Note that when I first read the novel I did NOT like it and held a grudge against it 😭
(I'm also using this as an excuse to yap)
First: Typical Manhwa protagonist. Everything magically goes his way, everyone likes him, he magically figures everything out, and somehow everything in this world gravitates towards him. He has a gimmick of being scared but even that is eh.
Last: Where do I begin... WHERE DO I BEGINNN... A character so deeply rooted in this world, a character with a past and memories his own and not his own (not that he can remember either). A character who doesnt know which parts of himself are rlly him and which parts a filter. Because he WASNT a typical manhwa protagonist. Those traits that made it appear that way... were ALSO part of this deep beautiful story. Monsters weren't just drawn to him by coincidence but by the fact they knew something he didn't. He didn't magically know everything. Hell, everything fell apart around him. His status, his items, everything dissapeared so many times. The only reason he even succeeded at all wasn't because of him! He failed!!! He only succeeded because of the people who grew to love him along the way. WHICH WAS NOT APART OF HIS PLANNN. In the end he did not appear on top of the world, everyone loves him, he has everything, his status is super high. He dissapeared as a dead man, a missing man, a mystery man. So many identities GONE. Nothing but him now. And he doesnt even know who that is. And for me to say the fear was just a gimmick... when it was a deep core part of his character sometjing he could never remove... and so much of his character I missed too... his pettiness, his arrogance, his kindness... how he changed and slowly evolved.... the character ever.
First: Typical love interest character. Devoid of personality, likes the main character blah blah blah whatever.
Last: Throughout the entire story there was not a HINT of romance throughout. Not a HINT. But she still had such an interesting and unique relationship with the main character. The first person he met. Someone he genuinely trusts and admires and she trusts and admires him in turn. And devoid of personality... SHAME ON ME!!! SHE DOES HAVE A PERSONALITY FROM THE VERY START. And its such an interesting one. Because its so much like a main character. Kind, persevering, observing. Yet she doesnt quite make it there. Her observations are good but she never draws up quite the right conclusions. She never has enough information. She's kind but not so willing to step up and help people. Persevering but never quite makes it. The type of character who probably would've died early on... this isn't even mentioning her anger. Her doubt. That rage inside her at those who do the wrong thing. The way she doubts and doesnt believe in herself. WHATEVER I LOVE HER.
First: Random coworker guy. Mostly a tool to praise the main character. Whatever.
Last: Such a tragic character. When we first got to the Hangman arc i had assumed this was the cheap way out. Somehow we figured out a way to save everyone and everything's okay. No stakes. I was wrong. Minseong, who only did one small mistake got such a cruel fate. Because he was a kind person. A friendly person. An encouraging person. Honestly someone you'd think would make a great teacher. And thats the worst bit. The contamination... took everything from him. And this character who was so relevant before... slowly faded into irrelevancy. We saw less and less of him as he became less connected to the plot. And when we saw him, we saw these horrible glimpses into what his life became. He could no longer be kind, be helpful, be encouraging, be worried. Those were no longer his traits. Those were traits that would bring contamination. He slowly had to erase himself to survive and now lives a desperate life to return to a normalcy that was taken from him...
First: The Agent guy. I can see people shipping him with the main character but tbh i dont see anything romantic here.
Last: AGVDGAGSGAGGAGA MY FAVORITE CHARACTER RN. And YES I DO SHIP HIM WITH SOLEUM. DONT PLAY. LIKE LIKE. HES SUCH AN INTERESTING CHARACTER AND ITS ALL UNDER THE SURFACE. FOR STARTERS HES NOT A RLLY MORALLY GOOD PERSON. HE THINKS ABOUT KILLING CIVILIANS AND PEOPLE FOR A JUST CAUSE. HE PUTS SHAME ON HIS PAST SELF FOR BEING A BIT OF A PUNK WHEN RLLY HIS PAST SELF HAD A BETTER MORAL COMPASS THEN HIM. HIS PAST SELF HELPED PEOPLE WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT. AND WAS POLITE AND KIND AND AGRGGGHHG. BRONZE BRONZE WHO LOOKS FOR A PLACE TO BELONG. WHO CARVED HIMSELF TO BECOME THAT PERFECT PERSON. HIS LIFE IS THE AGENCY AND HE CARVED HIMSELF TO BE THE MODEL AGENT. THE COLD UNCARING ONE. AND ARGGGHH. HES LOGICAL. DOESNF AKNLOWEGDE HIS OWN FEELINGS MUCH THO THEY SHOW ON HIS FACE. ANGER HATRED LONGING WORRY MANY COMPLICATED EMOTIONS. BUT HE DOESNT KNOW HOW TO VOICE THEM HOW TO SPEAK THEM. BUT EVENTUALLT HE EXPLODES. YELLS. GRABS. ANGER. HE SOLVES NOTHING. AND HE HAS SO MUCH TO SAY BUT HE DOESNT SAY ITTTTT. HE KEEPS IT INSIDE. ITS WHY HE DOESNT HAVE AS MANY CLOSE EMOTIONAL MOMENTS WITH SOLEUM. BECAUSE HE ISNT EMOTIONAL OR OPEN AND JUST KEEPS IT TO HIMSELF EXCEPT APPARENTLY HE YAPPED IT ALL TO BRAUN AND NOW HE WONT SHARE AGAGGRGRG
First: The sorta friendly older superior whose kind of a bit TOO friendly and touchy. Just some guy. Hes alright. Cool he was in the wiki.
Last: HE TRICKED ME. The rival of the main character. The only human character who throws the story off track. Who cracks through the walls of the main character. He tricked me he tricked Soleum into thinking he was exactly what my first impression was. HES THE RIVAL CHARACTER. A character whose intelligence and connections genuinely match the main character. An obstacle. An ally. An enemy. A friend. We can't do this without him. He's whats stopping us from reaching our goal. AND HE DOES THIS ALL DISGUISED. Many characters fall for Soleums various acts and personal but this is the first time ive seen the main character and audience fall for another characters act. And the interesting thing is that its not an act! He genuinely is this friendly go lucky guy. But he uses that to cover up what he rlly is. An extremly intelligent threat. And also hes way more emotional than Soleum. Hes way worse at convincing people then Soleum. Hes soooo interesting.
Errrm I dont have too many gsgw mutuals so @soapysudz @tak0ix @human-name-right-here
