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Honestly all I got to say is that this is a frustrating good novel.Same as the original novel this spinoff is based off on we follow Leon and his journey through this Otome Game World as a Mob. The difference begins almost immediately as we go more in depth into the perspective of Marie, the antagonist of the original novel. The twist being that we get WAY more into her point of view and back story as a character. Building more into the brother sister relation that Leon and Marie didn't build up from the original.NEXT PART IS FULL OF SPOILERS!!!And all I got to say is that this novel is so bad it's good. I hate the authors writing style and direction, but the fact is that they're a fantastic writer. From the stubbornness of characters, the Main Protagonist MAJOR character trait of acting only at the last minute and being passive the rest of the time, to misunderstandings that occur only because characters don't talk, the same elements I don't like from the original are there. But the author writes in a way that's refreshing no doubt, he knows his characters, they act as how they really would in those situations that matches exactly with the original source.I just dislike how easily we switch up on the good graces of Leon. Like the only way for Olivia to be on Leon's side is for Marie to not be a priority, and then in this spinoff the only way for Marie to be on Leon's side is for Olivia to not be a priority. In both tellings of the story we see not just from the perspective of the reader but also that of Leon (and those on his side), that some elements and relationships of the story isn't progressing the same as the Otome Game from when he played it in his first life.It is also that fact that adds another element that makes this novel so addictive... that you keep on reading to see that resolution of characters overcoming their trials. You want to see Leon not act as a Mob, you want Amelia to find love and be treated as an equal, you want Olivia to be brave and speak her mind, you want Marie not to act s*upid and talk to Leon l, and so on. Again the writing is so good and the characters don't act out of character at all. It's the original story we are getting to see outside the perspective of a random guy sitting on their couch playing a game.I'm saying right now that I won't keep reading this novel, but in no ways is it a bad one, just one I find frustrating since it's not going the way I want it to go. Which I clearly realize is biased and doesn't do the novel any good because is a decent one and okay world building and easy to follow character drives... I'm honestly just pissed that the moment Leon and Marie finally decided to sit down and talk things out about their past lives as siblings they SOMEHOW have a misunderstanding that they aren't each other's sibling even though they describe each other perfectly from a like a brother and sister would. I mean after getting to know each other in this life and knowing each other in their last lives they should be able to tell how one-sided and bias their descriptions of each other are. Like really brah this accidentally inc€st arc is just so annoying I can't.