This was an okay read until the needlessly explicit (and as I found out, not even part of the novel!) rape and the constant overdramatic situations where either the ML or the MC was at the brink of death. The pace of this was off so each near death situation or even their intimate situations felt overall insignificant. Still, this story has its moments where it shines, especially the love-hate, bickering relationship between the ML and the MC, as well as the introduction of a time loop. I had a feeling tbh that the MC was Woojoo, I just didn't expect this to be the case because of a loop in time and space and was wondering how it was made possible... Well, a time loop makes sense for such a constellation.
The time travel aspect was an interesting addition to the plot, creating a time loop that acts as fate (so it makes sense the MC's future just stops, because it has to for the loop to continue) because for the past ML to survive, the future MC has to always appear and sacrifice himself, just for the older ML to save the future MC so the loop continues, up until the moment where future MC and the ML who has survived from the past can meet, kick-starting the loop yet again. What I don't understand is how MC's sister came into play during the MC's conscious loop, as he was about to die. Was it a hallucination? Was the sister alive at that time and sensing her brother was in danger cause she's a super badass esper?
I'm wondering how the story will handle the fact the present ML's interference with the loop will influence the timeline. Breaking the loop by saving present MC could mean breaking the loop altogether and continuing with the current timeline with them together (happy end) or potentially erasing the ML's existence as he wouldn't be able to survive without the MC who saved him in the maze gate and gave him directions and guidance. Or it could mean the erasure of their connection (let's say the ML still somehow survives the maze gate) because with saving the MC who's supposed to be Woojoo, they both would never meet and thus, form any imprint, connection or search for it in the first place, so they'd never have to cross paths. Or maybe that would mean MC and ML find each other naturally (through sync rate testing for example), without the ML searching for someone who never existed, creating space for them to imprint all over again within a linear time. I'm still curious to see how this unfolds.
This was an okay read until the needlessly explicit (and as I found out, not even part of the novel!) rape and the constant overdramatic situations where either the ML or the MC was at the brink of death. The pace of this was off so each near death situation or even their intimate situations felt overall insignificant. Still, this story has its moments where it shines, especially the love-hate, bickering relationship between the ML and the MC, as well as the introduction of a time loop. I had a feeling tbh that the MC was Woojoo, I just didn't expect this to be the case because of a loop in time and space and was wondering how it was made possible... Well, a time loop makes sense for such a constellation.
The time travel aspect was an interesting addition to the plot, creating a time loop that acts as fate (so it makes sense the MC's future just stops, because it has to for the loop to continue) because for the past ML to survive, the future MC has to always appear and sacrifice himself, just for the older ML to save the future MC so the loop continues, up until the moment where future MC and the ML who has survived from the past can meet, kick-starting the loop yet again. What I don't understand is how MC's sister came into play during the MC's conscious loop, as he was about to die. Was it a hallucination? Was the sister alive at that time and sensing her brother was in danger cause she's a super badass esper?
I'm wondering how the story will handle the fact the present ML's interference with the loop will influence the timeline. Breaking the loop by saving present MC could mean breaking the loop altogether and continuing with the current timeline with them together (happy end) or potentially erasing the ML's existence as he wouldn't be able to survive without the MC who saved him in the maze gate and gave him directions and guidance. Or it could mean the erasure of their connection (let's say the ML still somehow survives the maze gate) because with saving the MC who's supposed to be Woojoo, they both would never meet and thus, form any imprint, connection or search for it in the first place, so they'd never have to cross paths. Or maybe that would mean MC and ML find each other naturally (through sync rate testing for example), without the ML searching for someone who never existed, creating space for them to imprint all over again within a linear time. I'm still curious to see how this unfolds.