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So, to recap for all of those who might be lost or confused:
Ines, Carcel and Oscar (the prince) are on their fourth life repeat. Oscar remembers all past 3 lives, Ines only the past 2 and Carcel is starting to remember bits and pieces of his past lives.
Ines and Carcel died in unfated ways during their first life, so they were reborn with no memories. However, they would have been allowed a gift (or wish), we don't know what they each asked for. Oscar (1st life) either died in an unfated way and made a wish to keep his memories (The same way Emiliano -the artist- did) or committed suicide and therefore kept his memories. Either way, this is what allows him to fuck things up so royally (heh) during their 2nd life repeat. We don't know Oscar's motivations, but I've read some spoilers from novel readers that mention something about Ines' brother planning a rebellion and that being the reason why Oscar goes after Ines in their 2nd life. It is also mentioned that during this 2nd life he becomes obsessed with Ines (possibly after she kills herself) ergo why he continues to pursue her in their 3rd and 4th lives. What started as revenge against her brother evolved into an obsession for Ines, that divulged into a need to torture all of them (Ines, her brother and Carcel). Carcel on the other hand, has probably gotten a wish at the end of each life but has never wished to keep his memories. Hence why Oscar calls him dumb in what seems to be their 2nd life (since he implies Ines doesn't remember either). This also suggests that Oscar didn't kill himself in the 1st life, he probably died in the rebellion and was so pissed that he wished to keep his memories so as to get his revenge.
So essentially, Oscar is the reason they all keep meeting unfated ends or killing themselves. Anastasio (an aid of God?) is the one who is now allowing Carcel to get some of his memories back, in an attempt to aid both Ines and him to get them out of this Loop their in.
In my opinion God shouldnt have put "keeping your memories" on the table at all, be it by wishing or commiting suicide. But maybe thats the lesson at the end of the day. Maybe they all need to die unfated deaths once more and choose to return with no memories so that they can meet their fated end. Idk, but this story is absolute gold either way.
I somehow like that the author took a cliche in Ropan stories and turned it on its head. There are numerous stories in this genre where regressed FLs use memories to alter their fate and the fates of the people around them.
In this story, memories are actually seen as negative or dangerous. Oscar changed Ines’s correct path by using memories. Ines then changed Emiliano’s correct path by using memories. Emiliano almost detrimentally impact Ines’s last chance to live out her fate when she almost died from hyperventilating after she found the fake pendant in the jewelry store. Never before have I seen memories used like this where good people end up in tragedy rather than villains.
Very interesting point of view and I agree with you.
I'm ruined.
This story is so well done from a technical standpoint. You have parallels between characters and plot points left and right, you have panels that are so well done and impacting.
You have a compelling story and yet... you make the FL and ML meet when one of them is still underage, make the FL actively state that she saw the ML as a son. And even if you look past that (by pouring bleach in your head or just ignoring this fact), you still make them end up together after being so incredibly toxic to each other.
It's a shame. I commend you for being the first manhwa in years that actually made me feel like I was reading something with substance, and yet I hate you for everything mentioned above.