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This novel is so f*cking good. I think it would make a great anime, too.A story told in a non-linear fashion, organized by specific topics. The details from each story come together to form a whole. Sometimes non-linear stories are done in a boring way, or in a way that makes you think "was this style necessary? It would have been better if it was just told normally" but this novel does it really well.I like the MC a lot. He's got a great personality that's serious without being pretentious, but also he's secretly a little sh*t who loves harassing his friends for fun. I like the seemingly mundane subjects that he gets fixated on - one of the "tales" he tells is of his insatiable thirst for webnovels and how he forces attempts to persuade writers to keep writing them so he doesn't get bored. In more than one story he manipulates a group of communist fairies so they work for him like s*aves, and he even shamelessly drops the famous quote from Animal Farm "Everyone is equal, but some people are more equal than others." He's subtly hilarious all the time and I love him.5/5 for plot, characterization, and storytelling style. It doesn't focus much on the action or day-today minutia of a Hunter/Gate world, so even if you aren't normally interested in this setting you should try it.
