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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot9d
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    As someone who read the RAWs on Qidian, I can sincerely recommend it. Unfortunately, while the first and middle parts are great, the author fails to wrap up all the plots and foreshadowing into something that would satisfy the reader. Personally, I thought that conquering the Wast Empire was just one step in the journey for the main character to become the ruler of all humanity. I wished for more territory management, more army building, etc., but the author decided to pretty much end the story at that moment. 8-8.5/10

    King
    Fantasy · New Sea Moon
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot27d
    Posted

    As someone whose favorite activity in games is build experimentation, I really like the theorycrafting in this novel. It feels like making some insane build in Path of Exile. While this part of the novel is great, there are some things that could be written better. Because the story is split into different "Legions," I completely stopped caring about the characters from Legion 2 when the author brought them back in later volumes. I'm also not a fan of switching the POV to "higher beings" just to shed light on their "grand plan." We readers should piece together that plan along with the MC instead. While this happens only at the beginning/ending of a volume, it's still annoying. The novel could probably be much more popular if not for the first 50 chapters, which discourage spending coins or fast passes on more chapters. My favorite idea in the whole novel is that you are rewarded for breaking the "rules." It also fits perfectly with the theme of the MC gaining power through his own actions and not by some stupid system or poorly written cheat.

    GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?
    Fantasy · DMadLord
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot3mth
    Replied to TheWorthyOne

    ptwxz has up to date raws

    Ch 419 Chapter 1281-1282 (8.5k+ words)
    My longevity simulation
    Eastern · The_peanut_gallary
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot3mth
    Commented

    IMO, it's probably the least interesting Legion story till now. The only parts that are genuinely good are the bits with world-building from the perspective of top-tier faction and power system theory-crafting. The rest is just too similar to Soverick's story to be entertaining.

    Ch 1255 Immunity Vs Defense.
    GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?
    Fantasy · DMadLord
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Commented

    Every time Legion is bickering with himself, all I see is that Spider-Man meme.

    Ch 1244 All-rounder.
    GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?
    Fantasy · DMadLord
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Posted

    No matter how well written, it's still heretical scripture at its core. I've never seen someone so disrespectful to the teachings of the Omnissiah, stating that crude biomass is superior to holy steel.

    Cyberpunk - The Fall of Icarus
    Anime & Comics · amattsu
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Commented

    I hope he will not end up without implants/cyberware. It's the most important element of the cyberpunk universe after all.

    Ch 16 Chapter 8 (Part 1)
    Cyberpunk - The Fall of Icarus
    Anime & Comics · amattsu
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Replied to Jhunior_ll

    I'll surely finish it. I'm on board from the fire truck and chippin' in. The novel's got some problems, but it has a soul that makes spending time worth it.

    "Well, although I think you can already imagine what it's due to..... and what a headache it can become and especially will be when sooner or later he finds out about that silly name.....Ahmmm. Sora, your son is stubborn, shameless and even annoying...but without a doubt he is special, being a joking and loving child that influences the people around him in one way or another without him realizing it, Sora has really changed Aoi and me..... Hanako, you should feel proud of your son.... I just want to thank you for choosing me and Aoi to raise and be Sora's grandparents" Musashi said sincerely, catching Hanako off guard.
    Cyberpunk: Arasaka Secret Son
    Anime & Comics · Jhunior_ll
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Commented

    Ugh... How many times I've heard that already... Being stubborn and acting like a clown 24/7 does not make you special. Same thing with capabilities of MC's body. Guys act like MC got some primordial chaos physique and don't realize anyone could do the same with all this tech he got.

    "Well, although I think you can already imagine what it's due to..... and what a headache it can become and especially will be when sooner or later he finds out about that silly name.....Ahmmm. Sora, your son is stubborn, shameless and even annoying...but without a doubt he is special, being a joking and loving child that influences the people around him in one way or another without him realizing it, Sora has really changed Aoi and me..... Hanako, you should feel proud of your son.... I just want to thank you for choosing me and Aoi to raise and be Sora's grandparents" Musashi said sincerely, catching Hanako off guard.
    Cyberpunk: Arasaka Secret Son
    Anime & Comics · Jhunior_ll
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Commented

    They seem pretty weak... Or it could be that the MC is made too OP. He should be no different from a toddler to those two guys. It's not like Takemura in the game when he got all his cyberware turned off. Considering they acted as Arasaka family bodyguards, they should be decked out in top-tier stuff to be at least bulletproof.

    What Sora didn't know was that Musahi and Hiroyuki, could be considered as 2 of the 10 strongest Humans of the time and Sora did the right thing in taking advantage and valuing the time with the two.
    Cyberpunk: Arasaka Secret Son
    Anime & Comics · Jhunior_ll
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Commented

    Imo too much martial arts too little cyberpunk. Melee combat is wholly based on speed and reaction time and with the addition of cyberware it's even more so. There is no point in a swordfight with someone that has Sandevistan if you have none. Instead of fancy sword moves and gun-fu, they should teach him when to fight and when to flee. And those nanobots are extremely annoying because they trivialize the core of the cyberpunk universe - cyberware. Even if he has to get the "schematics" bots need for construction he can just ask his mom, as for her, those things are as cheap as dirt.

    Ch 57 Final Exams
    Cyberpunk: Arasaka Secret Son
    Anime & Comics · Jhunior_ll
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Commented

    I knew that with the introduction of a completely unnecessary AI "arc," we would get cringy scenes like that with Cortana, but still, it's so hard to read...

    When Sora stared at the Qpc angrily, as if he knew he was being recorded..... Cortana felt it..... she felt for the first time the feeling she couldn't identify... she felt afraid of that look.... no better said of what was behind that look..... when Sora´s eyes lit up for an instant..... an instant, a warning..... `We don't like what you're doing' that phrase appeared inside Cortana's internal code without her noticing or realizing it.... like a warning to her, of what was inside what Cortana thought was just a human, but now.... She.... wasn't sure.
    Cyberpunk: Arasaka Secret Son
    Anime & Comics · Jhunior_ll
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Commented

    Ugh... so many unnecessary explanations...

    The truth is I was kind of resentful with Sora and the bike didn't look so bad, feeling like riding it myself, but for all the things I didn't know about him and for the throwing myself off the rope I had made to escape from home.... Bastard I'm not going to forget to give it back to you... I was kind of resentful towards Sora.
    Cyberpunk: Arasaka Secret Son
    Anime & Comics · Jhunior_ll
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Posted

    Unfortunately, I need to take a break after 40 chapters. The writing style is tedious to read, with too much explanations and focus on unimportant stuff. Character design is okay, but the MC ended up extremely unlikable to the point where I completely stopped caring about what's happening to him. As the story progresses, it started to feel more and more like some shonen anime with flashy abilities and not like the dystopian hell that cyberpunk is supposed to be. Songs can be hit or miss; when it hits, it's awesome, but when it misses, it just adds to the tediousness. I can see it's a newbie's work with lots of experimentation so I'll try to keep going and hopefully, the story will get better.

    Cyberpunk: Arasaka Secret Son
    Anime & Comics · Jhunior_ll
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Commented

    I'm not a fan of those constant POV changes. I mean, some are okay, but replaying the same events from both MC and Judy's POV is unnecessary and tedious to read. You can just insert glimpses into Judy's thoughts or convey them through dialogue. Another thing that doesn't help is characters thinking in 'exposition mode,' explaining their every action.

    Ch 28 Kuraudo
    Cyberpunk: Arasaka Secret Son
    Anime & Comics · Jhunior_ll
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Commented

    Kid probably got built-in Sandevistan. It's a babysitting nightmare, one moment you blink and the next, the kid is already gone. But considering Night City, a baby in diapers running around at Mach 1 is not the weirdest thing.

    Ch 5 Sora
    Cyberpunk: Arasaka Secret Son
    Anime & Comics · Jhunior_ll
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Commented

    That's a bit too much. It was enough that MC is Hanako's son. Throwing in Silverhand is too much of a coincidence to be believable. Silverhand wouldn't even care about her in the first place, he would just treat her as an excuse to kill some Maelstrom guys and then leave. Even choosing Morgan Blackhand would be much more believable

    Ch 3 Hanako
    Cyberpunk: Arasaka Secret Son
    Anime & Comics · Jhunior_ll
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Commented

    Does the divine ability of a Supreme Beast cover only divine abilities, or is there a possibility of getting sin abilities of demons?

    Ch 1186 Taking Advantage Of The Situation.
    GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?
    Fantasy · DMadLord
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot4mth
    Commented

    Will he cannibalize the whole Supreme Alliance? I mean, after becoming a Supreme Beast, is it still viable to eat other Supreme Beasts and evolve again, just like with the original Shapiro?

    Ch 1186 Taking Advantage Of The Situation.
    GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?
    Fantasy · DMadLord
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  • Iskarriot
    Iskarriot5mth
    Replied to DMadLord

    Yeah, there are a lot of insect based demons, Lord of Flies Beelzebub for example. Imo the mantis is my personal favorite as inspiration for a demon. Their 'face' is just too unnerving.

    He is not the only one in this situation. All the hatchlings were placed in incubators in a sealed room that contained thousands of them. They are all white and soft like worms. It is the only side effect of using the Mother plant to reproduce instead of a natural egg. 
    GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?
    Fantasy · DMadLord
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