Okay, so… yeah, the novel does get pretty toxic toward the end. There are some scenes where random side characters try to force themselves on the MC. And the ML — well, he also tries at one point, but as far as I remember it wasn’t successful. Both of them (especially the ML) were really mentally unstable because of everything going on, and the MC was tangled up in a lot of heavy situations that ML couldn't take it anymore.
The slavery tag is from a short arc where the MC saves slaves — it’s not about him being enslaved or abused in that way. As for abuse, that comes more from his family background, so it’s definitely present but in a different context.
Tone-wise, the novel is much more serious compared to the manhwa. The manhwa plays things up for comedy, but the novel leans into darker themes and heavier drama. Honestly, the adaptation changes so much that some of the spoilers I mentioned might not even make it into the manhwa. So yeah… don’t be tempted to read the novel just because the manhwa feels funny — the source material is way more intense
Okay! Thank you so much for your input! I’ll keep it to reading the manhwa only
I wanted to read the novel because this is so funny, but it only has 3.4 scorn on NU and tags with SA and r*pe. Can someone who’s read the novel confirm if MC/ML is directly involved/affected? It’s tages sl*very which I also don’t read, but in this case it’s more of a historical setting and not a main character being invoked and abused so it’s ”fine” (I know it sounds horrible to say ”fine” but I hope anyone gets it.)Or if this feels like a ”milder” version of the novel and therefor might stay that way.