I had to go back and reread the previous chapter to make sure I didn't miss anything since suddenly -time skip-

Man, good question, I gave up ages ago.

Even if oboro is able to copy 100% of his power, MC still has SSR and up grade cards and equipment from said cards to call upon.

They are not the same.

I mean... in desires case, that's literally true.

SIde quest to master swordsmanship.

Side quest to master blacksmithing.

Side quest to learn how to make magical swords.

Side quest to...

Overwhelm with numbers? Overwhelm with number.

WATASHI GA GANESHA!!!

But yes.

-fanservice- is not exclusively what you're thinking.

But had been co opted by the anime connotation. (Spoken gooners)

An example of traditional fanservice is for a sequel series focusing on new characters, or a series in a connected universe, having a cameo of a character from the previous/other series (as in a brief appearance and not becoming a main player)

Other examples include, how super Mario RPG had both link and samus sleeping in beds in inns. A nod to Nintendo fans and fans of other Nintendo properties, or how there is a section of the game where Mario can go o.g. super Mario 8-bit form.

TF? I thought this was the epilogue?

Shit... F in the chat for shawman "master"

Idol girl, presumably still alive i think to be able to confirm this sudden retcon where everyone in the story sucks.

Because his family was murdered, even with this shitty retcon, that fact doesn't change.

Now every character in this story is just scum.

Yes a psychopathic response to his family's murder, but his actions make sense from the characters perspective.

He at least had "justification" for his hatred and actions.

This feels like a bad retcon.

W series, perfect stopping point, and a satisfying epilogue.

So I was right, the idol girl is the one in the bag.

Question is, is she still alive? Sounds like lilly isn't planning on killing them though? Instead wants them to hate themselves for their part in everything that has happened?

Still not sure if I like this direction the story is going.

This twist makes the MC a psycho serial killer for no good reason.

The issue was with his "second wife" that he was forced to take in order to hide one of the pedo emperor's children, namely suirei? or maybe it was the second wife of Shishou, either way suirei is a close relative to jinshi.

Either way, the 1st wife went psycho because of the second wife COMBINED, with she was a court lady who the pedo emperor refused to touch (because she was too old) and then lost her position in the inner palace as she was married out and the wasn't the only wife.

She became a bitter harpy over it all, despite the fact shishou really did love his 1st wife.

Probably missing details / bastardized it a bit, but IIRC that's the jist of the shi clan situation.

Such a long wait... but so little happened...

1. They didn't say end so probably a few more chapters
2. I think the pacing for this arc finale was fine
3. I really don't want them to extend the story further... but the cranids are the only outstanding plot thread... I think? I forget exactly the events of flash back arc other then as the system had nearly cured elisa, a cranid killed/got her along with liber causing him to make the statement causing the system to go beserk.

Other than that, there is the question of the purpose of the system going forward combined with how many choose to stay in "paradise"

MC is already retardedly broken, so personally think a cranid arc would be pointless / cause wonky power scaling for that matter.

There is some defacto translation inconsistency.

They called chan a "semi-mage" this chapter, but considering he nullified magic and pretty sure im the past, he was called an anti-mage

Irony at its finest.

Squaresoft USED to be my favorite game company, they changed a ton after they merged with enix, even more when they started chasing "western audiences"

I just want japanese media made by japanese people for japanese people. Games/Manga/Anime are at its best when they are catering to their own people, the western audience will still flood in because hollywierd can't stop virtue signaling ffs.

Someone got their feelings hurt and downvoted you.

I somewhat suspect maybe the same. But hoping all this was a premise to be proven false, making the aliens seem even less relatable to go as far as emotional manipulation nonsense.

Honestly though really feels like what you said. Annoying part is this was all fictional nonsense... well maybe not, seems there is a decent amount of muslim immigrants in japan as of late, also nuisance streamers too.

Either way, don't really enjoy "real world" analogues in my fiction, but more importantly there was supposition about whether the aliens even actually saved earth. I was suspecting it was all an elaborate ploy so the aliens could take advantage of earth, which would make a lot more sense given the MC's decided actions against aliens. If they were a bunch of scum and scammers in addition to having murdered the MC's family, it would make way more sense to "glorify" the MC's actions.

Unfortunately as previously stated, I think the publisher, editor, or the author, if not all the above got cold feet due to the back lash. Really wish creatives would stop bowing to the raving psychotic extreme left hate mobs.