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Contrary to the title, the MC is not actually evil. He has a tragic backstory sure, and that might lead you to think that the story will play towards a ruthless MC route but no it's actually a lighthearted read.At the beginning of the story, his parents pushed the responsibility of ruling over a galaxy to him (along with a massive debt) while he was just 5 y/o so they can live carefree and retire in the capital. But this tragic beginning is actually just a plot device for him to work diligently towards rebuilding his planet, although his tragic past made him detest being exploited by others and instead wanted to be the one doing the exploiting. His evil traits are diffused by poorly construed circumstances such as the people being too poor to exploit or that kidnapping girls is pointless because he already has maids who can play the role.Later on in the story, he beats a space pirate with bounty on his head large enough to clear his debt. Afterwards he inspects the pirate dudes spaceship only to find a group of tortured and mutilated girls in his basement. Now he's presented with a choice.1. Ignore them.2. Kill them because the girls begged MC to end their suffering.or3. Decide that you're actually a good person and spare no expense in treating the poor girls ; (despite your best interest, despite their pleadings, despite halving no qualms towards the idea of raping a random girl and despite the trauma the MC recieved from having his wife betray him which led to him being afraid and distrustful of women.It's a slice of life novel where dark themes are just minor plot devices and shouldn't be treated seriously.tldr: Isekai Death March 2.0