I’ve Been Reincarnated as a Scumbag, Prickly Best Friend Who Collects Hate in a Gal Game. And the Main Character Is Too Incompetent To Be Useful…

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The Struggle of a guy who remembers his previous life and realized he reincarnated into the world of a dating sim he used to play.

However, there is one problem with the character he reincarnated as.

The man he reincarnated as was Akechi Hideyori, a man who possesses the ability to manipulate others to [Do whatever he commands at will]. A scumbag who used his ability to ruin the lives of the heroines as the game’s antagonist.

Realizing that he had reincarnated as the character that was hated by all players, he planned to live out his life without getting involved with the game’s story, but……..

Troubles always seem to find their way to him.

Associated Names
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Galge no Hate wo Tameru Kuzu de Gesu na Shin'yuu-yaku toshite Tensei Shite Shimaimashita. Soshite Shujinkou ga Munou Sugite Yaku ni Tatanai.......
Reincarnated as the Trash Scumbag Best Friend
SBF
Scumbag Bestfriend
ギャルゲーのヘイトを溜めるクズでゲスな親友役として転生してしまいました。そして主人公が無能すぎて役にたたない……。
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Latest Release

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02/25/22 Kei Translates c11
02/25/22 Kei Translates c10
02/25/22 Kei Translates c9
02/05/22 Kei Translates c8
02/02/22 Kei Translates c7
02/02/22 Kei Translates character intro
02/02/22 Kei Translates c6
02/01/22 Kei Translates c5
02/01/22 Kei Translates c4
11/09/21 Heartless MTL... c4 part1
08/26/21 Paper Bag TLs c3
08/25/21 Paper Bag TLs c2
08/26/21 Paper Bag TLs c1
Review
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koshwin
koshwin
Apr 20, 2022
Status: --
Denseness ruins everything yet again.

Q. Why is MC dense?
> Author's perspective: Cause the Harem can't progress if he gets in a relationship with one girl.

Q. Isn't it dumb that these guys (MC who get reincarnated into a game) don't realize that they won't f*cking get killed if they don't just do the dumb stuff that their alt did?
> Yes, it is very dumb and I'm tired of it.

Q. Is it impossible to have a Harem without denseness?
> No, just don't f*cking make the girl have her affinity... more>> meter hit 100 within few interactions.

Q. This has Galge element so surely author should know about how the affinity meter shouldn't hit 100 like that right?
> Apparently not, they just follow the same old cliché.

Q. Doesn't making him look s*upidly dense at moments that would lead to progress in the relationship make the readers seethe in anger?
> Yes, yes it does.

Very generic, just has more emphasis of "what happened in the game" (that's the only difference). <<less
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R-E-I-N
R-E-I-N
Jul 08, 2022
Status: v8c23
I can’t hold it anymore. I’m so frustrated.
Honestly, only by smacking the author’s face with bats... or nailed bats (if I got greedy), would make me feel better.

On to the novel, yeah his whole existence is overpowered. He can control anyone if he wishes but he won’t of course.

  1. The amount he used that power of his can be counted with finger. On to spoiler,
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    he meets a girl who kinda drains peoples’ lifeforce just by touching them and she can’t control it. Then the MC sympathy with her and says, “I am also troubled wiht my powers, like you. Like what? On base of which bullshittery are you troubled by your power? Not that you can’t control it, right? Why would you say some 50 IQ shits right away?

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  2. Aight, I can deal with how he acts, how he ask for people to sympathy with him because of how ‘pitiful’ his f***ing fate is. *cough* *cough* apologise for my manner. But what the f***? How dense does the author want him to be? At this point, even if the heroine says “I love you” this guy would think “Oh, she loves the words ‘you’” at least this kind of excuse funny if used for the first time. But f***, the author maxed his stats to irritate me. He makes all kind of excuse as if seriously thinking of a way to ‘persuade his reader’ but f*** no, it doesn’t make sense at all. I hate this main character as much as how I hate NTR.
Honestly, I don’t get why he has harem at this point. He’s dumbass, coward, s*upidly dense, annoying, irritating, so much that I’d be actually happy if he died in this novel.
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The girls in this is so f***ing interesting! (Of course, sarcasms intended), the two went (MC and heroine 1) went to arcade then he play with her in the arcade. Then that heroine 1 goes like, wow I like him! UwU honestly, it’s f***ing disgusting.

The rest is the same. Heroine 2: H-h-h-he (NMC) t-tal-talked with me... I luv him so much! Wow he told me to rely on him! He is so reliable, I love him!

Heroine 3: He (NMC) played with me when I was a child! I love him!

Heroine 4: He (NMC) looks like the crush of my previous life... It’s frustrating but I love him
I don’t know how much years has passed but why the f*** are you still not aware that he is the crush of your f***ing life? His hobby, his habits, his speciality, what he likes all of that was basically the same. Would you mind taking a f***ing hint and evolve from harem materials shit?

Heroine 5: H... he (NMC) called me cute UwU I am so embarrassed... no... why are you leaving, why am I feeling this lonely.

the f*** is this creep? You’re seriously thinking that about the boy you just met? I know he’s trying to cure your drain touch or whatsoever bullshittery power but would you mind stop being a chick and regards anyone your love the first sight you landed?

NMC (novel) : Damn it, I am jealous of the GMC (game). He is really the protagonist of galgame. Everyone likes him.

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But since the author said that this MC will evolve from 3 IQ to 90 IQ, I will keep on reading.
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Gladiator02
Gladiator02
Oct 04, 2021
Status: v9c4
It's really good. Author really makes you sympathize with characters and almost every character has a deep personality.

Author also writes the scenarios of the original game's story without MC reincarnating in paralel to the main storyline and those events almost change the depth of the novel to a whole new level. In the main story it's a Harem comedy. Those parts are also very enjoyable to read.

MC misunderstands that he's hated and girls around him like the actual gal game MC. But even if sometimes his denseness is frustrating (also... more>> funny) there are some reasons that make this understandable.

Spoiler

He keeps seeing the original events of the game as the villain as dreams. Those stories are really heavy so it's no wonder someone who experiences it firsthand be affected.

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Blackrabbit0634
Blackrabbit0
May 25, 2022
Status: V4c5
Kinda disappointing, also kinda annoying.

Novel started when characters are way too young, call me old fashioned but it feels weird that elementary schoolers talk like them, makes me wanna call FBI,

I already expected MC to be dense but it is portrayed in a bad way, instead of dense he is a brick wall MC.

Author made too many shifts on POV and Timelines, author should have just made them side stories, I mean for me I'm not really interested in the OG game timeline since it is already changed in... more>> the current timeline, I know author wants to portray what originally happened but come on who cares about that its not like its important to know or like just mention it in one paragraph instead of 1 chapter. Or maybe author is a fan of Fate Stay Night and copying the Tiger Dojo Endings,

And the most annoying part of this kind of novel is MC believing in the nonsense that there is a game corrective force, I mean unless they introduce that there is a god who wants them to follow the story. The butterfly effect should have pretty much destroyed all the bad routes the moment he remembered his past life.

And each arc are short but for now each arc are just character introductions which further kills my mood to read, for me there has yet to be any likable characters so far and reading has already become a chore so I'll drop it for now and wait until someone gives it a good review that will change my mind.

About the galge the MC keeps mentioning that Breaking the Chains of Sadness is a masterpiece, my call is that its a kusoge, I've played my fair share of Galges & Eroges but no matter how much I think about it definitely sucks as a trilogy, it might have worked with just one game but 3?? Hell you already know the protagonists power and the main antagonist so sequels will lose its mystery feel, will make players frustrated because the OG MC will be powered down and make us watch him make dumb choices as sequels branches from the neutral routes so that means MC has no character development. Even the authors Risa Happy Ending Route doesn't feel like a happy ending and he had the gal to call it happy, just say its normal ending or best ending. <<less
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unseen_hz
unseen_hz
Jun 29, 2022
Status: v5c50
Kind of irritating to read. This novel suffers from many troupes I personally feel that makes it kind of a chore to read. First off the MC isn't just dense but he's dense to the point of being utterly s*upid. Secondly, the MC believes in "game corrective force" despite everything in the current timeline being completely different from the game and there no sign of anything being close to the plot of the original, so the MC is definitely just s*upid. Thirdly, the author writes multiple chapters of the original... more>> game timeline, which is jarring sometimes. The original game timeline has absolutely nothing to do with the plot at all and there is often no transition between timelines in the chapters other than the fact that the original game timeline is depressing. Also, the original game timeline ruins whatever enjoyment the slice of life current timeline has for me as it often just annoys me to read blocks of text about the characters suffering with no plot relevance. So overall not that enjoyable in my opinion. <<less
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Twistedfire425
Twistedfire4
Nov 06, 2022
Status: v3c15
It's so bad, honestly. Like it's be pretty good if the MC wasn't so dense, but he is and that ruins any way the novel would be enjoyable. The novel constantly has the MC have dreams about the games plot line and the nasty sh*t he does during it and takes up entire chapters with nothing relevant to the story happening. It's f*cking annoying to see that shit, like just quit with the game plot line it's totally irrelevant. An entire volume has been taken up introducing a character from... more>> his previous life (this kind of thing is super annoying in novels, I can't stand when there's more than one reincarnater or whatever) and talking about the MC and that characters time in that life and some other worthless sh*t that adds nothing to the story. The idea is good, but the novel just goes to total sh*t and is super boring. It also pisses me off the the MC gets so hung up about using his power and what he thinks might happen to him if he uses it, like calm tf down dude, it's not the end of the world, it's totally pointless to have even added the powers if it's not even used. <<less
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boredhood385
boredhood385
Sep 15, 2022
Status: v13c3
Smol pp. Dense MC. You can root for the heroines but seriously you wonder 400 chapters in if MC is gay or just content to be friendzoned for the plot.

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once he meets an enemy he freezes up. Weak even for a beta male of japanese low esteem harem story. He loses even though he could've use his gift cause he's a loser and needs to be saved by harem and plot. Even when he wins it's because he isn't him and is the true scumbag man. Man such a hilarious story.

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ansonwhale
ansonwhale
Jun 24, 2022
Status: v5c14
Normally I wouldn't really care much after reading a rom-com harem collectathon, but since this story isn't afraid to deal with some heavy themes, I won't hold back my review so far.

First off, great translations. Secondly, I'm not going to complain about details or pacing in a jp webnovel.

What I will complain about is the total lack of setting and plot development. The characters and world in this novel could totally just be amorphous blobs moving around in an amorphous world because of how little they are actually described. The... more>> 'gift' that people have in this 'game' world have shown that they are only really prevalent when it comes to the 'plot' and even then, it has only been used once as a party trick (not counting the dreams). There is also no mention of anything outsite of where the narrative takes place which makes the novel feel even more lifeless.

The story can be tagged with slice of life in my opinion. Without any spoilers, the structure can be summarised as meet new character -> learn about how they have a tragic ending in another timeline -> befriend character -> banter with friend group. In any order. This not only makes it extremely predictable, but it also ruins any character development because we straight up get told how they feel in the other timeline, leaving no slow discovery of secrets but also of character.

Another reason this should be slice of life, is that there is no incoming conflict at all. The only plot conflict you could argue for is that the MC has to avoid the death flags and that is nullified by the fact that he's doing pretty well not doing anything at all. (A.k.a he avoided the death flags just because he has reincarnated and doesn't act like a villain)

Ok im lying, he hasn't reached the first death flag yet but, seeing how the story starts 10 years before he will reach the next flag, there's still no tension at all. <<less
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The1trueSG
The1trueSG
May 14, 2022
Status: v5c14
I'd love to give it 4 but I can't. The author writes way too many chapters that are pretty much just the former game. I feel like I'm reading more about the previous visual novel than the actual story im invested in. It makes waiting for more chapters really annoying because it feels like a waste of time reading the ones about the previous game.
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SkyWind332
SkyWind332
Oct 16, 2022
Status: --
For a person who claimed to like and played a lot of VN. The MC here is as dense as a rock. A lot of what happened in his life when he got into the game's world is a common troupe in a lot of Visual Novel so how come he isn't seeing any of that. Author make up your mind and be consistent with your character.
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Thecomicgeek
Thecomicgeek
May 12, 2022
Status: v2c8
The translation is great ty!

I couldn't continue reading it. The developments felt too slow especially for a novel with very simple writing. I just went through 5 chapters of supposed "harrowing flashbacks" "Forbidden sibling love (ew) " and I dont care what else and I was BORED!

Maybe another reader who hasn't read books like these before would find it more engaging
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DescartesSenpai
DescartesSen
Apr 13, 2022
Status: v3c17
Surprisingly good.

Seeing the name, I came waiting for another galge isekai where the MC took all the heroines from the game's hero. Quite surprised, in the best way possible, to find a very well written and well thought novel, funny, relatable, and with characters that slowly grow on you.

Graverobber is doing a great work on this translation, waiting with great expectation the next chapters.
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Rasselon
Rasselon
Aug 05, 2022
Status: v6c27
Galge villain reincarnation, although doesn't feel like one at all because there is basically no story.

A mildly good one, a lukewarm combination of rom-com and tragedy with some brutal violence (latter is often forgotten, so it's just a rom-com). Generally very childish.

I really hoped for more focus on the actual story, but here everything is just structured around harem, so the whole thing is pointless because MC is dense to the point of calling it his supernatural ability. Somehow, even Brave soul of evil supremacy and Magical Explorer, both just... more>> harem+, have that "+" plot, here - nothing.

I snapped at vol6. I don't care that even a miniscule amount of self respect is not familiar for MC. But you know... Using abuse of the main character as a joke is too much. Especially when MC's self-esteem is so low, he won't even see anything wrong with it, and will even whine: "I am such a bad person, aren't I", while the abuse goes on and on and on.

Most of the love interests are bland, nothing to say. It's funny how author writes MC saying "oh you are so great, just an angel" to the girl, and then doesn't write about this girl actually being great, or rather being literally anything - it is just a few stiff replies from her, instantly evolving into her undying love. It might be realistic from the standpoint of a girl trying to shoo away some creep, who approached her for some reason while having some weird delusions. It's also "fun" to see such an angel will not just stay silent, but, I quote, "continued laughing with [Fufufu.]", when a person she's supposed to be in love with is openly insulted right in front of her, *chef's kiss*.

There are lots of strange things that irritate me, but this novel isn't bad. Well, you need some courage to actually call it good, but I am a brave man and bad parts aren't always present, so my overall impression barely balances out to somewhat positive. This novel probably isn't worth your time, most of the reviews before me are on point, but you can still try if you want to see some cheap one-sided romance with a dense rock, most of the dialogues are decent at least...

I am 100% immune to the "dense beyond the point of absurd" trope and do not consider it a flaw, so I had my share of fun. <<less
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Userthatreincarnated
Userthatrein
Jun 04, 2022
Status: v5c36
This was actually way better then I though it was gonna be.

Sure the MC is dense but I personally thought it was pretty fun.

These kind of stories are my fav also this one has kinda of a slow start but now that the MC has this big friend group the story is way more fun
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notacomputer
notacomputer
Apr 24, 2022
Status: v3c8
Here you have a story where the main character is existing within the bounds of the backstories of characters he previously knew from a game. It is brought up in-universe that it's weird for the main character to keep worrying about "being a bad guy" even though he is different. However, this changes nothing and the plot barrels forwards. Having the MC become paranoid while not properly explaining that within his actions doesn't make the story feel less manufactured. The given reasons, ... more>>
Spoiler

the dreams that he's having

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, aren't enough to rationalize his behavior.

Spoiler

It would be better if the author leaned more into the idea that the MC still has that "evil" inside him which can effect his actions if he isn't careful, but that isn't focused on. It's implied, but it needs more examples of him struggling to control himself.

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Other than that, the dialog is funny even though it feels unnatural when considering the age of the children.

It's a little refreshing that the framework of the world is modern fantasy, but it would be nice for more world events to happen. Having the world be modern just seems like an excuse to not focus on the world around the characters.

Overall, it's engaging enough and I want to see what happens with the drama. <<less
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Kertxtreme321
Kertxtreme32
Apr 17, 2022
Status: v12c19
It's one of the unexpected novels that I have find. Sure, it's full of cliche but the thing that I liked about this one is the original past and how they are different to the story now. MC is dense but it's understandable.

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The original past or rather, the original game was quite brutal. The buddy of the MC of the game (supposed Best Friend that our MC possessed) was actually a real tr*sh. Used his power for a lot of horrible things like one of the heroines, Eien who is called as the birdcage got manipulated by the tr*sh to kill her own parents. That's not all, there are ALOT of horrible things that the tr*sh has done. That's why our MC is so oblivious to the feelings of the girls since he always encountered those memories in his dreams

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Remember this, the overall number of the game is 3 (each game takes plsce from 1st year to 3rd year). And from the raw, it's still at the end of the 1st year <<less
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ErikHarrison
ErikHarrison
Apr 17, 2022
Status: v6c1
Very basic galge story. Dense JP MC gets a harem, doesn't do evil things and

*bing bang boom*

this is now a harem SoL. Worldbuilding is bad, random people have crazy powers and its ignored. No plot points are exciting or written well.

Probably the blandest but not horrible attempt I've read in the genre.
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kuroizo
kuroizo
Nov 06, 2023
Status: v11c5
Hello? It's me, the madmen who read this novel that almost all people call it tr*sh and continuing it until the latest chap on raw syosetsu site only using google translate.

I will try reviewing this by answering some previous review objectively as much as I can. But English is not my native so sorry before.

1. Is this harem where the MC is so dense that even light bend around him?

Not really. Or more like, he always denied the girls affection because he always see the previous owner body doing his... more>> "criminal" just like in the game in the 1st perspective in his dream. And for some reason the girls start to see how they "died" in their dreams too. He feels guilty and always think that the girls hate him. But in the end...

Spoiler

He will date almost all the main heroin in the game at the same time. And the girls still have a good relationship in each other. Or more like, they become best friends. But it still take a little while to reach this arc.

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2. He got OP skill, but he almost never use it. Truly an embodiment of japanese modern beta boy.

Well referring to the first answer, he always see himself in his dream as prev body's owner doing his "criminal". He know how dangerous his skill is. So he choose to only use if its really really there's no other way to solved the problem that he faced at the time.

3. If he don't do anything like what the prev owner body's would do, anything will be fine right?

In some rare case, yes. But usually, either the MC will die indirectly or the heroin will have their bad end, which is usually a DEAD. As a modern japanese boy, he won't let his waifu meeting their end like that right??? And there's a "God" who basically the one who give the gift to the people. And this god is the main antagonist from the game. So yeah, MC don't do anything doesn't mean bad thing won't happen.

4. The way author changing the POV is annoying.

Absolutely damn right. At first, he think it's fun to make the reader guess which timeline/pov right now. But later he know that it's annoying (lmao) and changing pov will become proper and better later. Usually at the end of prev chapter or the intro of the chapter, he will tell us if the pov will change.

In the end, this novel far from perfect novel. Even for me, it's hard to recommend this to other people. There's a lot of cliche that can make this novel called tr*sh easily. But the author is learning too. The writing is getting better. But again, is not at the point that I can recommend this novel easily to people.

Personally, the biggest reason I like this novel is the joke. The banter between the MC and the girls is quite refreshing for me. The harem is good. Again, the MC not really that dense, he know how the girls treat him very well but because of the game, he denied them. The tragic plot from the game timeline kinda... Well... Unreasonably or forcefully too much to make it tragic. Some of them is good tho.

I recommend this novel to the people who ran out of reading material and want to wait your favorite novel get updated by reading this novel slowly... <<less
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Magicflier
Magicflier
Mar 10, 2023
Status: v12c30
It's a pretty fun read, especially if you are into visual novels/eroge. The MC is as dense as a black hole though, which heavily reminds me of Bakarina from "My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!"...

The author does focus a lot on the original timeline of the game (which is heavily depressing) as the story progresses, but the present timeline really feels like a good payoff because of the chapters that depict the tragic events of the original timeline.

You can try reading up to ... more>>
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Vol.9-Ch.12 for actual romantic progress. Vol.9 onward is when the two reincarnators find out each other's past identities. Vol.10 onward has much more romantic progress as all the girls in the harem start acknowledging each other more and get more aggressive.

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AgentPoorSpectre
AgentPoorSpe
Feb 27, 2023
Status: v20(?)c29
I like to read this, is really silly, hideyori began to merge little by little with Toyotomi. Still is fun how there are really many differences with all the dimensions; like how the world cup for the galge is something like a s*x competition for the AV industry.

Slow paced, simple humor, repetitive, but for casual reading can be a refresh for all the "frog in a well" and "i am a reincarnate so I am the righteous". Toyotomi is a sporty Otaku that can be the MC of any medieval... more>> isekai world, but here is trying to break the chain of sorrow, even tho he believes that for that he has to die at the end of his high school days as hideyori. He has chronic depression, because his first life he became unstable for a trauma, but when he reincarnate he began to think he is a shit; but little by little began to live as his own person.

Spoiler

-The OG Main character's sister is the one that give the characters the dreams that has to do with the original stories.

-hideyori/Toyotomi began to date all his harem but seems that there are more people that want to date him

-the goddess (enya/concept) that give the "gifts" is pretty ruthless but she is more like the curious one, she is like a child, she likes to see what will happen if she give those Powers to the people, and only give them to handsome or beutiful people.

-toyotomi, even tho he said he will kick concept ass, he would like to have all of them alive, with exception of himself. That because they already have suffer too much, and enya didn't really do anything bad.

-hideyori/Toyotomi's teacher is strong, he even said that if his teacher wanted to, he could beat any kind of opponent if he wanted to, that includes enya.

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You can give it a try, or you can skip this novel, like I said it is good for a breath of silliness. <<less
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