BL - Game Loading

*imagines MC faking a revival, like Frankenstein’s ‘it’s ALIVEEEE’ moment* Was there a sea of red? Number 5 and number 6 start squabbling over MC, MC becomes a slag? Hehehe I really want to see MC juggling the 7 princes... it always amuses me when ML eats vinegar because of himself. 

But that’s his last name in arc 1 as well, is it a coincidence? 

We get a bit more info on ML as a designer after the third arc (Lost Atlantis)
ML designs advanced and beautiful quasi-worlds (most of them are A grade and up), but becouse of his paculiar way, how he makes them, they become useless.

ML severs parts of his soul and they become autonomus. They help ML design the quasi-worlds and this process is very successful, except for one thing - they are REALY picky. They allow entrance to the quasi-world only to those who they like, in other words NO ONE. And that breaks the sycle of worlds creation.

Designer creates a quasi-world
                  \/
Explorers, collectors and recorders completes missions
                  \/
The core mission is completed
                  \/
The access to the quasi-world is closed
Traces of players are erased
                  \/
Quasi-world becomes a real world (Yes, MC world originally was a quasi-world too)
                  \/
Players come from real worlds
                  \/
Players get jobs like explorer, collector, recorder and designer

So until MC showed up no one could go in ML worlds, let alone complete the core missions. ML quasi-worlds became extravagant and over glorified trash becouse they didn't do the one thing they were made for.

TL;DR - THE ML IS USELESS WITHOUT THE MC! THEY ARE MADE FOR EACH OTHER!

MC: Why me?
ML: It was love at first sight.
MC poker face breaks: BS.
ML: :'( 

For me, based on the translated chapters so far, what's fun is the MC's monologue. In real world, MC doesn't care about anything other than playing games, and the games that he played are normal, shounen-type game, not harem/ero. So, when he entered the world, he's basically flying blind, without prior knowledge of how this game, which is akin to a visual novel, will pan out. And as a straight guy, he doesn't know how to navigate the homosexual relationship plotlines when he becomes the shou-protag. When praised for his beauty, he's like, "What was the use of good looks? Could he live for seven days?" And he didn't notice the relationship flags that popped up, it was only when the male leads became yandere and killed him, that he realised!  

Just started rereading this story, I'm midway through the Atlantis arc, and I just keep getting the feeling the author originally had a different direction for the story planned. It's very possible I'm wrong, but maybe the author said something in an author note or something about this?
Like I get that XX's father's name being blanked gets explained later but it kind of feels like maybe the author had different plans at first?

And what was with XX's ex friend Sun Msomething? He gets mentioned in Lost Atlantis as someone XX regretted being friends with, but does this ever go anywhere? I can't remember lol, it's been a really long time.

I can't believe I forgot this but there were actual side characters in the earlier non X world arcs. What ever happened to SQ? Or that guy from that guild that tricked newbies to be slaughtered into the Fairy Tale arc?

Again, these may've been answered later, I really can't remember lol.

Lastly I always wondered why the author went from alternating between X's world's with other worlds only to go all in on a zodiac mega arc. Was that always the plan?

Just needed to get this off my chest lol. 

Does the housekeeper work for vampire or MC? And who is he in love with? Sorry, too many “his,” I’m confused 

you know why mc was able to become a player right, it was because no one needed mc, as his mother gave up on him and he also didn't have any lingering attachments to the world, so by becoming a player he could start a new life just like his mother did with a new family,she was pregnant with a baby. Both of them gave up on each other. so we only know that she has a new family and they both have nothing to do with each other. So basically mother is kicked out of the plot and I don't think I wanna know anything else about her either. She can continue living her new life for all I care. That's all I know. 

It was explained in the last extra, i think. As in the end of the end.

Spoiler: Xie Xi's fatherSeeing Xie Xi's data for the first time, Jiang Xie then explained that it is an ability of the player to conceal his own information with the help of Central.

So Xie Xi's dad is/was a player.

Jiang Xie said that the father is probably dead.

Xie Xie thinks that Jiang Xie is just comforting him since (remember) the requirement for entering the Central is that one must be abandoned.

Poor Xie Xie but...
Spoiler: Ending quoteXie Xi leaned against Jiang Xie. "It's fine, I've very good now."

It was because he was abandoned and lost everything that he met Jiang Xie. Losing didn't mean an ending. This was a new beginning. 

ooohhh  okkkkk a harem but not rlly then... im sorry, that turns me off 

LOAD GAME

The first of three games is...
I LOVE YOU VS SHAMELESS
Player count: 6
Progreesion/Rules: The players are in a circle and one is chosen randomly, that player1 can chose to say 'I love you' to either player next to him, the next player2 can either say 'I love you' back to player1 OR say 'shameless' to player1 and then say 'I love you' to player3 and so on.
One by one random gift cards are given to players in the middle of the game, that have different effects.
Punishment: If a player gets rejected(or their turn?) more than 3x or messes up the saying, then one of the player's limbs get choped off.

ML loved this one becouse MC had to say 'I love you' to him, takes advantage of it by showing one-sided PDA. But the funny thing is, that MC figured how to beat the game becouse of that.
*doing a warm up game without punishments*
*ML says 'I love you' instead of  'shameless' to MC*
Zombie game host: That is wrong. If you keep doing this you will get punished in the real game.
ML: Can't help it.
Zombie game host: Why?
ML looks at MC: It was probably love at first sight.
Zombie game host (loli btw): LOVE IT!
*skip to the end of the game*
*ML&MCbeat it by saying 'I love you' back to each other*
*game ends*
MC: Thank you for the hint (love at first sight)
ML: That wasn't a hint, I just meant it.
MC: ...

*MC heals 2 players that got punished*
*MC gets +2 followers (unofficial), that makes the total of 4*

SAVE GAME 

But he was at a critical point, where if one knew the truth it all will come crashing down. 

Dearest comrade, are you still in the 1st arc? Even so, you can already tell who the ML is.

SpoilerDesigner X, Jiang XieSpoiler: ML's SoulsRandy, Gars, and Aix-en are ML's souls