Honestly, it felt like the author wrote a self insert story after only seeing part of the series of the movie worlds he wrote about. The story overall isn't trash as self inserts go, and I have absolutely read worse. Had I read this prior to seeing the movies (series) referenced, I may have had a better appreciation for it. However, I have seen all of them.
Next, I gotta point out during one "arc," the Chinese, anti Japanese bias, was very strong, taking away from the story. Not to mention the constant Chinese way of doing things that's not congruent with an American character who'd never have had a chance to learn a lot of those things.
The most difficult part of the story, for me, is the constant misunderstanding of the characters and the world's they exist in. Misspelled names, incorrect names, ridiculous prices for things, a general lack of understanding for distance in an area you're writing about, how money works..... issues that a quick Google (or Baidu) search could have corrected. Next, it is going to be the issue with translation, as I assume this story was originally written in Chinese than thrown into google Translate and then pasted on here. The reason I say that is that the only other way I can see a story having as many of these issues as it does is if it were written by an ai.
Having said all of that, the premise is pretty good. If the author were to sit down, rewatch those movies, and get a proofreader/editor/transcription person that understands why characters act a specific way in a movie, the story could be much better. Preferably, someone who understands that changing specific things in a given world will change the overall actions of characters, better.
