The real problems with wuwa's writing that get overshadowed by the hate for Master Love.

So since 1.3, I have seen many complains about how every characters having some special interest towards rover. People saying it's bad for the game because it makes the story shallow (?), it's cringe (fair) and it's becoming repetitive. However, do you guys realize that Master Love and shallow story are two completely unrelated problems?

Let me give my opinion first. As an Asian, I don’t really mind Master Love that much. I think it’s due to cultural differences, but I believe most Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Korean,...) aren’t really bothered by this issue at all. In fact, most of us kind of like this genre. It's not that hard to realize that Chinese like manhua, Japanese like reincarnation and harem anime and Korean like..., you know, Solo Leveling (sorry Korean bros, this is the only thing I can come up with 💀). So as my opinion is clear, I will address the real culprits that make wuwa's story started to feel shallow after 1.1 patch.

1. First, lack of well-written antagonists. Maybe you guys haven't realized it yet, but antagonists play an important role in every well-written story. Having a strong, manipulative villain can give the MC a lot of room for development and set the stage for crazy plot-twist, because, let be real, rover is far, far more from a complete character. He lost his memory, which makes him somewhat naïve now. His past self failed to save the world from Lament, and from the lore crumbs we know, he tended to work alone most of the time. So, what can make rover develop other than an intimidating antagonist? Fractsidus is an interesting group but their appearance are extremely limited, Phrolova is not the focus yet, while Scar is still in the prison 💀 Most of Fractsidus appearances are mostly some creeps to help other characters flex on them.
2. Second, lack of loss and sacrifice. I've always believed that 'everything has its price.' If you want to save something, you need to pay back something of equal value. That's why I feel like 1.3 ending is very cheap - because shorekeeper and rover face no consequence when rover forcibly remove shorekeeper from the Tethys core. At least, make her freedom limit inside Black Shore, which make Black Shore way more meaningful to us, or disable part of the Tethys core function to balance it out. I know that Abby is very quite now because he had to cover for rover's choice but most of players won't notice it if you don't make it more significant. But if you want to say "Rover is powerful, he is a god (which is not true), he can solve everything perfectly without losing everything is the premise of the story", then let me introduce a very good example to demonstrate how can a powerful character can still face a big loss and turn it into an opportunity for development. Rimuru from Tensura, he is extremely powerful at the end of season 2, you can say he's kind of formidable to any his enemies. However, because of his naive approach, he lost a lot of his followers and one of his closest subordinate - Sion. This loss turns out to be a big development point for him where he transform into a true demon lord, which gives the story a bigger scale and make Rimuru way more interesting to watch.
3. Third, lack of character interaction. Most of the interaction in the story are either between rover and character A or rover vs a group of characters, we rarely see characters interact between each other. This can make the story feel like watching an act, and it doesn't feel natural at all. At least, in recent 1.4 story, Kuro utilize dream link to make other characters interact with each other. This gives me the hope of perception changing system in the future story.

So, after this long as text, I hope that people will realize that opening a witch-hunt to remove Master Love won't make the story better, in fact, it can make everything become more awkward when Master Love may be the main concept of wuwa story.

All of above problems could be the result of wuwa story's early stage where we haven't reached major point yet. However, I still hope that people realize the real culprits here and give kuro on point feed-back.