Karas really said "it's MY turn to black out for seemingly no reason"
All in all, this was an amazing read! The art is consistently great, and they did great on the action scenes. The FL was also really consistent and a great character, although a bit too self-sacrificial for my liking. You can really really tell when they cut off scenes for time's sake, and sometimes it can happen multiple times in a chapter, so the later half feels really jagged-y (since they don't rush *every* scene but still rush the story as a whole) and it can be off-putting at times... but tbh considering what happens to some stories of this genre I'd say they definitely did the best they could with what they had.
Now, for my thoughts on the ML: (some spoilers ahead)
I did end up loving him – I was skeptical at first, like I imagine most of us were, but by the end he had really grown on me and won me over. Just by the way the story starts you can guess he's the ML, tbh, but they sure took their sweet time to introduce him properly... this leaves a very weird sort of feeling with the first half as we follow mostly Eugene and Cain (there's a bit of Herrace too, but hinestly I was never sold on him lol), and you have to go through the grueling ordeal of watching them both catch feelings while knowing full well neither of them are endgame... I felt so sorry for Eugene, specifically (maybe because he was introduced first?) that I tried to shut off my rational mind and delude myself into believing he was the ML. Opsie, I guess...
Anyway! It still makes sense to me, personally, that Daniel was the final ML. But since the first half of the story is much slower in regards to the pacing and much more focused on the characters rather than the overarching plot, by the time the narrative starts placing all it's bets on Daniel (as Litia's pair), it still very much feels like we know Eugene and Cain better than we know him; and that feels super unfair, seeing as they get sidelined into the roles of "quietly assisting Litia from the shadows" and their screentimes plummet. So it does get hard to switch to Daniel's side when it's kind of "his fault" that this happens.... not that it literally is his fault, though. He didn't need to have a lot of emotional depth, but being introduced earlier than he was would've saved the readers a lot of heartache (imo).
The sidestories containing alternate endings for Eugene and Cain (and Herrace, but again, meh) was also pretty nice tbh! It was the first time I saw this sort of thing in a manhwa. But I wish we got to see kiss scenes for all them, tho!!! That should've been, like, the one baseline for all of them. But anyways... Daniel and Litia should've kissed at least once more before the end, too. We ended up having very little domestic interactions between them; the end of the main storyline was all about tying loose ends, after all, and in the end they didn't get side stories for themselves-- so strangely it feels like Eugene and Cain got more domesticity with Litia than her actual husband and father of her child lololol
Bro this manga DOES exist, and has 2 volumes at that, wtf happened here tho
This chapter lowkey felt like psychological horror which I do enjoy but damn that's one shitty situation that they're in
They were so cute this chapter I'm-- please give us more cute 'n clingy Kael....
If she wasn't FOURTEEN I would've actually enjoyed that ending
It's not like it was implied they're a couple in this lifetime bro... It was meant to be wholesome that he gave her up and she was able to be reborn without memories and live another life and he's fulfilled to watch her be happy from afar. Chill.
Sorry, the version I know is the novel, and there their encounter in this life still leads them the same romance route. Guess I forgot the manhwa can be interpreted differently ╮(￣▽￣)╭ my bad/gen
Now damn that's creepy. Gives Nanatsu No Taizai vibe and that already gives me enough ick.
I hate Persen with a passion but tbh if he's gonna turn crazy because of whatever's been messing with everyone's head, then he might as well beat some sense into his shitty dad while at it. It'll be the one and only time I'll be rooting for him lol
I laughed way too hard at his eggs literally SHOOTING out directly upwards like
I began rereading this bc I saw the official uploads where getting close to the end... and dammit, I forgot how much I friggin loved this one!!! it's been months so I'm unsure if it's smart to expect side stories here, but does the novel have them? I want to see more of Edith and Killian asap