It's taken two and a half fucking novels, but Mo Ran has finally developed something resembling self-awareness and personal growth which retroactively makes everything that came before a lot easier to have read. I think @montrith has mentioned "dog blood" protagonists, where every awful thing they do is justified by having suffered hardship in the past, and probably there are instances where that works, but Mo Ran's behaviour before his death/reincarnation/time travel is so fucked up it makes it much easier to follow him as a protagonist now that he's realizing maybe that was hugely fucked up and he misinterpreted a lot of people's actions.
What's the point in a guy travelling back in time if he just ends up speedrunning being The Worst?
But also, let's be real, this volume of "The Husky and His White Cat Shizun" has a ghost city arc and underworld bureaucracy and I love that shit. Please, Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, tell me all about how long the wait time is to get your Undead Visa processed is. I will eat that shit up.
