@stewmberto
Ikr! Multiple chapters were spent hyping it up too. It seems like the author initially had an idea in mind, but then either forgot what it was, or decided ultimately against it. But only after the bird was established, which backed them into a corner. How can Ravi become the plot trigger if she has a seemingly ultimate defenses in place?
To me, it looks like the author needed her, but had accidently already made her untouchable. So they had to invent a loophole in order to bypass her defense so they could push the plot in the direction the author currently wanted. If I had to guess, when writing this story, the author wrote as they thought, instead of planning everything out ahead of time into a general outline. At least to me, that is what it feels like.
It would explain how for the most part, this story is rather "slice of life" -like. In that it is just a bunch of small self contained arcs, with just a few small strands of the real plot woven into each of them in order to carry some semblance of a timeline. The characters ultimately do not change that much in terms of ability. Sure there is a small power gain here and there, but it is for the most part negligible in the grand scheme of things. Revi while getting better, still can't really do anything of significance quite yet. MC has seemingly capped his power growth too.
Relationship wise, they do not change much either since they were already more or less seen and acted like a family even before they finalized it. So them finalizing it, while a good improvement, isn't as impactful to the general story.
Idk, i like the story, but if it just keeps on negating everything it eatablishes in order to make the new plot work, then i can't see this getting much better.