# WebtoonLib — Back to Work #135

## Series
- title: Back to Work
- slug: back-to-work-8850bc

## Chapter
- number: 135
- release_date: 2025-03-12

### Summary
The narrative has pivoted entirely to the secondary couple, Noah and Jaein, igniting a firestorm of reader frustration that validates and intensifies the audience fatigue noted in the previous chapter. The central conflict stems from Noah moving abroad for her career and subsequently failing to communicate with Jaein, despite his promise to wait for her. This has provoked an overwhelmingly negative response, with the majority of the audience labeling Noah as profoundly "selfish," immature, and hypocritical for refusing to either reciprocate Jaein’s commitment to a long-distance relationship or end it cleanly. Many readers now feel Jaein is "too good for her" and express hope that he moves on. A vocal minority defends Noah, contextualizing her actions as a necessary, albeit flawed, act of self-prioritization following past trauma and arguing that characters should be realistically imperfect. This defense, however, is largely overshadowed by the widespread sentiment that Noah is failing to uphold her end of the relationship. The main couple, Jiyoon and Siwoo, are completely absent from the discussion, confirming that the secondary couple's contentious arc has fully usurped the story's focus.
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### Key events
- Noah moves abroad, struggles with intense loneliness, and fails to communicate with Jaein.

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The narrative has pivoted entirely to the secondary couple, Noah and Jaein, igniting a firestorm of reader frustration that validates and intensifies the audience fatigue noted in the previous chapter.

### Spoiler summary
The narrative has pivoted entirely to the secondary couple, Noah and Jaein, igniting a firestorm of reader frustration that validates and intensifies the audience fatigue noted in the previous chapter. The central conflict stems from Noah moving abroad for her career and subsequently failing to communicate with Jaein, despite his promise to wait for her. This has provoked an overwhelmingly negative response, with the majority of the audience labeling Noah as profoundly "selfish," immature, and hypocritical for refusing to either reciprocate Jaein’s commitment to a long-distance relationship or end it cleanly. Many readers now feel Jaein is "too good for her" and express hope that he moves on. A vocal minority defends Noah, contextualizing her actions as a necessary, albeit flawed, act of self-prioritization following past trauma and arguing that characters should be realistically imperfect. This defense, however, is largely overshadowed by the widespread sentiment that Noah is failing to uphold her end of the relationship. The main couple, Jiyoon and Siwoo, are completely absent from the discussion, confirming that the secondary couple's contentious arc has fully usurped the story's focus.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Back to Work #135](/series/back-to-work-8850bc/chapter-135)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/back-to-work-8850bc

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