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How did the manhwa books end up in the library? Did Jin Mi-Chae bring them? If so, why would he do that? If not, and if it was the Writer who put them there, then burning them would be useless since they will restore themselves onto the shelf anyway. Right?

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    Questions everyone would ask but they don’t because they are busy moping around kkk.

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      I’m so obssessed withbthe drama so I’m just killing my free time thinking about these trivial things while waiting for the next episode. Hee. 😁

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    It’s sort of useless to think at this point. It has plot holes upon plot holes.
    They didn’t define the limits of their world or explain how exactly it works.
    The writer has been left as a megalomaniac God or something.

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      oh!.. you wait for the ending 🙂
      i.e. if drama follows manga..
      and by ending i’m referring to author’s ending.. not the characters’

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        No, I’m pretty sure the drama’s ending will be similar to the manhwa July found by Chance.
        It’s useless because the Flower manhwa turning from Flower to Nun Seo Hwa, & appearing magically in the bookshelf is just one of the many plot holes & nigglers of this drama.

        When you have BK as a walking talking contradiction, what’s a little book?

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          I wonder..
          i don’t see book appearing on the bookshelf a plothole.. if at all it is very much in line with the theme of the show..

          plothole would be when laws of manga world change.. like in one situation x happens, but same set of variables and y happens

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            They addressed the issue in the drama, as Jin Mi-Chae wondered out loud: “Why does the book always end up on its shelf in the library?”. So I don’t see this as a plot hole yet since they (the drama writers) acknowledged it. If they don’t clarify it at the end (but, honestly, I think they will), only then it’ll become a plot hole to me.

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      @maybemaknae
      It’s quite amazing to have these tiny details to think about when we don’t yet get to see what really happen (or never get to see at all). What’s the fun having a drama that will be forgetten as soon as the episode ends?

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    I wondered about that too. Why do these books ALWAYS end up at the library?? Also, are there multiple copies of the same volume? Because sometimes, it feels like it, what with so many people flipping through the pages…

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      that’s like a fantasy element..
      if you can accept that characters are becoming self aware.. having the comic around them kind of goes hand in hand

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      I feel that way too. Just how many copies are floating around? Where do they come from? I get the writer might be cheeky & drew secret manhwa cover as part of the library books, but then why would they draw Flower? Unless it was deliberate & like an Easter egg for the irl author’s readers.
      This show raises many questions but doesn’t bother to answer even the ones it itself raised in it.

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        yes.. 🙂 that’s why i say, wait for the ending.. it fits

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        I initially thought the books are easter eggs too. They are there in the story because the Writer put them there.

        That’s why I wonder what’s the point to have Jin Mi-Chae burning them? He might forget the fact that everything will be reset as soon as the next Stage begins. If that’s the case, then it will be a plot hole because he, of all people, knows, more than well, about the rules of their manhwa world.

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        Flower might serve as a prequel to Secret. The manhwa Writer seems to be obsessive & compulsive. S/He reuse a lot of elements from the Flower and put them in Secret, the characters & the scenes and even the dialogue.

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      @kethysk
      I have the impression that there’s only one copy of each (1 for Flower (or Trumpet Creeper or Trumpet Vine or 능소화) and 1 for Secret) in the story. People are taking turn reading. That’s why it keeps missing and they have to go around looking for it when they need reference. Jin Mi-Chae gets a hold of both books quite more often than the others, however, he also complains the book keeps returning to its shelf in the library.

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        I might have missed the part where Jin Mi-Chae complains about the books going back to the library, then. because I feel like he almost always has them, at the same time as an unfortunate soul is discovering them.

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          DB Episode 6 recap;

          She’s surprised to find Mi-chae in the library this time, and he explains that he’s there a lot because the “Secret” manhwa keeps returning to its shelf. Dan-oh tells him that Do-hwa is adjusting well, but she’s still struggling because she heard she’s dying. Mi-chae has read that scene, but she orders him not to look at her so pityingly because she’s still planning to change her fate.

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    Clarification;

    My original question would be: How did the manhwa books end up in the story?

    At first, I thought they’re easter eggs the manhwa Writer playfully hide (in plain sight) in the story. Dried Squid, for some reason, learned about them and got a hold of them purely for his own amusement. It almost feels like he enjoys watching these characters, including himself, playing along the roles determined by the Writer. The first half of the drama, it looks like he’s teaming up with the writer and acting like the gate-keeper to make sure no one messes up the Fate.

    But as time goes by, he seems to be resentful about his own fate too. When he ran into Nam-Ju’s mom and was forced to be polite to her (whom he clearly seems to hold some grudges against), he thought: It’s the worst when you are a character whose actions are in complete control of the writer. So, I started to lean on the idea that he might have had some bad experiences trying to change the fate himself (I’ve read this theory through some other beanines’ post). Maybe in Flower, Nam-Ju’s mom was the mother of the girl he loved but she didn’t approve their relationship. So, they ended up in tragedy.

    Ahh, I can think of a plenty of theories but as much information as we have, it’s not enough to be sure as of now. Please continue to surprise me, Show! I’m trusting you.

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    didn’t BK ask for a copy in ep 8..
    seems one copy of secret that everyone keeps playing pass the parcel with 😛

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