Semantic (Color) Error
Sang Woo and Jae Young are color-coded boys in love.
So what are their colors?
If you thought red and blue, you'd be WRONG!
The opening credits and scenes declare what they are:
Their colors are blue and green.
Sang Woo is a blue boy. He is confident, stable, and intelligent.
Jae Young is a green guy. He is lively, hopeful, and easygoing.
He even draws Sang Woo in his color on the wanted posters.
The only reason Jae Young wears red is to bother Sang Woo.
Jae Young borrows most of the red items from his friends.
He begins wearing red when looking for Sang Woo before he is aware Sang Woo hates the color *the "SINNER" jacket*
When they first meet, they both wear black, but Jae Young is backed up by his fake red. *the "DIE BITCH" jacket*
Black tends to be their neutral color.
When they're hiding out in the clothes, they are neutral in black with their colors behind them until the red light comes on, referring to Jae Young's fake red that bothers Sang Woo.
Exchanging colors
While at the bar, Jae Young is upset at Sang Woo for ignoring him, so he plays darts with his fake red and Sang Woo's blue.
He rescues Sang Woo, and they have a tender moment. The next day, Sang Woo tries on red.
And Jae Young picks up blue even though there is a red outfit he could wear.
But Sang Woo doesn't like this (because he has the fake red), and retreats into a dark blue while Jae Young remains neutral black. *see the barrier that divides them demonstrated by the wall behind them: Sang Woo in the darker color (wants to remain in the dark about his feelings) and Jae Young in the lighter color (because he is aware of his feelings)*
However, Sang Woo can't truly let Jae Young go and continues to use Jae Young's fake red when he usually uses black. *remember Jae Young placed a red pen on Sang Woo's shelf after the bar incident*
Sang Woo realizes he made a mistake and goes to see Jae Young at the restaurant. He is still in his blue, but now he is surrounded by Jae Young's real color, green.
Jae Young rejects him, but Sang Woo tries again, this time fully understanding how important Jae Young is, so he wears Jae Young's green to reflect that.
After this, Jae Young incorporates Sang Woo's blue into his wardrobe.
The two become closer, and eventually kiss.
Each is highlighted by the other's color: Sang Woo in Jae Young's green, and Jae Young in Sang Woo's blue.
But, per usual, Sang Woo is confused and goes to Jae Young's studio in Jae Young's fake red while Jae Young is in neutral black.
Jae Young makes Sang Woo realize what he has been feeling (no fake red anymore, but pure green). EDIT: @grapejuicegay spotted that when Sang Woo agrees to the two-week trial period, he does so in a blue and green thumbs up sweater.
Sang Woo decides to be honest in the same shirt he wore the first time he yelled at Jae Young and showed him emotion - the merged green and blue flannel shirt.
After that, Sang Woo is in love and in Jae Young's green
Until Jae Young tells Sang Woo he got accepted into an oversees program, then both boys are struggling with their feelings and retreat back to their colors *Sang Woo's beloved blue bike*
But all ends well, and they merge their colors and love together with a hint of fake red (blue bedding with green pillows)
And the Semantic (Color) Error was fixed!
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Can we just talk about how funny reguri is for a moment?
Red and Blue are that ship that is never *explicitly* verified in canon but is so obvious that the fandom as a whole has just come to accept it. Like, even the homophobic Twitter you're-ruining-the-male-friendship-dynamic trolls have more or less stopped fighting it. Because how can you? There are only so many times "that's just a coincidence" works when the besties are off "doing their own thing" on VALENTINE'S DAY, ffs.
And I think it is absolutely hilarious that the toxic masculinity crowd in the gaming world got to see the original protag--the legendary trainer--that they thought was so stoic and badass as a kid skip back into the franchise years later, still legendary, still badass, making doe eyes at his husband in between wrecking everyone's day with his like level 500 pikachu or whatever.
What a time to be alive.
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