I agree about it being contrived, it didn't make any sense that a superhuman like him would slip considering relative mastery in ice and martial mastery in general. However I still liked the development, I have a big thing for ice ladies and I hope she sticks around.

Same here! She's pretty cool isn't she? :>

I think it'd be a good match if we took og waifu out of the picture. Life experience gap shortens as mc regresses, and martial artists often have extremely long lifespans in these stories (considering the fact she doesn't look like an old woman or physically feels like one). But yeah, in the end his heart is set on someone else as much as I'd prefer this girl.

Aww, his name is Ain, and his regular outfit is so cute on him! Hope to see a lot more of him but suspect we won't. I'd definitely give him mercy, not out of fear but out of admiration for how adorable he is.

While it may be true that returning negativity with negativity is still a bad thing that wasn't really my point. MC is defending his life (which is on a time limit), and people who would do much worse by keeping their autonomy keep facing against him. He's saving his own life and preventing worse things from happening, even granting mercy/autonomy back to those who can reform (tomboy). He's pretty justifiable, I would even say virtuous.

Though I think the edging/sadomasochism on the most recent swapped girl was pretty unnecessary still, she could've came much sooner. His means could've been better, that's the only bad thing I can remember him doing. Him taking her autonomy prevents one more obstacle towards equality and gives MC another tool to save his own life so that part itself is fine, he can return it later when she changes her ways and he doesn't need her to save himself.

The next two girls he's hoping to recruit probably don't deserve to have their autonomy taken (shoplifting and prostituting aren't as fucked up as sex trafficking or advocating for half the human race being slaves), but if push comes to shove it'll be justifiable if MC has to take the ability jammer's body just so he has a way of disabling his sister's instant kill.

Honestly when you look at it that way it seems bad, but she would've been in a bad spot if she didn't follow orders and she's impulsive anyways. Needless to say though her attempt to violate MC gave him a perfect reason to steal her body and keep her under control, the fact she's "tamed" now (loyal to something other than her impulses) and wouldn't act abhorrently through impulse (attempting to violate someone) is why at least she's earned her autonomy back. It MIGHT be different if she had a past as a sex trafficker or had a current believe towards female supremacy + male subordination though.

Not really, he's fighting for survival and has thus far only taken the bodies of people who acted against him (tomboy followed orders to attack him then tried to grape him) and/or had something terrible about them that made them having autonomy a bad thing anyways (the sex trafficker and one who pushes for keeping half of humanity dehumanized).

Starting to outright hate the newer body stolen girl, she literally said "men have no human rights" implying she knows what human rights are yet still thinks men don't deserve it. Her and the one swapped with shy ghost girl, they shouldn't get their bodies back (one advocates for half the human race continuing to be dehumanized, the other ran a sex trafficking ring). At least our tomboy's only fault was being impulsive (with no harm done in the end) so I'm glad she became MC's ally.

Same here, he was cuter that way

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I've actually considered how convenient this kind of thing would be before, no more toilet breaks sounds heavenly. Heck, if you could specifically grab the germs off your body that eat your sweat and cause stink you could also skip showers altogether. And speaking of weaponization you could pour all that vile crap you collected onto your worst enemies, just getting into any opening on their body would get them sick, and they may as well start retching on the spot.

Would be kinda awesome if he chose the maid, love that first come first served concept in romance stuff.. Love maids too..

I agree they could've been a bit more explicit with the difference of his affection with the princess versus random women, but his inaction towards true acts of infidelity is still apparent.

I mostly disagree with the idea he acts like he's in a harem story, a true harem protagonist with his flirtiness would go farther than paying for some lunch or saying niceties. He also expresses the intent behind his actions as being a true gentleman (maybe he worded it slightly different but you get my point that it's pure), whereas the intent of a flirt harem protag would be to love several beautiful women at once.

I have to disagree, the absence of an inner monologue doesn't imply anything with consideration to the fact he's engaged and going to marry his princess, and he shows no indication of doing more than treating other girls to meals. Plus he's already been identified by others as having no intent behind all the eating out so that's how it is. When he gets older that may change, he may make advances on his princess that go beyond his natural manner of speaking, and when he inevitably gets hit on back by some gal who doesn't know it's just how he speaks he'll turn her down.

Anyways, I'm so glad this isn't a harem story. :P

N! T! R!!!!!!!!!

Considering it's just a personality quirk that doesn't have any intent behind it yes.

Totally unrelated but the mention of a cemetery reminded me of a long held fantasy of mine about meeting a cute ghost girl I'd later marry.

Hell yeah, an otokonoko!

Ghost cucks!

I was hoping a different ghost gal would do the swap but this is fine too I guess.

True, necromancy related stuff usually keeps her looking fresh and non-wrinkly anyways, the stitching/paleness is also attractive.

Wasn't the point to swap the girl's soul when she cums? Just.. do that when you two are standing over her like that, this went beyond necessity..