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

DID NOT FINISH: 39%

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this is my second time dnfing this volume. last time, i only got 10% in, now i got 39% in and then i skipped forward to see how it would end because i knew i wouldn’t read the entire thing, and i had the misfortune of reading the cave scene… (whyyy? i mean, i honestly wouldn’t have minded if it was like halfway through the book, and then we got more relationship progression and communication but in the last chapter??)

oof, this is honestly a shame because i genuinely enjoyed the other two volumes so much. i understand what mxtx is trying to do, and i get that this is supposed to be wacky and satirical, but it’s just not working for me personally and i can’t get behind the romance - don’t get me wrong, i love extreme slowburn and i don’t mind questionable age gaps, but i was really hoping to see more progression on shen qingqiu’s part beyond “no homo” (it is clear that he cares a lot about luo binghe from his actions and i just wish his internal monologue also reflected that).

i think i just have to accept that svsss isn’t for me (which is a shame because i saw so much potential in it) and hope i have better luck with mxtx’s other works.