I’m Really a Superstar

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Zhang Ye was originally a mundane college graduate with aspiring dreams to become a star, but unfortunately has below average looks and height. However one day, he woke up and suddenly found himself in a parallel world!

It’s like the same world, but wait a minute…many brands, celebrities and even famous works from his world changed and are gone in this new world!

Armed with the profound literary knowledge of his previous world and a heaven-defying Game Ring that gives him magical items, stats and skills, Zhang Ye embarks on a journey to pursue his life-long dream of becoming famous!

Follow Zhang Ye as he takes the new world by storm, one plagiarized piece at a time, to hilarious reactions!

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IRAS
IRS
I’m Really a Superstar
Ngã Chân Thị Đại Minh Tinh
Wo Zhen Shi Da Ming Xing
我真是大明星
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Skuzze
Skuzze rated it
June 4, 2016
Status: c48
I was interested in seeing why a brand new novel to the site suddenly got good ratings by everyone, after reading some of it, its understandable why. Although it may just be me, but I don't find it as funny as people say it is, the odd joke about how he doesn't care about money, but then surrendering to gain a penny was the first thing that I found genuinely funny.

Worth the read.
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elairz
elairz
June 1, 2016
Status: c42
Pretty good. Too bad I read too many similar stuff with Japanese manga for example Skip Beat or Glass Mask. It still a solid read. Go for it if you looking for a funny read.
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valdesaga
valdesaga rated it
June 1, 2016
Status: c42
Too damn awesome !

Finally, some novel without kill/rob/cultivate/etc

Every chapter comes out im always laugh when read it.

Its really funny. The story line really make you enjoy when reading it !

You must read it !
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UnNoticed
UnNoticed rated it
June 1, 2016
Status: c38
Wow this is nice for relieving stress, it's comedy is pure gold and I can't stop grinning while reading this. If you wanna take a break on reading novels with massive killing, scheming, stealing, cultivating etc.. Then you'll love this.

Try and read it then grin like an idiot xD. 5/5 for comedy
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Pandamonium
Pandamonium rated it
June 1, 2016
Status: c20
Honestly this is the first time I have reviewed a novel after so few chapters. But from what I have read, this novel is HILARIOUS! it can definetally be in the top ranks and in my opinion is one of the best if not the best Chinese comedy I have read in a long time. Everyone shoudl give this a shot. Seriously.... Laughed out loud way too many times
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KirbyReviews44
KirbyReviews44 rated it
November 1, 2024
Status: c100
On one hand, this novel has a pretty unique premise in the webnovel genre. The MC transmigrates to an alternate world where all the greatest works of art, music, poetry, and literature in his life don't exist in his new life, thus allowing him to become a superstar by plagiarizing.

The issue is that this is the entire premise. The story doesn't move too far away from this. Once you get bored of this, there is nothing else for you. The MC is not really likable. The system that he has... more>> is too overpowered. The side characters are pretty bland. And the writing is also rather bland, not too funny, not too exciting.

This is the prime example of a story carried entirely by its initial premise. Just be warned. Once you get bored of it, its over. <<less
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seethis
seethis rated it
August 21, 2021
Status: c275
The writing isn't good, the characters aren't good, and the writer is deranged. The story not bad.

The world is literally remade for MC. Successful companies, bands, writers, etc ceasing to be of note, likely not existing. Just for him. And he still struggles and cries like a baby constantly?

That's what struck me over and over again. You're literally the center of the universe and this is what we get from you?

At least the Beatles one made more sense. This one was a mess.
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kuri94
kuri94 rated it
August 15, 2021
Status: Completed
This is an entertaining novel with some deep flaws and yet also hints of something a little more meaningful---admittedly hidden in a massive repository of vulgar nonsense.

The bread and butter of the novel is a self-styled 'face-slapping' comedy: most narrative arcs are clearly introduced for the sake of the jokes (insults) they allow the author to tell rather than for some wider vision of plot or character development. In this sense the work is rather like a sit-com, though the author freely uses the implausible device of a 'game ring'... more>> in order to allow the protagonist to explore various different wider 'situations'. The comedy itself ranges from brilliantly witty to uncomfortably crude, but in the view of the reviewer, it tends to maintain a high standard. The main drawback---fundamentally an issue with the sit-com form---is related to the repetitiveness of the content: the jokes and the situations may differ chapter to chapter but it is hard to deny that the scenarios have a similar feel to them each time. Another issue is more related to the author's mastery of the sit-com form: the book is too highly paced, with one similar event coming after another and not enough intervening material (e.g. Related to character development or some plot point of a different texture to the standard) to make you forget it.

At the same time the reader should be aware of what they are getting into: the only works of the size of IRAS that avoid repetitiveness, information dumping and so on are genuine works of literature, produced in a much more thoughtful and leisurely manner than no doubt IRAS was. Clearly, this was never going to be such a work and so you can hardly feel upset when you find out it isn't: we read web novels because they are superficial, and yes we might occasionally find something that reaches a higher standard, but you will probably have a better batting rate if you search amongst works published in a more conventional manner for the simple reason that authors and editors have more time to dedicate to their jobs in this case.

At any rate, if you make it past the first few chapters I suspect you will make it through a couple of hundred before fatigue starts to set in. Then the reader can give it up or leave it a while and pick it up where they left off: the plot isn't important enough that the reader need to remember every detail, nor is it a great pity to fail to finish reading a book that is terminated midway after being banned anyway. At the same time if you enjoyed the comedy once, it is quite possible you will enjoy it again after the fatigue has disappeared.

The main issue with this book from a narrative point of view is the artificial nature of the romance. The book clearly begins with a view to the harem genre, and in this way---like the same author's Power and Wealth---the book would have been best regarded as a realisation of a stallion novel in the context of a bizarre intersection of the entertainment circle and academia. However, I suspect against the author's own inclinations, one of the heroines is elected as a main love interest. I would suggest that the author would have been better off focussing on a single heroine from the start or fully carrying out their more or less explicit intentions to create a harem since the abrupt transition halfway through the story from one procedure to the other failed to convince.

Another issue, less structurally significant but more likely to irritate the reader, is the expression of extreme nationalist xenophobia and racism. I actually find some of the reactions by readers on this point a little surprising: most of the racist segments are taken from other works
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e.g. The Korean bashing talk show, or Wolf Warrior 2

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and in this way do not represent anything unusual in themselves, though the concentration of such expressions in a single work is perhaps not so common. Portrayals of Korean or Japanese individuals (for instance) in IRAS are not significantly more demeaning than the general treatment of Arabic or black people in Hollywood cinema (say), or for that matter the treatment of black or Chinese individuals in Japanese and Korean work (please compare like with like: no one is suggesting that Chang Yu has the sensitivity of Ishikawa Jun, but frankly he probably does have a similar racial awareness to Spielberg). It should also be pointed out that certain expressions of national feeling are quite reasonable: why should Zhang Ye have to adopt an English name? The point is not to excuse the racism of IRAS but to suggest that some readers may be quite sensitive to Chinese expressions of racism whilst overlooking very similar expressions in Western culture.

Another point that should be stressed is that, for all the obscene expressions of nationalist superiority, there are very few popular contemporary works in China as directly critical of the Chinese state. The suggestion that this work is propaganda allowing Qidian to pander to bigwigs is bizarre---particularly since it was banned. Genuine propaganda---which of course exists---is noticeably more subtle in both its praise and criticism of the functioning of the Chinese state: think In the Name of the People, for instance. Most works sidestep the issue of the running of the Chinese state, or otherwise accept the compromise of self-censorship for the sake of 'positive energy' as good and appropriate. This the protagonist manifestly does not:

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There are repeat criticisms of nepotism in Chinese civil service, an exposure of the authoritarian nature of Chinese state censorship via the engagement with SARFT, a criticism of the insularity of the cultural sphere through the protagonist's repeat collisions with various cultural institutions, a rehash of the Under the Dome scandal---as far as I am aware this is still banned in China---and the popularisation in the new world of the work of the Misty poets and songs by Cui Jian. It should be remembered that many of these poets are still essentially in exile in China and Cui Jian spent a decade banned. Despite some moves towards rehabilitation for these figures, they should still be regarded as politically sensitive in China and their fundamental role in the work places it firmly in the cultural milieu of the radical Tiananmen Square protests.

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In fact the degree of criticism rather suggests to me that the author had used the explicit nationalist sentiment to set off the more critical content (good brownie points to appease the censors knowing that they were probably frowning).

Now while it is clear that Qidian might well benefit from loosened censorship laws, particularly with regards to p*rnographic content, too direct an antagonism is not propitious as the eventual fate of IRAS suggests.

Finally, I confess I rather enjoyed the blatant juxtaposition of high culture with trivia in this work. <<less
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salazar
salazar rated it
March 2, 2021
Status: c600
If you skip the nationalistic and very blatant racism its still readable. The problem is that the racism is so thinly veiled there might as well not be a veil.

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Zhang Ye smiled and said, “What do some people think being elegant is about?”

Yao Jiancai was a little stumped, thinking why he did not follow the script? Still, he reacted very quickly and asked, “What is it about?”

Zhang Ye answered, “Being crazy about foreign things and obsequious to the foreigners!”

“Huh?” said Yao Jiancai.

Zhang Ye said sarcastically, “To act like foreigners, saying that foreign products are all good and elegant, there are those who adore the Koreans or Japanese, hur hur. To be honest, in the past those countries were all tribute nations to our country. Year after year, they would send tributes and pay homage to us. When their royal families had a child, they would send them here to be political hostages, but now, our people are putting them on a pedestal and worshiping their people?”

Tian Bin was clapping hard from where he was seated!

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MadXBite
MadXBite rated it
April 26, 2020
Status: c1652
Cons:

-MC has thick plot armor

-The MC humbly/arrogantly keeps his word whenever he does something unthinkable

Pros:

-Emotional ride. Over 1700 chapters to get to know the MC.

-No boring chapters. Everyone keeps saying it's repetitive, but it's not that important.

-Mentions past enemies/friends

-Short chapters

-MC fights enemies over the internet. Don't we all?

-MC is very good at making enemies. Still has many friends.

-no harem.
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Before MC meet his love, he got to sleep with 2 girls although never got far.

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My review:

I think anyone who read all of the chapters would remember this novel for years.
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Zarman
Zarman rated it
November 23, 2019
Status: --
I really tried to get through this but I just can't. The author is probably vary much a racist depicting anyone not Chinese as s*um and the MC as being so Superior to them. And the MC takes this in strides and looks down on foreigners. Now I can understand the Chinese distrust of the Japanese they really f them over in WW2 but it not just the Japanese it is everyone other than the Chinese. This really makes me irritated and point that he (the MC) is the biggest... more>> hypocrite and a blind fool. Most of his achievements are plagiarized from the people he looks down on as inferior and since he cant do anything original that is equal to the plagiarized material that doesn't make him less than the inferior people he looks down on. He is the biggest hypocrite scum. I can live with the racism to an extent but not a complete fool of a main character the author depicts as being smart because the author is either an idiot or pushing an agenda. <<less
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bnap
bnap rated it
April 27, 2019
Status: c450
I can take a bunch of experts always hating on our MC for no reason. That's just a typical Chinese novel plot. It's actually insanely annoying and is about 1/3 of all the filler in the novel, but I can live with it. But suddenly around 430 ... more>>
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he becomes a top world hacker after eating only 10 networking skill books and mentioning how much more difficult hacking is in the new world

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. Honestly this point is so absurd; his other skills he at least has a relating power allowing him to be strong in it. Here it feels so loony.

A point everyone else is mentioning is his nationalism and being anti Korean. Yes, that is going to be an annoying aspect of the novel and enhances it in no way. I don't have a problem hearing about Chinese nationalism and it's used as a device to contribute some events regarding the Koreans, because the author doesn't have a big enough brain to come up with any rational events otherwise.

It should also be mentioned this is kinda r*pey. He forces himself on women even when they say no repeatedly and display no flirting whatsoever. It is not s*x, just some groping, but it still feels off. <<less
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Darkzeta
Darkzeta rated it
March 7, 2019
Status: c1451
Read up to chapter 1451 on the qidian site.

So...I loved it / Hated it. More like 90% loved it / 1% hated it / 9% sure. why not?

Hated the nationalism, but... then... you gotta ask: What country is it in? The writer can't be too international... or someone's watching over his shoulder. Besides, I see nationalism in Korean stories, in American movies etc. It happens. What MC doesn't like or love their own country?

Give me a top 10 movie or novel in which the MC HATES and... more>> DESPISES their own home country 100% of the time, and I'll say you would have a super hard time finding one. If any.

Racism? Sure. Like we murrican's don't hate certain south american countries or certain skin colors etc. We don't live in a white wash world. Not all MC can be perfect. He sucks.

But... that's not all he is too.

The parts that make up for the crap: 1. MC is passionate about his goal; to be a super star. 2. the writer lets us realize that all the 'hits' of our world we've taken for granted now? can still show their magic in this story. 3. the writer reminds us that if someone handed you a 'lottery' system, could you really stay focused long enough to achieve your superstar? 4. adversity always abounds. takes a tough nut to get pass it.

These reasons are my main ones why I binge read it. Our MC is flawed, but a very passionate young man. And he reminds us that dreams can be achieved. But would take a ton of hard work and that all the one hit wonders we see everyday? Those have a great reason why they are wonders.

Not sure if this convinced you to give it a read. But give a few chapters a try and maybe you'll see that the world is not as dry and grey as you think... because the magic of music and poetry still has a soul. <<less
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Osborn
Osborn rated it
March 4, 2019
Status: c550
Such a disappointment... I was looking for something like "I'm in Hollywood", as I really liked that story. And so, I gave a chance to "I'm really a superstar", but man, this story is so bad that it simply can't be compared.

I've reached the conclusion that, even though it was never openly stated in the story, the MC must be mentally handicaped. Yes. For sure. There is no other explanation for the inmense number of absurd and illogical things he does. It's to the point that I had to stop... more>> reading the story because it was making me really angry seeing all the dumb things he does.

Another thing I didn't like is that the MC is extremely nationalistic and racist. This is something that never really bothered me before in other stories, as I was able to mostly ignore such parts, but the author here takes it to a whole new level. And if you add to it a very poor plot, then you won't be able to enjoy this story. <<less
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zouave
zouave rated it
June 27, 2018
Status: c1090
It was fun and all in the beginning, I rally loved the premise for this story specially being able to learn all the skills or memory capsules or w.e

Just to note, I started reading MTL and dam even then the racism in the novel is way overboard. It literally turned into a propaganda for Chinese nationalism and looking down on other countries. The MC just turns plain s*upid in anything related to Japan, maybe even other countries [can't remmeber clearly, as I had dropped this novel some time ago]. I... more>> may read it again mainly for the MC's power ups and the poems.

Note: If you don't got any novel to read then go ahead and try rading this, you can do what I did, just fly over the racism as if it wasn't there and try to read it, it's kindda bearable, not exactly lol. <<less
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kcao1199
kcao1199 rated it
June 17, 2018
Status: c418
It was entertaining initially. The premise of the story is interesting and it was relatively well written. However, I'm a firm believer that characterization makes or breaks the story. The main character. You can say he goes through a character development, but, you can say he developed into something more depraved. That's not even considering the scenes filled with either racism or s*xual harassment and the insinuation that it is a good thing.

tl;dr: premise good, translation good, but poor execution of story and character
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Freya Reniel
Freya Reniel
April 28, 2018
Status: c557
At first I really loved this novel. After all I spent the whole two days re-reading this again from the start even though I just can continue reading this from the chapter I left. But this novel take a turn, like a sharp turn.

At first I really touched at his heroic moments, saving a fan from committed su*cide, etc. But then in later chapter they started bringing two things I hate the most; woman only as s*x objects and racism. It's okay if you used this two things as some... more>> kind of plot or character flaw, but it's a different things if the novel itself worship this as a good things in novel.

Spoiler

The MC is a cheater, I don't even know if he's truly in love with Wu girl. For what I grasped, he's only loved her because of her body and that's it. He's thinking about his feelings with Wu girl, and the next second thing you know he's groping the landlady. There's not a single thing explaining why MC fell in love with Wu girl other than her body. Even though he defended the woman when someone write folk song poem for man should reach for their dream and woman stays in home. Wow. I skipped when things get heated between him and girls.

Second thing, racism. At first it's just one Korean artist insulted MC about lying not using script for talk show and he retaliated by insulted Korean. Okay, it's a bit weird but okay. AND THEN SOMETHING s*upid HAPPENED. Another Korean artist appeared in Spring Gala, replacing veteran singer and Heavenly Queen. He got angry because this is their culture gala and no foreigner should appear. Okay fair enough. Then the bodyguard of that Korean Artist pushed a fan and not apologized, he make a fuss by beating them to apologize. Okay that artist's a jerk. Suddenly the agency saying Chinese people bullying that Korean Artist in Korea media and suddenly it's a war between hackers? That Korean Artist is not really that famous, only C-list. I doubted that top hackers in Korea really care about that, but suddelny they all attacking Chinese media? And MC retaliated to the point of it almost the result of Korea in edge of bankruptcy because of a virus? Like there's not a single doubt from Korean about that news? Why this is okay? And why every single of Korean people in this novel is a jerk?? And he lamented a bit after that, about 2-3 words and after that forget it, it's not important. The entire time I'm reading this I feel sick about this arc. After that they back to face slapping things and I hope there's not an arc like this again.

I was wrong.

After Korean, there's Japanese. Japanese behaviour is not accurate at all to reality. They're all screaming and etc.

I just can't.

And I read another review there's going to be white people and black people racism too.

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Unfortunately (or fortunately) I will say goodbye to this novel. <<less
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MyRAMEN
MyRAMEN rated it
March 27, 2018
Status: c1040
Edit: Now that I've read a lot... although Id still prob and will like this book, the plot arcs were too simple, and somewhat basic writing. But even with that, a story with only basic quality writing made me love it. But I changed my rating to a 3 for non bias

Basically my favorite novel I have ever read. Very amusing, good romance, good idea, good plots, etc. Only bad part is that some of the people he offends may be someone u are since its... more>> a parallel world (as in a job etc) . Basically people who were offended give bad rating but as an open mind, the book is so interesting! Also if you are dumb (no offense) you wont be able to appreciate cultural differences between yours and the setting. Most of the info is actually true to! This book also taught me how to be more comedic litterary and people are amazed by some poems I make now, jokes, or comebacks too! Im a BRAINDEAD FAN FOR THIS BOOK! <<less
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Novel.a
Novel.a
March 13, 2018
Status: c700
This novel has a nice premise but is ruined by 2 points

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this novel is predictble here is how it works the MC gets a job everybody says he cant do it or it's a s*upid idea then he does something to shock them theen breaks records then someone from managment either hates him or hates the fact that is better than them and so everyone in the managment gets him fired he leaves takes a break to do sme kick ass stuff for 10ch or so gets another job rense and repeat literlly

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2/

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I never hated an MC as much as I hate this one he puts people in the hospitale because thiere not chines granted thiere a**holes but that dosn't mean your a patriot if you beat the sh*t out of them he brack millions of computers in another country causing them billions in dameges and thousend of inocent peoples losing thiere computers because thiere evil koreans he's a racit just like that idiot author

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Edit: and for those morons I am not korean and and just because am not korean dosent mean I tolerate racisim and yes the MC is the biggest racist I have ever seen in a novel and he disgusts me <<less
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fir537
fir537 rated it
December 31, 2017
Status: --
This novel, was fun while it lasted. It ended when someone reported (again) the novel for various copyright issues, but seems that it was mostly due to some authors hating on this author for being top of the weekly/monthly rankings. I was actually hoping it wouldnt be that bad, but yeap, qidian already closed the book, and author is planning to somehow end the story somewhere. Novel was cut at the part when everyone gets shocked at MC. RIP.

The story is great albeit repetitive. It always goes in a cycle.... more>> Get idea, copy stuff from real world onto other world, get famous, fight with people, get famous, rinse repeat. The problem is on the 2nd step, that causes the novel to be striked multiple times thru its lifetime. The fact that author wasnt even bothered to change the title/name for the songs/novels/poems/movies/shows/etc and just used them as is baffled me. Even when he admits he got striked for not doing so.

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Zhang Ye talent is nonexistent, which was why on the original earth he ends up as a nobody. His looks are standard, and everything else isnt entertainment worthy, this was admitted early on. Only reason he was accepted in the alternate earth is because of the charm buffs he obtained. His main powers is the system he is using, which later was phased out mostly leaving behind only the inventory which he rarely use, and the lottery system. He mainly uses the lucky ring to get through hard times, and the lottery to get relevant buffs that are related to his predicament. His advantage over the alternate earth stars is the fact that in this world entertainment is waaay behind original earth, by simply introducing anything from this earth into the alternate, he can be considered genius.

There is not much else to be said. He became a supreme grandmaster of martial arts after reaching the dark stage in taichi, and supreme grandmaster in almost everything else when he rolled the books from the lottery with his spare billions of points.

Romance in this novel is somewhat nonexistent. There are small parts early on with Zhang Yuanqi, but it was never romance. There is his junior sister Shu Yang, obtained because his lineage of taichi is of the same lineage of the Shu family, but she is treated completely as his little sister, similar to the 3 cousins he has. He married Wu Zeqing, but there is not much romance written on them. A few chapters here and there of them meeting each other and her weird hobby/fetish on taking pictures, and then they got married. He went to jail for a few years, came out and have a daughter. The novel ended not long after he was released (a bit more than a hundred chapters to be exact), so not much was expanded on his family.

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If you want, just read it. If you dont, just ignore it. The novel is fun, interesting at times, but always lacklustre and repetitive. Like every other chinese novel I have read. <<less
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