#orv novel chapter 425

[pttucker]

I looked at Shin Yoosung and Lee Gilyoung and spoke to them. "In that case, let's go in." "Nope. Ahjussi, you stay here and relax." "Excuse me?" "We told you, Sun Wukong is supposed to ride the bus and that's it." "But…" "Hah-ah… I really didn't want to do this but seriously now." Shin Yoosung held the rosary beads and began reciting something. "Prajna-paramita-hrdaya-KimDokja. Don't-try-anything-unnecessary-and-stay-put-sutra…" …Wha? [Tang Sanzang has recited the 'Constrictive Sutra (緊箍咒)'!] [Item, 'Constrictive Headband (緊箍兒)' is reacting to it!] I was immediately overcome with pain akin to my head shattering into pieces and blacked out on the spot.

Okay, yeah, they 2000% know it's him. 😂

And, as always, our oblivious squid has no idea what's going on with his companions.

Dokja, they literally said your name.

Granted, his obliviousness may actually be a big blessing in this case because we don't know how the vow activates. Do they have to announce that they know it's him or does Dokja have to realize they know or is he being watched right now for signs that they know it's him or...

[veritablenonsense]

peer reviewing these tags

the way webtoon repeatedly mischaracterizes orv needs to be studied

born to be a metanarrative about love, forced to be a male power fantasy </3

[manwtv]

Notes I made while binging ORV [SPOILERS]

WARNING: Spoilers, direct quotes from the novel, nonsensical titles for events that may be completely incomprehensible. Basically my personal notes for when I want to revisit certain moments in the novel. Can’t guarantee every moment is in there. And have I mentioned SPOILERS

You have been warned

Especially you, @acequinz  (￢‿￢ )

- ORV Death Counter: 

Chapter 54 Flames of Igneel 

Chapter 101 Floods of Disaster+"He is my companion" 

Chapter 137-140 "Hit me" "No, kill me now"+Bonus Depressed Sunfish (On Technicality) 

Chapter 144 The Ultimate Sacrifice 

Chapter 169 Shitty Cheap Ambush 

Chapter 188 The Demon King of Salvation 

Chapter 224 Asmodeus(On Technicality) 

 Chapter 265 Demon Duke's Defeat(On Technicality) 

 Chapter 281 [The constellation ‘Demon King of Salvation’ doesn’t exist in the Star Stream.] 

Chapter 409 ⸢Kim Dok-Ja thought to himself. This is the only way to stop the Apocalypse Dragon.⸥ 

 - Some Proof ORV is a BL: 

+ Hand feeding "Acting like a wife" [Chapter 80] 

+ Matching coats "Are you a couple?" [Chapter 93] 

+ "I have a companion already" [Chapter 135] 

+ Rooftop Co-Existential Crisis's [Chapter 141] 

+ Yoo Mia Knows What's Up[Chapter 157] 

+ 「Incarnation Kim Dokja will be killed by the person he loves most.」[Chapter 158] 

+ “You had a very trusting expression" [Chapter 166] 

+ ‎ “My name is Kim Dokja.” [Chapter 168] 

+ "I need him. He will be my companion and he will see the end of the scenario.” [Chapter 173] 

+ “Release your hand and get lost, you damn son of a bitch.”‎[Chapter 178] 

+ ‎Promise to not give up [Chapter 184] 

+ ‎"In this round, that guy doesn't exist"[Chapter 222] 

+ ‎ He wanted to believe what this person was saying.[Chapter 234] 

+ ‎ “…Our nebula?”[Chapter 236] 

+ ‎YooJoonghyuk!Persephone[Chapter 238] 

+ ‎Worried Sunfish Messages[Chapter 259] 

+ ‎"I can save you!”[Chapter 269] 

+「We are life and death companions.」 [Chapter 270] 

+ ‎“Where do you plan to die alone?” [Chapter 320] 

+ ‎ It ‘d b een be tter if I sac rificed myself ins tead.⸥ [Chapter 380] 

+ ‎ A Totally Straight Description Of Your Bro, [Chapter 428] 

 - Other Moments: 

+ ‎ "That friend is the Demon King of Salvation.”[Chapter 247] 

+ ‎ 「 I’ll do anything. If you die, I’ll die. If you are going to sit still, I’ll sit still. Please don’t do this! Please!」[Chapter 283] 

+ ‎ 1863rd Regression!YJH[Chapter 284-299] 

+  ‎Best Olympian Couple Adopts Rat Bastard[Chapter 335]  ‎ 

+ ‎Good Or Evil [Chapter 352] 

+ “You are characters of a story.”[Chapter 354] 

+ ‎Called Persephone "Mom" [Chapter 388] 

+ ‎ "You aren’t going to resort to another weird method, right?”[Chapter 406] 

+ ‎ “That man is the world I wish to save.” [Chapter 409] 

+ ‎Secretive Plotter Reveal [Chapter 413] 

+ ‎KDJ×Multiple Chibi!YJH [Chapter 416] 

+ ‎Journey To The West Remake [Chapter 425] 

+ ‎3rd(?)! YJH [Chapter 444-446] 

+ ‎ [[Why, why is it not me, but you??]] [Chapter 446]

+ ‎SP vs Squid's Company, Starring Sunfish [Chapter 448] 

+ ‎Uriel vs Uriel [Chapter 453] 

+ ‎The Mandatory Slice Of Life Episode [Chapter 455]

[pttucker]

– Whereabouts of Nebula < Kim Dokja's Company >'s members unknown! – They are understood to be participating in a new Giant Story scenario… ['The Fourth Wall' is strongly activating!] – What is the next destination of < Kim Dokja's Company >? It was playing the scene of Yoo Joonghyuk and my companions entering a Gate emitting blinding light. I stopped walking for a little while and watched them disappear through that light.

Oh man, I love it.

We've gone from everyone being all "lol who is this guy?" to "lol what is this tiny nebula?" to "KIM DOKJA IS MISSING! HIS NEBULA IS DOING SOMETHING!!!! WHERE ARE THEY? WHAT ARE THEIR PLANS?" and stalking them like they're paparazzi following rockstars.

Literally playing recorded scenes of them casually departing on a giant holographic billboard in one of the largest Giant Story locations in all of the Star Stream.

I mean, I get it. Kim Dokja & Kim Dokja's Company have drastically altered the course of the entire Star Stream so it is important to keep tabs on these guys 24/7.

It's just so satisfying to see it.

[pttucker]

[I've become the retired SSSSS-grade Son Wukong!!] Haven't I seen that many 'S' letters somewhere before? Even though I knew I was being taken for a ride here, I still tapped on the info tab of this chamber. And that's when I saw its introduction. – Introduction: Only I know the end of the Journey to the West.

Wow, what a totally not at all familiar title and plot.

Oh man, but them saying that they had someone they wanted to play Sun Wukong but he got delayed. 😭

And then the loooong pause after Dokja gives Sooyoung his new Modifier.

Am I reading too much into this or did they totally set this story up in the hopes that Dokja would fill the role that's so obviously his? Is Sooyoung surprised that it's not Dokja? Did her Predictive Plagiarism tell her this was the best way to find him and she's wondering what went wrong? Is the pause because she's upset and trying to decide if they should just go without him?

Or does she know it's Dokja and is wondering if he's lying or if he got a new modifier or is she deciding if she should call him out or just go along with it or...?

Ugh, both her knowing and her not knowing make sense.

It soooo seems like they have to know, though. I mean my goodness if this isn't straight up yelling directly in Dokja's face idk what is:

(This small stone monkey had a nasty habit of sacrificing himself to save other people, and many of those who received his unwanted rescue attempts ended up with psychological scars.) (Gods and Buddhas of the heavens all criticised him for it, yet that dumb rock-for-brains continued to throw his life away to save other people over and over again.) N-no, hang on a minute here. (The heaven's Great Jade Emperor and Buddha felt that they could no longer accept such actions from Sun Wukong anymore and imprisoned the Monkey King inside the stone crate under the Marble Mountain.) (And our story starts from there.)

...especially after Jihye literally said that they should bury him in a coffin and leave him there until the scenarios are over. They may not be able to do it in real life but at least they can play pretend!

But despite those harsh words they're so gentle and caring with him? 😭 Literally Dokja's job is to do nothing but rest and relax and let his companions handle things (for once).

I stepped forward and spoke up. "Both of you, please hide somewhere. I shall handle this." If my memory was working fine, then one of the players took on the role of the 'Tang Sanzang's White Dragon Horse'. I was pretty sure that he was the one behind the current event. Seeing that the kids were participating in this Story chamber, the rest of the players should also be from , but if someone with ill intention had somehow butted in here… "…We told you, you just stay on the bus."

Oh man, look at Dokja immediately going right back into protector mode and even assuming that maybe someone had infiltrated the story. And the sass they give him in return! Saying he can't even afford proper clothes for himself but wants to save them? And Yoosung's scary little smile?

THEY HAVE TO KNOW RIGHT?

Is this their way of showing him that they can handle themselves so please trust them to do so? Maybe some kind of angry "stop treating us like children, we are going to be the ones to save you"? An even angrier "how dare you save us when you can't even take proper care of yourself"?

And maybe also their way of letting him just rest finally? After all, how is Dokja to deny them taking care of him when it's literally the plot of the story they're enacting?

Also there's this weird little exchange:

– This way, he'll trust us more, you dummy. What will you do if he decides to wreak havoc later? I felt goosebumps break out on my skin. – …You're actually scared of him? Look at his current state, will ya?

Why would they assume some random stranger is going to wreck havoc??? In fact, who is the one person they know who regularly wrecks havoc for everyone around him? Also, the whole "look at his current state." Dokja assumes they're just talking about his shabby clothes or something but they're definitely talking about how weak he is right now, right? Like, I don't think Dokja was able to fully recover back at Secretive Plotter's place because last we saw he was only like 38% healed. (Yet another reason for his party to pamper him right now.)

Gilyoung and Yoosung are definitely saying "we can totally take Dokja right now he's so weak, if he starts to act up we'll shove him a box somewhere before he causes his usual mess," right???

Ughhh but everything also makes sense if they don't know.

Sooyoung would know that such a story would (and does) appeal to the Great Sage because he also wants to just have a nice relaxing time where he doesn't have to save anybody and is pampered by this companions. And of course a story mirroring the Demon King of Salvation's story in any way is going to draw attention, both from the Great Sage and the general public, as we literally just saw with both the Earth news and the news here. (And Sangah! Sangah is back!!!!!!!!! We actually get to see her again!!!!! And this is the story she's drawn to!!!!) And Dokja himself points out that by doing all of the work of the story, they'll ensure that Kim Dokja's Company gets all the story shares.

...Actually, you know what, just the fact that those are all Dokja's observations and reasonings makes me 100% believe they absolutely know it's him because Dokja always, always, always does exactly this every single time people try to help him or show that they care for him. He always assumes they have some ulterior motive and that they're doing it for their own gain. He never thinks that people are there for him. He is the most unreliable narrator ever when it comes to his own story.

If Dokja believes they're doing it for themselves then they have to actually be doing it for him.

They MUST know.