Regression Of The Dating Sim Player Chapter 64 Discussion

If you like the title, Hunters and gates, and don't mind slow burn, you might just like this novel.

The perspective is from the main character's, Ye-hyeon's, point of view. For me, this narrative style can be fun and frustrating at the same time. Fun when the combination of the narrator's thoughts and observations forms a full picture (e.g., it's obvious to readers character A has a crush while MC is oblivious). And for me, frustrating when the perspective doesn't give enough information, leaving MC (and readers) in the dark. This review is a little over 1/5 of the current release (281 chs) and there's still tons of backstory/fleshing out needed for characters in the main party. I wouldn't say the characterization is shallow. It's been very consistent. I'd say the situation is more like looking at icebergs (not iceberg MLs; the MLs have their own distinct characters) ; you know there's more under the surface, but you're only shown the tip right now.

So it is very slow burn, on the information and romance fronts. Actually, I kinda can't believe

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the author hasn't made Ye-hyeon/MC have a sit down with ML 3 who obviously has some sort of beef with him, albeit an ambivalent one, while MC has had an unplanned sit down with ML 1 who he thinks hates him, although this is unconfirmed. MC realized, he regressed 3 years, ML 3 is not the future ML 3 he met before. MC has not realized, ML 1 is not future ML 1 who he has a bad impression of, like...?? Can we slow down and talk pleaseeee. The breaks between gates have been skipped over so much! So many lost opportunities—

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Anyway, the Hunter/gate part is done well. Not info dumpy, pretty solid worldbuilding. But it kinda felt like a low blow to throw the pot of

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"bad" boss monster naming sense on American hunters? Even having a dumb quarrel over a name with a Canadian hunter, are you for real?? There are so many ways to play this off, but author had to choose this one...

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Except for the lack of interactions so far outside Hunter/gate stuff, the flow of the story could be called "realistic." It's been fun to follow along as MC takes his regression one step at a time. The journey's been kinda "messy" (as real life usually is), but things are slowly coming together. Can't wait to read more.