# WebtoonLib — Someone Like You #23

## Series
- title: Someone Like You
- slug: someone-like-you-63f415

## Chapter
- number: 23
- release_date: 2025-03-10

### Summary
The new relationship between Shinwoo and Han is immediately strained by a phone call from Shinwoo's ex-boyfriend, an event that triggers Shinwoo's deep-seated trauma and fear of abandonment. This causes him to withdraw emotionally just as Han is showing intense, fast-paced devotion. The central conflict, as identified by readers, is a severe communication breakdown. Han is consistently portrayed as patient and actively trying to connect, but his efforts are met with Shinwoo's refusal to be vulnerable, as he insists he is fine while clearly being distressed. Reader opinion is sharply divided over this dynamic. Many express deep sympathy for Shinwoo, viewing his inability to open up as a realistic and understandable coping mechanism stemming from past hurts. However, a significant portion of readers are frustrated, arguing that the issue is not miscommunication but a deliberate lack of honesty from Shinwoo. They feel the burden is now on him to change and trust Han, whose patience they fear may eventually run out. This failure to communicate is seen as the primary threat to the relationship, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy where Shinwoo's fear of being left may cause the very abandonment he dreads.
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## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
The new relationship between Shinwoo and Han is immediately strained by a phone call from Shinwoo's ex-boyfriend, an event that triggers Shinwoo's deep-seated trauma and fear of abandonment.

### Spoiler summary
The new relationship between Shinwoo and Han is immediately strained by a phone call from Shinwoo's ex-boyfriend, an event that triggers Shinwoo's deep-seated trauma and fear of abandonment. This causes him to withdraw emotionally just as Han is showing intense, fast-paced devotion. The central conflict, as identified by readers, is a severe communication breakdown. Han is consistently portrayed as patient and actively trying to connect, but his efforts are met with Shinwoo's refusal to be vulnerable, as he insists he is fine while clearly being distressed. Reader opinion is sharply divided over this dynamic. Many express deep sympathy for Shinwoo, viewing his inability to open up as a realistic and understandable coping mechanism stemming from past hurts. However, a significant portion of readers are frustrated, arguing that the issue is not miscommunication but a deliberate lack of honesty from Shinwoo. They feel the burden is now on him to change and trust Han, whose patience they fear may eventually run out. This failure to communicate is seen as the primary threat to the relationship, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy where Shinwoo's fear of being left may cause the very abandonment he dreads.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Someone Like You #23](/series/someone-like-you-63f415/chapter-23)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/someone-like-you-63f415

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