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    Kaiju No. 8 - Ch. 129 - The Disheveled Hero Makes His Return ...

    Well, this was a story that existed. I think I initially got into it through Supereyepatchwolf's recommendation when he complemented the use of an older main character chasing old dreams. And I got to say, that hardly came through, Kafta's age feels meaningless. You could have just as easily...
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    Nihonkoku Shoukan

    @Sternberg I will agree that worldbuilding is what's most important in a story like this. However, my issue is that there are no character through which to explore that worldbuilding, so it ends up feeling very shallow. The Japanese look pretty much unfazed by the fact they were teleported to...
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    Nihonkoku Shoukan

    Caught up with it in a couple of hours and so far it feels like a worse Gate in pretty much every way. The biggest criticism I think I can throw at it is that there are no characters. I honestly can't remember the names of any of the characters, it's just "the japanese diplomat", "the good...
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