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This is the kind of story that you really have to push through at the beginning to get to the actual good part. Which is HORRIBLE to hear but it will literally make or break how much you enjoy the novel, so don't be too upset with the story if you drop it early.There's just something about the relationships the author writes between the characters that has drawn me into the novel. But also the cause and effect of the casts' lives before going back in time and after. The characters have a GORILLA GRIP on my brain. They are the draw of the story, full stop.The plot is a lot, definitely worse on the brain when you're machine translating it, but it doesn't really bother me as much because it does get understandable as more get revealed. I personally think its really interesting but maybe not as gripping compared to the characters and their interactions.The main character is honestly my favorite character. I could not enjoy this novel if he wasn't. He puts a strong front but theres this very clear underlying trauma that he has to balance, especially going through space and time to meet the cast before they grew up to what they were by the time he met them after being saved by his adoptive father. You're just able to see the weight of everything on his shoulders as he tries to handle being a teacher, a whistleblower, and... A family member 🙂.Spoiler
chapter 120 literally broke me. Up to that point, the build up and repetition of how important his adoptive father was to him and his immense regret that he was never able to truly say the words "father" was so incredibly emotional. The main character gets his younger self and even the monologue and interaction of it was emotionally painful to read. But having it all culmilate into that chapter and conclude in the way it did has left my mental space in pieces.
[collapse]I agree a lot with asphaltus's review, which is honestly better written then this one 💀.