I'm so happy with the way this went, serious plot but some serious fluff too, I love it!
Reading the official translation helps me better understand just how PUSHY Ju Seung-Eon was from the beginning, which is better helping me understand who he becomes post timeskip.
Also my pride would get involved if someone I liked kept giving me stuff "because you're poor and I don't need it" too. Not to the MCs extent, but I understand better. I didn't realize the top kept saying he's poor like that (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
For some reason the idea that the author might have crafted the whole scenario/plot to get to their kinks (i.e a different kind of squid game