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the mc isn’t in the wrong for not wanting to choose between the ml’s alters — how could he? both are still him. he genuinely cares for both, and choosing one would feel like killing the other.
ppl are saying “just let them merge into one” but that’s not the same thing at all — if they merge, neither of them truly remains, and that’s what makes it so cruel. the mc isn’t just being stubborn — he doesn’t want to erase the people he loves.
this isn’t just “two sides of the same coin”—it’s two people. the story makes it so clear that for the mc, these are two separate people, both real, both loved. if you don’t get why the mc is struggling, then you haven’t really been paying attention.