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
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