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I absolutely love how shameless the MC is. He will do whatever it takes to survive including acting calmly despite being the opposite and fooling everyone even the NPCs and ghosts.
And yet despite scamming everyone to survive, he doesn't hesitate to help people despite there being low benefits. Even though his thoughts and beliefs are simply him just using them, he still helps them survive by sacrificing his own safety and masking it with his shamelessness. While yes, he is undoubtedly a scammer, he's mostly a coward so him sacrificing his own safety every time something bad happens says a lot about his personality. It's why I don't completely believe him whenever he says he just uses people for his own benefit. In short, he's a mix of selfish and selfless.
The way he wins is simply mind-boggling. I feel surprised every time he does something that requires simple common sense and I would think "why did I not think of that?!" His methods are either crazy and suicidal or so simple that it makes you feel embarrassed that you didn't think of it.
Like that one time he used his phone to record the bells attached to the ghosts so he can walk past them without alerting them during a hide and seek scene.
The only OP about him is his sharp memory and luck, to be honest. But even his luck is 50/50 because most of the time, he has the worst luck in the whole game.
[collapse]I've read a couple of horror novels in the past and this is one of the best in my opinion. The MC is so entertaining and I can't help but cheer for him despite him being shameless.ML:SpoilerSo far, I don't have much opinion about the ML since he doesn't seem to be showing much personality so far. I hope to see more of him and his interactions with MC in the future.
And so far, MC is pretty much afraid of the ML because of how intense he is. I wonder how their relationship will develop.
[collapse]Instances:SpoilerThe author also makes a lot of interesting concepts. The author writes all these rules and scenarios that makes everything completely unexpected. You need to read between the lines of the rules to understand what you should and shouldn't do. Even now, I still feel in awe at how amazing the author is to be able to create these interesting ideas.
My favorite is the amusement park instance since I had a hard time knowing how the MC will win or survive under those heavy circumstances. It's one of those instances where everything seems impossible. It's one of the moments when I felt scared for the MC and the rest of the characters.
I don't feel much about the third arc though. The instance about the Antai community does have a good plot twist but it's a bit messy compared to the first two arcs, the school and hospital instances. It also requires some cultural knowledge (aside from the bagua that we have here in our country) that I don't know much about so I was a bit confused on some parts in that arc. But I still like how the MC completely destroyed that part. Even now, I don't know what the hell is going on with the MC's brain to be able to think of that solution with so many disadvantages. It makes me feel bad for the system for just a little bit (lmao).
[collapse]All in all, 5 stars since the author makes the arcs and characters really interesting.