The Darkness Was Comfortable for Me Chapter v109 Discussion

I'll be pretty blunt with this review. It is extremely rare for me to like a novel with a "beta" MC. I can't stand when they are a pushover 24/7. However, this novel is great and runs with this type of MC very well. It's to the point where it's kinda hard to call him a "beta". Certainly, early-mid portion of the story he could be considered a beta, but he has a reason.

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He suffered from a severe trauma that completely prevented him from talking clearly to other people or simply being gazed at. Hence the title.

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Alright, with god choosing 1000 people to go to another world, and rumors floating around that if you kill one of these chosen you will be chosen instead. You would think with this combination the government would keep them protected. That was not the case. This seems like a major plot hole, because realistically the government should've protected them. The whole reason the main character gets his trauma is because Nanami seemingly had no guards.

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The good thing is, this trauma worked out well for the novel. I was initially thrown of by it but decided to read it further. Damn I don't regret it at all. The story is amazing overall. The main character shows clear character development and has a very good reason for overcoming his traumas.

A unique thing about this novel is every once and awhile there will be chatroom type chapters. Again, I was initially against reading them and skipped the first few but when the story started heating up these chapters were very informative for the situation on Earth. It's also fairly accurate to real life chatrooms.

I fully recommend reading this novel, and don't be thrown off by what the character initially is like. This will probably be one of my favorite novels that I'm waiting to be fully translated.

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I'm a tad disappointed with the most recent developments. Even without waiting for the rest to get translated I can pretty much guess how it's going to be. I'm a tad bit disappointed because it seems like the main characters trauma will get resolved with a half-hearted situation, and it will turn into a regular beta-japanese style story. The author had the opportunity to go down the dark route, but it seems like it will be a happy ending instead. Oh well.

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