well said
I literally just said the same thing. His brother whom he loved and adored in his last life was killed with no remorse or emotional turmoil. Why does she get the experience his brother should have gotten? Especially considering how close he was to his brother in the last life.
A lot of authors have an issue with really driving home how debilitating the betrayal of a close friend or family is on the psyche. This experience is no different than going through the stages of grief. Some people will live the rest of or the bulk of their life in denial. Some people will fall into depression, some will be lost in their rage. Few will make it to acceptance and allow themselves to move on.
Unfortunately, this series faced the same issue. There is no way Vikir should have been able to kill his brother as easily as he did. He just found out his brother not only betrayed the family, but he also was the cause of his death on his last life. We have to remember, this was the only brother he was close to in his previous life. The hesitation he is feeling while fighting Camus should have been the hesitation he felt while fight his brother. It not only would have been more believable, it would have made sense and been seen more favorably by the audience.
While the fight with his brother would have still ended the same, it would have also steeled his resolve and had him tighten up. There would be no hesitation, no remorse and no empathy for any demonic persons or creatures going forward. The best he’d be able to do is sympathize with the humans who are usually taken advantage of at their lowest point but death would be his gift to those unfortunate souls.
The Camus arc is messing up the image the author built of Vikir. Him trying to save Camus in the first place goes against his principles as a character. He killed his brother no problem so killing Camus should require even less of a thought.
Exactly. Vikir's desperation to save Camus was out of the blue.
Yes, he felt guilty, yes, he felt responsible, yes she was innocent, but she was a DEMON.
His reaction to his brother becoming a demon and his brother's betrayal set up Vikir's character from the get go. It showed that he was level headed, cold-blooded when needed, ruthless when called for.
He wouldn't let emotion cloud his judgement. He's a man of conviction and sheer will to get rid of demons. Without caring about anything else, not even when his own brother, who was the only one to care for him before, pleaded with him to not kill him.
This was further established when he hunter demons all around without any remorse, and when he took every criticism and blame for being the bloodhound, whom they thought was a terrorist. And most of all when the little girl from the orphanage died, when he couldn't save her.
And yet his reaction to Camus Morg shattered all his built up character. In easier terms, he was OOC.
Vikir doesn't wager against odds with demons. He doesn't cling to "miracles" to overcome demons. And he certainly doesn't let his feelings get the better of him in front of demons.
I don't know about others but that's the reason I am ticked with Camus
When Camus Morg was first introduced, her character was the perfect depiction of an overused female lead trope where she falls in love with the MC after he defeated her. And constantly hound him hereafter.
As a chronic webnovel/webcomic reader, I instantly felt displeasure to this. Her character revolves around one person, Vikir.
She's a flat character when she was first introduced, and her character or backstory, as well as her attitude, didn't compel any emotion from me. In conclusion, for me, she was unnecessary to the story.
Just think about it.
Before she became a demon, if you just replace her character with a mannequin doll, it wouldn't have made any difference in the story. You wouldn't even notice that it was a mannequin doll. That's what I mean by unnecessary.
Still, I gave her a chance. She was young after all.
But even after the flashback on why she became that way, it didn't transmit to me well. The narration was framing as if she was this pitiful girl who did everything and fell so far down that she became a demon. For the MC. But in truth, it just came off as her being selfish and self-centered.
The adults around her were indeed incompetent. They should've seen what she was doing and what Vikir's loss did to her mentality. I also understand that she was feeling survival's guilt. She was depressed and all that.
But it didn't take away the fact that she ignored and shut out everyone she loves and loves her. Even their warnings of the danger of what she's doing were ignored. And when the ritual failed, her teacher was even forced to sacrifice himself so she could live. Instead of that being her wake-up call, it became her undoing. Seriously, she even contracted with a demon.
The sheer stupidity astounds me. She knows what demons are so she should've known what they were capable of. And yet she kept giving the demon inside her free reign for longer and longer.
And when she finally found Vikir, what did she do? She just gave her body to the demon and then said her goodbyes as if she would die now. Wtf? For what did you do all that if you were content on just dying anyway? If you were fine with that, you should've just stopped when the ritual failed and died in that basement.
Well too bad, because all she did was give her body and power to a demon that Vikir now has to fight. Even Vikir was shocked that she did all that shit for him. Imagine facing death everyday and barely keeping your life, just for a girl to hand a gun to your enemy, saying 'I was doing it to see you'. ʕಠ_ಠʔ.....
This man spent his 2 lives trying to hunt these demons and she just gave them a power up. Now, Vikir was even hesitant to kill her because he felt guilty for what happened. Yep. Just that, he was guilty because of what she should've been (a hero), and what she ended up as (a demon), for him.
In truth, Vikir didn't do anything wrong. It's not like he was faking his death for shits and giggles. He was going against Hugo whom he thought was a villain and enemy. Who knew Camus would go batshit crazy.
What displeases me to no end however, is the fact that this story is blatantly showing her favoritism. Why does she get a second chance? Why does she get a miracle after she contracted with a demon? After everything she did and everyone harmed in the process? Vikir's brother, who was the most deserving of a second chance didn't get any. And he was closer to Vikir's heart more than Camus ever had been.
But no, she gets the plot armor instead.
So I'm sorry for not being sympathetic of her, and for wishing she would just die quickly.