ch 29 (end of s1) -- super interesting!!! ticks all my boxes: strong/crafty yet considerate mc (i.e. he's so considerate he became a multi-industry TYCOON to buy the land of future dungeons to construct buildings around them as a front but also a cage for any monsters that MIGHT escape while he's in there??? fuckin goat), interesting and sensible politics/drama, capable female characters, and non-stereotypical portrayals of other cultures, AND it explains why he has the maturity and build of an adult at four-heckin-teen (im with you jonathan who would believe he's a minor???) from the beginning! really unique take on the dungeon/awakening trope. looking forward to s2 :3
"you're still fifteen, after all." the weight of time can't be neglected. -- holy fuck. finally a reincarnation story that explicitly addresses how keeping a past-life's memory should affect maturity? every ch proves this is how you give vulnerability to a OP mc! no matter how powerful a person is, they shouldn't be portrayed as exempt from the human experience or else you'll just get the cardboard powerful mc stereotype already littering this genre. the amount of depth the author is able to insert into this isekai trope constantly and pleasantly surprises me.
TL had it right when they said the emperor's a man-child. learn to take no for an answer and how you so petty you hate your wife for just existing as your wife? LOL. mc and the concubine should just elope :)
what the heck was with the last five chapters? so your family and ex dont trust you or the money you brought them -- expected, you brought that on yourself. but instead of trying to prove yourself to them or ask hanna to cooperate in establishing a credible profile for you, you run away? own up to your mistakes doesnt mean pay them off -- thats like proposing with a wad of cash
YES, I mean he is a dumbass, but my god dude, just ask for a repayment of that favour that she had you do. He is a relatively smart person so why run away?
the moment he was born with a mole, he shouldve known he could never truly be a mob
hyunho deserves a raise and a year-long paid vacation.
haha reminds me of my college orientation--some int koreans invited me to a korean gc with 60+ members already but once they found out i was mixed they pretended like they never tried to hit me up. like why even come to america if youre just gonna pretend you never left your home country?
i like how they explicitly acknowledge that yamato is trying to use hibino to get over yuiji. yamato even tells him "anyone will do" so why can't that anyone be you? he's basically implying that it's the same cus he's still choosing hibino in the end--he's giving him the fair chance to make him fall for him. cus if yamato already changed his feelings once, he knows that he can fall in love with someone else again too (like how he went to sakura and was assured to see even he has chosen one person to commit to) ngl i've been reading this for years and would LOVE to have yuiji/yamato endgame no matter how cliche it would be but i also love this precisely for how realistic it is so wherever the author wants to take this i think id just be grateful for being able to read it
surprisingly deep! i was here for the art in ch1 but each chapter layered the premise really well. it discusses the mortality of immortal beings, the tragedy of a timeless/ageless existence and how these anxieties and depressions can actually sound familiar: mourning and loss, the apathy in repetition and the craving to feel, the fear of being different/of separation/of isolation, worrying over past lovers, wanting to be loved -- mundane worries, really, but also written so tastefully here? unexpected quality ngl -- and the appropriated quote: "a wound is an entryway for light" -- so fuckin good man