Reviews of Life in Vain: Jobless Reincarnation (Mushoku Tensei) by HappyVainGlory - Webnovel

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HappyVainGlory

Author here. Thought I'd give my own review of the story up to the current chapter. Also since it seems that people here look more to reviews than the Author's note in a story. Before everything else though, this story is aimed towards people who've read at least the entire story of Mushoku Tensei. If you haven't, expect to be confused. I try to remember to explain things, but I'm running off a big base of knowledge that you probably won't have and that the wiki might not complete. Hopefully it's still an enjoyable read, but that's on you for going regardless. Anyway... it seems that my writing skills are so good people expected something completely original from the start instead of a fanfic roughly following the main story for a while. I'm flattered, really, but for a first stab at a fanfic for a series, that's just not happening. This is more exploratory than anything with a cohesive plot. While we jump off the rails of canon eventually (and boy do we jump off) that's not for a while in. The beginning of the story is more character exploration than anything plot heavy. And speaking of character explorations... This story isn't planned out. I'm not an author who likes mapping the entire story out... mostly because the many times I've tried that in the past, it's been a complete and utter failure. I have a few points in mind and a destination, but the story is pretty much unfolding organically from whatever pops in my head at the time. I'd like to think I'm a pretty good improviser by now, but there's definitely going to be parts that fall flat, so don't expect *too* much. I think that's part of the fun though, personally. As to the story itself... I'll say that looks are deceiving. I'm the sort of author who trusts in my readers to figure things out and/or enjoys the 'aha' moment when their guess about what's unfolding turns out to be true or when they get their expectations subverted. Of course, that's the ideal, but again, when you're playing by ear... Anyway. I try for daily updates, but I can't guarantee stability. Especially these days. I'm a third year law student heading into Patent and IP law, so there's inevitably going to be times when I sacrifice writing for IRL stuff. Not to mention the fact that my hourly rate is much more than anything I could get from writing or patreon when I start a job in my field... Yeah. That's just how it's going to be. Character design... I rate that low because I don't really 'design' the characters. I'm mostly just going off of my best feel, which could be off-base. There's no handy character sheet or whatever I'm working with, so I can't guarantee perfect in-characterness all the time, only my interpretation at the moment. As for world background, *cough*. Yeah. That's pretty abridged here, haha. Anyway, hope that clears up some questions. P.S. I'm a believer in freedom of speech, but I'm also a believer in consequences. I won't take it personally if you leave an honest review, but if it's clear that you're acting with malicious intent, I will act accordingly and yeet your review from existence. It's enough having to deal with clients and hearing the horror stories from public defenders. I don't want any more negativity here and will act with all the zeal that my role as a zealous advocate requires in my job to remove it. Anywho, that's it from me. Thank you for attending my ted talk.

2yr
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DaoistqOYR35

Desarrollo muy bien el mundo y los personajes tenían claro sus personalidades sin cambios incomprensible y actúan acorde a la historia y sus acontecimientos

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Reiya9

I haven’t read the story and probably won’t but I gave 5 stars just from reading the authors replies to the negative reviews. The guy really can’t take criticism at all. Always replying with some passive aggressive response is hilarious. Had me laughing reading this shit

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Gin_IceHeart

Great I enjoyed it Author , Loved it.You

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NFLT
LV 2 Badge

I can't explain the amount of emotions I have when finishing reading this work of art (There are few or none), but I wish you the best author-san, thank you for creating this wonder. I was happy to find her after a tiring search, I had faith that I would find something good somewhere and I was not disappointed, (Although I would have liked more interactions or perspectives with the future timeline and a little more interaction with wife Roxy, but I am satisfied) 3 days of wonderful reading. That's all, thanks again author-san.

4mth
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Jobywankenobi

I fully love this story and the original, those who are just saying that this is too close to the original haven't read far enough to the see the butterfly effects, of course some events still happen the same at the beginning, but things really start changing after he is 5

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Charly_MadSon

I must say that it is a decent work, a somewhat slow but stable pace, a new way of character development and timeline, the only thing I hate is Elenalise's new state (I didn't like her state in the original work either) but acceptable In everything else, I hope for more chapters.

5mth
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Zenon_Tashibana

Will you also finish your other novel: The Second Coming of Gluttony, the First of Vainglory? .............................................................................

6mth
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BlankSpot

WOOOOOOHHHHH!!! AUTHOR IS BACK. Thanks for the update!

6mth
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HardKiller07

It's definitely an excellent story very entertaining, I would say I quite enjoyed reading it and I recommend it, let's just hope that the author picks up the story and gives it an ending

7mth
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pEmKayS
LV 11 Badge

One of the best works on the reincarnation of the unemployed. Although the narrative may seem cliffy. But I'm just telling you to read it, then you'll understand!

1yr
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Chiefnaoto345

It was good at first but theres way too much going on with like 4 different people time Traveling and soul fusing, its confusing at this point. Sometimes simpler is better.

1yr
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William1216

I don't understand that need that people have to spit on the world-building of well-made stories and turn their favorite characters into meaningless monsters, characters like Rudeus, Roxy and Silphy were already prodigies but it is never enough, let's take the case of Silphy, in the canon was already strong enough to be a court magician, but in this story she is at the level of a god, at 7 years old, the joke is told alone, without any apparent explanation, simply because the author likes it, this is not It only breaks the immersion because, who would be stupid enough to mess with these people, but it also makes characters that the author likes less like Eris, Paul and Ghislaine seem like talentless nuisances, a shame considering how well the story started. , focusing on family problems and traumas, the same thing that turned mushoku into the work we love and appreciate.

1yr
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Automat

............................................. ............................................. ............................................. Gud

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R4ITO
LV 1 Badge

I really loved this story because it was quite different and even better than the original, because I imagine rudeus had a lot of potential and I didn't know how to take advantage of it since he died of natural causes (old age). This is an improved version of canon.

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Nobody_0wens

It's honestly a great Mushoku Tensei fanfic and a great fanfic in itself the only downside being the irregular updating but the author has his reasons. There's few to none Typos an original Storyline and Rudeus has a great mindset(bias).Oh also It's Multiverse, but not the same as other animes but just other timelines of mushoku tensei, Rudeus won't "explore" them, but i can't say more than that withouth putting the "spoiler" tag.Overall read It, It's worth your time, trust me, someone you don't know.

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HereForGoodRead

It’s a worse Mushoku Tensay that’s about it

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Eduardo_Aaron

Me parese muy Buena no importa lo que los demas digan sigue asi hermano y yo seguire viendo todos los cambios que vas implementado grande autor

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a_BMO
LV 13 Badge

This fanfic is one of the best I’ve read so far I honestly enjoyed it more than the novel it’s based on. The mc can be a little dense and self deprecating in the earlier chapters but once he gets over it he becomes a character that I very much enjoy reading about. You even made a character I hate somewhat tolerable. Love the character interactions and dialogue. The plot can be a bit confusing sometimes but never enough for me to not enjoy the story. The only complaint I have is the update schedule but I understand the author has their own life so it’s still a 4/5. Thanks for writing this fanfic I hope I can eventually read its ending.

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DaoistvkilVq

This is the loudest fan fiction about the reincarnation of an unemployed person that I have read .................................................................

1yr
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Yuri_7429

Didn't start yet, but if someone could give a brief review of the story art for the first like 60 chapters, so I can get an overview of the plot. I don't mind spoilers at all, in fact I like to know what I can expect, so feel free to reply with anything.

1yr
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Psan
LV 5 Badge

well.... the grammar is really good. the its a very slow story with time huge time skips. time travel, timelines travel, the fabric of time and space be turned into a pretzel along with multiverse theory being a bîțčh and other time mumbojumbo confusing stuff. Its a hâřêm of 4 girls up to C150, to bad there is cero fanservice. Also... after the methastasis incident... well... keeping track of things and trying to understand stuff makes people get a headche

1yr
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Johnwick

original content 80% character development 20% storyline 30% some characters are ooc

1yr
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Miracle_invoker_

Aside from the slow update (1 chap/week) and slow story development, this was a good novel. I liked it, I hated it and I could deal with it. The emotional development of the mc was also very slow but not too slow.

1yr
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PandaManAlone

the novel is great and but I am scared of it being dropped the update schedule is scarring me honest I want to continue to read but I am scared of wasting my time so I am asking is this dropped or just slow updates ?????

2yr
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Krisavq
LV 14

Writing Quality-top quality with next to no Grammer mistakes, lines are easy to understand where you can just turn off your brain to read. Story Development-kinda trash ngl. there are times when it's just an info dump explaining the power system of magic, also aging in the story is really slow but the original was also slow aswell so it matches the story Character Design-high quality, the way he shows emotion in the characters are great and the way he depicts each flaws in characters are amazing Update Stability-average, comes out ever other day World background-high quality, author goes in depth about the world around him and how the power system works (Personal Opinion: I dropped it, everything in the story was great until the MC "forgave" his father for almost killing him and selling him off to a noble girl whim he has never met. To me that lowered the quality of the story abit, I feel like that wasn't a reasonable reaction for the MC, more like it felt forced along him to forgive his father.) Overall-give the story a try, it's just that I couldn't make it through the whole story myself but if I did the story would've been great

2yr
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Daosit_Nihuya

What's the point of making a character so stupid? I do not mind that the story repeats the original, but the character of the main character is even more annoying than the original Rudeus

2yr
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Alex3DxD

it is not recommended It's basically the same anime story. just change the pedophile of rudeos for a fool with self-esteem problems stories like this there are hundreds and the only thing that differentiates them is a striking mc which they do not have

2yr
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DeadKnot

original is better. MCs so called genius is making him taking longer time to do magic. too much unnecessary details going in the magic theory.

2yr
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borbking_chken

great novel.................................................................................................................................

2yr
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Nihirizumu_

One of the most intriguing, and thought out storyline on the platform. It's complicated and hard to understand but in in a bad way, but you have to know some decent knowledge on the series before it becomes one crazy, convoluted mess. Even if you have knowledge and don't understand read the comments they help...sometimez

2yr
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HappyVainGlory

Author here. Thought I'd give my own review of the story up to the current chapter. Also since it seems that people here look more to reviews than the Author's note in a story. Before everything else though, this story is aimed towards people who've read at least the entire story of Mushoku Tensei. If you haven't, expect to be confused. I try to remember to explain things, but I'm running off a big base of knowledge that you probably won't have and that the wiki might not complete. Hopefully it's still an enjoyable read, but that's on you for going regardless. Anyway... it seems that my writing skills are so good people expected something completely original from the start instead of a fanfic roughly following the main story for a while. I'm flattered, really, but for a first stab at a fanfic for a series, that's just not happening. This is more exploratory than anything with a cohesive plot. While we jump off the rails of canon eventually (and boy do we jump off) that's not for a while in. The beginning of the story is more character exploration than anything plot heavy. And speaking of character explorations... This story isn't planned out. I'm not an author who likes mapping the entire story out... mostly because the many times I've tried that in the past, it's been a complete and utter failure. I have a few points in mind and a destination, but the story is pretty much unfolding organically from whatever pops in my head at the time. I'd like to think I'm a pretty good improviser by now, but there's definitely going to be parts that fall flat, so don't expect *too* much. I think that's part of the fun though, personally. As to the story itself... I'll say that looks are deceiving. I'm the sort of author who trusts in my readers to figure things out and/or enjoys the 'aha' moment when their guess about what's unfolding turns out to be true or when they get their expectations subverted. Of course, that's the ideal, but again, when you're playing by ear... Anyway. I try for daily updates, but I can't guarantee stability. Especially these days. I'm a third year law student heading into Patent and IP law, so there's inevitably going to be times when I sacrifice writing for IRL stuff. Not to mention the fact that my hourly rate is much more than anything I could get from writing or patreon when I start a job in my field... Yeah. That's just how it's going to be. Character design... I rate that low because I don't really 'design' the characters. I'm mostly just going off of my best feel, which could be off-base. There's no handy character sheet or whatever I'm working with, so I can't guarantee perfect in-characterness all the time, only my interpretation at the moment. As for world background, *cough*. Yeah. That's pretty abridged here, haha. Anyway, hope that clears up some questions. P.S. I'm a believer in freedom of speech, but I'm also a believer in consequences. I won't take it personally if you leave an honest review, but if it's clear that you're acting with malicious intent, I will act accordingly and yeet your review from existence. It's enough having to deal with clients and hearing the horror stories from public defenders. I don't want any more negativity here and will act with all the zeal that my role as a zealous advocate requires in my job to remove it. Anywho, that's it from me. Thank you for attending my ted talk.

2yr
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DaoistqOYR35

Desarrollo muy bien el mundo y los personajes tenían claro sus personalidades sin cambios incomprensible y actúan acorde a la historia y sus acontecimientos

11d
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Reiya9

I haven’t read the story and probably won’t but I gave 5 stars just from reading the authors replies to the negative reviews. The guy really can’t take criticism at all. Always replying with some passive aggressive response is hilarious. Had me laughing reading this shit

16d
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Gin_IceHeart

Great I enjoyed it Author , Loved it.You

3mth
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NFLT
LV 2 Badge

I can't explain the amount of emotions I have when finishing reading this work of art (There are few or none), but I wish you the best author-san, thank you for creating this wonder. I was happy to find her after a tiring search, I had faith that I would find something good somewhere and I was not disappointed, (Although I would have liked more interactions or perspectives with the future timeline and a little more interaction with wife Roxy, but I am satisfied) 3 days of wonderful reading. That's all, thanks again author-san.

4mth
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Jobywankenobi

I fully love this story and the original, those who are just saying that this is too close to the original haven't read far enough to the see the butterfly effects, of course some events still happen the same at the beginning, but things really start changing after he is 5

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4mth
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Charly_MadSon

I must say that it is a decent work, a somewhat slow but stable pace, a new way of character development and timeline, the only thing I hate is Elenalise's new state (I didn't like her state in the original work either) but acceptable In everything else, I hope for more chapters.

5mth
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Zenon_Tashibana

Will you also finish your other novel: The Second Coming of Gluttony, the First of Vainglory? .............................................................................

6mth
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BlankSpot

WOOOOOOHHHHH!!! AUTHOR IS BACK. Thanks for the update!

6mth
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HardKiller07

It's definitely an excellent story very entertaining, I would say I quite enjoyed reading it and I recommend it, let's just hope that the author picks up the story and gives it an ending

7mth
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pEmKayS
LV 11 Badge

One of the best works on the reincarnation of the unemployed. Although the narrative may seem cliffy. But I'm just telling you to read it, then you'll understand!

1yr
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Chiefnaoto345

It was good at first but theres way too much going on with like 4 different people time Traveling and soul fusing, its confusing at this point. Sometimes simpler is better.

1yr
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William1216

I don't understand that need that people have to spit on the world-building of well-made stories and turn their favorite characters into meaningless monsters, characters like Rudeus, Roxy and Silphy were already prodigies but it is never enough, let's take the case of Silphy, in the canon was already strong enough to be a court magician, but in this story she is at the level of a god, at 7 years old, the joke is told alone, without any apparent explanation, simply because the author likes it, this is not It only breaks the immersion because, who would be stupid enough to mess with these people, but it also makes characters that the author likes less like Eris, Paul and Ghislaine seem like talentless nuisances, a shame considering how well the story started. , focusing on family problems and traumas, the same thing that turned mushoku into the work we love and appreciate.

1yr
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Automat

............................................. ............................................. ............................................. Gud

1yr
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R4ITO
LV 1 Badge

I really loved this story because it was quite different and even better than the original, because I imagine rudeus had a lot of potential and I didn't know how to take advantage of it since he died of natural causes (old age). This is an improved version of canon.

1yr
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Nobody_0wens

It's honestly a great Mushoku Tensei fanfic and a great fanfic in itself the only downside being the irregular updating but the author has his reasons. There's few to none Typos an original Storyline and Rudeus has a great mindset(bias).Oh also It's Multiverse, but not the same as other animes but just other timelines of mushoku tensei, Rudeus won't "explore" them, but i can't say more than that withouth putting the "spoiler" tag.Overall read It, It's worth your time, trust me, someone you don't know.

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1yr
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HereForGoodRead

It’s a worse Mushoku Tensay that’s about it

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1yr
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Eduardo_Aaron

Me parese muy Buena no importa lo que los demas digan sigue asi hermano y yo seguire viendo todos los cambios que vas implementado grande autor

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a_BMO
LV 13 Badge

This fanfic is one of the best I’ve read so far I honestly enjoyed it more than the novel it’s based on. The mc can be a little dense and self deprecating in the earlier chapters but once he gets over it he becomes a character that I very much enjoy reading about. You even made a character I hate somewhat tolerable. Love the character interactions and dialogue. The plot can be a bit confusing sometimes but never enough for me to not enjoy the story. The only complaint I have is the update schedule but I understand the author has their own life so it’s still a 4/5. Thanks for writing this fanfic I hope I can eventually read its ending.

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DaoistvkilVq

This is the loudest fan fiction about the reincarnation of an unemployed person that I have read .................................................................

1yr
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Yuri_7429

Didn't start yet, but if someone could give a brief review of the story art for the first like 60 chapters, so I can get an overview of the plot. I don't mind spoilers at all, in fact I like to know what I can expect, so feel free to reply with anything.

1yr
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Psan
LV 5 Badge

well.... the grammar is really good. the its a very slow story with time huge time skips. time travel, timelines travel, the fabric of time and space be turned into a pretzel along with multiverse theory being a bîțčh and other time mumbojumbo confusing stuff. Its a hâřêm of 4 girls up to C150, to bad there is cero fanservice. Also... after the methastasis incident... well... keeping track of things and trying to understand stuff makes people get a headche

1yr
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Johnwick

original content 80% character development 20% storyline 30% some characters are ooc

1yr
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Miracle_invoker_

Aside from the slow update (1 chap/week) and slow story development, this was a good novel. I liked it, I hated it and I could deal with it. The emotional development of the mc was also very slow but not too slow.

1yr
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PandaManAlone

the novel is great and but I am scared of it being dropped the update schedule is scarring me honest I want to continue to read but I am scared of wasting my time so I am asking is this dropped or just slow updates ?????

2yr
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Krisavq
LV 14

Writing Quality-top quality with next to no Grammer mistakes, lines are easy to understand where you can just turn off your brain to read. Story Development-kinda trash ngl. there are times when it's just an info dump explaining the power system of magic, also aging in the story is really slow but the original was also slow aswell so it matches the story Character Design-high quality, the way he shows emotion in the characters are great and the way he depicts each flaws in characters are amazing Update Stability-average, comes out ever other day World background-high quality, author goes in depth about the world around him and how the power system works (Personal Opinion: I dropped it, everything in the story was great until the MC "forgave" his father for almost killing him and selling him off to a noble girl whim he has never met. To me that lowered the quality of the story abit, I feel like that wasn't a reasonable reaction for the MC, more like it felt forced along him to forgive his father.) Overall-give the story a try, it's just that I couldn't make it through the whole story myself but if I did the story would've been great

2yr
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Daosit_Nihuya

What's the point of making a character so stupid? I do not mind that the story repeats the original, but the character of the main character is even more annoying than the original Rudeus

2yr
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Alex3DxD

it is not recommended It's basically the same anime story. just change the pedophile of rudeos for a fool with self-esteem problems stories like this there are hundreds and the only thing that differentiates them is a striking mc which they do not have

2yr
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DeadKnot

original is better. MCs so called genius is making him taking longer time to do magic. too much unnecessary details going in the magic theory.

2yr
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borbking_chken

great novel.................................................................................................................................

2yr
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Nihirizumu_

One of the most intriguing, and thought out storyline on the platform. It's complicated and hard to understand but in in a bad way, but you have to know some decent knowledge on the series before it becomes one crazy, convoluted mess. Even if you have knowledge and don't understand read the comments they help...sometimez

2yr
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