Personally, I like how, after MC realised that he was implanted a chip to love the ML, he doesn’t just fall out of love. Because that’s how feelings are: one you catch them, you can’t just lose them, though you damn get more rational with time.

MC said he was at the extent of surviving self-brain-surgery, but he didn’t try to get the chip out. IT ANNOYED ME SO MUCH THAT THE AUTHOR FORGOT. There’s also MC and ML’s “son”, who, although I saw kind of mentioned, utterly disappeared at the end. Let’s not even mention the poor half-dog-half-human kid who can only feed on e**culation. Yeah, we have no idea where he goes. Piers (number 56) and Ginger literally make no sense. I get it: they betrayed MC to win. But why? We apparently don’t need to know that.

This story lost the plot for me as soon as the MC had a chip inserted in his brain to force him to love the ML. At that stage, I was so disgusted, this read just became torturous. In my view, there was really nothing that could provide a substantial enough reason for the MC to develop any feelings towards his enemy. The ML had no redeeming qualities and couldn’t even garner sympathy.

The relationship seemed so forced and the reveal of the MLs betrayal along with the revelations that followed, were so lacklustre, I actually wanted to slap myself for wasting do much time trying to complete this book.

How does an atheist and emotionally devoid person who has no concept of love or morals, suddenly start spouting “I love yous” and the existence of faith? He leaves everything he believes in to start a makeshift life in a village for this newfound excitement called love? An aristocrat that has toyed with humans as a form of entertainment for all of his existence, is so mesmerised by whirlwind romance???

MC is the gong, the ML is the shou, which is something I was somewhat surprised about, given how the original fate of the MC was turned into a meat bucket.

In one case, the author uses the example of a study of volunteers pressing buttons in order to extrapolate that there is no such thing as unconditional free will. This is sheer idiocy where the author bases the entire New World paradigm on ONE STUDY about the PHYSIOLOGICAL process of the MOST BASIC decision-making process.

I just want to emphasize: the technical process of how your brain handles the decision-making process is NOT commentary on the philosophical/ethical/moral question of free will.

((Neither here nor there, but if the author looked up that study, why not the 500 others that actually prove the decision-making process of human brains?? Human brains VETO offered choices, eg. instead of "choosing from A from ABC" it's more likely that humans "veto BC provided ABC, " aka, the conscious mind DOES MAKE DECISIONS.))

I'd rather have preferred handwavey magical vagueness that free will is a social construct or unconditional free will doesn't exist (have heard some great arguments for that and agree) than something as illogical as what the author came up with.

Example:

"trying to photograph a wild beast as a housecat, what spoliation."

Spoliation: to ruin something by stealing it.

Translator's footnote said: to spoil/ruin the artistry of something.

Sorry, but those two things are not the same.

There are some arguements regarding Hopkin's "sudden love" for Bright but seriously---if you read it and understand it--- you'll realize it's not really something surprising. Hopkin originally just wanted to toy with Brights emotions. Wanting him to feel pain and then discard him when he's no longer interesting. Then that train of thought change into wanting to hurt him to wanting to own his whole. His pain, his sufferings, his whole attention and his "blackened state" he wanted to create. However when he inserted a chip to Bright, the cold blooded depraved of love Hopkin who was ignorant of "love" and "warmth" gradually fells inlove. Bit*h this is nothing surprising at all. Tell me -- if you're depraved will you not seek for the willing warmth? --- Hopkin is cruel, but he'a actually still a kid who had only recently reached adulthood. *Sigh

Other than that, the issue about Bright also suddenly "falling inlove" with Hopkin, haaaa *sigh, did you not read it at all??? Or you just did not understan? Bright have been interested with Hopkin since hopkin is like a golden thigh he can take advantage of---however if that is the only thing he felt he won't feel so devastated upon knowing hopkin is shithead. It was actually hinted in the previous chapter that Bright is feeling complex emotions for Hopkins, something other than "hate" he doesnt want to acknowledge. AND THIS HAPPENS EVEN BEFORE THE CHIP THING. *Sighs

MC kills saves ML through the power of dick love and they take all of their companions away to build a sanctuary outside of the city. They turn it into another bastion in the world, governed by rules and morality. ML does a complete 180 and turns into doting husband. ¯_ (ツ) _/¯

There's randomly a side couple that pops up at the end and it's way out of left field.

Like his other zombie solo world, what the hell is up with that? He randomly brought his dog back from that realm so... Please explain??

Also, what was the secret to MC's transmigration and what was his backstory? Don't tell me he was just a random college student because the guy has way too much knowledge and power to be just-your-average-college-student.