
I'll let the second couple marinate for a while, let's see if it gets better in a really good way. I like the first couple very much. What ticks me off is that ML from 1st couple felt completely OOC in the second story. It's like he's a completely different person I guess age makes you change as a person...

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Honestly it doesn’t.
The Seme doesn’t have a satisfying redemption arc.
He just suddenly turned all soft and bubbly and it was stupid
That’s what happened in the novel.
No redemption arc can suffice. Un less the Seme goes through everything that the Uke has gone through.
Then I would consider.

MC needs to grow some balls. One minute, you don't care about ML. Another minute, you go around missing him. It's not even power imbalance at this point, it's just stupidity. It's like going back to an abusive ex then cry about it.
ML's "I've lost the place I can return to" well, no shit. You just r*ped someone, you thought they'd want you WILLINGLY ???
THERE IS NO CHASING ARC
"Is love always this messy" ummm NO. Love don't let you get choked, r*ped, locked up and left.
Story is not bad but not good either. 5/10
MC wasn't even a villain in the first place (his past life), the system fucked up