I mean... this guy isn't thinking in the long term. Sure, you got the power of a demon. Congratz, you gained +100 str and agi... but like, your life expectancy has dropped significantly. Do you really think that in 30 years, you'll be able to just casually coexist with this demon power inside of you, no problemo? Really?

My exact first thought. You wanted to stop aging, well, here ya go!

Oh what's that? You're not happy? Obviously not because you may never have said it out loud, but you only wanted eternal life so you can continue to sit in your comfy seat of power, where you can throw other people's lives away for your selfishness. No end is better for you and people like you than an eternity of suffering.

A sneaky snake trying to cause chaos? Meh

The stupid snake hurting little Biyoo?!
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tl;dr: 8/10. Lots of "show, don't tell" in the early stretch of the manhwa and explanations come later.

I started reading this with the basic thought of "it takes place in a video game." Turns out, it takes place on another planet that runs on video game/computer logic because of reasons. It's got things like players, NPCs, moderators, administrators, viruses, antiviruses, glitches, bugs etc, but like... that simply is the reality of the world.

Mr. Main Character and his sister start off as NPCs in a village that's set to be purged because there's a bug or something and the only thing that can be done is to delete the entire village. Wait... no restoring them or anything? Hmmm??? Well, as I said, this is explained later. Part of the explanation goes to build the big picture that this manhwa concludes on, and I do think it's cleverly put together.

Characters are decently written, the plot and the lore of the land has a lot of attention to detail focused on it because it is very important. There are some plot twists that work fairly well and, once again: lots of things are explained later on.

Instead of *stuff happening* -> *cut to flashback explaining stuff* -> *back to stuff happening*
the manhwa is like *stuff happens* -> later "so, the stuff that happened?"

Not to suggest it completely avoids that - because there are at least three instances of it happening, but not early on.

Overall, I do recommend it. I found it to be quite the page turner, so good thing it is completed.

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Though, I've forgotten quite a bit of the plot.

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The sword: "It's Aoubutz!"

It's been almost a month since the last update. I had to remind myself of the general plot we're going through right now.

In short: there's a tournament and we're heading towards it. Also, the people Mr. Main Character is traveling with don't believe him because they've met so many fakes in their travels.

Yeah. Changes like this are consistent throughout the manhwa vs the novel. It isn't anything major enough -> but the fiend being a specific person they knew from when they first started hunting -> is evidence as to how meticulous fiends are.
It also works to defend the group from "you invited a rando who happened to be a fiend? What're you, stupid? Why didn't you check their background more thoroughly???" -> because it wasn't a rando, it was a long time friend.

Also, you reminded me that I didn't finish doing this whole "reread the manhwa and compare it to the novel and make a comment about it" thing. Derp.

this ^
to add to it: most likely, they're also not educated. If he was wearing a sign saying "there is no singular entity stronger than me because I'm the Heavenly Demon" they'd be like "this sign can't stop me because I can't read!"

Based monogamous Mr. Main Character
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Ya know... why are we so happy to accept polygamous Mr. Main Characters in so many comics?

Interesting. As you said, it was a nice ending point, so I had no idea. Thanks for the info.

Welp, he attacked first... "Evil God" likes up to his moniker.

Is it time for... Eye Lazerz?

Did you not read the very first sentence?

If this manhwa was like God Eater, then the psykers would be in a horrible position. Abused, subservient, and their lives completely devalued. If you think about it for two seconds, it indeed makes no sense.

I don't know how to spell it out for you more clearly.

So... the actual and REAL result of being in a "God Eater" scenario.

If you're unaware, there's a garbage not_Monster Hunter series out there called "God Eater" and it features not_monsters called "Aragami" that get not_hunted by not_hunters called "God Eaters." You would think that the GEs would T-Pose and rule all of humanity because compared to normal squishy human, GEs can do all sorts of superhuman feats and are literally the main line of defense against the Aragami -> but nope. So, maybe they're just treated with respect, like soldiers of war that fight against the notion of Aragami driving humanity extinct? Lemme stop you there and ask: What part of "garbage" did you misunderstand?

GEs are treated as near-worthless slaves and it's just misery-o'clock the entire game. You're obviously playing as one so expect the most mind-boggling decisions to be made by people.
Listen, I don't care if you like the series or not, the lore of GE is absolute garbage.
GEs are kept in chains to make them super weak, so you'd think they'd just not return from a mission - or return guns blazing, but nope. Most of them are stopped under threat of killing other GEs... Really? Also, if any GE gives up on trying (for any reason, like they collapsed from not getting food and being overworked) -> they're generally killed off without second thoughts, as if you threw away a spoon you stepped on and bent out of shape. The given notion and lore of the world practically confirm that if every GE in any given base does that, all the GEs will be killed first -> go buy different ones later. It is unlikely, but if every GE gives up, they'd literally all get killed off -> and nothing would stand in the way of the Aragami, meaning it's time for human extinction.

The basic lore of the world defies common sense and so it is trash.

Yes, there are people who have some common sense and fight to get them better treatment, it was a big deal in GE3, but it doesn't save the series. 0/10


Seriously, Common sense dictates that you treat your weapons properly.
A gun that jams will only kill the owner. A blunt sword is great for getting its owner killed. Treating the only option for your entire species' survival poorly is a great way to go extinct. The real worst case scenario for GEs should be "living on equal terms with humans."
I guess I can kinda bring up Final Fantasy 16's "Bearers" but at least Bearers function as a "help" to the species; not "without them, we would go extinct" and so it isn't a fair comparison.

DO NOT THE CAT!
PLEASE DO NOT THE CAT!

"So cruel"
I dunno how to break it to ya, but the amount of corpses left behind any particular person across their journey can make up a pretty big mountain.

Also, odds are, these blokes attacked first so they died to someone's self-defense aaaaaaaaaaaand it ain't cruel at all.

For one, this ain't omnipotence; it's just a really strong dude
For two, I was complaining about the misuse of the word "God"
Because for three, if this truly was a "God" by my standards, then he wouldn't be this weak. Sure, he's OP compared to everyone around him, but again, that ain't omnipotence.

On one side, we got the Orthodox Faction who are panicking and pooping their pants.
On the other side, we got the Demonic Faction who have yet to hear about it because they're not so easily willing to trust the messenger.

Eh, it'll be fine.