(To be honest, the circular narrative caught me by surprise but I quickly came to terms with it.)

theres was also a time he got angel transformation, the amount of times he uses it? 2 times, once to beat an angel and another time as an intimidation factor, thats it! Seriously the only use of that goddam angel transformation was just the cripple him with guilt and anxiety, just completely pointless.

another thing, when his modifier is revealed as demon king not a single person judges him for that! Not a single racist person like what?! This must be a cultural difference because in western culture being referred to as a demon, is a bad thing! But no everyone is just like “ugh you have the system call you demon king? Cringe! Just as edgy as “abyssal black flame dragon!””

Pls I loved how yujeong hyeok kept reading tje novel they wrote about kim dokja just warms my heart and this story mkes me wanna laugh but also cry at squids -w-. :')

My rating is 5 stars, and that is purely because of my focus on the story, which is, the characters. This novel focuses a lot on family, friends, and the importance of bond and understanding between humans and other conscious beings. Kim Dokja (MC) was just so understandable, and I could sympathize with him so well. Not only him, but Jung Heewon, Lee Hyunsung, Yoo Sangah, the kids and even Gong Pildu have gone through so much character development, and the development is relevant to the situation at hand. Han Sooyoung and Yoo Joonghyuk go through their developments as well, but they are more reflected in the development of the MC.

There is also the concept that MC is an unreliable narrator, and that fits with the thesis of the novel so well being that the point is you can't completely know of something no matter how much you read about it. In a sense, we, the reader, are also Kim Dokja. We are exactly in the spot he was for the past 13 years of his life, and together, with him, we learn of this lesson.

Even if this is of the theme of a post-apocalyptic world, it is still so close to reality there is no good ending, how there will always be suffering, and how sacrifices have to be made. Bihyung's death was honestly so shocking, but it felt necessary for things to end. Everyone having conflicting [ends] is interesting, and how some will fight to reach it, and some will fight for it to never come as this current hell is the most "stable".

There is also the journey of showing how Kim Dokja learns to value himself, and how being selfless is actually very selfish, and brings a lot of harm to other people.

The names and modifiers for constellations are absolutely gorgeous as well. There's a lot more to say, but I'm getting a bit overwhelmed by my own writing.

• I also love love love how everything comes so full circle
  
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There's definitely a lot of things that don't make sense. Why is a small constellation (Lee Jihye's) so powerful in the presence of a body of water? What about the greek gods? I get that this is all fabricated from MC's mind, but it's just a little too convenient, and it could've been justified if there was just a single line from MC that questioned this.

• The physical settings are a bit confusing, brought up once and never again. But again, for convenience, it's not that big of a problem.
• There is a lack of grieving after the purge that happened right at the beginning. I understand that this is about found family, but what about past friends and family? I think one of the only ones there were was Lee Jihye and her friend, but that wasn't really explored too much either aside from the charm on her sword.
• Yoo Mia seemed to pop out of nowhere, and she's so mean to MC it's a bit confusing and no one defends him, but oh well.
• Concepts aren't explained enough, it is only through reddit and such that I completely understood how Secretive Plotter came to be
• Yoo Sangah - I love her, but her character seemed just a bit inconsistent, or it's better to say her development was mostly off screen so it wasn't that smooth. (So gentle in the beginning, then so wise in the end)
• concept of scenarios can be understood, but some of them just seem to pop out of nowhere
  
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Jonghyuk, being his companion of life and death is the one who suffers the most, specially when he returns from the 1800th universe, you can see how deeply he is attached to Dokja, and how much he fears to lose him again at the start of gigantomachia arc.

Let's start with the focus point, she is the plagiarist, so... she obviously know a lot about the world they are, and so she is as skeptical as Dokja, however she isn't as "good" as he is (let's be honest, neither of them are saints), she is also the First Apostle, so obviously when the party doesn't have a favorable opinion of her, but she stills help the MC along the history, and honestly, I love her. No matter how much they hate her, and how much she hates them (or acts like she hate) she still help them with all her mighty.

The saddest thing about her is the memory loss due to the avatars, which on the start of the arc after of the 73rd demon realm, "her" story will be introduced in a very subtle way, even if you'll have to think too much about it to really understand what happened. Honestly, both Han Sooyoung are very likeable, but the "original" is the only one who would really make the party complete the way it is.

accept so easily that she is one of the disasters and that one of the party members might kill her.

Kim Namwoon is a chunni character and so, he's quite uncontrollable, even if he died at the very start of the novel, he still plays a big role, I won't talk much about it, bur damn, he's cute. He's like a excitable and happy dog, if things turn out to be interesting or dangerous he will be there. Very much a free spirit, that Kim Dokja knows how to tame.

At the 73rd Demon Realm arc there are many new settings introduced, one of them is the story. As he is a constellation now coins aren't a problem anymore, but for a constellation to be stronger they need stories. These would be like his achievement, like the one he gained when he punched Paul 124 time or when he defeated the outer god.

But more importantly than that, is the fact that after some time the novel was updated, confirming that he deviated the story from its original way, the problem was, even if Jonghyuk avanced more in less returns, his mind was completely broken, meaning he was even more of a sunfish. The desesperation of the MC to achieve his perfect ending grew even more after that.