LCD The Protagonists Are Murdered by Me

Discussion in 'Latest Chapter Discussion' started by oblueknighto, Aug 12, 2020.

  1. Sutad Aatma

    Sutad Aatma Well-Known Member

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    ah that is the Great Rift that happens the first time in the novel. I think that chapter was right when the transition between two groups happened. Hmm around chapter 55 i guess
     
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    Thanks
     
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    Agentt Loves cats and pats and my wife

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    Tuere must be something wrong with me, but the overall book, like the comolete synopsis, not going into details, it feels pretty funny to me
     
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    Does anyone else feel that the author changed directions with the story after the sword meet? Went from hunting protagonists to basically teaching people skills.

    Feels weird.
     
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    Okay, I'm going to ask. Well, first, comment:

    After the Dharma arc the story starts getting increasingly harem-y. I could ignore that, but what really grinded my gears was how increasingly contrived everything involving the harem was getting, to an extent that felt extremely hypocritical of a "protagonist" hunter. I had a brief glimmer of hope when it was noted that the MC was at risk of becoming a protagonist himself - "Oh, maybe the increased contrivance is intentional, and is an issue to overcome!" - but it was never connected to anything going on in his life.

    Although I skimmed ahead a bit, I mostly checked out when.. hrm.. I think it was when he started reminiscing about his never-before-mentioned lost love beyond the great rift that has no reason to be alive but definitely is because he's the protagonist. That was more of a "last straw" situation, however. I think the most ridiculous thing was the Cheonma lady internally monologing about how she was going to wait forever. Her having an initial interest is one thing but it really felt like she was going down the most cliche cultivation-novel-harem-member path possible, the same absurd path deconstructed during the Dharma arc. Although it wasn't directly harem related, the knight arc where the knights that battle renegade power users for a living had anyone not associated with the MC be incompetent to a kind of ridiculous degree. Like, they can be weaker and/or ill-suited to fighting monsters (as anti-human specialists) but it felt more like they just lacked ability period. I only vaguely remember that arc though, so maybe I'm being harsher on it than it deserves.

    Anyway, my question:

    I recognize that, to an extent, the MC will have some protagonist-y stuff happen to him. Tropes exist for a reason. I was fine with his hunter plot. I was also fine with much of the love interest stuff, even if the contrivance factory this novel has for a harem subplot is what got me to stop reading. But does the plot keep getting more contrived / hypocritical?
     
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    Hmmm, you should ask in a spoiler thread or make one.
     
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    I feel the same. It started with him wanting to uncover some mystery and saving a girl to.... getting girls and killing guys.... Author really needs to include more guys. the Sexy guy deserved to live!
     
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    Harem members spoiler please
     
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    Seol Jungyeon kissed Seodam when he returned back to Earth. The person he was looking for was not Sung Jungyeon but Taylor.

    Personal:
    I like Taylor to be with Seodam. They suit each other more.
     
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    Seodam knew she was there too but couldnt find her, thats why he was "looking for" her
     
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    arcaelli, taylor and cheonma = confirmed harem members who have kissed him
    although seodam is still hella oblivious about arcelli, even tho someone told him straight up she loves you too passionately and she is literally crossing dimensions for you
     
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    elengee Daoist Ninefaps

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    No. All riajuu must explode!~
     
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    Was it a harem end?
     
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    Can somebody post the illustrations of the harem members? Only arecelli's link is alive on this thread
     
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    Is this dropped again?
     
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    Was excited to read this until I read protagonist got sucked in by the power of love and friendship bs:cry:
     
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    wym
     
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    When I first asked this I was some 50ish chapters behind, and there not being anyone seemingly following the series that could answer was not the best of signs. That said, I recently skipped to some of the more recent arcs to see for myself. My thoughts.. are that we're still getting protagonist-hunting arcs but the harem stuff has gone full-steam down the "MC gains a lady's affection once, she pines after him *forever*" path. A path that was deconstructed in the Dharma arc! The main-world arcs don't seem to be improving much in the totally playing cliches straight department as well, but I mostly focused on the protagonist hunting arcs while skipping ahead so maaybe the demon arc was better than my impression of it.

    Anyway, I particularly disliked
    How Malea in the tutorial tower arc seems to suddenly switch to only caring about meeting the MC again. Arecelli was her precious friend too, wasn't she? Why didn't she care at *all* about meeting with Arecelli again (including when we saw her again/previously in the ghost story arc)? It's like she got infected with harem disease and is no longer capable of having even secondary motives that aren't related to the MC. :/

    It's not like she couldn't have a crush on the MC! But having her not care about her other friend at all reeks of some of the worst harem cliches.

    I suppose that isn't a spoiler but I've come to the impression most people reading this thread haven't actually read the last several dozen chapters.
     
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    Arbelbyss 『Abyss Scion』『Epiphron』『Tempestarius』

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    That's because the MC was basically a celebrity/super star, he was a solo player that reached the 60th floor by himself who also had rare and unique items that reminded them of home (Makes me think of the Tutorial is too Hard somehow with this 60th floor cliche), in the Tutorial Tower and part of it is also because of Aracelli who would talk about her 'Professor.' And the fact that there were messages for Malea when she was going through the tower which were made by the MC himself, to signal to her what to do in this exact moment that would help or even save her, in essence he was fulfilling a paradox caused by Malea's diary. I'm sure you'd have weird feelings or even act differently if you came across a celebrity who cared about you as well as the mysticism of your relationship in that they somehow knew you before you knew them.