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Honestly, I thought this story was really good at first! I especially liked the first arc a lot~ That arc fully explored the game mechanics and had a relatively slower pacing. But by the second and third arc the pacing completely turned around and became a bit of a mess. By the end of the third arc the progression was 75-85% “Telling vs Showing”, making the chapters a real slog to get through T.T Anyway, I’m holding onto hope that this will improve in the next arc? Hopefully 😭? I’ll come back to reread it when the translation is further along to find out! The story is pretty fun to read, so I’m hesitant to give up on it just yet.I’ll write a more detailed review when I do that, but the basic gist is that the MC and ML find themselves in a survival game setting where they are given tasks (i.e., killing barbarians). These tasks have to do with completing the main mission but they also give lots of bonuses when completed (i.e., dropped rewards, increase in physical attributes, etc.). The MC is not the ambitious type, he’s very careful! But he ends up paired with the ML, who is surprisingly hot-blooded (always eager to chase after gains and wins).