The quality was falling in terms of art and consistency in story details. It attempts to tie the loose ends via a cyclical domino effect revelation, but maybe because they were rushed to meet a deadline or so, it wasn't executed well.
i agree. too mang filler chapters and it felt sooo rushed too
Wished i saw more incest tags to save me from the disappointment coz i really liked the trope
The emotions were honestly intense. Suzune's past. The King's insanity. Kuro's speech. The overall state of the kingdom. It's just soooo tragic. And i thought it was better off ending it at 13 when theyre happy and off to wherever. I don't even want to go thru more of the King's insanity coz I expected him to actually be executed instead of hide away, like that's the most merciful "romantic tragedy". Like die together, yknow HAHAHA. Be twisted till your last breathe. But I dont have more energy to give to wait for that to happen on the next chaps (as it is on going) and ik more draining moments to be had for the next arc. It's better off stopping at 13 lmao.
Perioddd yallllll I love to see fighting up in these commentssss
It got more twisted if you go on. *Spoiler* so instead of dying because you were a shitty person. They're traveling and witnessed the damage first hand, the people who got their loved ones taken and their lives ruined, their curses and malice. They're experiencing all that while having to hide their identity or they're getting jumped on. It's a constant hell on earth and I agree that death might just be an easy way out.
I appreciate the spoiler so much. I'm glad to know and even gladder not to read since with how effective the author is at dramaticism, i might experience an acid reflux HAHAHA
The dramatism is real I thought this was gonna be some lighthearted furry yaoi
Really cranking a demo in a month as if the departments aren't already chewing each other, pointing fingers at who caused such deadly deadlines.
But ngl, i enjoy the MC's direct and indirect way of fcking up the hierarchy coz whatever job level he's at, he's got the air and wits of a CEO (which is a little wasteful given how a mere change of intention can differentiate a puppet to a competent leader)
The age gap in its purest obvious form is killing me HAHAHA but gosh, it sounds like grooming with the way the elf doesnt fully explain what they did. The poor pure guy is going thru culture shocks one after the other.
He knows what he wants, no he doesn't. Someone is guiding him, he resists. Someone shackles him, he complies. The fck? It ruins the stubborness and wastes the frustration i felt towards his persistence over something when he goes on to fall back to basically losing everything after the ingenius "lets pretend i follow, but look at me actually fall off a cliff".
And the empty narrative about "whose body this is, who's in control" when it's just the physique that actually changed. Also if he even bothered to search his past self in the internet too. Or the fact that for someone who gives no fcks about other people's opinion, she gets a 180° fall and from who? From a classisist (?), traditional pianist who'd rather everyone plays like the composer and kills off any potential signature. Heck, the whole interaction was full of something and nothing at the same time. Big info was revealed but we've derailed from there. And she's just jumping from one boy to another as well, already cozy by romantic thoughts. Even Anastasia feels more convincing with her lack of interest towards romance.
Tldr, while he is indeed human. Complicated and self-contradicting...the pacing and direction is so messy that I don't feel like following his journey (despite my long rant and given how i care this much).
Seems like the author is as indecisive as the mc?
100%
Yeah. I binge read this and the protag feels like he has "fuck my old life this is my life now" attitude. Which feels contradicting given how much emphasis he showed in wanting his fam to be there for him and how close he is with his professor...
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As for the romance.... weird weird phasing. It feels like the author is trying to make this a light reverse harem with multiple guys crushing on her but one after another and with end game guy. She gets cozy with guy1 then the story moves on to a new guy and so on...
Like how is a kid, despite the permission, left without a parent? Like, asian parents leaving their kids to manage their money, reading contracts?? In the same episode that his dad goes on investing?
He has il-sang the manager and before they approve or disapprove they need to get parent decision+ chaemin they trust him enough to take care our mc
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Yeah, but finances ╥﹏╥ a little more parental guidance for something more personal (and apparently mutual need like the father ) im actually surprise the MC didnt think to invite his dad when he was pretty much emphasizing that a scam had lead to the divorce.
The story at the end is a special side story, so it's understandably rushed (and almost "easy" if you ignore erased repetitions he has had). However, the overall pacing fits more to the context of remembering every shit he had to go through, his boosted levels, his familiarity with his enemies, and the fact that he retains so much power in a realm supposedly pristine of mana. It's visually quick, but the journey that led to it was NOT and maybe that's the downside of a series — people forget the emotions and aren't too immersed enough to recognize the in-between when he spent 27 years in solitude, when he reunited with the people who forgot him, when he does met those who remember him, and when he trains his son to experience even just a tiny bit of his well-placed perseverance without losing as much as he did.
The special episodes are just balm to soothe the aches he's had as much as it exploits an existing plot of repetition. It's just like how he handled the system that was supposed to use him, jinwoo devoured it for his benefit to live just as he exploited a reincarnation to take back what he lost—and i think that's so in tune with why I love this series as much as I love the fact that the Main Artist's disciples added these special episodes.
Like ngl, i do have gripes over his initial behavior. A lot of which were related to his slow responsiveness and lack of efficiency which lead to some unnecessary sacrifices. So when the ending emphasized "solo" and proceeded to highlight the lessons he learned when dealing with his son or living the "normal" life as a police, it gave me closure.
But anyway, it's not my agenda to impose my 'poetic' feelings for it unto others. I'm just compelled to highlight what I love about it since there are also equally passionate dislikes in the comments hahahaha
"Oh yeah, i wonder why your son has a chip on his shoulder" when you give your damn best to your cats! Like both sides deserve his responsible affections but its annoying that his cats knew it more than his son did. Call it biased sociability as he is indeed cat obsessed but the one who suffered most was his son. Also I can be lenient towards the cats as theyre basically imititating humans, not necessarily one (hence more instinctual). But I have to give it to the MC. His patience and ability to take it upon him to be "responsible" (for something that wasn't his in the first place). Just glad that Miyako can still be a needed adult figure, and we have a safety net of relatives.
PS the black-white appendix of a character is ... also as black and white as his hair lmao. A bad guy, a good guy... a little half assed friend to have
But i dont wanna hear "you were overconfident" from the person who messed up in the first place in thinking she could easily complete her mission and then "smoothly have a plan b" ~ idk.
Tho i understand the hubris of a 100% success rate, she just seems to be more arrogant here compared to how the author wrote the villain who actually had the "am i really overthinking it?" mindset which is honestly refreshing. She's the smartest villain in this series ngl. (It was a good thing to stack chapters lol or else i might be as annoyed as the other comments)
But also, yeah, I'm just waiting for her to get enough crystals (was it?) to finally get her hubby and child back (coz as far as I remember, that's her new goal, or maybe my memory is too fyzzy brcause of these very short yet stretched out chapter uploads)