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I didn’t finish the novel lol cuz I’m lazy but there’s a lot of differences, and for the worse
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I think the most egregious example would be what is coming after this chapter, when the esper needs to give the guide reverse guiding via sex, which I’m like entirely sure didn’t happen in the novel. This is important because it is revealed that ML was nearly sexually assaulted as a minor by an older guide, which is part of his trauma. Later on, MC has to give mucosal guiding to the ML to save his life, but it’s portrayed in a way where he’s like “I gotta do this to save his life, but I am betraying his trust in the process” and despite his growing feelings for the ML, he accepts that the ML might not want to even see him anymore. It’s not sexy, it’s just “I put it in and cried because I felt so bad and wrong and horrible. Please wake up, it’s okay if you hate me after this.” Ofc, it all works out in the end, but having the ML and MC have sex so soon instead of later on, it really ruins everything.
Might be wrong here but the MC also never showed his feelings this blatantly in the novel. It was more subdued until later.
Also the scene where the MC was guiding the esper with the family was a lot more dramatic and a lot longer. Like MC was dying, not just from excess guiding levels, but his body was breaking down at a visible level.