One of MC's strongest believers is a gang boss, he kills, tortures, committed numerous crimes, and continues to do so.

On the other hand, he protects his city and the people who either paid for protection, or are worth saving, because that city is his home and he does what has to be done to fight for its existence.

All of MC's believers are similar, they might be "good" deep down but still get revenge, or complete madman who only listen to MC, they all do what they want to and think is right.

There's nothing romantic, no real feelings, it seems more like their reason for "being in love" is, that they've been together for centuries.

But we see nothing of that, it's told to us, what we see are a handful of shallow interactions like eating together and ML being a silent decoration next to MC.

ML has no character, we know nothing about him, he has less screentime than minor characters.

A nice example: "God said with a smile at the corner of the human mouth". The player's name is "God on earth", which can be read as "God in the human world", and that leads to hilarious MTL-results.

ML is Ogrier

personally, I was interested in amos x lann because I read LOTM and loved that ship lmao

My favourite extras:

When Lann goes to the human world and does an impromptu photoshoot at an anime convention (everyone was so shocked I wish they knew it was the real Lann)

When the players realised that the skills they obtained in the game translated into real life (it highlights how the game is not just a vr game but an actual other world that the players experienced)

Legendary Mechanic. The same premise of being transmigrated into a native NPC of a game world, even as going as far back to the 'start' of the game. The Player's inscrutable behavior and the maintenance times where the Players are absent is similar. Renren's gains traction due to misunderstandings, whereas Han Xiao reaps benefits through deceit. I look forward to Renren's development considering his actions ultimately derailed the 'original' plot of the game by ch54.

How the Cult Saves the World. Revelof/Levithan builds up a religious group in disadvantageous circumstances, and with unfavorable opposition of another group. This title is more European fantasy.

Became an Infinite Game Beauty NPC. Ruan Qing is heavily beauty coded with a constitution that attracts troublesome people. There are live streaming elements, and a comment barrage spamming obscenities about his appearance. Regardless of the cards stacked against him, Ruan Qing wants to fight for his survival. Another similarity is that Ruan Qing and Renren both have a similar hypnosis skill. Be warned, Ruan Qing always gets harassed in some form or another.

Rise of the Othergod Apostle: Not a Cult Leader, but a Serf?! Fabio is cowardly protagonist who ends up transmigrating into a deadly setting. The end is near and the misunderstandings are built on Fabio's overthinking.

The Artist Who Paints Dungeon. The human art teacher Gio, gets caught up in a phenomena where he's become a haunted painting. His human identity parallels Renren's one. He's compelled to make contact with the outside world after years have passed since his transformation. Gio, a pallor beauty with an alienating aura that leaves others guessing his true nature. Both he and Renren desire a quiet life, but the essence of their true nature evokes misunderstandings.

Welcome to the Nightmare Live. Wen Jianyan... this title is more of a guilty pleasure to recommend. The only thing similar is the genre~

Lord of the Mysteries. Klein is embroiled in the supernatural after a miraculous encounter. The Beyonders have different levels to their abilities, utilize artifacts, hosts strange rituals and spells. Both also reference Cthulu mythos.

the universities. There are only two!! One starts with B, the other with M. I assume its supposed to be michigan institute of tech as MIT pops up, but it is also called miskatonic, mythic, michigan, MU, and other renditions starting with M

last is Lan's helper/caretaker/love interest (explicitly suggested but the book ends before any development) who pops up as Ogur and Augur and some other words that sound similar to 'ogre'

some of the ones I rmb best are (heavy spoilers lol)

to prevent a minority tribe from getting evicted from their land, the players set up a global anti-racism movement with a ripoff of the I have a dream speech- in a 'previous timeline', the main speaker in this movement is elected president

becoming conmen and blatantly infiltrating other organizations' high ranks while livestreaming all their confidential meetings

one of them drew straight up yellow illustrations to facilitate an information network

getting the president to literally nuke a demonic entity