Oh? the princess is a man?

And then the author can change the title to One-Shot Man and MC's move would be called Serious Series, One punch!

I offer my condolences to you.

When did Joshua break mentally from his dad's death? He wasn't even there to see his dad die.

for what?

Well, look at God of Highschool (martial arts with godly/mythical beings), or inazuma eleven (soccer with super powers), or Naruto (where ninjas suddenly have elemental powers), at some point, you have to accept that, fantasy genre does have magical elements to it.

You really like to label korean comics as chinese, don't ya?

The guy who got attacked by a lich early on and almost died.

Well, would you rather have a 3 year story in several arcs without the MC then?

Idk, I'd disagree on that.

The entire war arcs would have been boring, especially after MC ended the first war, he isn't present in the *3 years timeskip* so unless you are the type of reader who enjoys reading several arcs without the MC, then, well... give Naruto, a shot, maybe?

I agree, this one can't cope with it and can't be saved either.

A while back, but yes, that reference does make sense here.

Source: FMA for those who don't know.

There were plenty of hints... in fragments.

Don't blame the author just because you couldn't piece together the hint fragments.

That's like you reading the Lord of the Rings and expecting Frodo to easily destroy the ring but then having to read thousands of pages of story just to reach that conclusion. Just because some stories drop hints easily, don't expect new stories to do the same, otherwise it gets boring.

and MC's mother, also an ex-Britton.

Read the history of the Roman Empire, my dear friend. Royal-Incest was quite common back then.

Well, at least the story makes sense and is going smoothly. I honestly don't understand why you people read books with such abnormal expectations and then get disappointed heavily when things don't go the way you expect...

This is why so many movies have cliched endings, to please the audience and raise their ratings.

I mean, he didn't exactly receive a finisher move, he already had it planned, but didn't unleash it yet.

Why would anyone reveal their trump card when it doesn't need to be used?

Thanks to not revealing it, the Doppelganger King couldn't copy the supposed "finisher move" which allowed Joshua to best him by revealing his 7th stage spear arts.

Just because you're one of those people who like to flex all their cards, doesn't give you any right to judge another who hides their cards. Pick on someone your own size, for Satan's sake.

Well, then, take your time to reread from the beginning, since I find the story to be quite smooth. I feel like everyone who thinks this story is messy, hasn't been reading it properly, and has had strange expectations of it that twisted their interpretation of the story causing them to lament when the story doesn't go as they expect it to.

That's when you realize you've been sitting on the toilet for weeks without flushing.

Yeah, best way to deal with something that copies all your abilities, is to overcome it by creating a new ability so that it can't copy it.