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I'm a librarian who loves anime, manga, and reading a wide variety of genres.
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How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, Vol. 1
Progress:
103/374 pages
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Progress:
424/470 minutes
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story
Progress:
184/184 pages
Parental Guidance
Progress:
40 %
An Offer From a Gentleman
Progress:
102/358 pages
The Twisted Ones
Progress:
385/385 pages
Educated
Progress:
315/730 minutes
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, Vol. 2
Progress:
24/171 pages
Graphic Medicine Manifesto
Progress:
26/172 pages
Ao Oni: Mutation
Progress:
30/152 pages
Reading progress update: I've read 115 out of 329 pages.
This has morphed into a black comedy.
After the battle earlier in the book, Tanya was assigned to be lead tester for a literal mad scientist's invention. All previous testers died on the job - although Tanya has desperately been trying to get reassigned, she's the only one who's ever been able to complete any tests using the new orb prototype, so she's pretty much stuck. Whatever safety features the orb has were implemented only after much complaining on her part. As far as the mad scientist was concerned, "safety features lacked functional elegance" (83).
And now
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