The story was already stalling and not going anywhere before but honestly the "he is suffering more" quote is what crosses the line for me. Like I can't even tell what his thought process is. At this point why is he there. It isn't really stockholm syndrome or any other trope. I feel like the ml is emotionless to everything. There are no repercussions to anything that is happening ever and nothing matters. Also the things the author adds to "add character" to the seme just seem forced and cringe.
The story was already stalling and not going anywhere before but honestly the "he is suffering more" quote is what crosses the line for me. Like I can't even tell what his thought process is. At this point why is he there. It isn't really stockholm syndrome or any other trope. I feel like the ml is emotionless to everything. There are no repercussions to anything that is happening ever and nothing matters. Also the things the author adds to "add character" to the seme just seem forced and cringe.