The plot always makes me laugh because what does the ML mean MC wasn't a replacement and ML and the blonde guy were never a thing?
We all literally read the same story of him covering up MC's eyes because they were the only part that didn't look like the blonde guy, and ML pining over the blond guy the whole time until MC died. Only reason ML even started liking MC is because he died and all the stuff MC was doing for him he couldn't do anymore, so ML realized he was a lousy piece of shit.
If ML acknowledged he was an awful person this redemption arc would feel more digestible, but with what they are doing, it just feels like everything is getting swept under the rug as if the core of the story (which is literally WHAT THE TITLE OF THE STORY IS) isn't that their relationship was one of a guy with unrequited feelings and a guy using a replacement for somebody.
All in all, rather than a redemption arc, it feels like whitewashing, and it's not cute.
The plot always makes me laugh because what does the ML mean MC wasn't a replacement and ML and the blonde guy were never a thing?
We all literally read the same story of him covering up MC's eyes because they were the only part that didn't look like the blonde guy, and ML pining over the blond guy the whole time until MC died. Only reason ML even started liking MC is because he died and all the stuff MC was doing for him he couldn't do anymore, so ML realized he was a lousy piece of shit.
If ML acknowledged he was an awful person this redemption arc would feel more digestible, but with what they are doing, it just feels like everything is getting swept under the rug as if the core of the story (which is literally WHAT THE TITLE OF THE STORY IS) isn't that their relationship was one of a guy with unrequited feelings and a guy using a replacement for somebody.
All in all, rather than a redemption arc, it feels like whitewashing, and it's not cute.