A review by cyanide_latte
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Novel) Vol. 3 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Honestly, I did have some issues here. I'm not entirely sure Luo Binghe's behavior was written as well as it could have been (I get why so many people feel like he's bratty and puts on an act to get his way,) but I do feel sympathy for him and the degree of trauma and sense of abandonment he's struggling with. To say nothing of the fact he's also having to fight the influence of the demon sword and losing the more he succumbs to his own despair. Just reducing him to his behavior and putting him down for it feels a little unkind? It's like the book itself says, he'd been a child, and a child who felt unwanted at that, and had to grow up without a true support system or a means to develop healthy coping mechanisms.

I'm also not entirely sure how I feel about that sex scene. That...hm.  That could have been handled way better than it was.

But overall I do enjoy this as a conclusion to the main story of SVSSS. I understand why there are the gripes about it that I see online, but I enjoyed it and I feel like I'm genuinely glad I gave this a shot. Hopefully the fourth volume with its additional stories won't disappoint me too much.