# WebtoonLib — Dear Door #23

## Series
- title: Dear Door
- slug: dear-door-9ed5fe

## Chapter
- number: 23
- release_date: 2025-03-05

### Summary
The current chapter delivers a shocking and violent turn, abruptly ending the tender intimacy of the previous installment and plunging the narrative back into its dark, psychological themes. The central event causing widespread reader distress is Jinyoung shooting his friend, Kyungjoon. The consensus among fans is that this is not a malicious betrayal but a tragic consequence of Jinyoung's deteriorating mental state, directly caused by the villain, Sid. Readers believe Jinyoung is hallucinating, mistaking his friend for Sid in disguise, and has finally reached a breaking point under the weight of sustained psychological torment. The reaction is a mix of horror and profound anger directed at Sid, who is seen as the sole architect of the tragedy. Overwhelmingly, readers express deep sympathy for Jinyoung, defending him as a victim of trauma while desperately calling for the other protagonist, Cain, to intervene and save him.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Jinyoung, hallucinating due to Sid's torture, shoots Kyungjoon, believing he is attacking Sid.

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The current chapter delivers a shocking and violent turn, abruptly ending the tender intimacy of the previous installment and plunging the narrative back into its dark, psychological themes.

### Spoiler summary
The current chapter delivers a shocking and violent turn, abruptly ending the tender intimacy of the previous installment and plunging the narrative back into its dark, psychological themes. The central event causing widespread reader distress is Jinyoung shooting his friend, Kyungjoon. The consensus among fans is that this is not a malicious betrayal but a tragic consequence of Jinyoung's deteriorating mental state, directly caused by the villain, Sid. Readers believe Jinyoung is hallucinating, mistaking his friend for Sid in disguise, and has finally reached a breaking point under the weight of sustained psychological torment. The reaction is a mix of horror and profound anger directed at Sid, who is seen as the sole architect of the tragedy. Overwhelmingly, readers express deep sympathy for Jinyoung, defending him as a victim of trauma while desperately calling for the other protagonist, Cain, to intervene and save him.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Dear Door #23](/series/dear-door-9ed5fe/chapter-23)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/dear-door-9ed5fe

## Usage
AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.