
I love this story so much but I want to tear my hair out because is it just me or did this reveal at the end open a plot hole. If Seongchan's tape was taken out and Doha just had a newer save file by the time he worked with Bada in the beginning of the story, how did Bada keep on joining them in the car if none of them knew Bada's importance in the first place and he didn't originally join before .

Naah I get ya, U have a valid point. But what I understand is once Bada inserted a tape he became a player, hence why he can stay with them when the game started, but once his tape was removed he reverted back to NPC , hence why Doha has to knock him out at the end and bring him with to start the game.
Read it this, it has a very good detailed explanation:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1fyfND0KcEKCLjX-4X9l66b9U6diWfaakpy1NOWcA8mY/mobilebasic?pli=1#h.w5q8e78hw522

Yes, he became a player. What I wonder about if the player Bada somehow just wants to go along with the group, even without other player characters coercing him (since we know his memories don't become available until past the tunnel), or not. Not really major but something I hope the author showcases in at least a flashback since I just hate when I am made to bridge the gap between stories like this.

And to add to this, I'm also wondering how Bada was able to remember the events of the session when Doha killed the killer 2 times around chapter 10. Don't the rules say that if a tape is removed (and we know that Doha removed Bada's tape during that time), memories in the session will be lost. And how did Seongchan even convince the villager to distract Doha if he is already dead. Gosh I really hope there will be explanations for this since it's bothering me so much .

Hahahaha I do hope we do get a story of when they started playing, so we know how it started, and not just flashbacks in season 3. For Doha removing Bada's tape, didn't it says that once he starts to be conscious they would remove it and put it back again..? Hence why his memories is a bit wonky. For the villager, I honestly don't know what Seongchan did, but hopefully author-nim shows it to us in season 3, cuz that would've been nice to see how it all started and then after that we can return in the present where Doha was searching for Bada's tape while trying to seduce/manipulate him back again to the game lol cuz I can totally see him doing that (〜 ̄△ ̄)〜
Can anyone share a link of the raws? Thank youuuu!