Becoming Popular Through The “All Villains” Variety Show

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The variety show “The Most Hated Her and Him” invited six of the most disliked celebrities voted by netizens and industry insiders to participate in the recording.

The show became a hit as soon as it aired, and netizens called it the most unethical variety show they had ever seen.

However, on the day before the official recording of the show, Shang Lu suddenly realized that the world she lived in was a novel and she was a cannon fodder supporting actress, as well as the number one female star of this show, and most hated female celebrity voted by netizens.

Shang Lu exclaimed, “VIP viewing area, here I come!”

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During a game segment, Shang Lu won and gained the priority to choose her room.

A princess syndrome actress arrogantly said, “Hey, let’s exchange rooms.”

Everyone thought they were going to have a conflict, but Shang Lu smiled and said, “It’s 50,000 yuan for one night, 20% off for two nights, do you prefer WeChat or Alipay?”

The princess syndrome actress :???

The drama queen actress deliberately tried to steal Shang Lu’s spotlight.

But, Shang Lu calmly took out a customized face mask from her bag that was specifically made for the other person’s face and said, “It’s all you, don’t worry, it will all be broadcasted as you.”

The actress : “…”

A tyrannical idol and an unsociable actor almost started a fight, and the show’s staff quickly asked Shang Lu to mediate. Shang Lu, who was enjoying the spectacle, spontaneously hosted, “Ladies and gentlemen, what we are about to show you is the annual boxing championship! The loser will be disfigured and exit the entertainment industry!”

The two people who were about to fight : …

Audience : …we thought we would have fun, but they realized that Shang Lu seemed to be having even more fun than us.

After a series of crazy antics, everyone assumed that Shang Lu must have become a public enemy, but…

No one knows when it started, the “th**ny” celebrities in the entertainment industry who were fearless and unafraid of anything began to act subtly different towards Shang Lu.

The drama queen actress took the initiative to ask Shang Lu for advice on how to play a new role;

The unsociable male actor waited in the scorching sun for three hours to buy a limited edition cake for Shang Lu;

The princess syndrome actress and the irritable male idol almost fought over the opportunity to go to the amusement park with Shang Lu the next day.

Even the infamous tongue-lashing director, who was known to be strict on actors’ performances, publicly said that it was an honor for him if Shang Lu agreed to play the female lead in his movie.

The haters were confused. Where did all the “villains” go? Why did you become Shang Lu’s fan club after participating in the show? This doesn’t make sense!

Later, they found out that there were more “hidden fans” of Shang Lu.

The heir of the top-tier wealthy family, Chi Yan, had a photo of seven-year-old Shang Lu stepping on a little boy’s bu*t as his phone screensaver.

When asked about the reason, Chi Yan replied leisurely, “Can’t you tell? It’s because I have a crush on her.”

Others were shocked.

Wait a minute… isn’t that little boy who was bullied Chi Yan himself?!

What about the secret crush? We can see your wedding ring shining, you know!

Beautiful and sharp-tongued fun-loving salted fish X Arrogant and protective domineering president.

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64 Reviews


hy-d-ra
hy-d-ra
Jul 25, 2023
Status: Completed
This was AMAZING! Comletely loved it.

Why? Because of the humor! Damn, it was so funny. I appreciated author's sense of humor. They somehow managed to make those twists funny, barrage comments well integrated, just all the details went together well and it was a pure joy to read. Although this story is not without sadness, which is not a bad contrast and gave this story and Shang Lu's character explanation and depth. It is more of her own journey of waking up, putting down veil that blocked her vision, shaking... more>> off shackles of her family drama and finding the man who truly loved her, so Shang Lu and her story is the central piece.

(note: the following is my blog review from January, so I copy-pasted myself/ CONTAINS SPOILERS)

The story plot isn't anything new at the first glance, well, same old, somehow our heroine gets to know that she's actually a vicious supporting role in a pet article where her current fiance-in-name has a love for another woman, but he is ready to sacrifice some time just for the sake of his business growth, while for our heroine this fiance was once a boy in her memories who helped her through the hardest times, so this is why she let's him go and was ready to be dedicated.

Shang Lu who woke up to realize this and actually didn't falter or planned revenge, she looked at the current situation with curiosity and no actual dislike. She indeed spent few years on making bad movies just because of supporting the man she thought was her savior, she earned herself a pretty notorious reputation, while the love of her man was a popular traffic florette and seemed to be impeccable.

We start from the point where Shang Lu is invited to a new variety show which is basically called - Most hated him and her. She even voted with several trumpet accounts to vote #1 for herself. In this show she completely let go and all of the guests actually went through changes big or small along the entire storyline.

What amazed me was actually having so much fun reading between great balance of show and comment area, also I loved that this really reminded me of a variety show and it was fun to read. I'm not sure, if I was too influenced by watching 'Running Man' show while reading this, but still I think it really caught the vibe of a show I think can be called a variety show. It's fun, it's bizarre, it's sand sculptures all the way. But not only.

Along the funny storyline where Shang Lu manages to turn her own image, but also do the same for other guests (which I think is one of the greatest care one author can do for the chosen supporting roles in the novels, usually supporting roles are not that interesting). We also find out that her life experience wasn't all sunshine. On the contrary it was dark and depressing. Her mother died during giving birth to her. Her father who loved his wife a lot turned into a hateful cold man, he only recognized his wife and worshipped her, so for him the daughter was like a mu*derer he hated. Her elder brother was also alienated from her, but later we find out it's not really because of taking the mom's life, but because of changes in their father, who was very dissatisfied with everything his children did and punished the brother for all that his sister did, even if it seemed something little. Shang Lu met the boy who brought her sunshine during her confinement, which was more like being imprisoned in a room. She did not see him, but got his letters. She mistakenly thought it was a boy named Jiang Yu, that's why she chased his ass all the time, though never got a good answer in return. She thought time changed him. In school he met another boy with whom she had a friendly relationship, Chi Yan. Chi Yan fell for Shang Lu quite early and could not understand why Shang Lu kept hanging on such scum as Jiang Yi. Their friendship had a fall out at some point, but whithin short time resumed. He was always her best support.

When Shang Lu awoke from the bloody script she realized how despicable Jiang Yi was and did not bother to continue the "relationship". She was also sprayed online all the time how she was a mistress or third-wheeled in all places possible, when she was a rightful fiance, but was never protected by this "fiance". Her reputation was notorious, while everyone supported Jiang Yi and his mistress. Getting away from two was easy, but bringing back her reputation was harder, yet possible. We're in slap-back situation, of course the SLAPS WILL BE LOUD. So the reveal of their relationship and previous entanglement was inevitable.

The only one who opposed was her father whom she left behind, no matter how rich he was and how he threatened, she didn't care, because for him just a fleeting promise between their Shang family and Jiang's would cost his daughter an emotional tragedy, but he cared only because it was his wife's wish.

Actually because of the show and other events happening we slowly realize that Shang Lu is not an average person when it comes to emotional specter, she doesn't understand some emotions, since she never felt them, some points of view are far from hers, but this is the result of her upbringing.

The awekening allowed her to leave the Shang house behind, she completely let go and went all out in the show and was herself. Which completely captivated public and me as a reader. The show was sand sculptures all the way. It also allowed Shang Lu to show herself and get several good acting jobs that completely sealed her glory later.

Anyway, it's a good turn around novel, with humor that clicked with me, great emotional line between her and Chi Yan who was the most perfect supporting male role taking the lead. Also supporting characters had a really great focus on them, they also grew from who they were to later better version. Shang Lu had a great sense of variety all the way.

So this is the basic storyline durng the variety show they went from being disliked to being a hit show, also had defeated several jumping vicious clowns, entanglement with exes, good development of a romantic relationship and getting her dream in acting come true.

Also a great thing I find is that Chi Yan was actually the boy who sent little Shang Lu those letters and they figured it out, so it was a complete Happy Ending where she could let go of her past, accept where she is now and look with hope into future.

Honestly, enjoyed this novel a lot.

[UPDATE 12.05.24]

A month ago I finished their latest novel (which is fully completed) titled 和三个叛逆弟弟一起上综艺 or smth like 'Going on a variety show with three rebellious brothers'. Recommended, it's another good work. Since it's not on NU at the moment of me posting this, I just want to add this info here for people who liked this author :) <<less
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natynacchan
natynacchan
Apr 15, 2023
Status: Completed
I liked this novel so much. The MC is realistic and smart and the ML affectionate and loved MC for several years.

But the most hilarious part is the program. The guests are the most hated in the industry for many reasons, but they prove themselves with each episode. It's super fun the dynamics of the guests against the staff (MC ALWAYS WINS).

MC's family sucks. Worst father in history, had deserved ending. But I felt sorry for the brother who was also a victim so I like the extra where he... more>> also had a happy ending

there were some dramatic moments, mostly related to the original MC and ml. I liked their ending. <<less
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Mishi98
Mishi98
Apr 20, 2023
Status: Completed
This was amazing and one of the few books that I'll give a full five stars. The comedy had me constantly laughing out loud, I cried in the emotional parts, I rooted for the romance and I genuinely felt the friendship between the characters.

On terms of plot it was pretty typical of the genre with maybe the biggest difference is that there is no transmigration, The MC had been bound by the plot but aside from loving a scumbag everything else had truly been her own actions. I especially like... more>> that she voted herself onto the "villain" show because she wanted to go onto a reality show that was not scripted and didn't have to pretend friendship she doesn't feel which of course makes it all that more important when she actually becomes really good friends with everyone on the show.

On terms of characters, they were amazing. The synopsis makes it feel like its going to be another shallow harem type where most of the characters are one dimensional apart from loving the main character but they are not they are fleshed out, some of them are s*upid but not in a bad way. They have their own lives and problems that the protagonist (unknowingly in most cases) helps them solve and become overall better people.
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Except Mc's dad he's an abusive sh*t bag who gave both her and her brother trauma still fairly realistic though

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lettersandmoreletters
lettersandmo
Jul 12, 2023
Status: c20
Funniest thing I've read for a month or two, and the story's good too.

It's good enough that I'm going in raw with google translate. CH 20 translates into CH 09 (the author writes some beefy chapters that I guess the translator didn't want to put up with) if anyone wants to join in.
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Naimena
Naimena
Jun 12, 2023
Status: Completed
I rarely like entertainment world novels but this is definitely an exception. Shang Lu is an actress and also the hateful "cannon fodder" fiancee of this world's novel Ori!ML. The story starts when she is bound by a system and finds out the truth about her role and destined "bad ending". She realizes a lot of her past actions related to the Ori!ML (her arranged fiancee) were influenced by the plot and decides to live her own life as she can.

That's when she joins a program about "the most hated... more>> celebrities". Her charm and unique sense of humor led to a totally unexpected result. She found friends, purpose, family and love along the way, as she let go of her past burdens and fears.

In short, this is so much more than a typical romance or "movie queen" trope. Our FL is lonely, witty, mischievous and funny, but she's not mean or overly kind. She's reasonable! I can't believe I found a novel in this genre where I actually thought the FL was making sense and I could relate to her. There's even some moral conflict and reflection about good and evil. The FL is not righteous but has principles and actually does her best when she is faced with a difficult situation, even if it means using some "underhanded" means
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She found a sad situation related to bigotry and discrimination against little girls in rural areas, and instead of sighing and leaving it to fate, she found a way to trick the abusive family so she could "adopt" that smart little girl and take her away to the city so she'd be able to pursue her dreams. She became her adopted little sister

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I invite everyone with a "2nd male lead syndrome" to heal their heart with this novel. Romance is not big here, but it is warm and satisfying.
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The ML turns out to be her only childhood friend, who always comforted her and accompanied her when the scum fiancee was mean to her. He stayed by her side and quietly supported her when she needed it, instead of being the CEO ML who throws resources and money around, he just made sure she could have a fair chance to shine on her own and wished her happiness. His pursuit was subtle and respectful, visiting her, bringing her small gifts and supporting her, moving to be her neighbor to be closer and be able to take care of her better, even helping her practice her lines. That's totally 2nd male lead material but they are actually CP!

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Shang Lu is definitely up there as one of my favorite female leads! There's a wholesome found family, quirky funny friends and a great ML. I recommend it to anyone who wants a funny, heartwarming story.
Spoiler

Her biological brother was pitiful but it wasn't her fault. Too little, too late. Sometimes it is too late to go back and mend things so the best result is to wish each other the best.

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Katielicious
Katielicious
Oct 03, 2023
Status: --
3.5 stars

The humor is exceptional. The variety show characters are very hilarious. Thus, this rates so high despite the technical issues

  • I find this weibo style of writing amateurish, especially as it's not just passing commentary but 90% of the dialogue.
  • The variety show chapters were so drawn out that the "main plot" often got lost. By the 5th episode, I was more interested in her development with other characters like Chi Yan or karma against her family, or proper acting roles. Instead of the same old antics on the show
Despite this,... more>> the MC remains a well developed character. She is not a transmigrator so I feel deeply for her experiencing such a childhood. It is so satisfying watching her grow and detach from meaningless people.

The antagonists are truly vile. My disgust was immense & I wanted the father, ex & mistress to all fall into the deepest pits of hell. <<less
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shouahang58
shouahang58
Aug 15, 2023
Status: c47
Funny novel however it's taking forever for the MC to end her engagement with the scum fiancé. And not much romance going on here. So far the novel just been focusing on the MC and her tv show, Each chapter is long too so im gonna stop here.
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Dracarya
Dracarya
Dec 24, 2023
Status: --
my stomach hurts from laughing so much in reading this novel. It's the best from novels of this genre! The romance part was kinda meh but it's not really the center or focus of the story till the end. The side characters are so fun and the group relationship dynamics make me miss them after reading this novel.
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Hasenpfote
Hasenpfote
Oct 28, 2023
Status: c17
The beginning was interesting, but she keeps winning by coincidence and doesn't have any struggles. Typical Mary Sue at this point. She suffered in the past and now the author can just justify it with that, giving the reader the feeling of rooting for the Underdog while she can't lose or it's quickly reversed. I don't doubt that Mr. Chi will save her in the future or the thing with the role that the previous FL and our FL competed over. It's so obvious what will happen at this point.

At... more>> this point it's just boring, rinse and repeat. <<less
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Crazyreader996
Crazyreader9
Aug 01, 2023
Status: Completed
5 stars on the comedy. I look forward to each of the variety show episode. They made me laugh so hard. I also love the movie script Shang Lu acted in. Enjoyable to read that I can't stop to sleep or even eat. This is definitely the most funny novel I have ever read
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pastelbunnyyy
pastelbunnyy
Aug 31, 2024
Status: Completed
This story is just very dry, I don't know how else to say it. A nicely written story would be like a well-oiled machine, it doesn't have to run perfectly but it will flow (for example: there are stories that are filled with sooooo many plot holes but the flow of the writing is fun enough that you can turn your brain off & still enjoy it - this is NOT one of those novels for me 😅🤪). But in a way, there's a feeling of the author manually trying... more>> to make the machine work lol

The author managed to write a bunch of refreshing and interesting characters and an interesting plot (I personally would have watched the variety show they described)... and then got confused about the direction of *how* they were going to write this story. It tried to be so many things at so many times that it just frustrated me. <<less
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Jiiemm
Jiiemm
Aug 19, 2024
Status: Completed
Potentially a very interesting story, but the author seemed to lose her way halfway 😭😭 Really, I regret that this story seems to be too focused on variety shows that the romance is really very drained 🥲

truly the definition of a story with thin romance 😩

actually the author presents a very refreshing theme, a really consistent variety show and showbiz genre in the background. But the explanation of the world of the novel (?) is really strange, with the system part forgotten (?)

but the unfortunate thing is that the... more>> author really built a very refreshing character... The star of our variety show, the 6 quirky people, the villains who all received face slaps in epic ways, our ever-present and aura-filled ML ceo, and of course our FL.

Maybe for some people, FL's character must be really unlikable, but for me, it's like my favorite candy, she's beautiful, absurd, super OP, all-around, and of course kind and absurd 😂😂.

except for the very thin romance element towards the end, this novel is quite worthy and refreshing to enjoy <<less
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frostcrystal
frostcrystal
Jul 01, 2024
Status: --
It's very funny, very interesting and very face-slappy. Unfortunately it also has as many plot holes as a Reddit AITA post, so it's hard to feel invested.
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valeee
valeee
Jun 03, 2024
Status: Completed
Adorable story. I normally like reading “variety show” genre type of novels because they’re quite light-hearted and fun. It’s also just easy to read if you’re bored. However, this story gets long-winded and boring at the back. I also wish there was more retribution for the FL’s ex-fiancé but i’m happy with how everything turned out. I just don’t think the book needed to be that long because after the antagonists were defeated, a lot of chapters just seemed irrelevant. The romance was also really slow.

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I was also hoping for more regret on the FL father’s side because it seemed like until the end and even after his death, he did not think he did anything wrong.

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On the other hand, I absolutely loved the FL. The variety show aspect of the novel is just gold. Really cute and fun to read. <<less
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chocookie
chocookie
Feb 03, 2024
Status: Completed
If you want a heartwarming and good story without a lot of drama, this is for you!!

I really like the friendships between the characters, from hating each other into bestfriends! I really enjoyed their interactions and the humor from them loll. This is one of story that showcase a lot of side characters not just always focusing on main leads which I really likeee!

There is not much romance until the latter part of the story. The MC is really likeable and so do all her friends. I really sympathized with... more>> MC about her family and situations but she handled it greatly at the end. This is a bit emotional at early part and has been an enjoyable read! It's warming my heart and I laughed a lot, their friendship is truly the best and it's seldom to find that. <<less
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Lexandrine
Lexandrine
Dec 29, 2023
Status: c38 part1
This novel is so light-hearted you don't have to think too much. It's a fresh break from all those brain-taxing novels. Our FL doesn't want to get herself stressed either and all the other characters eventually see through her kindness and return it. Don't get me wrong there are still antagonists but every problem gets resolved anyway.

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The ML is also a supporting character lol but you can see his devotion when he's on the sideline. I love how he was loyal to her even when they were in high school.

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I love reading novels like this in my downtime.

EDIT: She's not TOO kind. Just enough. She returns all grievances and has a sharp tongue. <<less
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7456
7456
Oct 18, 2023
Status: c68.2
I kind of dislike how Shang Lu is always right and smart, how she doesn't look she's going to lose in variety shows and the like but outside of that? It's amazing. Her fleshing out turned out to be really nice, it sets her apart from many female characters I read before. She grew up! I also like the side characters as well as how healthy these romantic and platonic relationships are so far.

I am not going to lie, the background of our female protagonist and her brother is... more>> heavy but the movie script later touched on was heavier. <<less
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ate_gurl
ate_gurl
Sep 24, 2023
Status: c56
Addendum: meant to rate it at 3 not 4.

As much as I really enjoyed reading it as a lighthearted novel, I was soooooo bored by the repetitive comedy schticks that I just try to go to the next chapter without reading it just to finish the story. But I just cannot finish it. The pacing and the comedy in the first portion of the story is very good, a nice mix of comedy, little bit of drama and the plot moves. But oh boy I do not know what the... more>> hell happened right after
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she was free from the system

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that the plot pacing became snail-like. Not just the pacing, the chapters are just full of comedy fillers that if you can probably remove >10 chapters worth of fillers but the plot remains the same. My goodness, is it excruciating to read.

To be fair, the comedy is really funny and I was really entertained at first. However, if the novel is just full of comedy scenes and no plot progress, readers' are bound to be annoyed and get tired of the novel. I hate not finishing reading stories but I just gave up on this one because it no longer gives me joy while reading. Instead I was just annoyed.

I really love all the characters in here especially the MC. I also love the writing and the humor. The plot is very decent and you can distinguish unique (in context of modern CN novels) plot devices and elements in the story.

JUST PLEASE CUT THE FREAKING FILLERS!!! <<less
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rainnnnnn
rainnnnnn
Oct 09, 2024
Status: Completed
one of the best one I have ever read this whole time

story line is very good having being appropriate funny, sad, having relationship, great friendship, the process of growth of each characters is very good to watch

don't please don't hesitate if you want to try this one it's totally worth your time as well as your emotions 💕 ☺ 💕
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citygirl
citygirl
May 31, 2024
Status: Completed
I don't know why the novel had such high ratings, but it was just average for me. There were some parts that were funny, but it just got tedious after all. I didn't like how the author portrayed the FL so perfectly, like she could do nothing wrong. It was annoying after a while, reading how everyone was fawning over her.

There was one scene in particular that I just could not understand -

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When the variety team filmed in the village, Shang Lu and Ye Lu played games against a bunch of poor village children, and won all their candy. When some of the younger children cried, the stars' response was to cry louder and sit on the floor like spoiled children. Their rationale - if the children decide to play, they must be prepared to lose. So the children must be taught a lesson and the candy cannot be returned to them. While I understand and appreciate the lesson to be learned, I doubt if the children actually got the message. And the adult stars were just being big bullies. And despite all of this, everyone still thought that Shang Lu was amazing, charming, funny... Huh?

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Another occasion I had to suspend disbelief -

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The entire variety cast somehow ended up in the movie. There is no way in hell this could ever happen. A bunch of celebrities who do crazy things and are supposedly hilarious, being cast in a serious thriller? And all of them, with or without acting experience, somehow delivered perfect performances? Were perfectly suited for the roles? Give me a break! No sane investor would put money behind this.

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The only character I felt in the novel that was (fairly) believable and truly did no wrong, was the ML. Alas, he was, as the FL put it, a passerby in the novel.

All in, a solid 3, nothing more. <<less
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