# WebtoonLib — Who Can Define Popularity #51

## Series
- title: Who Can Define Popularity
- slug: who-can-define-popularity-9fed3c

## Chapter
- number: 51
- release_date: 2025-03-04

### Summary
The narrative continues to center on the severe emotional fallout between the side couple, Bawoo and Hoon, overshadowing the main romance. The chapter explores the painful aftermath of Hoon's dense and unintentional outing of Bawoo's feelings, a conflict that has left readers deeply divided. While there is immense sympathy for Bawoo's heartbreak and isolation, encapsulated by his line, “I started to become miserable around you,” many also feel for the well-meaning Hoon, who is devastated by the realization that he unintentionally hurt his friend. This has sparked debate on whether Bawoo should have been more direct with the notoriously oblivious Hoon. In stark contrast to this heavy angst, a lighthearted subplot unfolds as Daun meets Siwon's family. Siwon's mother, in particular, is a highlight for readers, who praise her as exceptionally cool and accepting of both her son's and daughter's same-sex relationships. This juxtaposition of intense, heartbreaking drama and wholesome, comedic family interactions creates a significant emotional whiplash, with Daun awkwardly positioned as a bystander to his friends' painful confrontation.
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## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
The narrative continues to center on the severe emotional fallout between the side couple, Bawoo and Hoon, overshadowing the main romance.

### Spoiler summary
The narrative continues to center on the severe emotional fallout between the side couple, Bawoo and Hoon, overshadowing the main romance. The chapter explores the painful aftermath of Hoon's dense and unintentional outing of Bawoo's feelings, a conflict that has left readers deeply divided. While there is immense sympathy for Bawoo's heartbreak and isolation, encapsulated by his line, “I started to become miserable around you,” many also feel for the well-meaning Hoon, who is devastated by the realization that he unintentionally hurt his friend. This has sparked debate on whether Bawoo should have been more direct with the notoriously oblivious Hoon. In stark contrast to this heavy angst, a lighthearted subplot unfolds as Daun meets Siwon's family. Siwon's mother, in particular, is a highlight for readers, who praise her as exceptionally cool and accepting of both her son's and daughter's same-sex relationships. This juxtaposition of intense, heartbreaking drama and wholesome, comedic family interactions creates a significant emotional whiplash, with Daun awkwardly positioned as a bystander to his friends' painful confrontation.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Who Can Define Popularity #51](/series/who-can-define-popularity-9fed3c/chapter-51)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/who-can-define-popularity-9fed3c

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