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This fic checks a lot of boxes for me. It’s lighthearted but not superficial. My only critique would be that some chapters feel a bit scatterbrained, for example having a multi-week timeskip within a chapter that isn’t a training montage. That could just be my personal bias as a reader, though. Looking forward to more chaps!

Lots of unexplained elements going on. The wrong pronouns are used more often than I’d like for a paid novel. The biggest reason behind my rating is the fact that there are too many unexplained elements which makes it feel like there are plot holes. The two main characters talk as if the reader has all of the necessary context, but it doesn’t get explained until a subsequent chapter (if at all). The unnecessary mystery isn’t for me at least.

The first few chapters are messy. The cheat isn’t well explained but is mostly self explanatory. 3 stars for writing quality mainly because it seems to rely heavily on ChatGPT. I will continue to read for now.

A really compelling storyline. Additionally, you can tell the author has improved since his last fic. They still use an AI editor but generally the author does a good job of avoiding some of the common flaws that you see in other fics. On another note, I hope the Pokemon fic comes back eventually.

There’s a lot about this book that I really enjoy but it’s also very hard to truly love. The good: - World building - Side characters have depth - Combat The not-so-good: - Increasing number of mysteries with very few questions answered - 600+ chapters and I feel like the MC doesn’t know much more about himself than at the start - The pacing (how is the MC still level 50?) at this rate I’ll be old by the time the main cast catches up to the real threats in game. Or the pacing is going to get all wonky. Other: - Feels like the MC should have been able to do more with his past memories. The fact that those memories are fragmented isn’t my favorite. But maybe it’ll matter more in the future.