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I remember reading this before but completely forgot why I dropped it or what even happens.

Honestly after reading everything up to the latest chapter, I'm a little conflicted. Usually I drop rape stuff since it's been done so many times it's boring to read. But after thinking why I didn't hate it, I think its probably the setting that's saving this for me.

Its a really brutal setting that actually makes it seem as if the world is on the brink of collapse, so the actions and thoughts that the characters take seems 'believable' in the sense that it really does feel as if they have nothing more to loose. They can act nice all they want (like how that kitty dude wants to act) but in the end, they all think they're walking closer and closer to a death that's been forced upon them.

If the setting ended there, I would have felt it was alright; especially if the narrative/characters actually fully encompassed this hopeless feeling. Obviously I'm not trying to defend it, I would just have preferred if the story acknowledged the actions these characters are taking and give them more depth accordingly.

But what irks me the most is that it's probably going to end in a 'hopeful' way, where they find love in one another. I also would be fine with this if it's treated as what it is, a disgusting desperate affection that's derived from a feeling of hatred, listlessness and desperation. But again, I have a feeling it won't end up that way. （￣へ￣）

Would the series have been saved if it was fully a psychological tragedy? Ahh maybe it's just not for me; I just wish the tragedy aspect stayed until the end to make it worth it.

What's with people (that one dude lets be honest) hellbent on trying to pin all the blame onto Maxi?

Yes she's underqualified, but what choice did they have? If things had gone in an ideal manner, Riftan would have had Maxi go through some serious training before they went on their expedition instead of wasting time trying to find another mage. It was better to have someone who might have been a liability than to be without a mage entirely, they literally spell it out in the story.

So far Maxi actually hasn't done anything to hinder anyone. They never slowed down for her, no one was distracted tending to her needs. If anything, it's been shown she's being pushed to her limits but Riftan is still keeping to schedule and going about the expedition in the way he would have if she weren't there. The only difference is that she has people guarding her, but even then that hadn't caused issues so far.

You can criticize her for the way she keeps hesitating and falling back on her meek, self hating thoughts but that's her personality flaw. She needs to gain confidence, and so far, she hasn't actually complained much to anyone but to herself. I think she's done a good job of pushing through it despite her hesitations on how far she can push herself. And if anything, both her and Riftan need to focus on the task at hand and forget about their relationship drama, but that's literally the point of the story so,,,

Sorry I just found it annoying when I scrolled down to the comments to see people ignoring the nuances of both sides of the argument.

God the way they adapted the scene was just so good????? So emotional, and the way yjh went from only accepting his role in the fight, probably still assuming kdj has a plan set up, ANYTHING.

Only to he confronted with his body slowly being whisked away and not being able to do anything about it. He had no choice in the matter, Dokja made up his mind and walked to the tune of his own beat. Which must have made yjh feel much more powerless and helpless at losing someone so important.

Can wait to see how the next arc goes.

you can't just drop that in the middle of peak qwq;;;;

i've been looking forward to it ever since seeing the raws,,,,it only goes up from here but to keep being blue balled *sobs*

gosh i've read this three times already, the art style is so pretty and the wording is so delicate qwq;;;

i absolutely love how soft this story is