>Finished 3.4
This has got to be some of the worst character derailments I've seen from a story in a long while. Genuinely feels like they decided to rewrite Phainon's entire character in favor of pagbait and MC glazing. The Cyrene reveal is also a complete nothingburger despite the buildup and implied narrative importance to his character arc. They literally decided to copy 1 to 1 Kevin's character arc but without any of the motivations or backstory behind it. If this was how they were going to go with Phainon's story why even bother adding Cyrene or Aedes Elysiae. They both ultimately serve zero purpose to his character beyond just being glorified flavor text. Chrysos Heirs are somehow even more irrelevant and only stepping stool filler to a character that's a stepping stool filler to an MC who was literally on cameraman duty for 90% of the story. Instead of having Phainon as a Lord Ravager with two emanators locking him up in a memory sim, he's now a dindu door holder NPC waiting for an alien to rescue his shitty simulated world that doesn't fucking matter. Please remove Shaoji from any writing positions or just fire him.