When a village god dies, its duties pass to whoever last swept the shrine. Xiao Man swept it on a dare.
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Sign inGenuinely one of the better paced entries in this genre right now. No filler arcs so far.
The translation quality here is genuinely a cut above. Footnotes where they're needed and nowhere else.
This is the comment that convinced me to start it, so thank you.
Best thing I've read on this site all year. The premise sounds gimmicky and then the execution is anything but.
The worldbuilding does that thing where it explains almost nothing and somehow you still follow it perfectly.
Dropped this twice and came back both times. Something about it doesn't let go.
Fair warning that the first ten chapters are slow. Push through them — chapter 12 is where it clicks.
Agreed, though I'd argue the middle section is doing setup work you only appreciate later.
Please tell me the translator is planning to pick up the sequel too.
Solid but uneven. When it's good it's excellent; when it's not it leans on coincidence a little too hard.
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