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Well said

Do you mean in the clips for tomorrow’s episode? Im not sure he’s done anything bad as of episode 20.

Ooooooo, that opens up an interesting avenue for how the game is designed to end.

I recommend the taiwanese original show and the follow up movie which is and isnt like a sequel. They are very good.

I like your perspective on Hua. I really hope she does get a redemption arc and starts using her powerful scheming abilities for good. But not sure she will.

I get your frustration. The game count at the end of each episode is our touchstone that this is a game with a clear goal; however, the game execution doesnt always feel game like.

I understand the book it’s based on is actually a transmigration story. So the game was their way of explaining that.

They set up in the first episode how little reliable family our FL really has, so she has become emotionally bonded to the NPC’s. I would too if I spent what felt like weeks and months living with people who were affectionate to me in a way no one had ever been before. The extended family is toxic but in a way thats true to the dynamics of the time. She’s removed herself from most of it, but shed have to abandon the NPC parents and sib she’s grown attached to to ditch the rest.

And everyone at that table knew where the plants were because they helped harvest them. Without their help she couldnt have gotten all the fresh vegetables harvested as fast. Which makes sense if she wants to use them as ingredients in her restaurant and for the ML schemes. They need them faster than fast to meet the demand.

My theory is the player isnt suppose to succeed at money making schemes easily. I think everything in the game is designed to force them to participate in the story quest the ML opens up. So while they could do it by their own hardwork, it wants them to follow the much easier route of assisting an official and getting a reward.

I do agree since they used a game setting to explain the transmigration from the book, they could have put a little more effort into making the game feel like a game you wouldnt want to rage quit after the first day.

I guess the difficulty level is why the beta testers get a real world monetary reward for sticking it out

He’s not a bad character. He’s a great character. His in game backstory is revealed episodes 15-16. He and the FL are working together. It looks like from previews tomorrow, he’s going to do some bad stuff in order to further infiltrate the true villains. Trailer shows he’s trying to buy up some farmland from owners who don’t want to sell. He pulls a sword in one clip. Given the identity that belongs to him in game, he should be able to make it all right and return their lands to them. We’ll have to see how it plays out tomorrow. We still don’t know if he’s just an NPC or has a real world identity.

Give it a chance. The dad is the most honorable of the sons and has deep seated insecurity because of his limp. He grows a lot.

I got over it by treating them as the mini game bosses they are. Difficulties the player must overcome to succeed. It really is a lot better the next nine episodes and you get some satisfying consequences.

Hehe, not really. Some episodes she shows up not at all and than she returns next episode. Worst mini boss respawn ever.

??? Its a romance built on mutual trust and longing where you have to watch the way the characters interact to see the slow build. Have you watched latest episodes? Its definitely more overtly romantic now.

The dreaded unearned open ending. Almost worse than a bad ending.

If he’s a real world person Im down. But if just an NPC that would be tragic.

Short answer: control. Longer answer:

Same reason time travel is problematic or same sex romantic relationships are banned. Irrational censorship geared at trying to prevent citizens from being exposed to an idea they think threatens society. Cant have people thinking they can get spirited away to another time or world and lose sight of their responsibilities (as perceived by others) society. That might destabilize it. :/

It isnt super heavy, but it also doesnt ignore it. The world feels very real with an NPC family full of complex and sometimes aggravating characters. The FL does have a mission that fuels her goals, but you only regularly hear about it at the end of most episodes when we get a mini recap of where she is at achieving her goal. I honestly dont usually like gaming set ups for dramas, but this is doing it really well. Id say try it out until episode 4. If you arent liking it, you probably wont end up liking it.

Well said!

Technically her mother was never suppose to be in danger and step mom died with dad. It was ML’s dad who was presumed dead and turned out to still be alive. I think they changed this aspect of the story to keep novel readers in suspense.

As for the length, the actual full story was about the civil war and the choices everyone made to end it. They condensed alot of arcs into those last 10-15 episodes. Wish we could have seen the whole story because the arcs they built and invested in like in the book (those first 28 or so episodes) were the best. I still think it was really good.

Google “addicted heroin” and you will find multiple links. You can also scroll comments. I know several people have posted direct links below. Sorry I dont have it bookmarked. I read it once and skimmed alot cause I didnt like alot of the problematic consent issues. I think novelupdates has links as well to different translations.

Two months. It feels longer.