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PDanac
PDanacLv45mth
2024-11-21 14:04

Well, for me the pacing is too fast. He becomes martial artist in 6 days of training and makes another breakthrough in 10 days. It's a bit fast for me.

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Iseeyou
IseeyouLv15

I mean it seems fast at first but it slows down later on

PDanac
PDanacLv4

yeah.. it's actually nice later on..

PDanac
PDanacLv4

Update at chapter 95: Everything is good except chapter 81. That sucked.

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