# WebtoonLib — Side Characters Deserve Love Too #45

## Series
- title: Side Characters Deserve Love Too
- slug: side-characters-deserve-love-too-d020da

## Chapter
- number: 45
- release_date: 2025-03-12

### Summary
The current chapter introduces a highly suspicious, hooded figure who approaches Geumja with cryptic, fourth-wall-breaking advice, sparking intense reader speculation that this new character may be the novel's author, a god-like entity, or the force behind her transmigration. This mysterious encounter coincides with a pivotal plot deviation, as Geumja realizes an anticipated tournament has been changed from equestrian to jousting—an event that was "not in the novel." Fans theorize that her diligent care for the horses successfully thwarted the original sabotage plot, forcing the antagonists to alter their plans and directly causing this narrative shift. While comedic elements persist, with the "Bunny Kyle" illustration remaining a fan-favorite meme, reader sentiment is increasingly focused on new intrigue and existing frustrations. Suspicion is now heavily cast upon the character Isak, with readers questioning his motives and loyalty. This new mystery unfolds against a backdrop of continued and vocal reader frustration over the story's slow pacing, particularly the prolonged "stable boy arc" which, according to fans, has yet to conclude even after many chapters.
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## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
The current chapter introduces a highly suspicious, hooded figure who approaches Geumja with cryptic, fourth-wall-breaking advice, sparking intense reader speculation that this new character may be the novel's author, a god-like entity, or the force behind her transmigration.

### Spoiler summary
The current chapter introduces a highly suspicious, hooded figure who approaches Geumja with cryptic, fourth-wall-breaking advice, sparking intense reader speculation that this new character may be the novel's author, a god-like entity, or the force behind her transmigration. This mysterious encounter coincides with a pivotal plot deviation, as Geumja realizes an anticipated tournament has been changed from equestrian to jousting—an event that was "not in the novel." Fans theorize that her diligent care for the horses successfully thwarted the original sabotage plot, forcing the antagonists to alter their plans and directly causing this narrative shift. While comedic elements persist, with the "Bunny Kyle" illustration remaining a fan-favorite meme, reader sentiment is increasingly focused on new intrigue and existing frustrations. Suspicion is now heavily cast upon the character Isak, with readers questioning his motives and loyalty. This new mystery unfolds against a backdrop of continued and vocal reader frustration over the story's slow pacing, particularly the prolonged "stable boy arc" which, according to fans, has yet to conclude even after many chapters.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Side Characters Deserve Love Too #45](/series/side-characters-deserve-love-too-d020da/chapter-45)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/side-characters-deserve-love-too-d020da

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