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HARDSUB chapters: image-only, transcript_unavailable.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"Melting Point","slug":"melting-point-4klyubx0","original_title":"해빙곡선 / Haebinggokseon / Briser la Glace / Melting Point (PIBI) / Melting Point แมตช์เปลี่ยนหัวใจ / Punto de Fusión / Schmelzpunkt / The Melting Season / แมตช์เปลี่ยนหัวใจ / 融冰曲線 / 融冰曲线 /…"},"chapter":{"number":40,"chapter_key":"40-bcpk67","title":"Chapter 38","release_date":"2026-11-06","last_updated":"2026-11-06T20:02:16.229Z","summary":"Melting Point Chapter 38 covers a tense turning point that opens with Ryu Ian suddenly collapsing in the room. While hiding that he is in Sokcho during a phone call with his sibling, the narrator grows closer to Ian over room service and old game videos. As Ian's father and high school memories are discussed, Ian trembles and faints, and in the emergency room he is diagnosed with stress-induced acute gastritis.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Melting Point Chapter 38 covers a tense turning point that opens with Ryu Ian suddenly collapsing in the room. While hiding that he is in Sokcho during a phone call with his sibling, the narrator grows closer to Ian over room service and old game videos. As Ian's father and high school memories are discussed, Ian trembles and faints, and in the emergency room he is diagnosed with stress-induced acute gastritis.","key_events":["Man phones sibling about coming home tomorrow, meals, and running robot vacuum.","Pair joke about room service and back pain, decide to rest in room instead of going to beach.","Comment on preseason highlight video claiming Ryu Ian's biological father is alive is seen.","Pair watches Ian's old games from first pro team, NHL rookie tour, and Toronto Blazers era.","Ryu Ian suddenly trembles and faints while watching old games in hotel room, taken by ambulance to ER.","Doctor diagnoses acute gastritis likely caused by stress, recommends light diet and stress management."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"YEAH, I'LL BE HOME TOMORROW. DON'T GO SKIPPING MEALS, OKAY?\nAND IT WOULDN'T KILL YOU TO RUN THE VACUUM CLEANER FOR ONCE.\n...HUH?\n\nRYU IAN'S IN SOKCHO?\nOH, YOU SAW IT ON THE INTERNET...\nAT THE HARLTON...?\nNAH, I'M STAYING SOMEWHERE ELSE NOW.\nYEAH, YOU TOO. BYE.\n\nWHY ALL THE SECRECY?\nOH, I DON’T KNOW. MAYBE I JUST DON’T FEEL LIKE TELLING MY BROTHER THAT I’M JUST NOW HAVING ROOM SERVICE BECAUSE I WAS TOO BUSY BOINKING RYU IAN ALL DAY?\nYOU COULD JUST TELL HIM THAT WE’RE HANGING OUT TOGETHER.\nEUNPA WAS ASKING ME YESTERDAY...\n...IF I WAS OKAY WATCHING YOU PLAY WHEN I DON’T EVEN LIKE YOU.\nI WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN EXPLAINING ABOUT US. IT'S EASIER JUST NOT TO TELL HIM--\n\nUGH, DON'T...!\nOH, WHATEVER. IT CAN'T BE WORSE THAN EATING MY CUM...\nWHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?\nHAVEN'T YOU EVER LICKED FOOD OFF YOUR GIRLFRIENDS' LIPS?\nNO, THAT'S JUST GROSS. THAT'S WHAT NAPKINS ARE FOR.\nI WOULD'VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED.\n\n...I DON'T NEED DATING ADVICE FROM MR. I-JUST-USED-TO-BE-A-VIRGIN.\nWHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO NOW? WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH?\nNO, I'M NOT WALKING A SINGLE STEP OUT OF THIS ROOM. I NEED TO REST IF I'M GOING TO WORK DAY AFTER TOMORROW.\nYOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO THE DRIVING TOMORROW, TOO. I CAN'T FEEL MY BACK ANYMORE.\nOKAY. SHOULD I CARRY YOU TO BED, THEN? WANT TO SLEEP SOME MORE?\nNO, I'VE SLEPT ENOUGH...\nAh!\n...YOUR OLD PLAYS.\n\nLET'S WATCH YOUR OLD PLAYS ON THE INTERNET.\n\nYEAH, IT LOOKS LOADS BETTER LIKE THIS.\n...DO WE REALLY HAVE TO WATCH THIS NOW? YOU CAN WATCH THEM AT HOME.\nYEAH, BUT MY SCREEN ISN'T THIS BIG.\n\nFOR PETE'S SAKE...\nWOW, LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THOSE GUYS.\nYOU'RE JUST AVERAGE WHEN YOU'RE WITH WESTERNERS, I SEE.\nTHAT WAS MY FIRST PRO TEAM, THEY WERE FAMOUS FOR THEIR HEIGHT.\nI THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY THE TALLEST TEAM ON AVERAGE IN THE CANADIAN LEAGUE.\nYOU'RE EVEN TALLER NOW, RIGHT?\nYEAH, I MUST'VE BEEN AROUND 190, 191CM THEN?\n\nSO UNFAIR.\nOH, IT'S YOUR ROOKIE LAP!\nCAN'T WE WATCH SOMETHING ELSE?\nTHAT'S MY DEBUT MATCH, I'M SO BAD.\nYEAH, THAT'S WHY WE'RE WATCHING THIS.\nJUST LOOK AT YOU, SO NERVOUS.\nLADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAKING HIS NHL DEBUT TONIGHT, PLEASE WELCOME NUMBER 86, IAN RYU!\nREMINDS ME OF YOUR FIRST TIME PLAYING WITH THE TEAM IN HIGH SCHOOL.\n\nYOU COULDN'T EVEN KEEP THE PUCK THEN, AND LOOK AT YOU.\n\nSHOULD I LOOK UP YOUR TEAM NOW? THE TORONTO BLAZERS...\nBEEP\nWOO HOO\nYEEAAH\nRYU SHOOTS!\nOH, THAT'S A FAKE.\n\nRIGHT?\nHOW DID YOU KNOW?\nYOU ALWAYS MAKE THIS FACE.\nYOU TUCK YOUR CHIN IN LIKE THIS WHEN YOU'RE REALLY ABOUT TO SHOOT.\n...NO WAY.\nI DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS NERVES OR WHAT, BUT WHEN I SAW YOU DOING THAT I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO SHOOT.\nIT'S TRUE. EVER SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.\nI Don't Know If You Still Do It, Though.\nTHAT'S HOW I COULD BLOCK ALL YOUR SHOTS WHEN WE PRACTICED TOGETHER.\n\n...GOOD THING YOU DON'T COACH THE OTHER TEAM.\nSTILL, YOU'D BETTER TRY NOT TO DO IT ANYMORE. SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT CATCH ON.\nYEAH.\nYOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF SETTLING IN SO QUICKLY. STARTING LINEUP AS SOON AS YOU GOT INTO UNIVERSITY, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.\nHEY, SINCE WE'RE NOT EXACTLY STRANGERS, CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING?\n\nWHAT IS IT?\nWAS YOUR DAD AN ATHLETE, TOO?\nI MEAN, WE BOTH KNOW THAT IT'S 99% GENES WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS AND THE ARTS.\nJUST LOOKING AT YOUR PHYSIQUE, AND YOUR TALENT...\n...I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE THAT COMING OUT OF NOWHERE.\n\nHAVEN'T YOU EVER HEARD ANYTHING FROM YOUR MOM? OR SEEN ANY OLD PHOTOS?\n...I DUNNO. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PHOTOS.\nTOO BAD. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SO PROUD OF YOU IF HE'D BEEN ABLE TO SEE YOU PLAY.\nAT LEAST HE LEFT SOME GOOD GENES BEHIND.\n\"GOOD GENES...\"\n\nOH, RIGHT. I JUST REMEMBERED YESTERDAY...\nDO YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU CAME TO MY HOUSE RIGHT BEFORE YOU LEFT FOR CANADA?\nI WASN'T REALLY PAYING ATTENTION THEN...\nBUT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT WATCHING YOU FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS-\nNGH...\nWHY ARE YOU SHIVERING ALL OF A SUDD-\nHEY, RYU I...\n\n?!\nHEY, WAKE UP!\nRYU IAN!\n\nEMERGEN\nIT'S ACUTE GASTRITIS.\nSINCE THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE BEEN ANYTHING WRONG WITH HIS LAST MEAL...\nIT'S LIKELY STRESS-INDUCED.\nHE'S STABLE NOW, SO MAKE SURE HE STICKS TO A BLAND DIET FOR THE TIME BEING...\nAND TRY TO MANAGE HIS STRESS LEVELS.\n\nYES, THANK YOU, DOCTOR.\n...HEY!\nHEY, YOU!\nYOU OKAY? HOW ARE YOU FEELING?\n\n...AM I AT THE HOSPITAL?\nYOU GOT HERE IN AN AMBULANCE, MAN. THIS IS THE ER.\nYOU SHOULDN'T HAVE... I COULD'VE JUST SLEPT IT OFF.\nWHAT'S THIS...?\nHEY, DON'T TOUCH THAT!\nYOU NEED TO WAIT FOR THE DRIP TO FINISH, BOZO.\nI'M FINE NOW.\nSHUT UP. YOU WERE AS PALE AS A GHOST JUST AN HOUR AGO. HELL, YOU WERE CONVULSING.\nTAKE THAT OUT AND I'LL KILL YOU.\nTHE DOCTOR ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING STRESSING YOU OUT.\nHE THINKS IT'S STRESS-INDUCED GASTRITIS.\n\nNAH, I'M GOOD. MUST'VE EATEN SOMETHING OFF.\nBY THE WAY...\n...I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU WEARING YOUR SHIRT LIKE THAT.\n...AH.\nI WAS IN SUCH A RUSH TO GET DRESSED...\nYOU SEE HOW STARTLED I WAS?\n...YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH ON THE WAY HERE.\n\nI WAS WONDERING IF IT WAS MY FAULT, MAKING YOU WATCH YOUR VIDEOS WITH ME.\nUgh, This Collar.\nYOU GOT ALL SNIPPY WHEN I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT YOUR HOCKEY STYLE, COME TO THINK OF IT.\nCOMPLAINING THAT I ONLY CARE ABOUT YOU AS A PLAYER...\nNO, NOT AT ALL. I LOVED IT, ACTUALLY.\nIT TOOK ME BACK...\n...TO THOSE DAYS BUSTING MY ASS OFF TO GET YOU TO NOTICE ME.\n\nI THOUGHT THAT...\n...I WAS JUST ONE OF A BUNCH OF EXTRAS ORBITING AROUND YOU...\n...BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT I WASN'T.\nTURNS OUT THAT I WAS SPECIAL TO YOU, AT LEAST WHEN I WAS PLAYING HOCKEY.\nSPECIAL ENOUGH FOR YOU TO NOTICE HABITS THAT EVEN I NEVER REALIZED.\nHOCKEY WAS MY SPECIAL POWER ALL ALONG.\n\nSO I FIGURED I'LL JUST HAVE TO BECOME THE BEST FUCKING HOCKEY PLAYER I CAN, THEN.\nSO YOU'LL KEEP GLOATING OVER MY PLAYS.\nWHO-\nWHO SAYS I EVER GLOATED OVER YOUR PLAYS?\nYOU'VE GOT THE WRONG IDEA-\nDOES THIS FINISH FASTER IF I PRESS IT? I WANNA GO HOME.\nSTOP THAT, YOU IDIOT!\n\nKIDDING.\nTHAT'S A LOAD OFF MY MIND IF YOU SAY IT WASN'T ME, BUT...\nWHAT IS IT THEN? WAS IT JUST FATIGUE AFTER THE FRIENDLY?\n\nKOREA\nNEROVA\n@edgdsd275 16 hours ago Ryu Ian is KOREAN Reply\n@Escback23 16 hours ago The man who couldn't...lose... Reply\n@minju0211 16 hours ago It's good that Ryu Ian has gotten peopl interested in ice hockey, we need the government to make a long-term commitment to the sport now.\nJeez I'm so tired of the Ryu Ian hype...just gonna watch this 30 more time Reply\n@Rce5Tu223 58 minutes ago Ryu Ian's bio dad is alive Reply\n...HUH?\n\nWHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?\nSporTV","bubble_count":149,"pages_count":27,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Melting Point Chapter 38 covers a tense turning point that opens with Ryu Ian suddenly collapsing in the room.","spoiler_summary":"Melting Point Chapter 38 covers a tense turning point that opens with Ryu Ian suddenly collapsing in the room. While hiding that he is in Sokcho during a phone call with his sibling, the narrator grows closer to Ian over room service and old game videos. As Ian's father and high school memories are discussed, Ian trembles and faints, and in the emergency room he is diagnosed with stress-induced acute gastritis."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/melting-point-4klyubx0/chapter-40-bcpk67","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Melting Point #40: Chapter 38","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-07T22:14:20.059Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/melting-point-4klyubx0"}}