The male protagonist himself is looking for "punishment". The male protagonist hopes that everything ends, that his mother dies, and he goes to Los Angeles to live happily with his father.
He couldn't accept what he thought in his heart.
He refused to live with his grandmother. The result was no punishment. He ruined something that Grandma loved, and when Grandma found out, he asked "Will I not be punished?"
When you are punished (bullying), then you can continue to hope it ends.
He beat up the bullying classmate, the teacher talked to him, and he asked "Will you not punish me?" In his opinion, punishment is more deserved.
People who think that way are bad people.
Bad guys should be punished.
This is the world we see as children.
There is no good person or bad person, everyone has good and evil in their hearts.
Humans instinctively think so.
How you think is not so important, the key is how you do it.
Instead of going to Los Angeles, he decided to spend Christmas with his mother.
His mom said it's okay if you're angry, and when you recall that you didn't talk to your mom because you were angry, you know it's okay. When his father left, he also told his father that it was okay.
It's okay, don't feel guilty. He goes to comfort others, to push himself and others.
People are complicated and subtle.
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