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Please take these reviews with a grain of salt and don’t take them too seriously 🙏- this is just my personal opinion! 🙂

This is my final post (all other LIs have already been released). 👀

SYLUS

Story: 6/10

Review:

Unfortunately, this card was the most lacking in plot. Although the Polar Night lasted two weeks, barely anything happened.

The story focuses on their relationship from MC’s point of view.MC uses the Polar Night as an opportunity to adapt to the darkness because it’s Sylus’s world. This is MC’s way of trying to be closer to him.

I didn’t like the lack of communication from Sylus. He isn’t a silent or shy guy. Quite the opposite. He always supports MC with words, asks for consent, and finds ways to comment on things, etc. However, whenever MC asks about his past (for example, what happened after he left the interstellar arena), his answers are always vague or non-answers. I can’t understand why this is. Is it something he can’t talk about? Is it his nonchalant behavior? Maybe trauma?

However, the level of trust and confidence Sylus and MC have in each other is heartfelt. They are the ultimate, unstoppable power couple.

The dance scene with Sylus was so funny and cringe - in the best way. MC challenging him to a dance-off was pure gold entertainment.

I was also disappointed by the lack of spice. After watching the trailer, I expected more. That said, I always enjoy seeing a dom MC.

Outfit: 10/10 - The shirt gives figure-skater costume vibes, but somehow it works, and Sylus looks good in anything.

Song: 3/10 - This is a perfect example of "it’s so bad it’s good". I’m 100% sure Luke and Kieran wrote the lyrics, and you can’t convince me otherwise. 🤣

Like. Imagine if, for Grasslands Romance, the rest of the card was actually about I dunno a jewel auction or something and the whole story is about MC and Sylus at this auction, then suddenly at one point in the story Sylus says “wait, there’s this event happening, let’s change clothes” and he comes out in the grasslands outfit and wins a wrestling match. Then after that, that’s all done and the rest of the story is about the jewel auction again. We don’t get to see the whole bit where they’re interacting with the grasslands tribe and doing different things there, instead the story is something else that has nothing to do with that at all. You know?

That’s how I feel about some of these recent cards.

I mean even the silly cat butlers event managed to make a whole entire story about it? It wasn’t just oh let’s go get changed into cat clothes for the big kindled scene, ok that’s all done now, moving on.

It makes me cranky because the actual story there was interesting. Sylus was talking about his past a lot, and the change in their dynamic is interesting - MC feels a lot more comfortable following Sylus into the dark, and Sylus feels a lot more comfortable letting her take the lead. It’s such a shame the pop idol thing is just kind of tacked on and not properly incorporated into that at all.

I hope this doesn’t become normal for the multi banners. I only watch the Sylus content: I wonder if the cards for the other guys are better written?

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