I feel like the author finished this and then had mad regret afterwards. They were like WHAT HAVE I DONE! However, it was too late to take it back. So, to salvage the situation, they came up with the alternative "what if" side story. That's my theory. I have no other way to explain how come this terrifying fever dream suddenly became so enjoyable chapter 40 onwards.
this is so real lmfaoo the chokehold these two have on me to the point that it was able to make me set aside the unbelievably horrendous main story
I feel like the author finished this and then had mad regret afterwards. They were like WHAT HAVE I DONE!
However, it was too late to take it back. So, to salvage the situation, they came up with the alternative "what if" side story.
That's my theory. I have no other way to explain how come this terrifying fever dream suddenly became so enjoyable chapter 40 onwards.