Regression Is Too Much Chapter 85 Discussion

really great!

our protagonist Kim Jun-ho has the ability to regress, but he does automatically upon even a slight injury. Even with such a powerful ability like regression, in an environment like the tower, where danger is around every corner he will need to hone his skills, plan ahead, and make sure he doesn't lose himself in his countless regressions.

So, a few points I especially like:

while Jun-ho is intelligent, he isn't superhumanly so. He uses his regressions ability, his knowledge of 'tower-style' stories, and deductive reasoning to reach his conclusions and find out the secrets of each floor. I think that if you're also familiar with these types of stories, and follow the story closely, you can also reach the same conclusions.

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I like the emotional aspect of the story very much. Jun-ho is able to regress, which terrifies him for several reasons. He wonders if every time he regress because he can't pass the floor if he is abandoning his friends to die. He is scared of succumbing to the regressor-depression syndrome, especially after regressing dozens of times, he start to view his teammates as if they're npcs of sort, because he knows exactly how they'll act. He tries really hard to make sure he will not lose himself, and his relationship with his friends and teammates is really well written, you truly feel like they care for each other.

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Another interesting aspect is the humanization of the npcs. The goblins and the goblin shaman at the tutorial are not just monsters, they are very human in a sense. The tower residents on the second floor and how they're forced to live a life devoid of freewill is another interesting moral question (which also brings into question the climbers themselves, after all, aren't they climbing the tower because like the npcs they too are forced by an uncaring god?).

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in conclusion, read this! Great novel!