Jin is the first member of BTS to enlist and is the only member of the group to enlist between the end of last year and the beginning of this year. Therefore, he will be "favored" over the enlisted members later when other members come to visit him in the barracks.
A chef working in Jin's division said that all the members visited him at least once. Meanwhile, a member of BTS once shared about the reason they visited Jin and it was really a cute story for fans.
When hearing the reason BTS members traveled hundreds of kilometers to meet him, ARMYs understand more clearly why BTS has been able to maintain their friendship for over a decade:
Since December last year, Jin has enlisted as an active duty sol∂ιєr and started the life of a real sol∂ιєr. From that point on, BTS members rarely met JIn in person, except on his short days off. In particular, during the first months of his enlistment, Jin must have felt very strange living away from the members who had always been with him.
Not only that, in Jin's case, because he was the first BTS member to enlist, the group members as well as ARMYs also had many first-time experiences. An example for the members is visiting Jin in the army. In the first months of Jin's enlistment, Jimin and j-hope used to take time out of their day to go to Yeoncheon Training Center to meet him.
When BTS revealed the moment they took a photo with Jin in Yeoncheon, the photo immediately caused a stir on social networks because of the great friendship between the group members. But the story behind that photo touched ARMYs even more, especially when Jimin talked about the emotional trip and the reason they came to visit him.
Specifically, Jimin recounted the entire meeting from preparation to meeting Jin and witnessing his transformation. Jimin explained that the reason for this visit was because Jin craved raw fish after not eating it for a long time. He shared, "He said he wanted to eat moolhoe (raw fish soup) and I brought it for him and he ate it so well that I felt really good. He seems to have gotten more hardy, his face is the same but his body. "That hyung, he did really well. He's so cool, he's so cool" - That's what I was thinking. He's so cool. He really is the mat-hyung! He's livin'! Our hyung is living. And so it was really nice to see him and hyung really misses you all. Yes, he asked me to pαѕѕ this on to you. He misses you."
Jimin also explained why the members besides him and j-hope did not visit Jin together. That's because the remaining members all have their own jobs and most fans remember that at that time, the remaining members of the group were really busy preparing for a new solo album or world tour. Jimin explained: "It would have been great if all the members could go together, but because we all busy with our individual work. But I'm still in the middle of preparations so I had time in those few days after various film shoots *smiles cutely* and it happened to be on a weekend and Hoseokie-hyung also had a day off, so we went together".
About 1-2 weeks earlier, Jin's family also visited him after Jin's brother revealed about their trip on Instagram. And soon, Jimin and j-hope visited him with delicious raw fish. A chef in Jin's division also revealed that it wasn't just Jimin or j-hope who visited Jin during this time, but all the members visited him one after another, showing their love to the eldest brother.
The place where Jin enlisted in the army is one of the coldest regions in the North in winter. But the members don't mind the long distance and cold weather to visit him even if it's just because he craves raw fish. In the future, perhaps the members will not have the opportunity to do this anymore because they will also become sol∂ιєrs like Jin. However, a chance meeting when Jimin and Jungkook became new recruits at the Yeoncheon Training Center still gave fans hope.
And Jimin's story about visiting Jin that day touched ARMYs as they remembered:
- no one loves BTS the way they love themselves. This period OMG
- I'm so thankful Jimin went on about his visit & shared his impressions, the backstory.
- We miss him more!
- We really miss him too , so much that i tear up everytime I think about Seokjinnie
- Thankyou for sharing it, Jimin-ah. I feel so happy right now
- Seokjin m̾i̾s̾s̾i̾n̾g hours
- Omg seokjinie! Thank u for sharing this jiminie!
- i'm just so happy to hear all of this
- Must be very difficult suddenly living a different life. Jin is such a braveheart
- it makes me so happy to know he is eating well
- so wot i’m hearing is, he’s getting hotter nd thicker, he’s eating more nd he misses us. WE LOVE TO HEAR IT
- Happy to hear this. Hope all 7 can meet soon