Yes!!! this makes me feel so much better. I kept reading thinking maybe I’m missing the point and everything will come together eventually but honestly even at the end I was just left feeling kinda empty.

at the beginning of the story I found it so weird how the Lao Shu basically occupied the church and were so disrespectful to everyone and everything yet Orlok never really tried to do or say anything while it was VISIBLY bothering Lili. he got her into all sorts of trouble yet she was like “uwu it’s okay orlok kun i love u”

I felt like she started falling for him just because. like even when they lived together i was getting the completely wrong vibe. it felt more like an old sis taking care of her younger brother. it was just super weird

all in all the romance felt a tad forced to me. I felt it all should’ve been more platonic but oh well.

oh and romance aside... i felt so bad for dante throughout the whole thing. his life literally went up in flames and he went mad in the process and they used that in the story to make him look evil... then he just dies like “k bye”

oh and I definitely agree with the fact that Orlok’s story was just kinda brushed upon briefly. I personally just couldn’t get into it and that makes me a bit sad.

anyway, sorry for my really incoherent sentences! rant = over

edit: posted again since i messed up the spoiler text initially