MC - He is just a kind guy and really gentle with kids but is forced to LARP as a shortfused, chuuni edgelord tsundere. Dude is a gigachad whenever he fights. He basically fights tooth and nail until the last drop of his blood is spilled. His skills are kinda similar to Dante's moves from Devil May Vry using the rebellion/sparda/dante sword with stinger and slash being the most notable skills

Inquisitor (Hero) - young girl with an inflexible moral code due to being raised as a priest. Has a crush with the MC because she respects his abilities, willpower and resolve and slowly learning to be more flexible due to the MC's influence.

Archmage - old grandpa with a lion as a head. Is the brains and the mediator of the party. A reliable mentor.

Deathbringer/Deb (Thief) - I suspect that they're a girl disguising as a dude. Has cat ears and quarrels with the hero a lot.

first chapter of the manhwa was where the MC (s??) was at his best, and everything else was a less interesting (out of the 12 or so manhwa chapters i've read mind you - my opinion is practically null and void lmao. At least the other guy read more than me!). In the manhwa - which I switched to since almost every review on its page said that the manhwa was much better - the pacing and story and humor was much better, but the demon knight character himself lacked... well, character. Not completely mind you, the dialogue was great - It's just that (in the manhwa) he'd make the same cool looking glowing eyes face when talking about demons and it lacked the bite I'd expect from a character that dedicated himself to killing the species that mu*dered his entire family and estate. demon knights in these types of stories are inherently emotional, doing it out of revenge or anger or duty or whatnot. but every time the demon knight alter ego would say or do something related to demons, things fell a bit flat. the fights were a bit anticlimactic and the abilities felt unearned. during comedic moments he was the best, but outside of that he'd say cool, fancy-shmancy things about how the 'hounds need to heel' or the 'scoundrels need disciplining' with the same look on his face and you only every really get the sense that he's very cool and powerful, nothing about his character or motivations or feelings or anything really. for me at least, the emotions of the demon knight weren't portrayed amazingly in webtoon format. You could argue that the demon knight is just a part of the MC so it makes no sense to have a detailed range of in character emotions, but the story pushes the idea that demon knight has his own personality pretty heavily, and the MC is shown to feel the same things the demon knight feels. so why make that feeling "icy disdain" the entire time?? He interacted with other characters in a way that was honestly kinda boring too. I assume this isn't a problem in the novel (from what little I read, it seems that there is a system working in conjunction with the demon knight explaining how the demon knight would react/feel, and he's less of a separate ego there), but that apparently has its own problems according to the other reviews. Meanwhile, the demon knight in this story shows much more emotion and character in everything he does. It would be obvious even without the internal dialogue where he stands and his motivations behind doing things just through the way he interacts with things. the roleplayer aspect adds another, funnier layer to it, but if you took that away you would be able to tell that there is an actual complex personality behind it.

It also fell into common tropes very easily - such as the 'turning down guild for little to no reason' for the sole purpose of making the MC a lone wolf, solo chara type - and didn't make me super duper invested in what was going on. Basically, the story was a bit bland and generic outside of the funny bits, and I feel like there is a much better way to execute the same great concept.

I say all this, but its still nice! I do recommend it. The gimmick of having the real MC act completely disconnected to how he thinks because there is basically an edgy chunni alter ego controlling his body is actually genius and makes for hilarious situations. He doesn't say cringe things or speak like a medieval monarch because he wants to, but because his mouth filters the thoughts from his brain in the most insufferable way possible lol. He even argues with his 'demon knight' self because when he thinks something out of character the Knight claps back, and he cleans when he doesn't want to because the knight makes him. I'm pretty interested so I'll probably actually go on to finish reading it eventually. ngl I might even go back to the novel since that seems to be jelling more with me.

The rage arc, the Jungle arc, etc are my favourite ones so far, they're just so fun and interesting! The whole madness mechanic adds a whole new layer of suspense and the bit where he drops the character entirely and soothes a child who literally just stabbed him did tug at my heart strings I have to admit.

but it takes until he's so disoriented and is such a danger to others that he has to literally stab himself to subdue himself for him to show his genuine emotions or call them by their nicknames. And even then this display of emotion gets brushed aside after deb ponders over it for a few chapters. And this happens twice!! (rage arc and deb demon contractor arc). first time was genuinely so moving - second time slightly less so.

later on his crippling fear of death in the game being an inevitability and his worries that there's no way back home making him decide they shouldn't get too attached to him since he doesn't want them to be distraught when he dies,

when he has that little mental break in the shower and starts completely separating himself from the party out of nowhere

when he runs away at the end of part 1

MCs mental health deterioration for dozens of chapters before everything goes to shit, which is actually really cool. Stuff like his tiredness and apathy at the start of the jungle arc, him breaking down crying in the street when seeing happy families, him failing to catch a sandwich a child dropped because he'd subconsciously stopped touching things with the right hand that only *his character* is supposed to despise. he truly was becoming depressed and weary, just like the demon knight concept he was roleplaying.

Part 2 is too heavvy for me now (╥﹏╥). I'm taking a break because the party is in shatters without the MC and he was finally able to find relative peace in his new disguise for all of 30 chapters before having to fight emerald or whatever her name is. when I realised he kept most of the disguise on when he decided to start fighting and that the entire city would realise something was off so he'd probably never be able to use that persona again, I just immediately stopped reading. will def start again eventually but right now its a bit too much for me and ive already wasted the past few days just reading this webnovel nonstop.

Nearing and at the end of part one, I had to double check the tags of this novel to see if it was a tragedy, and I was genuinely shocked to see the comedy tag. The comedy was definitely visible at the beginning, but I think it ended up slowly dissipating as the story went on (not in a negative way, in a way that raises the stakes and adds to the weight of the novel)

I was actually disappointed with the direction the novel took at the end of part 1, but it is entirely personal preference and not on the plot.

Grandfell for Lee Hoyeol, "Gretchen" for Demon Knight. In both cases MC have knowledge gaps about the "character", and the "character" is really suspicious!

If you read between the lines, subtext implies that the MC is actually aware he is in isekai BUT he is in massive denial.

Which is understandable, bc who wants to think about losing the life you've made and risking death because your character setting is risky and life threatening? And MC is implied to have a sad back story as well.

MC may have a light hearted inner narrative but it becomes pretty clear he's constantly on the edge of a mental breakdown.

As the story progresses, it becomes clear that the MC's quips and references to "game tropes" are a coping mechanism and a form of denial, to the point where the MC treats his body rather lightly and refuses to acknowledge the possibility of his death being anything but a 'game over'. Given the constant danger he's in as the Demon Knight, it's clear he clings to this delusion in order to maintain his sanity and his persona.

For example, I would have loved to see more changes in the group's dynamics after the MC got consumed by 'Madness' during the island arc. Instead, we got the MC making the Demon Knight sulk for a few chapters before everything more or less returned to normal.

An example would be when he was trying to act like he was getting furious and all while that great demon with power of hallucination was showing him his character's family members. While the scene was meant to be sad he turned it into hilarious scene. On inside he was thinking like – Who are these people? How do I show my character's sadness? I don't have enough information. XD

Honestly, the battle between him and the corrupted Black Sea Dragon will be my favorite until another arc ousted it. Until then, I love the way author showed MC’s way of thinking at him trying to stay airborne no matter what. I think that detail still hasnt left me because it is just like him trying to stay on course in rainbow road and honestly, mood.