The Only Thing That Reached Out to Me, Who Was Broken, Was Your Hand Chapter v41 Discussion

The novel starts off with an emotionally broken protagonist in a somewhat believable scenario which is a good thing. However, the pacing and quality just nosedives into a tr*sh pile (not the enjoyable kind just s*upid).

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Vol.3 introduces a new female love interest that can conveniently solve all his problems and just acts like the first one wasn't a savior for some flimsy bs like "she (1st fmc) wasn't providing him the warmth he needed" but the MC literally said he might have killed himself if it wasn't for her. Then there is just an evil plot in the background thrown in because why not.

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I thought it would be like "Girls who traumatized me" because the synopsis really does make it seem similar with the main difference being that only one girl is the MC's savior (literally the title). Honestly, after reading a decent amount it's like the author copied the plot points from girls who traumatized me and then hastily changed them with no regard to how they fit together.

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both have a:

• childhood friend who broke the protagonist
• Falsely accused of mol*station
• Protagonist with a psychological block placed by a 3rd party
• Every girl loves the protagonist
• in*est
• Broken family
• Girl with connections in high places
• Mental block break scene after an apology

I'm probably forgetting some but every single one of these plot points is done worse in this novel. Take the student council security girl (fMC 2) her direct comparison would be Misaki the next door neighbor but Misaki works because she is an adult, has a background in teaching children, and isn't just suddenly thrown in as a deus ex machina but instead a coincidence while the fMC 2 is a student council member who is similar (? No real explanation just has the same eyes) to MC and is also just in charge of the schools security system for some reason. Maybe the author explains her more in a different vol but imo if a character is going to be this important then you have to explain it in the same volume because the character is just a hollow plot device otherwise.

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Tl;dr - don't read this expecting anything like "girls how traumatized me" or an emotionally depressing experience. This is a harem novel that flimsy uses emotional trauma to give an excuse for the increasing amount of girls.