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BL novels that would make Truck-kun shed tears (+ long reviews)

(Actively updated.) When I first started reading on NU, I wished that there was a rec list with long descriptions of the novels so I knew what I'm getting myself into instead of having to check the synopsis of each individual novel. Couldn't find any, so I created one. Here it is. Arranged from best > worst > boring reading experience.

Disclaimer; my "reviews" are my own personal, biased opinions. I'm terrible at being systematic & putting my thoughts into effective sentences, so 90% of the novel descriptions in here are just me rambling. I usually only drop & rate novels after I've read at least until c.35. Also, I like to change my ratings & reviews sporadically. Feel free to suggest more novels and/or argue with me.

[5/5] - Truck-kun would shed real man tears at these masterpieces.

Below [4.4/5] - Truck-kun would shed tears of a disappointed Asian parent.

[3/5] - Truck-kun would hit them (again), maybe then they'll transmigrate and become a better story. Replaceable at any time.

("|| STATUS: [ ]" is my reading status as of typing the novel's description.)

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Created: May 2nd, 2020, Updated: Apr 14th, 2024

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CN (4.3)

#76It’s Not Easy Being a Master

97 Chapters Every 100.1 Day(s) 9989 Readers 157 Reviews 04-11-2020

Completed Action Adventure Mature Mystery Romance Xianxia Yaoi

[4/5] TRANSMIGRATION / ANCIENT-TIMES / CULTIVATION || MC, Shen Zhixian, transmigrated over into the ruthless cannonfodder master who abused and severed his disciple, the protagonist's spiritual roots. Obviously, there was only one ending for this kind of scummy master; the protagonist turns to demonic arts and takes revenge on his former master, resulting in the latter's brutal torture and eventual death pierced by 9 long nails. MC has no choice but to try to hug the protagonist's thighs, but little did he know that it was a little too late to try to make amends -- the protagonist had been reborn.... more>>

Many people like to compare this to Scum Villain and I can see why. The author uses several similar plot points in the beginning; but other than that, the way the author uses those plot points and develops this novel makes it quite different from Scum Villain.

Transmigrator VS Reborn case. I love the premise, but I think the execution is a bit lacking. There is nothing particularly outstanding or noteworthy about MC, he's not dumb, but not smart either; he's funny, but not that funny, and I don't feel like he's particularly charming. He's stereotypically dense at first, Just a "meh" character overall, which is disappointing. In general, I don't really like it when transmigrated characters go a full 180 against their character settings and they tryhard at acting nice/hugging the protagonist's thighs. MC doesn't really go full 180, but it's close to that and so I wasn't really into the beginning segment where MC basically sells himself to the ML and tries to show that he's a good guy now.

I like that ML took a realistically long time to start believing and trusting MC. Though, I think that the transition from platonic to romantic love felt rushed. Of course, ML starts off paranoid and cautious of MC at first, and he saw everything that the MC did as suspicious. But MC continues to prove that he's now on ML's side and does things that the previous "original goods" would never do, which melts down ML's defenses bit by bit. More importantly, they seem to share a mysterious past together, and there seems to be a mystery surrounding MC's identity, the previous "original goods" and his transmigration.

I'm not sure what it is; maybe it's because I'm reading it at the wrong time? I feel like this novel's writing, although objectively decent, is quite draggy and boring. The only interesting part of this novel is its premise and set up -- basically the earlier interactions between MC and the reborn ML, who still didn't trust MC. After the point where ML began to trust and fall in love with MC, however, everything became dull and longwinded. I don't feel the chemistry between MC and ML; I feel like there is little to no suspense in the build-up of MC-ML's romance; the different plot arcs surrounding the two's supposed "romance" weren't all that interesting or fun either; and there aren't any particularly good/interesting side characters to keep me going -- which makes me feel that reading any more would be pointless. A decent but forgettable read.

|| STATUS: c. 40 <<less

CN (4.4)

#77The Villain’s White Lotus Halo

90 Chapters Every 51.5 Day(s) 9621 Readers 54 Reviews 05-25-2022

Adventure Comedy Romance Shounen Ai Xianxia

[OLD] [4/5] TRANSMIGRATION / CULTIVATION|| MC, now named Yin Bi Yue, is a transmigrator who wants to be a villain! Not just a minor cannonfodder whose job is just to be a stepping stone for the protagonist, no! MC wants to be the big BOSS of the world, with many complex sides to his character and hidden depths; a worthy opponent of the protagonist! However, all his roles so far have just been simple-minded, low-IQ cannonfodders with few lines and died early. Hence, he went to buy himself a 'Fiend Halo' to make himself the biggest BOSS villain!... more>>

CN (4.2)

#78I Ran Away after I was Forced into a Love Polygon

113 Chapters Every 83.3 Day(s) 4148 Readers 78 Reviews 12-20-2020

Completed Comedy Drama Romance Shounen Ai Supernatural

[3.5/5] TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING / MODERN || MC, Du You, transmigrated into a bossy CEO gong character. Later, MC finds out that his new world was actually just one of many arcs in a QT novel. At the end of it, MC was supposed to "merge" with the other worlds' gongs into One True Gong™ and have a 1v1 happy ending with the shou.... more>>

CN (4)

#79The Path of the Cannon Fodder’s Counterattack

69 Chapters Every 136.4 Day(s) 10639 Readers 179 Reviews 02-22-2021

Completed Adult Comedy Drama Fantasy Historical Mature Romance Yaoi

[3.5/5] REBIRTH / TRANSMIGRATION / ANCIENT-TIMES || MC, Ling Xiao, had transmigrated over to the ancient times with the girl he was in love with. As a good friend-zoned wingman, he helped her in everything she did and tried his best to support her, even helping her hook up with her new love interest. Yet, despite all the sacrifices he'd done for her, in the end, she still didn't hesitate to betray and kill him when she deemed him useless. However, it wasn't the end for him. When he woke up, he found that he had gone back to the time before she had ruined his life.... more>>

Crush: “Didn’t you say that you liked me? Then go die for me!”

Reborn MC: Heh. Try saying that again, I dare you.

MC becomes a eunuch here, but fortunately for him, he manages to barely avoid getting castrated. Quoting dysry's review; "With a doormat personality, the MC originally died after the girl he loved ran out of use for him. Reborn and just as eager to serve, he redirects his doormat skills towards the ML instead." That basically sums up my thoughts about the MC. He starts off alright - I made the grave mistake of thinking that he was going to become a smart MC - but he's just downright annoying in the third half of the novel.

ML is the emperor; a cold, manipulative and callous guy. Honestly, I was really into their interactions at the start. In MC's past life, he used to stalk/spy on the ML and gather all sorts of information about him in order to help his crush. Now, he's using the information to help himself and I just love the sheer irony of it all. That's literally all I "like" about their "relationship". ML has way too much power in this relationship and, while I'm not usually the type to care about power dynamics, he forces MC, robs him of his choices, and literally drug-rapes him at some point. Of course, all this go without consequence because MC gets Stockholm Syndrome and falls "in love" with ML in the ending anyway.

Their interactions most of the time are downright painful to read for me. Sometimes it's due to secondhand embarrassment, others because of MC's constant visible fear of the ML and him acting like a moron in front of ML and the rest is just generally me being disappointed. They have 0 chemistry, ML is a manipulative, abusive borderline psychopathic a**hole, and MC is a subservient character with the personality of a doormat who would let ML walk all over him and abuse him over and over. Even in the ending, where MC seems to be more relaxed with the ML, MC is still terrified of him. Who could blame MC though? As I've said before, the power in their relationship is very tilted towards ML. One wrong word from MC and ML can easily just get rid of him at the lift of a finger.

|| STATUS: completed <<less

CN (4)

#80The Rebirth Waste Strikes Back

217 Chapters Every 23.9 Day(s) 6910 Readers 74 Reviews 11-12-2023

Comedy Fantasy Xuanhuan Yaoi

[OLD] [3/5] TRANSMIGRATION / ANCIENT TIMES / HIDDEN IDENTITY || MC, Qi Shaorong, was a plastic surgeon in his last life and continues to be one after transmigrating (...how does the technology work though, isn't he in ancient times?). He is now transmigrated into a cannon-fodder, who is actually a powerful mage that got mistaken as a magical waste. Pretending to be a magical waste in front of his family, then living as a rich and powerful plastic surgeon in his own time - his life is really chaotic but interesting.... more>>

CN (4.1)

#81Flying Ash

62 Chapters Every 50.9 Day(s) 2646 Readers 52 Reviews 04-24-2022

Completed Drama Psychological Romance Yaoi

[3/5] TRANSMIGRATION / HIDDEN IDENTITY / MODERN-DAY || MC, Yi Hui, had died and woke up in a stranger’s body, who shares a similar name, hobby and face as him, but lives a completely different life than his. A warm loving family, supportive neighbors, lively friends, an average but cozy home, and most importantly; a chance for happiness. Everything he never had in his past life. Perhaps with this body, he could have that chance at happiness too.... more>>

Abusive novel alert. Victim (MC) ends up together with his abuser (ML). ML is an awful, delusional, manipulative, selfish piece of shit. I don't know if it was the translator's choice or if it was really like this from the original raws, but ML really just rubbed me the wrong way every time he addressed MC as 'little fool'. Actually, everything that scumbag does ticks me off, but this one in particular. Like, is it meant to be endearing and cute? Cause it's really not. It's creepy as hell and sounds derogatory. It's so disgusting that I can't stand to read ML's POV paragraphs.

Artistically talented MC. He had a mental disability in his original life, though he no longer has it after transmigrating. After his death, MC tries his best to live a good life; to forget about the past, especially ML, and move on to new, better things. I love seeing his progress to happiness. If only ML wasn’t here to ruin it all. Sigh. I wish MC would actually go fall in love with a better man, but I know that won’t happen in this novel.

Celebrity actor ML. Wilful, arrogant, manipulative, possessive a**hole. He was forced to marry MC due to a marriage contract between their two families. ML starts off as an awful, abusive scumbag. MC wholeheartedly and sincerely loved him, but ML was off pining after another guy and treated MC like dirt under his feet. Only when he finds out about MC’s death does he realize how much MC actually means to him, and how much he had hurt/wronged MC in the past.

I really wanted to beat this as*hole up. The audacity of this man astounds me. He’s so deep in denial, it’s almost funny. It was fun watching him suffer, even more when he started losing his mind to grief and regret. And then the fun turned to me yelling at him in anger every few paragraphs again. Sigh. Reading these kinds of abusive novels makes me feel like I aged a few years out of anger.

Side characters are...okay, except for ML’s little gang of hooligans, aka walking stereotypical bullies. The tsundere little sister is also literally a walking plot device. The author uses her to propel the plot forward all the time.

|| STATUS: c.40 <<less

CN (4.3)

#82The Legendary Master’s Wife

733 Chapters Every 125.5 Day(s) 18317 Readers 380 Reviews 03-27-2019

Completed Action Adult Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Mature Romance Xuanhuan Yaoi

[OLD] [3/5] TRANSMIGRATION / ANCIENT TIMES / CULTIVATION || MC is naive but super hardworking~ He transmigrated into a green level mage (basically, an average ability mage) but because of his transmigration, he has a golden finger cheat of being able to access his own alternate dimension. he makes leaps of progress from there. the ML is a mysterious spirit?? guy?? creature?? who possesses/takes over the body of a well-known Elder Brother from the Warrior division. our MC, with his MC luck, manages to accidentally notice that the ML has possessed the Elder Brother. Thus, ML starts to stick to MC and pester him,, and eat MC's magic pills. XD not gonna lie I found... more>>

CN (4.1)

#83Every Day the Protagonist Wants to Capture Me

91 Chapters Every 115.3 Day(s) 16841 Readers 142 Reviews 09-29-2020

Completed Action Comedy Fantasy Romance Xianxia Yaoi

[OLD] [3/5] TRANSMIGRATION / ANCIENT-TIMES / CULTIVATION || MC, Chu Yu, transmigrated into a cannonfodder villain character in a book, who has the same name as him. As the new Chu Yu, he has to lead the protagonist to glory and fix up the plot holes in the story. During every interaction with the protagonist (aka ML), there will be live commenters who will give Chu Yu either a negative or positive comment. The more negative comments he has, the more his "life-meter" decreases. ... more>>

CN (4.3)

#84The Big Landlord

247 Chapters Every 14.6 Day(s) 9319 Readers 48 Reviews 05-06-2024

Adult Fantasy Historical Mature Romance Smut Yaoi

[3/5] TRANSMIGRATION / ANCIENT-TIMES || MC transmigrated into the body of a pampered, lazy, obese young master named An ZiRan. Just as he settled into his fatty body, the original An ZiRan's parents died and now almost all his relatives are eyeing for his position as the head of the An family. To protect himself from these cannon-fodders, MC needed to find a good backer and hug their thighs. Fortunately, MC finds out that his younger sister is supposed to be married to the prince of the royal family (aka ML). "Unfortunately", his younger sister ran away from home, and now...... more>>

CN (4.2)

#85Who Touched My Tail!

211 Chapters Every 119.2 Day(s) 9621 Readers 128 Reviews 06-27-2019

Completed Adventure Comedy Fantasy Historical Romance Xianxia Yaoi

[OLD] [3/5] QUICK TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING || clever, cunning MC. he's kinda OP? || ML is super cute haha, they're cute in general. I didn't see any major issues in this novel really?? the arcs are satisfying so far. this isn't really a 'WOW' read but it's definitely not a boring one either. ... more>>

CN (4.1)

#86The Target Always Thinks That I Like Him!

179 Chapters Every 45.9 Day(s) 8061 Readers 59 Reviews 12-25-2023

Comedy Fantasy Romance Sci-fi Yaoi

[OLD] [3/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION || MC, Xiang Han, signed up to work as a beta tester for a game that involved him transmigrating into different worlds. MC will transmigrate into scummy characters and start off with a lot of animosities with his mission target. His task is to make sure his mission target (aka ML) gets love, does not end up forever alone, and save him from dying! Of course, being an innocent little virg*n "straight" man, he didn't expect for ML to fall in love with him instead of the protagonist/main shou despite the misunderstandings & supposed-to-be "enemy relationship" between MC and ML. || MC is naive, not OP, and not the brightest bulb in... more>>

CN (4.1)

#87Cannon Fodder Counterattack System

146 Chapters Every 18 Day(s) 6436 Readers 30 Reviews 01-13-2024

Action Fantasy Romance Sci-fi Supernatural Yaoi

[OLD]) [3/5] QUICK TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING || MC is smart, cunning and OP~ || ML is the same throughout the arcs and is really adorable. oh, he has a case of split personality disorder. I don't know why that's a thing but I found it super cute for some reason || arcs so far are pretty good~ ... more>>

CN (3.9)

#88Rebirth of the Supreme Celestial Being

783 Chapters Every 59.2 Day(s) 8886 Readers 87 Reviews 10-23-2023

Completed Adventure Romance Shounen Ai Xianxia

[OLD] [3/5] REBIRTH / CULTIVATION / ANCIENT-TIMES|| MC is the gong (I'm pretty sure) and he's cunning, super caring towards the ML~ MC is a cultivation waste and ML cannot cultivate anything except for demonic cultivation. in MC's previous life, he's insecure asf and abused + betrayed the ML who was innocent and only cared for him. thus, he regrets it and decides to live his reborn life dedicated to the ML~ the side CP's story is really interesting too. || I really like how MC pampers the shou ML lololol but maybe that's just me. To be honest, I do feel like the story's pace is painfully slow. Feel free to read it and... more>>

CN (4.3)

#89I Have Medicine

1 Chapters Every 2290 Day(s) 7449 Readers 88 Reviews 01-30-2018

Action Adult Adventure Mature Romance Shounen Ai Xianxia

[OLD] [3/5] TRANSMIGRATION / CULTIVATION / ANCIENT-TIMES || MC, Gu Zuo, died in a traffic accident and suddenly transmigrated into an ancient cultivation world with the Medicine Refining SYSTEM. His task? Simple; either become the world's greatest pharmacist or be obliterated by the SYSTEM.... more>>

CN (4.4)

#90The Strategy of Washing Clean a Slag Shou

52 Chapters Every 113.6 Day(s) 5771 Readers 34 Reviews 02-15-2022

Drama Fantasy Psychological Romance Yaoi

[OLD] [3/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION || MC, Su Yang, was bound to a ‘Slag Shou Redemption System’. As the name suggests, his job is to wash the original host's reputation clean.... more>>

CN (4.3)

#91I’ve Led the Villain Astray, How Do I Fix It?

477 Chapters Every 7.9 Day(s) 11172 Readers 69 Reviews 04-11-2024

Action Adventure Comedy Romance Shounen Ai Xuanhuan

[OLD] [3/5] TRANSMIGRATION/ANCIENT TIMES/CULTIVATION || classic "Transmigration VS Rebirth" case, where MC is the transmigrated person and ML is the rebirthed one. MC is naive & protective over the abused ML. it's actually my first time reading about an MC who is transmigrated into the body of a low-IQ gong male lead. ML himself is a cannon-fodder big boss for the "protagonist" of the novel. MC & ML are half-brothers....I'm pretty sure...so...make your own judgements I guess. in my opinion, this novel started off strong but I got bored...because it started to become a stereotypical "yandere, super obsessive ML" pining an "innocent, super dense, naive MC". this book is slightly better though because there's actual... more>>

CN (3.9)

#92It’s Actually Not Easy Wanting to be a Supporting Male Lead

204 Chapters Every 105 Day(s) 10793 Readers 125 Reviews 01-29-2020

Completed Adult Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Historical Romance Tragedy Yaoi

[OLD] [3/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING || *sigh* I kinda hate this but I have to put this novel in because it has a special place in my heart (my first quick-transmigration novel...) MC is dense as all hell, and he has this heartthrob halo that makes literally everyone love him. it's super funny to see the reactions, but it gets kind of repetitive at the end. || ML is another transmigrator who follows MC through all the worlds. super possessive, yandere kind of, and forces the MC in a lot of uncomfortable situations. he basically grooms the MC I guess, and he's always messing up MC's tasks and all that. seriously, I hate this guy.... more>>

CN (4.2)

#93BOSS Transmigrates as a Little Cutie

206 Chapters Every 24.5 Day(s) 8115 Readers 97 Reviews 06-21-2023

Completed Action Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Martial Arts Yaoi

[OLD] [3/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING / CULTIVATION || MC, Wenyan Qingyun, was a villain who just couldn't die no matter how hard the protagonists try to take him down. When 99 protagonists had died in his hands, the heavens decided to completely erase MC, who refused to be controlled. MC's soul ended up transmigrating (reincarnating?) to a smaller world in order to escape.... more>>

CN (3.9)

#94Cannon Fodder Cheat System

251 Chapters Every 35 Day(s) 9906 Readers 136 Reviews 01-25-2023

Completed Action Adult Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Mature Mecha Romance Xuanhuan Yaoi

[OLD] [3/5] QUICK TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING || clever, cunning MC. OP as hecc. || ML is definitely the guy waiting for MC once he finishes all his tasks. I don't really know what's up with them at the time of making this list. || oh damn I really love the arcs tho,, they're satisfying in my opinion. MC has to become cannon fodder and fix the CF's life, you know, the usual. ... more>>

CN (4.1)

#95The Perfect Destiny

160 Chapters Every 96.7 Day(s) 9844 Readers 185 Reviews 07-18-2020

Completed Adult Comedy Drama Fantasy Mature Smut Tragedy Yaoi

[OLD] [3/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION || MC, Chen Liguo, is a transmigrator whose task is to help people change their destiny in order for MC to return to his original world. While the first two worlds were alright, something...um...went wrong in the third world.... more>>

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XVA· Jun 21, 2020 11:16 AM
Your reviews are really good - for the books I've read, I could totally relate to what you had written about them. This list is very helpful, thank you! ＼(≧▽≦)／
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- segitree· Author · Jun 25, 2020 12:45 AM
  That's good to know! ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ If you ever have different opinions about a book in here, please tell me! Would love to have a good discussion on it <3
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RARARERE· Jul 29, 2021 06:09 PM
You have some really good novels listed here with such good reviews. I recently read Erha and your review perfectly summarizes my feelings — “I thought I could never forgive him for the awful things he did to ML. As the story went on, I found out more about his past and the REAL reason behind his attitude, I sympathised and cried for him. I could feel his regret, his hatred for himself, his confusion, his insecurity, and most importantly, his sincerity for the ML. I can't say that I forgive him but I can't say that I hate him either. It's a complicated feeling, to say the least.” — this is exactly how I felt.
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- segitree· Author · Sep 18, 2021 01:26 AM
  Erha is really a whole package of emotions haha. Nice to see that we have the same feelings about it!
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Thynameisselfsabotage· Apr 29, 2024 10:44 PM
I need help finding a bl novel, I forgot the title but it's an entertainment industry based light hearted novel where fans thinks that mc and ml are dating/married due to them coincidentally wearing same rings and clothes in public when in reality they don't even know each other.
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Sakura Natsume· Feb 25, 2024 01:46 PM
You literally read my heart with this list, you’ve got ALL my favs and I’m so excited to read the rest! ☺️✨
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ria.green· Jan 21, 2024 04:01 AM
Wow, this is the list with the most detailed reviews I've seen so far. Thanks for your hard work, this was helpful in deciding whether or not to read some novels I've seen but never wanted to commit to.
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Deaslim· Jun 4, 2023 07:21 PM
Oh i want to recommend 'My Favorite Manly Husband' to you for a hardworking mc and fluffy cp!
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Sevenice· Jun 13, 2020 08:13 AM
Wah! Thank you for this list, now I don't need to search anymore, it's a pity I didn't see this a bit earlier.
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- segitree· Author · Jun 15, 2020 04:18 AM
  No problem! I hope my list is helpful <3
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RaiLi· Jul 4, 2022 06:19 AM
altho I see you have dropped it by your review, don't mind if I ask if you have reread "Mistakenly Saving the Villain" again? Its pretty tiring to get the password from the website right now but I do recommend it a lot. I discovered it from this list and was attracted to it. I completed it and the rating is not a lie since its actually really good. The world building and the plot logic was splendidly written well and the hints around the mystery and the plot twist which was slowly revealed by the author in the end was amazing. I wanted to recommend it to you cause its one of my favorite novels, and I wanted to hear you're thoughts and reviews..? But if you have already completely read it, then I wanna hear what you think of??? Thank You!!!╰(*´︶`*)╯
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- segitree· Author · Jul 5, 2022 05:40 PM
  ohhh! well if it's really as good as you say, then I don't mind trying to re-read it again! I guess I've judged it too quickly.
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Amatullah· May 25, 2020 07:13 PM
Correction, in Rebirth of the Silkish Wolfpants they arent biological brothers, MC's dad was only taking care of him because the ML was born out of wedlock and his dad's family didnt want him
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- segitree· Author · May 27, 2020 08:14 PM
  Ohh I see! Thanks, I'll change it.
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