I know it's the beauty filter... MC raised a good argument to ML, he's been lying to him and the cute mermaid personality he has shown was just an act and not the real him. And said the person that he liked was fake. That was a a very good point, but ML just... didn't think much about it and still thought he was like a teenager trying to be adult while MC is a wholeass 20 year old. I was actually really dissapointed. This could be an interesting plot for the change of their relationship but they just glossed over it. ML liked the cute appearance and if it wasn't for the MC's face he would probably think more about it.

are talking monoliths, except the ML and MC. All mermaids are 3 y/o brats with the same whiney personality, with all the same view... just there is no difference between them or the humans for that matter.

Then MC learned to talk and that ruined everything to the very core. This leads to what I thought could have been an amazing character arc for the ML. Since the MC was developing his own identity at this point he becomes super jealous and feels a need to control him, at least to a certain degree. I think this could have been an amazing arc since it would have shown something I am sure most people don't experience from the giver's side of being overprotected. Then we could have seen how he slowly comes to terms with reality and how this over-protectiveness is harming both himself and the MC and slowly learns to give him more freedom. But the author doesn't do this like at all.

This is how MC learns to talk and make money which again has no value to the character whatsoever.

One thing that always pricks me in such novels that MC generally has inherent traits that become a revolutionary point in the progress of the world in which he has transmigrated. He is a unique existence and thud everyone become all curious and excited and start to surround him and becomes like a protected historical treasure.

pregnancy and just after the birth. As if the author didn't have enough information to tell. Oh well. Little Silver has grown up nicely :)

The fact that MC didn't tell about his transmigration, well I think author didn't want to dwell with this theme and let us imagine ourselves or he told ML latter, because I am 100% sure he would tell his experience sooner or latter

— specially to what concerned Little Silver and Mu Chen, who had such a silly yet cute dynamic.

1. Other reviewers mentioned the holographic world part was a bit confusing, but I think it was well explained throughout the story and I quite liked it. Nevertheless, I do agree that it needed further development as some details would’ve made it feel more real. It was also kinda forgotten at the latter stages of the story, so there’s that.

2. There was a part at the start of the novel, when Norman was starting to become more aware of An Jin’s intelligence, where he mentioned he had at some point harboured suspicious that An Jin was someone pretending to be a mermaid. He quickly discarded them and was glad he seemed to be a genuine mermaid and not someone looking for an opportunity to stab him in the back, but based on that thought he had I was looking forward to when An Jin would confess he had actually been reborn. When that didn’t happen, I really was disappointed, specially considering the fact that Norman opened up to him about his past and his family, which was obviously very difficult for him (although the author didn’t give it much attention).

3. The ending was unfortunately a bit rushed, and I wanted to see more of the main and side couples, as well as to know what would happen in the future regarding the cure for the blackening.

I finally understood why one commenter mentioned their disbelief on the sudden appearance of holographic whateverness, believe me I almost broke my neck from the whiplash. And then guess what, after it has served its purpose so it was reduced to half assed mentions. The transition to human speech could've been done in a different way. And why is the ML doing mercenary work in the holo world isn't he uhm sick? So why aggravate your wounds over holo things? Ah so he would look cool BOTH in real and holo world. And their dynamic, it was so unbalanced It felt weird they fell in love. The mermaid interactions are both annoying and interestingly cute. The author wanted it to be a lot and so much more but he execution was poor and all over the place. Don't get me started on the mutual love and baby arc. It got even weirder.

And I also want to emphasize the treatment of the world to the so-called emperor. He broke a fuxking mermans hand, i get it, but he was the one who attacked in the first place. Wouldn't they cater to the needs of the EMPEROR first? The person who is uhm DEFENDING THEIR ASSES? Unbelievable. It would've been believable if he was a general or whatever. It's weird that his status as an EMPEROR wasn't enough for him to do a lot of stuff. I guess kudos to the mermaid association for being so great and dedicated at their job. Whatever.