The pro-Japanese male lead in 100 Days of Deception is getting criticized for still not reflecting or waking up, almost 10 episodes in
Viewers are split over whether 100 Days of Deception is taking too long to wake up its pro-Japanese male lead.
Character profile
The male lead's father is second in command at the Government-General and adopted the male lead as his son.
The father graduated from a Japanese military academy and has been a pro-Japanese collaborator his entire life.
Following in the father's footsteps, the male lead also works as an interpreter at the Government-General.
He isn't an undercover agent—he's genuinely a pro-Japanese collaborator of Korean descent working at the Government-General.
And it's not like this character is oblivious, either.
Even though the male lead works at the Government-General, there are scenes where he seems to be learning about the massacre committed by the father for the first time (a stereotyped depiction of a Japanese person...).
And he's not the second male lead—he's the actual male lead. People are talking because he still hasn't shown any regret, reflected, or woken up, and what's even more troubling is that he's in a romance with the female lead, who's working as a spy for the independence movement.
People are even saying that if he suddenly wakes up later, it'll feel out of character.
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What are you talking about? Isn't the drama only a little over halfway done? Does OP think it ends next week? The story's been building well, so what are they on about?
He's basically right on the verge of joining the resistance, so what are you talking about?
There's even the real-life case of independence activist Lee Bong-chang. Someone can absolutely start out pro-Japanese and then change. I trust this great drama to wrap things up well by the end.