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Genuinely one of the best novels I've ever read. Don't let its low score fool you, this is a true gem.I'm sure you've already read the other reviews for this so I won't be going into that stuff, but I would like to expand on one of the aspects I find the best in this book and the main reason why I keep on reading: the emotional weight the story has. Now, I'm going to preface this by saying the emotional weight at times can be a bit hit or miss, but it's never negative just kind of "holy god that's good" or "eh". But, if you understand the weight of these words I'm about to say then I implore you to read it: when it comes to the story of the pieces that you actually interact with, the emotional storytelling jumps to SSS-Class Sui**de/Revival Hunter levels of emotion. If you haven't read it, think of it like Omniscient Reader levels of emotion with the train or demon king. Of course, that's mostly for the pieces that you actually meet in the story and interact with, as for the other pieces, well you just kind of see their backstories. You do actually see the importance of those characters due to the things they left behind, it's just that it's less emotional due to the story not actually interacting with them face to face.Even without the emotional aspect the story still has a lot of merits outside of it, because in general its storytelling and writing is really good. The pacing is some of the best I've ever seen, and the story just keeps on getting more and more interesting as time goes on, with more things being interconnected leaving you wondering what is next. Some of the characters also get incredible development, although the people outside of the mc's companions don't really get much development in person, it's more behind the scenes. Even so, I can't wait to read more!