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when she traps her landlord who had taken pictures of her in her apartment and sold them to people online and been breaking into her apartment and stealing her underwear after smelling them (WTF? uhm). at first, she was worrying about moving out and pricing, and scared of the landlord and what he would do. after deciding to learn from the ML and what he would do, she goes from pushover to setting up cameras, locking up his ass and later on pretending to be a serial killer in her new apartment because her roomate wouldnt respect her boundaries and walked all over her. thats what I mean by dont let it throw you off because it usually always would for me, but she bounces back quick and comes off hard and strong when paying them back. she also got a roomate this time because of her safety after the thing with the landlord, showing shes actively putting in the effort towards herself and her safety.
[collapse]the ML is SO CUTE I cannot. when I say that I mean hes a good and strong leader to the people in the base, but towards our FL hes always smiling and sometimes blushing. its not overdone that hes a full on puppy, but enough that when it happens you cant help clutching your heart. its less like acting like a child and pouting (that some MLs do for some godforsaken reason), and more of a realistic and steady development. he treats her as an equal and is his usual self, but you can tell he keeps her in mind in everything he does. so, if you have an ick for overly childish ML's, this mannn is for you. (his affection is apparent, just not OTT.) small cute spoilerSpoilerwhenever she logs onto the game, he can sense her and wherever he is, he always smiles and says "you're here." UGH the most heartwarminggggg thing ever.
[collapse]now, I saw some reviews saying he treats her different later on, which sounds like a nightmare to me. I havent gotten that far, but when I finish the story I will update my review letting you know! EDIT: here I am, 11 hours later and ive just finished the novel, updating my review as promised. my rating of 5 stars stands, I actually read all the chapters whereas I usually get bored and skip some in the middle, this managed to hold my attention well.relationship changeSpoilerto me, this is not true. the game would blur out MC's words whenever she mentioned she was from another world, but ML still managed to find out that she saw his world as a game before she even suspected he was real. now, I will say their relationship changed, but only because ML was considerate and was not a bad change, I would call it more development. he learnt that her living situation isnt as good as he thought and that she is quite poor, knowing this, he stressed to her to take care of herself first and he no longer worried when she was logged off. he also tried to find various methods to help her save money instead of spending it on the game, because he knew she was quite poor and didnt want her to exhaust her little savings for him. they worked together to find ways to accomodate eachother, and I think it was really nice seeing their development. when he realised he was a game character to her, his main thought was that he should act like an AI at times because he didnt want to scare her into deleting the app once she realised he was very real.
[collapse]now if im being honest...Spoiler1: I would have preferred if the ML&FL settled down in ML's world. I grew an attachment to the people there, because they were the characters we saw gain purpose and grow. I was looking forward to seeing her interact with the people she saved and the conversation she would have face to face with the lab guy (forgot his name, the one that ends up with Xi Bei (?)) after trying to save him from the science organisation. I feel like there was a lot of potential with many characters if she stayed in his world, and the relationships she could have built with some of the main side characters that viewed her as a saviour. the ML was always saying we must not forget the true master of their base, and these people had a fierce loyalty to her, yet she could only gently push them with a breeze, let alone have s conversation! I was really looking forward to the friendships that could have happened, but alas, maybe it would have only been possible if she stayed in that world, and that did not happen.
2: I wish there were more scenes of them being, idk the right word, intimate? keep in mind they only visited eachothers world I think twice? throughout the story and only settled down in the last 2-3 chapters. due to this, we saw their affection as a couple, but we barely got any good scenes!! they barely held hands 😠where is the um. yeah you know what I mean. even if they did a fade to black scene, maybe I would survive. we saw the ML's possession and infaution with her build and him trying to hold it back, but thats it, he holds it back. all this buildup and the story ends with him proposing, we didnt even see her answer!
[collapse]i also remember bingeing "i raised a sick and weak young prince", but I cant really remember if I finished it or what. I remember really liking it, but thr details of the later story arent clear in my head. for that reason, I would say that even though this is my first novel with a zombie apocalypse, it was executed well and stays up to par with the novel previously mentioned. I will now be on the hunt for similar stories. (please send me recommendations ;-;)