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I agree with @paranoidkitty.In the beginning, the MC was honestly ill done by. As a guy with a child equivalent mind, to throw him into marriage with no preparation, despite his explicit rejection, and then continuously rejecting his asking for help in this situation where he is completely clueless, and instead fobbing him off with perfunctory excuses...The ML too, was a bit excusable at the very beginning. He had been blackmailed into marriage, and he took it out on his overly pampered spoiled brat of a new husband. Until he realized that the husband in question is a mentally challenged child who is just as unwilling - and yet continues. All excuses over. He is downright cruel, and so blatant that even little children would understand the cruelty - and the MC does.Spoiler
The 'wedding night' was r*pe, pure and simple, and I kinda appreciate how the ML felt about it, but after that, everything was just, weird and unpleasant.
The ML realises that the person who r*ped him isnt exactly the MC (except it is in some ways, which is...)
The MC's other personality is just. unlikable. The only benefit is that at least there won't be what practically amounts to romance with a literal child anymore.
The mutual appology scene flies by so fast there is barely any emotional pay off there, and the story is done, wrapped and out, leaving you reeling.
[collapse]The entire story left me with a bit of an unsatisfied feeling. Plot points raised with no resolution. Questions asked and barely (if at all) answered. Emotional baggage aquired slowly and then resolved so quickly, you're left with an empty feeling where it had just been.This is a very promising story if only it had been written with more care. The premise is interesting, the world building promising - but nothing quite delivers.