at first, i was skeptical BUT the way their relationship is progressing is nice, not rushed, not forced either, like steady needlework done by hand :) they're both strong individuals in their own league, but at the same time, they seek for a life that's just mundane as well GO KAYDEN X GESTELLA
a “it was always you” moment AHA i find this incredibly touching and i don't know why, but the fact our protagonist when she was in our world was literally a fragment of penelope's soul from the beginning goes in full circle
an endless time loop (that has been going on and on for who knows how long) made by vinter for penelope to have as many chances as she can to get rid of the leila would eventually put a serious toll onto her soul, like literal tea leaves crushed into powder consistency, but fragments of her soul remained persistent in existing even if it's not fully her whole soul and i think this is such cool writing
what a way to make things go into full circle without it being cheesey CAN'T WAIT FOR MORE CHAPTERS BABYYY
At the end of the day, I want the guy with the white hair. GIVE ME THE SATORU LOOK ALIKE!!!
It isn't written in a unrealistic manner, Jiwoo didn't win by sheer strength and surprise, but they didn't also become friends - rather, Jiwoo was prepared to lose without anyone coming in to save him and this disciple guy respected the fact jiwoo was ready to lose, and even die in this battle.
Kudos to the writer of this for being able to navigate flights and how to end it without things being dramatic, having too many high stakes, or being too anticlimactic. They ended this on a high note without it being over the top!
sure, maybe it going from serious scenes to comedic bits is sometimes... whacky, to say the least BUT here's everything i can list that i think is good about it:
1. our main character, the male lead, actually puts in SO MUCH effort to really truly change himself for the person he holds dear in his heart
2. the relationship between our main character and the female lead is actually realistic! olive doesn't just casually falls for ludwig the first time they meet again as grown ups, olive actually puts in effort into understanding ludwig in her own way while ludwig doesn't ask for outrageous ways to spend time with olive (i actually thought at first he'd asked planus to ask olive to be his partner, it took me by surprise when i saw it was for lectures instead)
3. following number two, i like that ludwig doesn't force olive to reciprocate his actions, affections, and feelings for her - sure he brags and shows off (especially during their date for the first time) ludwig doesn't ever once made or demanded olive to love him or like him
4. the thing that possesses ludwig or his condition, doesn't become an excuse for ludwig's actions and behavior (back then and present time) in most stories, they use that as an excuse to say “he was good after all!” no! ludwig took whatever's possessing him or his illness as a stepping stone to better himself
5. and ludwig's kindness didn't exist out of thin air, it started existing through will, effort, action, and perseverance, it's like the story is telling “kindness isn't inherent, it's learned and done with intention and effort”
I LOVE THIS STORY SO MUCH ♡(> ਊ <)♡
yeah, son of bitch-kyung is definitely doing some energy-stealing-take-your-life-away magic on sera, i noticed this first at the flashback when they were all younger - sera was bright and bitch was already somehow deranged - and before our FL possessed sera's body, the way the bitch was bright, soft, full of life, and had everyone wrapped around her fingers? that was supposed to be sera's fate in a less twisted obsessed way
fluffy is most definitely the dog from the childhood flashback of little a's, no doubt about it, if you look at the white color at the end of the tail of the dog is similar to fluffy's
MY FAVORITE COUPLE IS BACKKK