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it is in fact, quite a clichéd novel. Protagonist is well versed in mecha manufacturing and pharmaceutics. His math abilities are god tier and wanted by the people of both departments.the villain (protagonist of the og novel) on the other hand, is only good at innovating specifically in pharmaceutics, but because of mc's decision to throw away his past life and family, he can't show his full potential and so he turns evil. initially I thought that this villain would be fine on his own doing what he can do and doing it well. then the author decides to use the plot of "plot correction" for the story to insert negative thoughts towards his brother in the villain. I can't say it's terrible, but it is clichéd and ends up making the villain a foil to the MC. (this means that this sort of story is overturning the situation where the MC and villain's roles are reversed) there are many qualities in the MC which is illogical, like the fact that he is in fact 20 years older than his physical body but acts like a child and doesn't understand situations (low eq and not knowing how to value his skills) despite being placed in the working environment for decades already (part of it may be because he has been overshadowed his entire life, but I'm ignoring that in my review). he is a normal Mary sue character, and I dont find it particularly interesting but the story is bearable enough to get by so I'm continuing reading it.I nearly forgot about the male lead. his appearances aren't that impactful. he's a rich, powerful, cold ML whose only flaw is his injured hand. that's the only thing I can remember about him. Well, he's also protective about the protagonist and cares about him, in a g*ooming sort of waythey officially get together near chapter 100... I understand what the other reviews mean by the romance is very slow nowpast 150, I stopped reading. I knew the rest of the story was gonna be zerg fighting and MC developing mech so it got boring
