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I got impatient waiting for the translator site's update that I just decided to MTL. Which is pretty easy, in part because I'm a veteran, but also because it's a pretty simple & straightforward novel with no complex poetry/puns like what most CN novels are.For 191 chapters it's a well paced novel that delves into everything that's needed without feeling stretched out nor too fast. If you want a lighthearted story about two people who reincarnated, work side by side to avoid their fates, and fall in love, I'd say go for it after you take note of a few things to be honest.Personally I'm rather split in the characters department as I love the main characters and the supporting cast since they don't feel cringy, they're not annoying, they have their own charm, but at times they do fall flat and is subjected under Japanese character tropes & lines.Spoiler
One example is a sub character Adonis, he's described as having an angelic face but is great at torture and he sometimes says "scary things" with an angelic smile on his face ex: "I'm curious about the torture device they have." or of the likes, which gets a bit redundant after some point.
[collapse]However the biggest downside of this novel by far are the antagonists, and how they're potrayed. As user manhwalover3 have mentioned.The antagonists all feel like s*upid fools who have no brains and is reading off a script, they all act the same way with a slight variation, their reactions are exactly the same everytime they're confronted for their crimes by the main characters. It's boring and there's not a real threat or proper stumbling block for the main characters. Even with characters you thought was threatening, when the confrotation happened they didn't reach the climax they could've reached.The main characters are way too capable of dealing with the antagonists and it just feels like adults having to deal with children's damaging tantrum. However I will say that the main characters and the supporting cast make up for the boring & s*upid villains and it helps that the novel is a bit more fast paced.Another thing to note would be that the author does have a tendency to repeat a few scenarios but from different perspective and makes a recap of what happened the chapter before at the beginning if a new chapter, It's a minor inconvenience as you'll learn to just jump paragraphs when those recaps happen, but they do break the flow of the story by a tiny bit.I won't comment much about the action and other combat scenes as I feel I've read better things and the action was never a focal point of the novel in any case.All in all, It's like a soft cheap cheesecake you buy at some convenience store, it's nice, it's sweet, it's light, it melts in your mouth, and it has some interesting texture/flavors enough to keep you interested to the end, but it's not something you'd stock up on and want to keep having. It can be improved, but hey, it's something you just bought on your way home at a convenient store, it's hard to be disappointed.