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As of chapter 5, there are basically two issues I have with the story.One is the comedic (?) style of going "Hey, something interesting is happening but I'll just ignore it and go do something boring instead!" that I've seen in a number of Japanese novels. This on top of the main character also being unlikeable causes a lot of disappointment that potential fun and good characters will just end up background decoration.The second is that, while otherwise fun and interesting, Mary's verbal tic of starting every line with "This is Mary" is... it worked in the urban legend because each was a separate phone call, y'know? You're not supposed to say that more than once in the same conversation unless you hang up and call back... It got annoying pretty fast.