A Single Chapter: 100K-Word Summary and QQ Group

First of all, thank you to everyone who's been keeping up with the story, guys. w

My work night shifts are coming up soon, so things haven't been easy lately, hhh.

At 100,000 words, with no boosting or bought votes, the favorites count is pretty low. But there are still some active readers following along, so that's given me a little confidence, I guess. (Mainly because competition in light novels is seriously fierce, orz.)

I've summed up the current issues and responded to some readers.

Yep, I read every comment! And thanks to everyone who's messaged me privately.

First off, while there aren't any huge deal-breakers, there are still a few minor issues due to my writing ability, judging by what readers have found off-putting, orz.

I think I mentioned this before: originally, the protagonist's transformation in the first volume wasn't meant to be completed so hastily. In fact, more than three or four people have brought up this issue already.

The original outline was set for 100,000 words! Ruksinth was also supposed to have many chapters showing her unique outlook on life and laying down several later foreshadowing points.

But because I rushed into publishing and wasn't prepared enough, the pace sped up quite a bit. That led to what readers currently see as the biggest issue: the Marvel storyline was so concise, but once we got to the Naruto arc, it started dragging. There were lots of battle scenes, yet hardly any familiar characters!

This is a serious problem. One reader who'd been voting with recommendation tickets even told me, "I'll come back and vote after you finish Naruto!"

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but it also showed the problem. There were too few familiar people in World War II—do you have to check Baidu Baike just to read a novel? I'm out!

For that, Haku would like to apologize.

Now I finally understand why so many authors like writing the Third Shinobi World War and World War I, orz.

As for the protagonist's transformation, I've already talked about that before.

After saying all this, I've decided to take some people's advice and keep speeding up the pacing. I'd originally planned for the protagonist to travel during the downtime after this battle, so I deleted five or six saved chapters and rewrote them!

Maybe some people think the previous pacing was fine too. You can't please everyone, but I respect readers willing to give feedback. Thank you all so much, truly, for your support.

I definitely don't have time to heavily revise the earlier parts, so I'll just make the later parts better and better.

After all, I've probably improved at least a little, right? Hhh!

Thanks to the few friends who've kept voting for me.

Even I forget to vote sometimes, and I don't have the habit of giving recommendation tickets. Those votes up to now... they're seriously a huge source of motivation for me!

I have to complain a little here. I didn't get the recommendation slot, and I don't know whether there's any hope for next week's. From what I can tell, I need at least a thousand favorites to qualify. (It's too hard!)

I even saw a, uh, fanfic—one almost exactly like the one above. (I don't know whether it was by the same author or if it was plagiarism.) Orz. It had tens of thousands of recommendation tickets and thousands of favorites. The comments were full of people being amazed. An author friend recommended it to me, along with, "Look, they have recommendations!"

They were frantically hinting that I should use Taobao. I agonized over it for a long time, but I still didn't dare, orz.

This is my first book, so I'll treat it as practice, I guess. I'll write for love! Let's grow together! There's no need to do that!

I deeply apologize for the few minor toxic points. Also, I'm taking another reader's suggestion and making a group. If you think something is too bad in the future, please make sure to tell me before you leave!

Thank you! Bow! If it's too much trouble, you can also message me privately.

There's no deeper meaning behind it. It's just because I want to improve! Writing novels is hard, but it's really damn interesting!!!

And then there's Jiraiya. Honestly, young Jiraiya's personality really did come off a little out of character. Mainly because I kept picturing what he would become later on.

There are also a few anti-Konoha readers asking whether the protagonist can refuse to become a bootlicker. Let me say this in advance: that shouldn't be a problem. I'd originally planned to go after Konoha anyway.

It's just that the protagonist's hatred was drawn toward the Raikage because of Ito Rei. Then, because of the anime from his previous life, the protagonist really did have a favorable impression of Konoha—after all, there were a lot of people he knew there. But because they were on opposing sides, after killing a certain person, he'll become mortal enemies with some people in Konoha... emmmmmm.

Konoha supporters, please don't hit me!!

That was the original setup, and I don't plan to change it. After all, fate plays tricks on people!

As for the protagonist liking to act cute, he'll keep liking to act cute in the future. His mindset will continue shifting toward being more gender-neutral. Whether the lead is female or male, just wait and see.

After all, it's the Moe King!

That's enough of a summary for now! Thanks again!

Also, I'm collecting suggestions for the next world. I need to prepare the outline! You can comment, leave messages, fire away—though joining the group would be best!

And what about the protagonist's title?! I'm terrible at naming things; it's too hard!

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