- #1
The cover's such a tease and you won't have any idea who they are until later on. For people curious : Spoiler
Red hair = Nicknamed "Mother God", an outergod obsessed with MC, he's not the ML (The novel isn't completed though so who knows)
If you look for fanarts, you'll also find arts of MC with a blue haired person. He's a apostle for another Outergod and MC's gaming best friend. (They are a really popular ship currently). [collapse]The author loves to keep readers confused and honestly her writing style is frustrating for me, I'll explain. The author loves being super long-winded with explainations and since we are in a first-person perspective of someone who overthinks, we have to go through countless word dump of the same scenario. Moreover, MC's an extremely unreliable narrator so even if we know he's thinking of complete BS , we have to sit through reading all his nonsense. It doesn't help that the ML has a time-looping ability so we have to sit through the same text multiple times with slight variations. Though the author did utilize his yapping to cook up the ultimate angst, it wasn't fun paying for different chapters containing similar contents.Anyway, this was not easy to MTL due to countless slangs and complicated double-meanings so kudos to the translator. I could tell this was the first novel they translated since I've read their other translations before and they've improved a lot, really appreciate the effort!That said, I think this novel really deserves being one of the top rated BL novels in korea because the amount of thought put into the details is crazy. This is an extremely complicated novel with multiple layers of time-loops, reincarnations, parallel world-theories taking place all at the same time within the confines of a world revolving life and death. Honestly the first 100 chapters served more as an introductory and a tutorial stage, with multiple reloops, and the real action begins after that when enough framework is set. I wouldn't say the romance is slow burn, but the entire story itself starts out slow because the world's at peace.There are countless characters in the novel who are distinct. It did felt like some characters were just introduced and thrown aside, but overall it was decently written and I had an easy time remembering everyone. The main point is, the main characters were extremely well-written. It's really impressive how much growth and change they've gone through that if I look back at the first 100 chapters, I'd wonder if they were really the same people.Both the main MC and ML are extremely innocent and ignorant (and heavy gaslighters). They go through countless challenges and in a way, suffered. The tone of the story shifts as they get closer to the "countdown date" and the things they have to go through were painful to read. There are countless trigger warnings, so please proceed with caution because this novel gets really dark later on. It is a novel surrounded with crazy cult ideals and it's not a lie to say most of the characters have lost their minds. There are some deranged characters who appear later on and their actions are normalized due to the nature of their world. The MC is one of the most grounded person and if you think he's annoying at the beginning, you'll realise that it's his way of coping with the dire situation he's in. He's honestly the most sane person around. ML on the other hand is really mentally strong. He starts out with a puppy crush that turns into obsession due to various factors but who can blame him.Spoiler
Brown/Black hair = MC. He's a apostle of an outergod nicknamed "Happy", posing as an innocent serf.
Red hair = Nicknamed "Mother God", an outergod obsessed with MC, he's not the ML (The novel isn't completed though so who knows)
Outergods = Evil gods outside the main god's rule. Their followers are seen as heretics.
My best bet of a ML has black hair and blue eyes. He's the protagonist of the first game and a knight of the Holy Order.
If you look for fanarts, you'll also find arts of MC with a blue haired person. He's a apostle for another Outergod and MC's gaming best friend. (They are a really popular ship currently). [collapse]The author loves to keep readers confused and honestly her writing style is frustrating for me, I'll explain. The author loves being super long-winded with explainations and since we are in a first-person perspective of someone who overthinks, we have to go through countless word dump of the same scenario. Moreover, MC's an extremely unreliable narrator so even if we know he's thinking of complete BS , we have to sit through reading all his nonsense. It doesn't help that the ML has a time-looping ability so we have to sit through the same text multiple times with slight variations. Though the author did utilize his yapping to cook up the ultimate angst, it wasn't fun paying for different chapters containing similar contents.Anyway, this was not easy to MTL due to countless slangs and complicated double-meanings so kudos to the translator. I could tell this was the first novel they translated since I've read their other translations before and they've improved a lot, really appreciate the effort!That said, I think this novel really deserves being one of the top rated BL novels in korea because the amount of thought put into the details is crazy. This is an extremely complicated novel with multiple layers of time-loops, reincarnations, parallel world-theories taking place all at the same time within the confines of a world revolving life and death. Honestly the first 100 chapters served more as an introductory and a tutorial stage, with multiple reloops, and the real action begins after that when enough framework is set. I wouldn't say the romance is slow burn, but the entire story itself starts out slow because the world's at peace.There are countless characters in the novel who are distinct. It did felt like some characters were just introduced and thrown aside, but overall it was decently written and I had an easy time remembering everyone. The main point is, the main characters were extremely well-written. It's really impressive how much growth and change they've gone through that if I look back at the first 100 chapters, I'd wonder if they were really the same people.Both the main MC and ML are extremely innocent and ignorant (and heavy gaslighters). They go through countless challenges and in a way, suffered. The tone of the story shifts as they get closer to the "countdown date" and the things they have to go through were painful to read. There are countless trigger warnings, so please proceed with caution because this novel gets really dark later on. It is a novel surrounded with crazy cult ideals and it's not a lie to say most of the characters have lost their minds. There are some deranged characters who appear later on and their actions are normalized due to the nature of their world. The MC is one of the most grounded person and if you think he's annoying at the beginning, you'll realise that it's his way of coping with the dire situation he's in. He's honestly the most sane person around. ML on the other hand is really mentally strong. He starts out with a puppy crush that turns into obsession due to various factors but who can blame him.Spoiler
Warning - big spoilers ahead.
ML had to watch MC die over and over again. He had to live with those memories while MC remembers none of it and vice versa. The jump in POVs is super excrutiating because you realise how distorted everyone's memories are. One of the most painful chapter for me was 220. I won't spoil too much but the top comment in Ridi made my heart break. There are reasons for a lot of things you'd dismissed at the start, like why everyone loves MC, why didn't the other transmigerators seek the protagonist out, etc, but it'll take a while to reach those answers.