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This is a series that deals with an isekai'd protagonist who was transmigrated into an otome game he was forced to play and complete. As a result, he has to deal with a matriarchal society that prioritizes the favorable treatment of the women at the expense of the male population to an absurd degree.It's a fantastic experience to go through the first arc: Holfart Kingdom Arc (V1-4). The first arc of this story is filled with fantastic characters, interesting world-building lore, and funny subversions to the otome game staples and tropes.The second arc, World Tree Arc (V5-7), continues that trend, but with much less of the good stuff. The new characters lack some depth while most of the original characters don't develop much in new ways. The world-building lore hasn't been enriched much. The 'subversions' of the otome game tropes are much less impactful and more hollow. However, I still had hope for this series, until...The third arc, Meaningless Arc (V8-9), is what killed my joy for this series. Both the original characters and the new ones aren't explored or developed in this arc at all. Nothing has been added to the world-building at all. There isn't any satire on the otome game franchise at all. In fact, it ironically transformed into a typical psuedo-harem novel with an beta-MC who avoids consummating his marriage with his three beautiful, hot fiances to an abnormal degree.tl;dr, I've personally experienced how great the novel was in its first arc. I've also experienced the downfall of the series in its second arc while trying my best to keep my hopes up for its future. I've ultimately experienced despair as I realized that the series wasn't getting better, but worse. It became something similar to the very thing that it ridiculed in the first place.*Editted