My Secret Brother-Who do you ship?

Alexl4r93 said:
Just recently found this Webtoon and i already catched up to the latest chapter in less than 2 days, that's how much i find this story interesting. I gotta say compare to many japanese mangas, korean webtoons have much more thrills to offer, considering how they deal with the plot (much different from mangas imo). Anyway, back to the main subject, about this particular manhwa there isn't really anything out standing for my taste but the story is definitely unique. It just get messier as i delved deeper into it. But it's definitely interesting and worth my concerns. I really want to know how this will end. All the characters are cool in their own ways...and they are also quite messed up. I have a lot of questions and this is sometimes tiring because i have to wait with this kind of story for it to end and only when can i stop feeling bothered with it.
My favorite characters are of course the so-called siblings. They are the main but they are not that typical boring type, and also because of their fucked up relationship, which imo affects everyone around them. Hanmi is this type of person, who always shows an unnecessarily stubborn and spiteful attitude with others, and to the ones close to her she feels that she's the strong one and she has the responsibility to help and protect them. But sometimes she gets carried away and becomes overly manipulative. She also has some sort of false sense of justice, kinda like a typical anti hero. She attracts people but she always seems to deny her outstanding presence which shows that she is someone who tends to ignore material and shallow factors. Also she has problems with trusting people and she plays by her own rules, being a lone wolf and solving everything on her own. This gloomy personality of her is shown more obvious in the flashbacks when she was a kid. In the present she seems to be more matured and more positive. She probably decided to change because of her previous incident. Junhyuk on the other hand is the complete opposite. While Hanmi has her straightforwardness, he is someonewho hides his true feelings. He is ultra popular with his looks and his vibe, his humor and his overall 'positive' outlook, at least that's what it seems to be the case. I find him more complex than any other characters in the story, although the other guy, Gun is pretty interesting too. Junhyuk is somewhat nihilistic in his way of expressing love towards Hanmi and nihilistic love is absolutely something i root for.
Many others might find that other characters and subplots worth paying attention but i only care about what's gonna happen between the siblings. Hanmi is still in denial state but soon enough she will have to face with the fact that she wants to keep Junhyuk to herself. And unless these two come to a definite closure, that means they have to confess their true feelings, there won't be any resolution to the story, even for the other characters. Their lacking of parental guidance has lead them to depend too much on one another and they are also clueless about true love and relationships between men and women. Whatever the outcome the author must solve this point, the two main have to learn to fix all their weaknesses. Considering that they only find comfort in each other's company it would be very difficult for others to butt in between them. Surprisingly this also applies for the case of the Lee brothers. Juah and Gun love-hate relationship is taking a new turn, becoming sexually involved and stuff but this also makes sense, similar to JhHm case.
I have some speculations regarding the past events. Hanmi's problem with her ex was more or less concerning Junhyuk. Her ex was probably jealous and paranoid. Junhyuk probably did something out of jealousy and possessiveness which caused the ex to become suspicious of the siblings' relationship. Apparently after the incident they moved twice and there was a strain in their relationship. They both said this same thing that they weren't a mess like they used to be? Hanmi said this when she broke off their fake relationship and Junhyuk repeated this in chap 96 when Hanmi tried to convince him not to move out. Junhyuk feelings seem apparent already but Hanmi still denies. I don't understand what cause that tension between them and I'm extremely curious. There was a scene which Junhyuk told Hanmi that they should try and pretend as if they were still a family? There was also a scene which showed Junhyuk breaking up with Jun in the hospital and he was injured. So he must have fought with that psycho ex and his gang but if he only did so to defend his sister then why did they have to pretend that they were a family? Not to mention in the first chapter although they are siblings they have no intention of hanging around each other at school and make their relation obvious to the public, which consequently leads to Hanmi lying about being lovers. Also Hanmi hesitated twice about breaking up with Junhyuk and from the hints given i guess that it's because she doesn't want to become complete strangers with Junhyuk at school. And why did they decide to act like they didn't know each other in the first place? Why did they act like they didn't care for one another's business? This is really strange because apparently everyone in their old school knows that they're siblings. They chose to hide this fact from their new surroundings probably because one of the reasons causing the previous event is that they crossed the comfort zone of a healthy brother-sister relationship and it became scandalous. Junhyuk was the perpetrator and Hanmi tried to ignore facts and labeled his actions stupid while she also had to deal with her bf at the same time. It is likely that Hanmi herself is well-aware of Junhyuk's feelings for her and tried to ignore it and quickly recover to being normal siblings (or so she thought). She might reason that he was just being overly protective at the time, like how a normal person would do when there is something they want to avoid and prevent from the harsh and bitter realization.
Whoops, i said too much, but yeah, that's what i think...

Juriasu19 said:
Oh hell NO to incest! If you've read Hirunaka no Ryuusei before you must know that blondes always win! I just hope that things get better on both ends. (I don't hate Junhyuk, I'm just against the IDEA of them being together and that'll mean that the author is promoting incest)

Gabriela_00 said:
I honestly ship Gun x Hanmi real hard. I don't know what Lee Gun has bad I totally love him. His character is the most mysterious of all. I was shocked that he has a bad-ass side on him and he is beyond the character I imagined him to be. He's naive but observant. He seems pretty weak but man, he can beat the crap out of people and I believe he can protect Hanmi.

Although I agree that they are both secretive and not honest with each other, I think they're relationship will develop over time. There's progress and I hope it's for the best.

As far as Junhyuk is concern, I love him just being Hanmi's brother. They have the chemistry but their sibling relationship is totally funny and heartwarming. Besides, now that I've read until chapter 153, I prefer Hyenan to end up with him *wink*

Although Gun x Hanmi is unpopular as compared to JH x Hanmi, I really want my ship to sail.

Naou said:


False and with that kind of logic, in my honest opinion, people shouldn't be writing at all. Writing incest and other morally questionable topics does not mean it's for promotion and it takes like, middle school reading comprehension skills to understand that lol

Also, Willow hasn't painted Junhyuk and Hanmi's relationship as healthy and if they were truly painting incest as "good" then there would be no point in Junhyuk holding back with his feelings.

Anyways, I actually find Gun pretty boring and mediocre because there's not much to him other than being selfless and nice and angsty because he's trying to atone for his past lol; however, I'm not sure if Hanmi has romantic feelings towards Junhyuk as he does her lol

I mean, she hesitated breaking off because she didn't want them to return to before. She doesn't want to let go, but she has also showed strong feelings towards Gun and has remained stagnant on it; Junhyuk on the other hand, so far has held no interest in anyone and the small glimpses we get of him blushing is towards Hanmi.

So it may be one-sided, tbh.

I actually really like Seonghwa lmao I want to know more about him and Hanmi and why he's so incredibly hung up on her. I also find the romance between Yeun and Jun (Ginny) adorable so I'm glad we get tonsee those precious moments c: