode 16] While Ryushio made the choice to stay [Episode 12]

As everyone knows, traitors get the death execution. It is a common rule of the mafia, gangsters, and even drug cartels (if you snitched on them). He was ordered as a child to kill a traitor and that mindset is what shaped him as an adult. [Episode 10]

Which is why Ryushio is obsessed with strength. If he can't escape Pavel, be BIGGER than them, be STRONGER than them so they can't come after him. That is why he plotted in secret for a long time and created the antidote using himself as human experiment while doing Pavel's business. He was a lone double agent. He played by the rules until he could be above the rules. Unfortunately, he got caught during the preparations.

[Ryusio and Namsoon's relationship]

At the start, it was clear he liked her strength and her strength made him put her at a pedestal because like I said, he is obsessed with strength. However, his fascination quickly turned into curiosity. He sees a sheltered, innocent girl whose views aren't warped by the world yet. She doesn't conform to the world. She speaks informally, she does what she wants, nothing can stop her from being who she is. Even when she knows he is her boss, she treats him like how she treats everyone else. That makes him content. Makes him happy. Makes him smile. Makes him laugh. He feels 'safe' with her when never felt safe with anyone except Binbin. He can fall asleep when she is around, he can relax, he can trust her to protect him when he never needed anyone's protection because he was always alone.

"It's just that I want to help you. I want you to be happier." [Episode 12] {45:13}

The way he treats her already shows how much he fell for her. He wanted to make her "happier". He wanted to help her any way he can. He does little things like ask permission to date her then get worried when she didn't show up. When he felt like he may have scared her away, he quickly apologise and said he is worried. He never wanted to pressure her. He self reflects on himself quickly. Other times when he fix her bag strap, take out anything that is in her hair shows that he is hyper focused on the little things because he likes her.

"When it comes to love and friendship, I'm still new to both. Those weren't options for me in the life I've led. But when I'm with you, friendship and love pique my interest." [Episode 12] {10:00}

"I've never opened up this much to anyone before." [Episode 12] {46:00}

He is new to everything but when he is around her, he WANTS to open up. He wants to let his guard down. He wants to explore options that never crossed his mind before which is why her betrayal destroyed him. Even on Episode 16, he described her as the woman he loved. (Accurate translation over the word "trust")

"I envy you. You inherited your strength and... were raised by nice parents." [Episode 10] {29:08}

The two things he wants. You envy people whose life you want. It's never the opposite. Heesik even said it. If he had parents, he would have turned out different.

[Ryushio dive in: is he evil?]

Out of the characters in this series, Ryushio is the only who wanted to change his life the most out of his own will. He wanted to leave and maybe listen to music. That makes him a morally grey character and not evil. I would like to highlight how he brought his biological dad, the one who abandoned and led him to a life of suffering, a store to live comfortably and to hide his antidote from Pavel there. You might say it's to hide his antidote but mind you, he didn't need to give it to his dad, he could have just given it to any random person if he wanted. That's a hint of how much he wants a family.

And it also proves his goals weren't to kill people. He wants to be free. He does many bad things but that's because he is not free. He never was.

"You're a light that's not sure if it's real or fake but could be real if it tried hard enough." Nam Soon to Ryushio [Episode 10] {34:10}

This quote is one of key points because Ryushio actually thinks about what she said after a while. He doesn't know where he stands. I personally believe if given the opportunity, he would have taken a different path in a heartbeat. We catch him a lot times reminising the past and we can tell he missed Binbin because he thinks or mentions him often. When he talks to Pavel, he is always in rage. Always angry. When your life have little control, you do anything in your power to gain that control and that's what he displays in a lot of his interaction. Even in his ending, instead of letting Pavel kill him or the police to catch him, he decided to "choose" his ending. To "control" his life one last time.

"When she lied about being our daughter and tried to kill Nam Soon, I thought the worst of her but I heard she kept Nam Soon's identity a secret. I guess people can change when given the chance." - Nam Soon's dad about Hwaja [Episode 15] {4:36}

People can change when given the chance. He wanted that chance. He just didn't beg them for help. He chose to take matters on his own hands. What makes his story compelling to the viewers is he might be a villain but he was a villain that wanted to be free. A villain that wanted to take the bigger evil from within. If a cop is undercover, he is the villain undercover too but his methods is as rotten as those who raised him because that's the even playing field. You have to be a little bit of evil to defeat the bigger evil.

"He once said that having just one person believe in him was all he needed in his life." Nam Soon to Heesik [Episode 16] {47:19}

This is the most important statement. It implies he could have changed drastically if one person believed him. Because if "one" person can make a big difference in one person's life then why not be that difference?

That's why people like him. He is a complex character. Not one dimensional.

Got 10.2 ratings because they are watching it. That's not the rating of the show, that's the amount of people tuning in. I'm sure internationally, this show got millions of viewers too but look at it now? Everyone calling it bad because they watched it. Not because they didn't watch it.

I never said he is taking revenge on Nam Soon behalf. I said Hwaja is not innocent since she tried to kill her and only stopped because she failed. I don't know how that makes me delusional when I never said anything that wasn't a factual fact.