# WebtoonLib — Aporia #38

## Series
- title: Aporia
- slug: aporia-90b6cd

## Chapter
- number: 38
- release_date: 2025-03-08

### Summary
Reader commentary indicates the current chapter shifts focus to a secondary couple, creating a divided response. A significant portion of the audience expresses impatience with this side story, demonstrating a strong desire to return to the main couple, Gyum and Ja-wook, and see their relationship progress after their recent reunion. In the absence of the main pairing, reader discussion has generated a compelling re-evaluation of Ja-wook's character, theorizing that he is not a masochist but an "experimentalist." This popular interpretation posits that his initial participation in the BDSM dynamic was driven by an insatiable curiosity to try new things, which explains his eventual emotional and mental exhaustion when the novelty faded and only pain remained. This lens reframes his self-endangering actions from the first arc, attributing them to a personality trait rather than a simple conflation of pain and love. Meanwhile, comments on the secondary couple (identified as Yooda and Seo) suggest their plot involves a serious tone, with some readers reacting with shock to the depiction of a specific, painful-looking BDSM item. Despite this diversion, the overarching sentiment is a fervent anticipation for the main ship to "sail," building on the fragile domesticity established in the previous chapter.
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## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
Reader commentary indicates the current chapter shifts focus to a secondary couple, creating a divided response.

### Spoiler summary
Reader commentary indicates the current chapter shifts focus to a secondary couple, creating a divided response. A significant portion of the audience expresses impatience with this side story, demonstrating a strong desire to return to the main couple, Gyum and Ja-wook, and see their relationship progress after their recent reunion. In the absence of the main pairing, reader discussion has generated a compelling re-evaluation of Ja-wook's character, theorizing that he is not a masochist but an "experimentalist." This popular interpretation posits that his initial participation in the BDSM dynamic was driven by an insatiable curiosity to try new things, which explains his eventual emotional and mental exhaustion when the novelty faded and only pain remained. This lens reframes his self-endangering actions from the first arc, attributing them to a personality trait rather than a simple conflation of pain and love. Meanwhile, comments on the secondary couple (identified as Yooda and Seo) suggest their plot involves a serious tone, with some readers reacting with shock to the depiction of a specific, painful-looking BDSM item. Despite this diversion, the overarching sentiment is a fervent anticipation for the main ship to "sail," building on the fragile domesticity established in the previous chapter.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Aporia #38](/series/aporia-90b6cd/chapter-38)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/aporia-90b6cd

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