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The description can mislead you to think of this as a shuraba. Well it isn't, it's very similar to Boyfriends turn out to be horror movie bosses or I rely on kisses to pass the Survival game. But here you see a darker leap into the whole obsessive horror bosses aspect. The game is made infinestimally difficult because the characters want to keep him inside the particular episode. And MC is a great, fun character! You do see aspects of favouritism affecting his play but he survives through wit. However, ML is quite the flat character. He's the cliched 'Young master' who has ego but loves MC.Spoiler
MC apparently was fated to die very young. But his mother wanted him to live so she did her best to find him shamans, charms, etc. ML belongs to the Ye family who look over this spiritual stuff. ML finds MC interesting when his mother begs the Ye fam to save his son. So he persuades his grandpa to allow MC to be kept there for a year. That's the real life stuff.
[collapse]The arcs are fairly good. Romance bit is lacking. I found it bland. But the settings and action are really good. Quite conveniently constructed but does unsettle you. SpoilerThere are mentions where you see that ML stalked MC and is the creator of Dead game. And he apparently does that to allow MC to live. And oh yes! MC lost his memory a few years ago and there are indications that he probably did play Dead before losing his memory.
[collapse]Overall, a 4/5.