- #1
I must start off with this, the restriction of "You cannot pay with something that is not your possession" is such complete horseshit. Korean authors are always too pussified to write any MC as an actual villain. The MC is always perfect in character but weak in body. It's always "he's misunderstood" or "they were actually the bad guys all along".Otherwise...Similar opinion as the other commenter, OutofNovels. To explain why a lot of these plot holes and unnecessary sh*t happens, this is basically what happens when the author reads too many other Korean novels. Korean novels always have to make sh*t dramatic and close to the edge, even at the expense of the novel's quality. Now, don't get me wrong, other novels do this too, but nowhere is it as distinct or as much of a trope as it is in Korean novels.You'd think an author, being in his own book, would know loads of valuable knowledge to exploit, like free hidden items, big secrets of powerful people, who's trusty enough to sell them to, hidden powers, etc etc. Obviously not everything, but certainly enough to make it through fine. But they always struggle immensely.I'm so tired of these copy paste color palette swaps that I'll give it a 2. Maybe I'll raise it to 3 if it gets any better. If it's your first Korean novel, it might seem good, but if you've read any others, it's literally the meme with stacks of buzz lightyears on the shelf. Edit: I have read the novel to the point where there's a forced misunderstanding where the MC puts a ring on a female character's ring finger. While she's embarrassed, he thinks the laws are probably different here and doesn't care. It's so cliche, I can't make this sh*t up.
