It could also jump to another unrelated event or two before FINALLY getting back to the chat/fight/whatever you've been waiting 5 CHAPTERS to get to. Then it ends as THEY get to the meeting point. Next chapter? It shows the POV of ANOTHER character as they're going to the meeting point. Then the chapter ends with those characters meeting. Then in the next chapter, instead of them talking/fighting/whatever, it goes back in time 5 minutes and we listen to one of the characters monologue about everything leading up to that point (also repeating stuff from previous chapters again). So the chapter ends with the characters going to talk/fight/whatever. Like, we've read a couple LNs to get to this point. There are a few different times where some characters are going to meet, fight, or whatever, and it's a BIG deal. Here's an example that made me laugh whenever it'd happen. Or we'll go back in time 5 minutes and see another character's perspective. Then maybe in the next chapter, that same thing might be examined from a different angle. Then they'll come back later in the chapter and repeat it again. There are multiple times where the author will explain something, whether it's a character's thoughts, a sword/magic attack, a character's emotions, etc. The problem - or one of them anyway - is HOW it's written. In fact, all of the plot points are fun and drew me in.

The rest of the story is MC fighting, dealing with just about EVERYONE who hates his very existence, and his attempts to change his fortunes. So he pretty much has no chance to be good at anything (how has he not gotten kicked out of this elite school yet, BTW?). Oh, and he sucks at everything because his ability is basically power suppression that kills his ability to use magic and weakens his other abilities as well. He has no friends, no allies, and even his childhood friends hate him for 'reasons'. The MC is essentially alone in a school that wants him gone. I read the 20 chapter manga and was DEFINITELY intrigued by the plot.

I've never been so invested in something I can barely tolerate. well this might be right up your alley (he says, begrudgingly, from deep in the alley). If you like teenage-angst that takes multiple volumes to resolve. Tl dr: Takes a neat idea and stretches it out WAAAY past its' welcome.

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