Turn on the Love System Chapter 54 Discussion

I had to bail at arc 3. Even from the beginning, some things made me uncomfortable - the absolute lack of any meaningful backstory, the OP-ness, the fall in love at first sight - but arc 3 takes the cake. In my view:

• the face-slapping is overdone
• brainless antagonists latch onto the MC/ML for unreasonable reasons
• no reason whatsoever is given for why the MC is so OP, not even a hint
• fall in love at first sight, okay, but if MC's whole task is to fall in love then where's the stakes?
• relatedly, MC and ML become lovey-dovey within days/weeks of meeting and no one finds it strange

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So far MC's unexplained skills include playing guqin, acting (edit: I'll give a free pass for acting since c2 mentioned MC's backstory as an actor who just won Best Newcomer), mounted archery, (TCM) medicine, crossbow shooting, and cooking. His reasons for knowing all this aren't even handwaved away, which I could reluctantly accept, it's just not brought up at all!

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And specifically for arc 3:

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MEDICINE DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT! MC promotes traditional Chinese medicine over western medicine to the point it's a miracle drug, fine, whatever. I don't like it but it's not like other authors haven't been aggressively pro-China to the point of putting down the West before. But it's not even in the realm of reality anymore. For a story set in a 20th century Republic of China equivalent, herbs cannot cure muscle atrophy, heal disfiguring scars until they disappear, give sudden bursts of energy, and heal paralysis in the limbs. MC's not even a miracle doctor or anything.

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Maybe these things improve in later chapters, but I feel my time is better spent elsewhere.