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yea his martyrdom like devotion is kind of an turn off.. the magic dude suffers the same treatment
when I notice this stuff in other romance isekia with a female lead it starts to feels like these stories make it too obvious they aim at insecure girls with low self esteem when the guys behave like they worship the ground the FL walks upon. much of like how harems have all these thirsty woman who all want the uninteresting blank slates shlong, even tho they all have extremely different tastes and personalities...
I dont know if its different for others but I'm not the type to project myself/or see myself as the "protagonist" if you get what I mean..
to be honest I like Count Venus more, he's the only one that doesnt exist just to simp and has his own reasons for staying at the palace separate from just being loyal to Julia. this makes him more interesting. eunsto wouldn't be so bland if his entire character wasn't defined by his relationship to the MC.. idk I just can't root for him even though he's the obvious choice
kind of a side note but ML's are often framed as these selfless individuals when it comes to pursuing their love interest.. but if they are acting in the benefit to the [self] in anyway they can't be called selfless.