I was under the impression that the box was inside, since I remember her saying in chapter 1 that she would “listen to the sound of her mother inside a tight box.” Kind of hard to listen to her mother when the box is outside.
@sunsetchaos I agree. She’s reacting to her abuse in a really weird way for someone who remembers living a normal life in modern South Korea. Like the way she doesn’t understand that Emiel is angry at her treatment, or she doesn’t want to tell her father cause “It’s embarrassing.” It’s like she doesn’t understand that that was abuse. It would be understandable if she only had her memories from this life, but anyone who lived a normal life to adulthood in a developed country should understand that what her mom did was horrible abuse/child endangerment/neglect, and that the people who care about her would be angry about it if she told them.
It’s almost as if the author completely forgot she has those memories since the only role they really play in the story is making her act “mature” for her age and driving her desire to learn, which could have been done without the isekai element.
@Askun Abused children only normalize abuse because that’s all they’ve ever known, but it should be different for someone who has memories of growing up without abuse, even if her mind is innocent.
@Kuroku Yeah, I also think it would have worked better as a non-isekai.
@MobeyDicks Everyone else she’s run into until now has fallen completely in love with her, so I don’t think the “disliked by normies” thing applies to her.