You gotta keep in mind: chapter 3.
The person in Blanche is just a normal person. Sure, she's driven to extremes to survive but... she is just a normal person. There's a limit and well, she is well over it but there is one reason why we can accept that -> to her, this world is just a game. She doesn't really see these people as real living human beings, so she can dispose of them without worrying about it... Even then, there is a limit, again.

Poor kid.

Also, she makes no sense. We know why she's acting like this since we can see her train of thought. No one else does so the way she's acting makes zero sense. She obviously has a soft spot for him, tolerates him far beyond what anyone else would get away with, etc -> and then she does this.

Little hostage warmed up to the situation.

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When the man with a moral rating of over 300 says you gotta die, you dun goof'd
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Classic Villainess trope of "oh no, this isn't how it's supposed to go in the original story, so I have to reject it."

Lady, and this applies to all them villainess ladies:
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If the original story mattered, you'd be dead! So who cares about it! DO WHAT YOU WANT!

You seem impatient... I get it. If this got regular updates, I wouldn't be upset that they're taking time to establish stuff rather than give a two sentence summary... sigh, what can ya do?

Well, PingPing is guilty of propagating the myth that a diamond ring has any value. It's less valuable than human feces because you can use at the very least use human feces as fertilizer - low quality fertilizer, yes, but that is still has some value.
Diamonds are entirely worthless and anyone who believes otherwise is just a victim of propaganda that's only around a century old.

You'll find it at Wuxia World: https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/overgeared

Sadly, around two years ago, they updated their site to forcefully monetize it. I only stuck with them for Overgeared because of it and refused to try reading any other works.
You gotta: make an account -> and claim the free 100 points by checking in daily (it isn't on cooldown, but a reset time, so just claim it once a day whenever you remember).
You'll get to unlock one free chapter every 23 hours, and this IS on cooldown, so make sure you don't forget.

You can circumvent this whole stupid points system by just paying money. How much? ~$6 a month I think? It's the "Champion" system which I never touched.

Not that I'm against paying for stuff, but I was caught up to the ~1650 chapters before this monetization system kicked in, so I didn't feel like it was worth it to pay money month after month for two years as the novel updated 4 chapters a week for ~400 chapters left - which I can always just unlock with the daily unlock.

You will learn how the situation came to be.

I feel that there is one detail that stands out: when Mr. Main Character tried... something along the lines of creating life but failed (trying not to spoil here)-> that restriction nullifies this prequel's legitimacy.

Plot-twist: it's actually 2020 and he's just staying at home all day to flatten the curve during a pandemic. He's more valuable to humanity than all those anti-vax flat-earthers.

Honestly, the concept of "only the richest of the rich people will survive" is flawed because those lazy gits would never ever put in any effort. They've spent their entire lives living off of the hard work of their ancestors, having everything handed to them; reaping all the benefits without any risks -> and you expect them to survive if they, alone, are left? They'd kill each other and entirely go extinct before putting in any real work - the planet didn't need to kill them at all.

This is the most popular part, but I prefer Parts 2 and 7 over it.

Still, it is the most popular part because it does a lot of things and does them well. To this day, Araki's works have created so many memes... to many more in part 9!

Doesn't matter how hard you try, you'll never see the ending coming.
Do recommend but take caution if you don't often read tragedy works.

Also, read the prequel first.

Also also, did they ever make a sequel to this?

A tragedy manga that actually pulls off the tragedy without being too overbearing. I do recommend it and I also recommend that you take caution if you plan to read this without ever reading tragedy works before.

Is this a Villainess work? If so, then this was my first Villainess work and it practically sold me on the entire genre.

Seriously, I came across it, it was completed, I gave it a chance, kept reading and I loved it. It's not too long and it's just brilliant. Do recommend.

If you like the Breaker, then you'll like this. The author is unmistakable and he brings with him the fine art, world building and plot that he can execute pretty well.

I like Trinity Wonder more than this and there were times where I was kinda disappointed with the main characters - but not due to comedy reasons. You know when a character is stupider than usual due to comedy? That isn't the case - the disappointment I had is a rare moment where it isn't due to stupid comedy. It makes sense but ya know, that checks out.

Still, I do recommend it as it comes with nice art, good world building, well put-together characters and stuff.

Between this, the Breaker and Promised Orchid, this work is my favorite of this author's. It has a reasonable blend between comedic moments and playing it straight. The action, scenario, characters, and all that jazz is pretty good. It has a brilliant setup for a plot twist, pulls it off, then casually strolls over and throws another plot twist. Excellent move.

If there is something else that stands out, it's the ending. It is technically over, unless the author wants to come back to add another arc/season, but it did end exactly how I expected it to. Seriously, if you expected it to end in another way, then you're clearly new around here.

Just uh... ignore the previous comment as the dude read something the wrong work and commented here for some reason... apparently...?

... Why would I be mad when I've won the entire argument? Good day, sir.

Slavery is horrible.

There is no further discussion to be had. We mostly outlawed it across the world, but there are people who are trying to bring it back. We must not let them, no matter what. If you, the person reading this, object with the thought "so what if it comes back?" then you are either a monster trying to enslave others, or a fool who will be enslaved by others, thinking they'll stay free.

I did get into this, unlike the previous commenter who gave this a 2/5... I'd give it a 3/5.

It starts off with only one perspective and you learn about the world as they learn about the world. The problem is that it doesn't stick to this premise of using the Main Character as a means to learn more about the world, their place in it, etc etc. I think that's the biggest failing.

Overall, I do recommend it - as 3/5 is a good score because this isn't IGN.
You might have to force yourself to keep at it if the initial bit doesn't grab you, but you will find a cleverly crafted world, well written characters and an interesting amount of payoff.

Also, while there are moments of pure stupidity on display, at the very least this work doesn't pull its punches.