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I'll keep reading, but I needed to write a review at this point. I don't know which came first, but between this, Top Management, and Max Level Rookie (don't remember the full name / not translated the same way everywhere), my favorite is still the latter by a wide margin, for one main reason:The MC is a likeable character.But this is not a review of that novel. Many novels suffer from a protagonist who is supposed to be smarter than the author, which can then not be depicted convincingly. That is not the case here. Not because the MC is smart, but because he's consistently s*upid, and lacks not just basic insight or emotional intelligence (dense MCs are common either way), but also any measure of proper self-reflection.Compared to the stumbling and hypocritical MC (who even got screwed in his original life despite already having a cheat - that's how incompetent he is), most of the side characters are actually likeable and carry the story, and it's much easier to care about them than the MC.I do think the author went a bit overboard with the personality issues of the girls, but on the other hand it makes it more credible for them to fall in love with the MC. Highly functional people probably wouldn't.