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Trigger Warning: Racism, anti-blackness, multiple use of racial slur (that are thankfully 'censored'), and degradation of black features. This takes place in Arc 2, starting from chapter 28 until chapter 43.Never in my life did I imagine I would read a danmei with racism as a main theme, it was honestly very jarring. A trigger warning at the start of the chapter (like it was done with other traumatic topics) would have been greatly appreciated.From the first time I saw BLM indirectly mentioned I got anxious, with the way danmei novels use foreshadowing I knew it would be used later on, but how was the cause of anxiety for me. I am satisfied the author makes it clear the scum gong being racist is wrong and is made to suffer for it, I even liked how the scum gong was astute about being racist because it does happen... my complaint is: there was no need for that many racial slurs, using them once or twice would have been enough racist behaviour. In another instance the scum gong starts to criticize the MC for allegedly cheating and starts to curse him out, but the author cuts off his speech and indirectly tells us the scum gong spews rude remarks but doesn't say which, I wish the same would have been used with the racist remarks.