MC, ML, and MC's brother showing up in MC's original world. The confused alpha brother being stuck in an "unscientific" two gendered world nearly made me laugh my lungs out.

And even when he figures out that he likes ML, he still hesitates to act on his feelings because he doesn't want to be one of those scums that always lust after ML - at that time, he was still unaware that ML already liked him pfffff

(I was honestly rooting for Ice Cube Big Brother and Not-So-Little Fish to get together but... a reader can dream. Besides, their brotherly relationship is also pretty sweet as is.)

They are purely brothers who have a warm relationship and are supportive of each other from beginning to end. I'm not sure how readers ever saw a red flag when it comes to their relationship, since I honestly never thought of them as possible in that way. There was never any suspicious vibe. XL is just a tsundere overbearing CEO who only wants a younger brother to spoil in his own awkward ice cube way hhhhhffttt-

My poor son XL got such a hard childhood and even lost his mother because of his father's tr*sh, dandy ways... ugh. Honestly would've loved it if this particular character got kicked to the curb, but I guess having a cordial relationship with him is also good for XL's piece of mind... bah.

In most novels a scum father would immediately be faceslapped bloody, but here... the portrayal is more realistic. It might not be satisfying for some - god knows it was frustrating as hell for me - but to be honest, if such a situation happened in real life, it probably would have ended the same way. I'm in a similar situation and that's honestly just how it is. Sometimes, we just don't want to bother with getting retribution. It's far too tiring. Wouldn't it be better to enjoy the warm and happy things we finally earned, instead of ruining all that with retribution that would stir up chaos?

And the grandfather... putting all of that responsibility and pressure on a child, for god's sake. My feelings about him are very complicated. I've seen too many similar situations in real life. When the grandfather cried and apologized to XL for putting so so much pressure on him, for practically taking away his childhood - I honestly hurt for XL. And wanted to give his father a good slap for being so useless and pushing all the responsibility on his young son. And the grandfather - couldn't he have threatened to break his useless son's legs or something? Why indulge him so much? Bah.

Wu Fuyu in the original story was definitely a scum, there's no denying that. In the original plot he was pretty... insane. And did some irredeemable things. In an extra, we do see that Og!Wu Fuyu knew he was in the wrong and basically let MC get revenge on him without putting up a fight since he knew he deserved it. To quote, "He knew that this was everything he owed Gu Xi; even if he wanted his life, then so be it".

Now, I'm not saying that OG WF was worthy of redemption. But that scene did show that he wasn't as whack and psychotic as the other scum gongs. He at least had the capacity to realize his sins.

Now, on to the current WF. We have a bad impression on him from the very beginning. At first glance, he was the paragon of a rich second generation who unscrupulously did whatever he pleased, regardless of morality. But unlike the OG WF, he became better. His character developed, and developed in a direction leagues better than that of OG WF. You could say that he developed into the good man that he had the potential to be. He is no longer the OG WF. He and the original developed in completely different directions. You cannot condemn him for something he has never done.

In my point of view, an individual has many potential outcomes. They have the potential to be bad, and they have the potential to be good. OG WF was scum. Current WF is an alpha who learned to slowly let go of his prejudiced views and gradually cultivated his own moral code. I think it's safe to say that it's impossible for current WF to do the same things that OG WF did, even if he was placed into the same situation.

Don't write him off because of his deeds in another life. Isn't that taking away the point of rebirth? MC's arrival breathed life into the original characters of a dogblooded, sadomasochistic plot - he gave them the opportunity to develop into something different from what was written in stone, to go against destiny. WF just happened to be one of the ones who became better.

I had the same concerns as you at first. I had my own misgivings about WF. But as I read further, I found that my worries were for nothing. The author really handled his character very well. I hope this analysis was of some help to you!

Big bro and the original owner (of MC's body) had bad relationship. They are step brothers, OO's mom married into the rich family and both of them are children from previous spouses. It is introduced as if OO were constantly misunderstanding bro's intentions. Like, "oh, he was dreaming of having a little brother, but OO was scared of him and avoided him. IF ONLY he wasn't like this".

At that time big bro was in his twenties and OO was 10.

Imagine being a grown ass man and blaming a 10 year old child for being scared of new people. And we are constantly reminded about how he finally has a brother who loves him. I'm not impressed.

But that's not all :)

Big bro misunderstands that MC is gay (Alpha who is into Alpha) and was like "I have nothing against gay people, but...". Apparently he decided that "the world is too cruel to gay people, and I will be your first obstacle". The first thing he did was to bribe MC's best friend so he would spy on MC and tell him his every move. The second thing he did was to bribe OO's ex, who used OO and discarded him like tr*sh afterwards, to seduce MC to turn him into a "normal" person.

At some point MC and ML had to sleep in one bed (bro was staying in the next room). The next day big bro, who suspected something, started sniffing MC's dirty sheets - what if he was sleeping with a man Alpha?!?! Ew. Just ew.

I remind you, all of this is written with an attitude of big brother being a just concerned, nothing wrong done here.

He put a tracking device into ML's body. He wanted to experiment on ML. He repeatedly tried to kill MC.

In the end of the novel he became the most powerful being in the world. In this novel there is some kind of power that rules over everything. This power should belong to ML (the protagonist), but for some reason it was divided between ML and this piece of shit. ML has no idea about this, but PoS knows about this and knows how to use it. MC is even respects him and grateful to him (for some inexplicable reason).

PoS invites MC for a chat and tells him that he has a surprise. Without asking MC's opinion, the next day MC wakes up in the real world in a hospital with no memory about his travel to the other world and no memory about ML.

ML appeared on the street of the real world without memory of MC, where he is and who he is.

Big bro was also standing in the middle of the street in a pajama with no idea what is going on (I was serious when I told that for the author Big Bro is the best sh*t ever).

The end.

I'm serious. This is not a cliffhanger that is supposed to keep us guessing what is going to happen next. This is the finale, what we were moving to for 118 chapters.

Forgot to mention, this finale is even more insulting because the whole arc of MC in this story is him finding a place in the new world. In the beginning he felt like a stranger and couldn't connect with this new world. By the end of the novel he found new friends, new relationships, ML. He was finally content with his new life. And the author wasn't subtle in introducing this theme. It is impossible to miss, and it takes a lot of this novel. The finale destroys this character development. I was invested in his struggle, and now I feel cheated. What a big slap in the face.

Why did the paranoid ML started trusting MC? Because he (ML) has a superpower that allows him to read minds. Not all the time - only when it is plot convenient.

ML has a very close friend, basically, he raised ML. They are (supposedly) very close, but they very rarely communicate - only when plot demands them to.

In the very beginning of the story ML sneaked into a party to look for his sister (who is married and kept under house arrest). He also has a dear younger brother who he loves very much and who is working overseas. The sister is never mentioned again (not even once), little bro is rarely mentioned, and no contact with him (not a single phonecall). It turned out that the sister is long dead, ML is delusional and little bro tries not to agitate ML. It read less of "oh, that's why!" moment and more like the author realized that they forgot about some characters and are covering their ass.

So I kinda hated the way they treated Wu Fuyu like he was a crazed weirdo just because he ended up falling for MC (aka gay in this universe). Don't get me wrong, I can take a joke if it's funny or there's a point to it (ex: needed for the setting), but with Wu Fuyu there was literally no point to him being gay. Wu Fuyu could have just become a friend of MC and literally nothing would have changed; instead he fell for MC and proceeded to blow up his phone repeatedly with friend requests, pestering MC, bickering with ML and just act like minor nuisance/stalker. When he was straight he was taken seriously and regarded as a danger, but as soon as he turns gay he's just this bratty child in the background panting over MC? I despise the fact that he was the only one who was treated like an incompetent joke just because he was the gay one, when none of the other four psychos were regarded as anything less than a danger.

it's even mentioned he's "slightly autistic" during the flashback where he remembers an event from his childhood. Staying in place for hours alone because he was told to, even after realizing that he was forgotten about. I've certainly done that a few times myself as a kid.

The overarching theme of this story is "overturning fate"

RJ has a memory of his sister telling them that his personality is the type that has a miserable fate because he's a supporting lead coded character, reliable supportive and gentle temperament. But in this new world everyone's fate is overturned due to the efforts of GX.

GX who used to be the heroine becomes the male lead: pursuing his love interest and being domineering and determined with a few wicked means.

WFY who was a male lead becomes a supporting lead: supportive and helpful to his love interest and kind of miserable in unrequited love. Which is hilarious because his domineering ML personality doesn't change much.

RJ who would have been a very good supporting spare tire had GX not worked so hard to seduce him became the heroine: straightforward, honest, and adorably oblivious to his own charms.

Gu Xi can hear other people's minds. He knows MC doesn't look at him or think of him with any type of disrespect or lust, unlike other people. He viewed him as different and then eventually fell for him

He was not apathetic even though nothing first anchored him to stay in that world. He did not reject that world's laws and ideologies of the ABO, even though he's long used with only two genders. All he learned, Rong Jing stayed true with his morals. He was a gentleman, not just for the females and omegas but for all people. He is very nice and most of all, he give respect.

All prejudice that should have been embedded on his mind as the original JR's memories flow into him had not blinded him to give chances. His sweetness reminds me a little of Ye Sui from FOG.

The best testament of his character growth is Gu Feng finally moving on at Chapter 109. Everything you need to know and missed were written here.

Gu Xi knows what he wants, and he's afraid to act on it; however, after realizing that he can't defeat the charm exuded by Rong Jing's gentleness, he made several acts to make his crush fall into his trap. He knows defense and his physique did not make him fall short of his masculiness, instead, it highlighted this feature more because of his defiance to the norm. Even if he takes advantage of Rong Jing, it does not cross the line since he still tries to catch up and want to also provide for his beloved.

Although I feel bad for the original Rong Ji, it cannot be set aside that Xie Ling truly cares. It was just unfortunate that Xie Ling's upbringing and the influence of the mother of Rong Ji greatly affected their misunderstanding and distance.

It was just sad that in the OG timeline, his end was being betrayed by the brother he tries to get along with. I'm happy that he was given the chance to reconcile with his family ties this time around and get to know about the normal interactions along with interest and not be stuck in a dull routine: work-home-meeting-morework.

When he was told that Jing Rong was gay, Xie Ling was of course taken aback and wanted his brother not to stray off the path. What made this great was that, he was not disgusted with his brother but instead full of worries at the expected turmoil Jing Rong would have received from the public if it was revealed. It was a wrong action but when they talked, he put attention to Jing Rong's choices in the end.

The character growth I seen: Wu Fu Yu. He was introduced as a malady to common folks, self-centered and just plain violent. He was used to getting his way and when he fell for the accidental charm of Rong Jing, even when he was trying to get in the way of Gu Xi and the person he like, he did not accept the offer of his pest cousin. Freaking heck! He was able to slowly heal from some of the trauma he received when he was young, now he is slowly opening up again, returning to his belief/attitude. He is still a brat through and through but he regained his good morals.

Okay, so initially I was really viewing this man as a bad person. The story unfolds and it made me turn on his wife. He was a much better father compared to his wife being a mother. At least when he make fun of his kids, it was clumsy but he shows that he cares. The mother? All she saw was Yuans. He did not blink an eye when Jing Rong was suspected of being gay, instead he even put Alphas instead of Omegas. In an ordinary time, I would have been angry about this move but I was just too occupied by thinking this guy is funny and dumb.

though he is a talented moviestar in the real world, the original soul being scared of cameras still remained and he had to practice really hard to overcome that. It wasn't a 'all-round great soul that can rule the world' kind of a thing

The alphas were crazy and there were so many of them!!! F*ck even just recalling snippets of the original novel pains me for that character!! The uncle was super creepy to have had a tracker planted and it rubbed me off the wrong way similar to all the other alphas running around wanting to 'possess' the ML

I loved the alter that existed to repress the insane moments that the ML has to relive in his lives over and over and the fact that he fades out (merges) after he finds a safe space. I think it was pretty cool to have a person managing the world. Though the uncle was creepy and did his best to keep the world going like the OG story, even in the end he supported the MC, well after a a proper business-like discussion though.

The story ends in a very anti-climatic and abrupt way where they are transported to the real world and then the end. Heck it seems unfinished but that's it. That's how it ends and it frustrates me to no end.

• The villains are NOT unreasonably yandere.

• The side-characters. *Chef's kiss* Author-sama really put in a lot of effort and consideration on character specs and growth. Looking back, the development is really shocking but still within rational range.

• The couple chemistry! Not just the main couple, each and every one of them. I even shipped a cutie AxA (I cling to the hope that it shall sail *at least in my mind)

• I don't know if I missed them due to MTL-ing but there's hardly any noticeable plothole or loose ends.

I do think that the way things developed here was similar to breathing into life the originally illogical and unreasonable sadomasochistic characters.

Somehow the creepy uncle has some weird magic voodoo that allows him to see and change fate? Then there is a period of time in which MC phases in and out of consciousness while he's taken over by the foreign soul of not!MC. At the end they... went to the modern world? And then what? They never came back?? I keep checking the publisher site to see if the author wrote another extra explaining what happened but... still nothing?!

He's not even a cannon fodder scum gong like in other novels. He's literally a cannon fodder that is not even mentioned by name in the book. So at first his priority is very realistic in just living and being a salted fish. I loved how this almost no connection between him and ML beginning still led to their entanglement and his sweet bafflement to their progression (and how ML just keeps trying to hold on to his man!!).

there's a redeemable one like Wu Fuyu. He didn't start out good but gosh by the end I really liked him. The sudden AA attraction was hilarious and dang I wished he had a happy end but none was written. But the rest can rot in the bottom of a pit for all I care.

it was a doozy. Like was it ever cleared up if MC DIED in the real world? The beginning of the story started with him just plonked in the book world already. And it's kind of sad cos throughout the book you can see him clearly missing his old family. There wasn't a clear break from his old life that just makes it, well, SAD. I didn't read the extra so I'm not too sure about the whole plonking them in his ori world that I see some reviews mention? Tbh I speed read towards the end when things started going loopy about MC VS the powers of the world. Because dang they really wanted to get rid of him as they view him as a "bug".

Gu Xi suddenly being able to read minds for maybe 10 chapters before it never happened again.

Gu Xi having a second personality just chilling out in his brain, I feel like this is more concerning than it's made out to be?

Like why does MC keep disappearing and who is in his body when he does?? And who is the voice in ML's head and where does it come from? I feel like the story just doesn't really focus on the parts that need explaining and the fluff is nice but the plot is just confusing me now.