Surprise! The Supposed Talent Show Was Actually–?!

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Wu Jin, as a trainee from a certain entertainment company, had a peerless, stunning face. He was qualified to debut as a lead performer even if he just sat there and did nothing.

After signing up for a certain talent show, the shining path to stardom beckoned to him––

Wu Jin: Hold on, why is this show different from what we agreed on? Wasn’t it supposed to be about jumping around, dancing, and singing songs? Why do you have to send me out into the wilderness…

Program Producer: You’re a once-in-a-century high appearance value competitor! We’re relying on you to save the program’s ratings!

Wu Jin: … I seem to be on the wrong show. Wait a minute, this isn’t an idol show, it’s a fighting survival reality show ahhh!!

Ten months later, the little cutie who had been thrown into the show––

Turned into a human weapon.

Powering up through various instances, slight entertainment circle elements.

Extremely overpowered gong x little cutie who grows to become an overpowered shou.

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STSTSWA
Sốc! Sao Bảo Là Show Tài Năng Cơ Mà
The surprising talent show
สู้จนเลือดหยดสุดท้าย เป้าหมายฉันต้องได้เด
惊!说好的选秀综艺竟然
驚!說好的選秀綜藝竟然
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Evesneon
Evesneon rated it
December 17, 2020
Status: Completed
5 stars. Wow.

This is my second 5 stars among the novels I’ve started reading. Too good to NOT read. I love Little Witch x Wei Shi. Scarf CP FTW!

The characters inside are just too hilarious and catchy, you love every moment of them. The author and translation is the best! I never knew how s*xual scenes can be so subtle here.

Wei Shi: Heh

Little Witch: Ah ah ah! Don’t encourage—nwuwuwuwuwu!

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I would love to see more of Shao Yu actually! I feel so bad for him to be pumped full of the drugs by his parents - the optimal test-tube — that caused the disruption to his personality. I was so happy he got another chance in life and I really really want to see how he grows into someone he should have been

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Chipmunkch33k5
Chipmunkch33k5 rated it
October 15, 2020
Status: c201 part2
Only gonna say that I'm sad that some of the reviews here almost made me miss out on this wonderful story.
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PhoenixPlume320
PhoenixPlume320 rated it
August 12, 2020
Status: c138
Ah... I liked it so much in the beginning!!! You had this beautiful about-to-debut MC shou (who also turns out to be super brainy) and he's just a little darling! He's like everyone's sweet little brother. But... Maybe after the third arc or so,

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It's mostly an infodump each instance. Like, the history and everything's nice but what made it bearable reading all that text was because you had a live audience that would comment during the instance. Now, it's just history... Science... plot. Instance ends and the next begins...

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To me, after the the first couple instances, it just doesn't feel very exciting. Like the plot's great and everything and the MC is consistent and hard-working... Even the ML is great, they mostly have a sorta teacher/student relationship almost (not actually teacher student but where ML teaches MC stuff an MC tries hard to succeed while falling in love) and the relationship is slow, but pretty nice. Idk, I guess the instances feel sorta dragged on... Not bad though, I thoroughly liked the first 2 rounds of the competition. Why'd they cut out the reactions from the audience though? <<less
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Kaze801
Kaze801 rated it
July 3, 2020
Status: Completed
I found this novel by chance.. And was impressed with the high rating of this novel, that's why I start to read this.. And I NEVER regret it! It has good romance and friendships!

Basically I have three words to describe the romance: cute and sweet. every time I will go Awww~ at their romantic interaction between the ML and MC. And I think that it is not really a very late or slow romance for this, at the earlier chapters it can be seen that both the MC and ML... more>> gradually likes each other but they never go further in, their first kiss

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happens in chapter 80 and I am very happy that it is actually the MC who took the initiative to kiss first.

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and from there, they gradually open more to more with each other and eventually confirmed their relationship.. But they still a secret from the rest of the contestants and the public. The funniest part was every time they want to kiss or what during the elimination rounds, they had to avoid the cameras to do that, and there were times where the camera were accidentally hit away so that they can kiss.

I am happy with the plot, as the story is not what it seems which makes it interesting

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e.g. The MC actually did not transmigrate, what happened was part of MC's past which is explained in the novel later on.

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I also like all the elimination rounds in the novel. The author makes it very interesting by having interesting concepts and themes in the elimination rounds and I actually learn quite a bit as mentioned by one of the other reader - I had to google to understand some of the terms mentioned in the novel - but I am not complaining~

the only part that I have complain is about the villain in this novel

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Shao Yu. I kind of expect more fighting scenes between him and the ML after all both of them are strong. I never expect him to get subdued with his memories lost without much of a fight.

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Overall I have to say I am really very impressed with this novel. It has become one of my favourite.

The friendship between the MC and the other contestants is also nice! I find that this is one of the rare novel that also focus on friendships beside romance, which makes me like this novel even more.

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There's even extra chapters dedicated to jingyi double c which I love it! I already kind of guess that Ming Yao likes his captain throughout the novel (actually it is quite obvious) and I am glad that this was written out in the extra chapter and the captain finally acknowledged it!

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Please do give this novel a try, I highly recommend it! <<less
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ike_00000
ike_00000
July 2, 2020
Status: c1
Note: Basically, MC was preparing for an idol show and then he suddenly crossed time into the interstellar age, participating in the same show 1000 years later which is a fighting survival show.

Honestly speaking, I have a lot of respect for our MC. Yes, MC starts off a weakling and the truth is he's basically entirely cultivated by ML. However, MC does work very hard and chooses to rely on himself instead of the OP ML.

However, idk about their romantic relationship? First of all his attention was attracted way too... more>> quickly given his background as cold & lacking emotions. Even if he helped him out that first time, it doesn't make sense that he would go SO out of his way, and definitely not go see him again. But oh well. Afterwards, it feels like MC is just a pet coincidentally picked up by ML, and coincidentally ended up doted on, and coincidentally turned out to be human thus allowing a romantic relationship. Like he's more therapy companion than lover? And MC likewise seems like he admires & owes ML more than he loves ML? Idk. I mean, it's a classic relationship formed between OP ML & weak-to-strong MC I guess.

The arcs are actually very interesting, and the MC is very smart. My favourite is the dinosaur raising bit haha. It also feels like there's an impressive story behind MC's background & his transmigration. The novel is well-written and intricately planned.

However, truthfully, although the novel is not bad in almost all aspects, I feel kinda bored... <<less
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Erin_W
Erin_W rated it
April 6, 2020
Status: c73
It's a fun story where the MC gets transmigrated into the future. What I like the most about this is how the MC didn't start out as OP. Instead needing help from ML who teaches him the ropes.

He's dedicated and hard-working, never slacking off. He's always driving to prove ML, the world, and himself that he could rise to the top without pulling strings. And he's not 'naturally' smart, he studies lots before every game, that's one of the reasons why he's able to be survive.

MC faces a lot of... more>> sour people who's not satisfied that a pretty but weak looking bunny is able to climb against big experienced hunks.

Also, he's an adorable bunny uwu. <<less
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ran03
ran03 rated it
April 5, 2020
Status: c73
This is a good novel. The plot is actually there, and the MC and ML are interesting enough for me. What does bother me is their actual interactions? It gets a bit distracting, and I find myself just quickly skimming over it. Which is a first, since I usually live for the cute interactions in BL novels. It just seems a bit too much, in my opinion. The survival show is the fun part and I’m all for the badassery though! And the other characters are actually a bit fun.

The... more>> translation is pretty great. Thanks to the author, translator and editor (s...?) for their hard work! <<less
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forgetdrunkenmoon
forgetdrunkenmoon rated it
September 9, 2023
Status: c126
First, I want to thanks the translator for the hard work (as always) and the other reviewers for the spoiler.

The story is honestly pretty good, the concept is fresh and the side characters are well written. Well of course they all eventually doesn't matter if the author portrayed the MC (mainly) and ML very badly.

Yes author, I know that you write how dazzlingly beautiful and cute our MC is like an angel fallen from the sky with the personality of a cute bunny, the author emphasize this in every moments... more>> to the point I want to punch him/her just once for this cringely written part. This caused me to skip several chapters everytime the author storytelling how beautiful dazzling heavenly cute MC is.

ML is bland, super bland. I know he want to keep it lowkey but his interactions are mostly just for teaching MC and acting lovey-dovey.

I like there's a character growth for MC but here's the thing, sometimes MC acted like a damsel in distress just for ML because of "op" difference.

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Although ML is weak at childhood and become extremely god like op after the experiment, it's still sad how the author portray his/her MC like that.

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The thing that make me dropped it because of the crossdressing scene. Yes, MC crossdressing is so majestic wonderful like a seraph descend on earth to the point everyone in the novel "fall in love" (literally for ML tho) and ML just watch him with his "beastly" dark eyes. Typical cringe scene but it's worse because the way the author portrayed it especially over and over again. <<less
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Tee jay
Tee jay rated it
September 1, 2023
Status: Completed
I love the way the MC works hard to get to his desired level and also how the ML respects his wishes. They each equally fall for each other, not much angst in that respect. Each arc was exciting, the characters well fleshed out and finally the reveal about the MC's time travel.

It was a great read, I highly recommend this novel.
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Sandstorm143
Sandstorm143 rated it
July 10, 2023
Status: Completed
Honestly I wasn't expecting the story to be so fresh and unique, I read it straight from start to end. The arcs are so peculiar that I actually put more effort studying and doing research about the terms, historical figures, Darwinism, dinosaurs, guns, and other stuff than when I was at school. I will probably reread this again in the future. Kudos to the author and translators for this wonderful piece of art!

There are no important spoilers in my review since it's a waste to not find out yourself how... more>> the story went.

Spoiler

I love love love our MC here. He has a strong God Wei beside him but he chooses to go wild and train hard until he also got OP than choosing a shortcut to success. I especially liked that they didn't make their marriage public until when God Wei retired but they were so open about it that it was like people expected it a long time ago and fans were just waiting for closure.

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Btw there are a lot of comments saying how the main and side characters were fully fleshed out. I don't really agree with that. Honestly, I think the author put more effort on the background of the games and arcs for the Crosson Show than the character interaction. But that's ok since I loved the games especially the dinosaur-farming and Palace of Versailles. I can't really explain why I'm unsatisfied with the interactions but anyway if I were to rate that it's 4.2/5. It's like there's something missing.

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Anddddd Ming Yao and Zuo Botang!!! To be honest, I liked their CP more than the main CP. I found the extras about them so fulfilling and fluffy. I maybe just cried a little bit hehe. I thought Ming Yao was a little spoiled baby but he's one of the characters that had a noticeable character growth in the story.

The pressure on Jingyi and White Moonlight are similar. Both were teams who went through hard times and the old teams gave way to the new generation. I was kind of regrettable about Lin Jue. He gave so much but he's going to be forgotten because of the new generation. I really wish Lin Jue and Little Witch had at least one game together, acting badass and beating others. Sadly, injuries really ruin life and career so guys take care of your body.

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Also, I think King of Hearts was kind of forgotten?

Spoiler

I was expecting a match between King of Hearts against Wei Shi or against Little Witch on the Star League but the extras just skimmed through the League and basically just summarized it all. That was kind of disappointing but anyway, youth is much more fun. It also applies in how competitions about young people are more welcomed by the audience.

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Also please read the story until the end because you're going to miss out on a LOT. The plot only gets fleshed out near the end so don't expect to understand the story until about Chapter 170. <<less
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NovelenthusiastIDK
NovelenthusiastIDK rated it
May 8, 2023
Status: c79
I only read so far because I had nothing else to read. Honestly MC is super annoying. He has no personality and is a shy uwu rabbit. Can’t even count how many times he was described as a rabbit spirit with cute bouncy curls which f*cking seem express him emotions, disgusting. One look from ML and he f*cking can’t think and is blushing uwu and jumping like a rabbit. I wanted to wash my eyes with bleach after I read those descriptions about hiwdyffchfhfcfhv h hhbvmx bx. I hate him... more>> so much. ML additionally is domineering, cool and good at anything, stereotypical BL top. I give 2 starts for a cool concept <<less
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SilverGalaxy90
SilverGalaxy90 rated it
April 16, 2023
Status: Completed
Well this novel has a..

Perfect couple 💕 The MC is cute and clever. Very likeable. The ML is so powerful yet very doting toward his lover. Their chemistry is so good.

Good plot twists. I thought I was reading a simple transmigration novel. But the plot twists gave me a really pleasant surprise.

Great actions. And mistery and puzzles that makes you think.
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Blithe
Blithe rated it
April 12, 2023
Status: Completed
4.5/5 is indeed the perfect score for this novel.

MC is so clever and cunning. You really can't get mad at him. Even his competitors end up acknowledging his strength. He isn't OP from the start, he grows little by little, learning from the ML, from other instructors and his own experiences.

ML is caring and is less controlling of the MC compared to other novels.

The writing is stellar, the plot unique and beautiful and the romance is to die for. Each and every elimination round were so fun to read. So... more>> interesting. So thrilling.
Spoiler

My favourite round was the one with the Kings and Queens.

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It is clear that the author had gone above and beyond to gather info for each elimination round there is in the competition.

All the supporting characters were extremely loveable even the rivals in the game. When evaluating a BL novel, there is one particular thing I check for. How the author treats the female side characters in his/her novel. Let me tell you this novel did female characters justice. The Hyacinths were just as fun to read about as the Crosson competitors.

Now, the reason why I couldn't bring myself to give this novel full marks is that it had to mention the MC's attractiveness in every other sentence in the novel. There was excessive reference to rabbits in this novel, and it was very irritating. I also got slight PTSD from the ABO vibe I got from the main characters' relationship.

All in all, a great read. <<less
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Cphere
Cphere rated it
April 12, 2023
Status: c58.2
I had this novel pulled up on a tab for almost a year, and finally read it over a span of a week.

First of all, as others have mentioned, I'm really impressed with the knowledge that the author chooses to use in their book. For example, there was one chapter that mentioned Edward Waite, a co-creator of a tarot deck. Out of curiosity, I search him up, and to my surprise he actually existed! While this may be information that can easily be accessible from a simple web search, it... more>> is still impressive that the author took the time and effort to include these non-mainstream factual content in the novel in an accurate way.

As for the MC, he's really cute and every description about him reminds us of his fluffiness.
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However, there are moments where he demonstrates strong capabilities. That first time he was finally able to dance in this new world on stage and that first time he was finally able to grasp the concept of using a gun by imagining a dance form really left a deep impression on me - I was able to strongly visualize his stage presence (probably also because I follow idol content too) so it was amazing to see those moments.

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There's also valid reasoning behind what the ML's attachment is and how, not really clear on the why but then again feelings don't always need to have a clear cut reason as to why they exist. Anyways, to me the ML is one of the greenest flags I've seen.

Edit: Complete

Wow. I can't believe I haven't seen recommendations about this novel like I have for others (like the legendary Face of Devil and Little Mushroom). This is extremely well written, humorous in many parts (I actually laughed aloud when it came to the figurative burns so strong ice couldn't help), emotional in many parts (imagery so strong I can almost see it) and well paced. Our little bunny MC is very smart, half because he is so hardworking, and becomes someone we can be proud of. Something that surprised me the most and I couldn't see it coming was also well explained and developed.
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I refuse to believe that I was the only one (besides the MC) that actually believed the MC transmigrated through time T^T

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Partly because of my bad habits but mostly because this was such a great novel, I finished chapters 180 to the end including the extras all in one go by pulling an all nighter and ended up watching the sun rise. It was worth it. <<less
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Cravn dgfood
Cravn dgfood rated it
February 21, 2023
Status: Completed
This story is one of the best... I was never into survival shows but after reading this one am starting to doubt my preference, now I really want to read other survival shows to confirm...

This novel is very heartwarming and I feel like almost everything (including fluffy, romance, comedy..) is balanced in the story as they are not too much or too less...

So give it a try and you'll never regret it...
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aovel
aovel
July 29, 2022
Status: Completed
i couldn't put this down, tbh. This was written in a way that not everyone could appreciate it but once you get the feel for it you'll get hooked. I want to rant and rave but it would be nonsensical unless you read the story yourself so I could only recommend it and give it a full star review!",)
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Xazis
Xazis
May 22, 2022
Status: Completed
I love this story! I come back and re-read even though it’s long. Respectful relationship between MC and ML, great translation, no tedious face-slapping. Stop reading the review and go read the story!
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trash_generalist
trash_generalist rated it
May 8, 2022
Status: c50
Despite the guns, the scifi, and the survival elements, IDK why... this reads like a slice of life novel to me 😂 Maybe it’s the pacing (this is written day-to-day) or maybe it’s the premise (slow and steady growth), but yeh! While the focus is on guns and stuff, the vibes I’m feeling is that I’m reading a slice of life high school manga... PFFT! ANYWAY, back to the point! It’s surprisingly cute, definitely not what I was expecting but not necessarily in a bad way, despite the fact that... more>> I stopped reading pretty early on.

CHARACTERS:

The characters here are actually classic anime in style as well. You know... exaggerated, color coded personalities and stuff like that 😂 They’re likeable regardless, but yeh!

Wu Jin (MC) : The MC is someone that was trained to be an idol. He’s very beautiful and he has great dancing and singing ability. Of course, all that is useless when he’s dumped into a survival show audition where he has to face all sorts of burly men with guns. Oh, and he’s been sent far off into the future, so he’s completely lost with the day-to-day as well.

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As for the MC’s personality... he’s a classic Mary Sue-type main character 😂 He’s beautiful, has a shy temperament that lures everyone over (as well as a cooler temperament when he needs to bring it out, AKA when he’s dancing), he’s naturally talented in both physical and mental pursuits, etc. According to spoilers, there’s an explanation for all this later, if it matters to you. I thought he was cute regardless LOL

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Wei Shi (ML) : The ML is the cold and reliable type. He’s OP af, but it has basis in his character setting. He first meets the MC in the survival show audition and carries him throughout — helping him win. The two form a bond early on because of this!

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The bond is actually of patient x therapy animal LOL. The ML is a genetically modified superhuman, and this comes with issues that can be fixed only with the support of a pet-like existence that they can slowly learn empathy from while they take care of them.

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ROMANCE:

Because of the dynamics described above, the romance in this novel is pretty humorous at times LOL the author really pushes their Rabbit!MC and Wolf!ML agenda (more so the former than the latter). The development has been pretty normal thus far, with the MC being an oblivious younger brother who admires and respects the ML (completely missing the point a dozen times over lol).

SETTING:

I initially thought this was a horror survival game story PFFT, I’ve been reading a lot of infinite flow novels 🤧 But this is mostly sci-fi. The date is a thousand year into the future, and it captures the life of idols in that time. It just so happens that the idol life int be future is a lot different (at least, for the MC’s case) — involving more guns. Despite the guns tho, the story is not really very violent. As mentioned, it gives off strong slice of life vibes lolol.

PLOT:

The main plot is the MC’s growth development. He starts off clueless and pretty weak, but throughout the story, you see him learn more and more — making waves in the debut competition. There’s also underlying mystery in his trip to the future and the ever-present background of the ML being Captain America 2.0 (LOL though not in personality).

RATING:

Although I can recommend this novel for those interested in sci-fi slice of life, it ended up not being for me hehe. I will reread it another time regardless though, maybe I’ll like it better then! The translation for this is really good, and despite the fact that it’s pretty conventional when it comes to character settings, I still enjoyed it a lot in the beginning, so I’m hoping that I can enjoy the rest too~ For now, my rating is 3.5 out of 5. Rounded it off to 4. <<less
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Y_o_r_u
Y_o_r_u rated it
April 15, 2022
Status: c82
It was good at first but then it gets boring, I couldn't get into the story after like 50 chapters. It felt draggy. I keep pausing on reading this for days. Maybe because I really don't have that much patience, but the story is interesting you know. And somehow by reading through some spoilers, everything was explained well. So if you have some questions and some patience, then read through the end of the story.
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Eccentricstate
Eccentricstate rated it
October 18, 2021
Status: Completed
This was really excellent but it took me FOREVER to finish. I don’t know what it was about this novel, but I would be extremely invested in each arc, but then I would always get unmotivated to continue. I think I took several month long breaks in between reading.

The novel itself is really fun, and the author clearly put a lot of thought in the creating unique challenges for the characters. I really liked the MC, he’s adorable but also smart as hell. And it wasn’t like he just miraculously... more>> knew everything, instead, he was able to use his reasoning to approach the games in a different way from the other players.

I also like that he didn’t just suddenly become strong. He worked really hard, spending countless hours training. It didn’t feel like his accomplishments were handed to him.

The ML is a fairly standard formula. He’s super strong, powerful, and rich. That being said, I liked him. He’s a “happy wife (husband) happy life” kind of guy but he also lets MC solve his own problems to grow.

The side characters were awesome, I even loved the more annoying characters like Thin Fire lol.

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Spoiler: One thing I didn’t like was that the main antagonist of the novel was kind of swept under the rug ? Like, he left just as suddenly as he came. It was like the author got bored of that arc and wanted to play with dinosaurs again lol. It was fine though because the whole “I need you as my scabbard” thing did not interest me at all.

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Some of the plot lines for the games got so layered and tricky, I’m honestly amazed anyone other than MC could figure it out. Layers of history, paired with science, philosophy and deductive reasoning. Count me dead

It was good though, and I would absolutely recommend <<less
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