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So I'm a Spider, So What? Light Novel #16
So I'm a Spider, So What?, Vol. 16
The Price we Pay.
Sacrifice the goddess to save humanity, or sacrifice humanity to save the goddess? …What kind of sadist would throw the entire world into chaos with an impossible choice like that?! D, obviously. The head honchos of the Word of God religionare doing all they can to tip the scales in humanity’s favor, so they’re backing Güli-güli 100 percent. Meanwhile, me and the Demon Lord are fighting the good fight for team Save Sariel! So what if a few hundred thousand humans die? That doesn’t make us the baddies, right? Either way, it’s time for the grand finale! it’s all or nothingin this battle of the gods! And if Iknow D, she’s just gonna kick back and watch as we fight tooth, nail, and spinneret for our happily ever after!
Sacrifice the goddess to save humanity, or sacrifice humanity to save the goddess? …What kind of sadist would throw the entire world into chaos with an impossible choice like that?! D, obviously. The head honchos of the Word of God religionare doing all they can to tip the scales in humanity’s favor, so they’re backing Güli-güli 100 percent. Meanwhile, me and the Demon Lord are fighting the good fight for team Save Sariel! So what if a few hundred thousand humans die? That doesn’t make us the baddies, right? Either way, it’s time for the grand finale! it’s all or nothingin this battle of the gods! And if Iknow D, she’s just gonna kick back and watch as we fight tooth, nail, and spinneret for our happily ever after!
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First published January 8, 2022
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June 26, 2023
I wish the epolouge was a tad longer, but it was an ending fitting the rest of the series.
September 11, 2023
A great series with a fumbled ending.
There are few modern isekai novel series that have reached their conclusions. The most notable ones being this series and Arifureta. Both had great twists, great action and funny moments with fun characters. Arifureta had a nail biting final battle and extra time to wrap up all of the characters and even shed some light on the ending of the series with Hajime’s parents and such. It was almost enough to make me tear up.
So I’m a spider ended so quickly and so anticlimactically that I genuinely thought it was a bait and switch and the final battle would start for real. The author could pull dozens of amazing twists out of nowhere. Hyrince being an offshoot of black, the nature of the system and Sariel, the truth of the elves an demons. It was all amazing. But somehow they fumbled the ending so hard. We never got to see sariel and Aerials last days or any sort of heartfelt goodbyes, we never got to see much of Shun or really any of the other characters finales. Even Arifureta allowed the side characters moments to shine and have their finales. One character, Endou, was actually made to be forgettable and ended up with a tear jerking finale to live up to the man whom he respected the most.
It’s downright criminal that the series ended this way, this quickly and suddenly with very little actually satisfaction.
There are few modern isekai novel series that have reached their conclusions. The most notable ones being this series and Arifureta. Both had great twists, great action and funny moments with fun characters. Arifureta had a nail biting final battle and extra time to wrap up all of the characters and even shed some light on the ending of the series with Hajime’s parents and such. It was almost enough to make me tear up.
So I’m a spider ended so quickly and so anticlimactically that I genuinely thought it was a bait and switch and the final battle would start for real. The author could pull dozens of amazing twists out of nowhere. Hyrince being an offshoot of black, the nature of the system and Sariel, the truth of the elves an demons. It was all amazing. But somehow they fumbled the ending so hard. We never got to see sariel and Aerials last days or any sort of heartfelt goodbyes, we never got to see much of Shun or really any of the other characters finales. Even Arifureta allowed the side characters moments to shine and have their finales. One character, Endou, was actually made to be forgettable and ended up with a tear jerking finale to live up to the man whom he respected the most.
It’s downright criminal that the series ended this way, this quickly and suddenly with very little actually satisfaction.
July 24, 2023
2.5 stars.
As I have mentioned in the previous book review, Miss Baba should have got rid of the filler in both books and split evenly the reminder between these last 2 books. This last book is too heavy, not only with all the action that could have spanned the last two volumes, but there's no humor like in the other books. And I didn't like the "Everyone's Ever After", that feels sketchy, nor the "Epilogue", that feels out of place, but at least everything gets explained.
As I have mentioned in the previous book review, Miss Baba should have got rid of the filler in both books and split evenly the reminder between these last 2 books. This last book is too heavy, not only with all the action that could have spanned the last two volumes, but there's no humor like in the other books. And I didn't like the "Everyone's Ever After", that feels sketchy, nor the "Epilogue", that feels out of place, but at least everything gets explained.
July 1, 2023
i used to like this series a lot but since vol 10 it has been slowly going downhill and this final volume simply sucked
June 26, 2025
This’ll be a full review of the whole series, I finished it some time earlier this year but don’t remember the exact dates.
To sum it up, the writing is so-so, the characters development for pretty much all characters bar the main one (kinda) is ass BUT the world is really interesting and although not perfectly thought out, I think is overall very creative and had a number of twists I didn’t see coming. Some say this is either my low reading level or poor writing, but either way I am easily pleased.
This series kinda sucks but if you want 16 books to blitz through watching the video game esk numbers tick up, you can’t go wrong with this. I love it 4/5 :)
To sum it up, the writing is so-so, the characters development for pretty much all characters bar the main one (kinda) is ass BUT the world is really interesting and although not perfectly thought out, I think is overall very creative and had a number of twists I didn’t see coming. Some say this is either my low reading level or poor writing, but either way I am easily pleased.
This series kinda sucks but if you want 16 books to blitz through watching the video game esk numbers tick up, you can’t go wrong with this. I love it 4/5 :)
March 17, 2025
Syf. Po 10 tomie można sobie odpuścić czytanie. Strasznie wymęczone zostało ostatnie 5 tomów - widać znaczny spadek jakości.
June 23, 2023
A decent last book. An incredible ending.
The book wasn't bad, but not great either. Definitely a few steps above the previous few volumes. However, I absolutely loved the ending for the MC. Really couldn't have been better than what it is. Except if there was more. But what we got is still perfectly sufficient and there is a hope for some sort of continuation, although not in the near future.
The book wasn't bad, but not great either. Definitely a few steps above the previous few volumes. However, I absolutely loved the ending for the MC. Really couldn't have been better than what it is. Except if there was more. But what we got is still perfectly sufficient and there is a hope for some sort of continuation, although not in the near future.
June 21, 2023
Final decepcionante
Por lo bien que venía la historia hasta este punto no me esperaba esto, cuando llegue a la mitad del volumen estaba seguro de que no iba a terminar en este. Fue como si el autor se hubiera quedado sin espacio y lo terminó como pudo. Nunca me gustaron los finales abiertos pero hasta eso hubiera sido mejor.
Por lo bien que venía la historia hasta este punto no me esperaba esto, cuando llegue a la mitad del volumen estaba seguro de que no iba a terminar en este. Fue como si el autor se hubiera quedado sin espacio y lo terminó como pudo. Nunca me gustaron los finales abiertos pero hasta eso hubiera sido mejor.
September 15, 2023
Don't get me wrong, it was a good read and it was nice to see everything come to a close, but ffs the end fight with D was completely out of nowhere for no reason at all. It was all geared up for a lot of death, loss and tragedy and then, poof, nobody died, really, everyone is happy, everyone wins.
Fuck off Okina. Get a grip.
That irritated me to no end. With that aside, its great writing and the relationships between characters was a real strong point.
Fuck off Okina. Get a grip.
That irritated me to no end. With that aside, its great writing and the relationships between characters was a real strong point.
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April 21, 2024
I mean the whole final book has 2 chapters with the MC in it and the ending is very abrupt and not very satisfying.
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September 20, 2024
A weak ending to a strong series.
I've had a really hard time figuring out how I feel about this book. Most of the time when a book is bad I can point to reasons like logical inconsistencies, people acting out of character or events feeling forced. None of the above reasons apply to this book. There's no moment that makes you go "That doesn't make sense! That's not what that character would do! That's not what would happen!"
So what is the problem? Well for starters Shiro, the main character who has been driving the plot forward since book one, is barely in this book and doesn't drive the plot at all. She gets two chapters (Three if you count the tiny epilogue.) one where you get a tiny glimpse of what a fight between gods looks like. And the second where she shows up at the last second to unsatisfyingly curb stomp the final boss D.
Instead of Shiro. The main character driving the last book is Shun... look I know a lot of people despise Shun, mostly because they feel like the human half of the first four books should be cut out. But I've never been in that group. That being said if you had asked me before this book what Shun's purpose in the story was, I would have told you he's the generic isekai protagonist meant to contrast with the much more interesting actual protagonist. He's someone who got to live out the isekai dream, he was a prince, he got to grow up safe and comfortable surrounded by a family that loved him, living a life where he never needed to put in that much effort to excel at anything. As such when he was forced to fight against people who had basically went to hell and back he was curbed stomped completely incapable of doing anything but run away.
I thought Shun was supposed to be a lesson about the inherit problem with the average isekai fantasy. How wishing for an easy life where you don't need to change or grow is ultimately a poison that will leave you too weak to do anything when life inevitably gets hard and will always hold you back compared to the people who overcame adversity by changing and growing as a person. But I guess I was wrong.
All the reasons above make having Shun be the final protagonist a baffling decision. He doesn't go through any character arc. When he is faced with the moral dilemma of the series, sacrifice half the population or sacrifice the two people most responsible for keeping humanity alive after humanity killed the planet. Shun just decids that he's gonna find a solution where nobody needs to be sacrifice and his brilliant plan is to run off and hope he finds a solution. Which after several coincidences he does. Sure Shun is well established to have the divine protection skill which is basically plot armor but that doesn't change the fact that it's completely unsatisfying.
And then there's the ending. There are some really baffling decisions with this ending for starters part of the deal that saves the world is that Sariel (A character that people were willing to sacrifice half the world to save) gets to live as long as Ariel lives. Ariel... who is dying. Then there's the fact that we don't even get to see their reunion, Sariel doesn't even make a single appearance in the series outside of a few flashbacks. To top it all off the characters all get teleported away after the final battle and Shiro gets kidnapped by D. Does that make sense? sure. Would D do that? Absolutely. Is there any reason why it wouldn't work? No. But it's still really weird to end your series with the main character abruptly getting kidnapped and forced into servitude for the rest of eternity. Then the book really abruptly ends. All you get are a bunch of single paragraphs that just tell you what happened to everyone. After that you get a short epilogue that shows Shiro as D's maid. The end.
I've had a really hard time figuring out how I feel about this book. Most of the time when a book is bad I can point to reasons like logical inconsistencies, people acting out of character or events feeling forced. None of the above reasons apply to this book. There's no moment that makes you go "That doesn't make sense! That's not what that character would do! That's not what would happen!"
So what is the problem? Well for starters Shiro, the main character who has been driving the plot forward since book one, is barely in this book and doesn't drive the plot at all. She gets two chapters (Three if you count the tiny epilogue.) one where you get a tiny glimpse of what a fight between gods looks like. And the second where she shows up at the last second to unsatisfyingly curb stomp the final boss D.
Instead of Shiro. The main character driving the last book is Shun... look I know a lot of people despise Shun, mostly because they feel like the human half of the first four books should be cut out. But I've never been in that group. That being said if you had asked me before this book what Shun's purpose in the story was, I would have told you he's the generic isekai protagonist meant to contrast with the much more interesting actual protagonist. He's someone who got to live out the isekai dream, he was a prince, he got to grow up safe and comfortable surrounded by a family that loved him, living a life where he never needed to put in that much effort to excel at anything. As such when he was forced to fight against people who had basically went to hell and back he was curbed stomped completely incapable of doing anything but run away.
I thought Shun was supposed to be a lesson about the inherit problem with the average isekai fantasy. How wishing for an easy life where you don't need to change or grow is ultimately a poison that will leave you too weak to do anything when life inevitably gets hard and will always hold you back compared to the people who overcame adversity by changing and growing as a person. But I guess I was wrong.
All the reasons above make having Shun be the final protagonist a baffling decision. He doesn't go through any character arc. When he is faced with the moral dilemma of the series, sacrifice half the population or sacrifice the two people most responsible for keeping humanity alive after humanity killed the planet. Shun just decids that he's gonna find a solution where nobody needs to be sacrifice and his brilliant plan is to run off and hope he finds a solution. Which after several coincidences he does. Sure Shun is well established to have the divine protection skill which is basically plot armor but that doesn't change the fact that it's completely unsatisfying.
And then there's the ending. There are some really baffling decisions with this ending for starters part of the deal that saves the world is that Sariel (A character that people were willing to sacrifice half the world to save) gets to live as long as Ariel lives. Ariel... who is dying. Then there's the fact that we don't even get to see their reunion, Sariel doesn't even make a single appearance in the series outside of a few flashbacks. To top it all off the characters all get teleported away after the final battle and Shiro gets kidnapped by D. Does that make sense? sure. Would D do that? Absolutely. Is there any reason why it wouldn't work? No. But it's still really weird to end your series with the main character abruptly getting kidnapped and forced into servitude for the rest of eternity. Then the book really abruptly ends. All you get are a bunch of single paragraphs that just tell you what happened to everyone. After that you get a short epilogue that shows Shiro as D's maid. The end.
September 13, 2023
Exquisite
Ooooof...
What?!
It's over?!
Gimme more!!
...Is what I would say, if this wasn't the best way to end this, and the perfect time as well.
A perfect finish for a perfect series.
This series has fundamentaly changed how I judge books, and helped shape who I am now.
You might think I'm being dramatic, but my love for this series is overwhelming.
This series is my golden standard; the one I hold other books up to, to see how lacking they are.
Very few series have managed to even approach the bar, and only a couple have managed to reach it.
The first book of this series was one of the first LN I had ever read, and sparked my love for the genre. And what a spark!
The level of worldbuilding and attention to detail are truly incredible! Most stories only do a little worldbuilding as an afterthought; this saga however? The world felt alive and tangible! I could almost reach out and touch it!
The ending gave closure to the series in a way few stories do. I am sad to leave these characters behind, but this ending has given all of them a closing act, while leaving plenty to interpretation (or side stories lol).
This is one of the greatest novels of all time imo, and I will always keep crawling back for a reread.
Anyways, I have rambled on long enough, so I'll end it here. To anyone reading this, thank you for getting this far! And if you somehow managed to get here before reading the first book, hurry up and buy it XD! I cannot recommend this series enough.
Later y'all,
AD
Ooooof...
What?!
It's over?!
Gimme more!!
...Is what I would say, if this wasn't the best way to end this, and the perfect time as well.
A perfect finish for a perfect series.
This series has fundamentaly changed how I judge books, and helped shape who I am now.
You might think I'm being dramatic, but my love for this series is overwhelming.
This series is my golden standard; the one I hold other books up to, to see how lacking they are.
Very few series have managed to even approach the bar, and only a couple have managed to reach it.
The first book of this series was one of the first LN I had ever read, and sparked my love for the genre. And what a spark!
The level of worldbuilding and attention to detail are truly incredible! Most stories only do a little worldbuilding as an afterthought; this saga however? The world felt alive and tangible! I could almost reach out and touch it!
The ending gave closure to the series in a way few stories do. I am sad to leave these characters behind, but this ending has given all of them a closing act, while leaving plenty to interpretation (or side stories lol).
This is one of the greatest novels of all time imo, and I will always keep crawling back for a reread.
Anyways, I have rambled on long enough, so I'll end it here. To anyone reading this, thank you for getting this far! And if you somehow managed to get here before reading the first book, hurry up and buy it XD! I cannot recommend this series enough.
Later y'all,
AD
March 2, 2024
Ouch, a resolution
It's a resolution. It left me feeling annoyed at so so much wasted potential for plots to unfold. I should probably stick to my high fantasy lesbian romances... Gah! It's got action, ADHD level offtopic diatribes, and an awkward spider lady trying so hard for the people she cares about that it makes my heart hurt. Still, a very interesting and enthralling tale if ultimately disappointing. Well done, so many other stories could have happened but the author made it into this one. What does that say about them? Their life, experience, depth of imagination? How can we as people and sometimes writers do better? Blah blah not enough women kissing each other. Yes, I'm aware this reads a tad immature but I just read 6 books in less than six days and have been left utterly unsatisfied in the end.
Mostly bc our lovable protagonist has met an unfortunate fate.
It's a resolution. It left me feeling annoyed at so so much wasted potential for plots to unfold. I should probably stick to my high fantasy lesbian romances... Gah! It's got action, ADHD level offtopic diatribes, and an awkward spider lady trying so hard for the people she cares about that it makes my heart hurt. Still, a very interesting and enthralling tale if ultimately disappointing. Well done, so many other stories could have happened but the author made it into this one. What does that say about them? Their life, experience, depth of imagination? How can we as people and sometimes writers do better? Blah blah not enough women kissing each other. Yes, I'm aware this reads a tad immature but I just read 6 books in less than six days and have been left utterly unsatisfied in the end.
Mostly bc our lovable protagonist has met an unfortunate fate.
June 2, 2025
I'm really glad that this series ended the way it did. The build up, the twists and turns, the deeper themes explored, all of that was as usual for this series and made me feel good. Granted, I might have wanted a bit more of an epilogue to explore things afterwards. But what was there was fine for me.
But I'm just so so glad that they handled a particular character the way they did.
But I'm just so so glad that they handled a particular character the way they did.
July 12, 2024
I read the whole series in two halves, the first 8 read back in 2019 and I read the last half in about 3 days.
I’m a bit disappointed in the ending of this series, being a light novel it’s fairly good for what it is. I enjoyed having the books split into different characters POV though some of the characters that get their own chapters I think could have been left out of the book.
The whole way through the series there is A LOT of repeated exposition I just skimmed. Too many recaps and internal dialogue that was fine the first time I read it but got old very quickly. I’m not sure if this is a normal trope of Light Novels but I very much give the vibe of a tv show with last time on recaps interspersed with the story which makes them hard to avoid
I’m a bit disappointed in the ending of this series, being a light novel it’s fairly good for what it is. I enjoyed having the books split into different characters POV though some of the characters that get their own chapters I think could have been left out of the book.
The whole way through the series there is A LOT of repeated exposition I just skimmed. Too many recaps and internal dialogue that was fine the first time I read it but got old very quickly. I’m not sure if this is a normal trope of Light Novels but I very much give the vibe of a tv show with last time on recaps interspersed with the story which makes them hard to avoid
September 30, 2025
Honestly, I was scared at first when I realized each chapter would be from a different character’s perspective. I was worried it would tell the same scene over and over again from a different viewpoint each time. But I was pleasantly surprised by the pacing and I found all the different perspectives to be more insightful than anything.
I didn’t like the ending. It was way too short and didn’t have nearly enough space to fully finish each character’s arc. I would have preferred more of that insight from before so that it wouldn’t feel so abrupt and might actually explain more.
Overall, I really liked this entire story. I didn’t really enjoy reading it sometimes but I’m glad I’ve finished it
I didn’t like the ending. It was way too short and didn’t have nearly enough space to fully finish each character’s arc. I would have preferred more of that insight from before so that it wouldn’t feel so abrupt and might actually explain more.
Overall, I really liked this entire story. I didn’t really enjoy reading it sometimes but I’m glad I’ve finished it
July 15, 2023
Well, it's an ending but I can't say I am very satisfied. It definitely has one of the weakest wrap-ups that I can think of, especially considering there is no guarantee that we will ever see the side stories licensed. Also, Shiraori should be the center of this story, but it spends an inordinate amount of time on everyone but her perspective. The unsolicited hero, Shun, is unreasonably annoying to me and he continues to try to insert himself into the action and conclusion. Honestly, the only value that I have every seen in Shun is his will-they-won’t-they relationship with Katia. Thematically, I have no idea what the point was; I currently just feel underwhelmed and disappointed.
August 27, 2023
No se como sentirme siendo es el último volumen, estos sentimientos son complicados.
Respecto al último volumen me encantó realmente me atrapó demasiado especialmente en el último tramo de la historia, estaba tan inmiscuida y preocupada cuando el rey demonio iba a participar en la lucha qué realmente pensé que iba a morir, y de pronto llego Shiro a salvar el día... Fue realmente inesperado y muy aliviador. Lo único que lo hubiera hecho mejor, es que Shiro también vaya con Ariel y Sariel... Esa despedida fue muy corta y me hizo sentir un vacío. Pero bueno al final fue un final feliz después de todo y eso me alegra :3
Respecto al último volumen me encantó realmente me atrapó demasiado especialmente en el último tramo de la historia, estaba tan inmiscuida y preocupada cuando el rey demonio iba a participar en la lucha qué realmente pensé que iba a morir, y de pronto llego Shiro a salvar el día... Fue realmente inesperado y muy aliviador. Lo único que lo hubiera hecho mejor, es que Shiro también vaya con Ariel y Sariel... Esa despedida fue muy corta y me hizo sentir un vacío. Pero bueno al final fue un final feliz después de todo y eso me alegra :3
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June 27, 2023
This was the second light novel series I finished after The Devil is a Part Timer. I enjoyed this silly series but could have been longer. It still isn’t clear to me who exactly “D” really is, a god or game programmer of some kind. Was it really another world or just a video game world the whole time? What about the high school world and Wakaba, worlds within worlds? The series has this back and forth structure of different characters relating events rather than a linear narrative plus info dumps. The afterword states there may be more side stories and such which I’ll gladly check out.
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August 23, 2023
Okay, yeah, I’m upset.
This book was not bad by any stretch, but it wasn’t great either. And I wanted it to be great!! Who reads a 16 part series just for a mediocre ending??
It’s not even the plot. The book just felt really really rushed. The last 20% could’ve (and should’ve, in my opinion) be a whole different novel, get the attention they deserve and an actual wrap up instead of whatever this was.
I can’t say this series was great, but the world building was awesome, and it was really fun overall. Definitely not regretting reading it, I just wishhhh the ending was a little better.
This book was not bad by any stretch, but it wasn’t great either. And I wanted it to be great!! Who reads a 16 part series just for a mediocre ending??
It’s not even the plot. The book just felt really really rushed. The last 20% could’ve (and should’ve, in my opinion) be a whole different novel, get the attention they deserve and an actual wrap up instead of whatever this was.
I can’t say this series was great, but the world building was awesome, and it was really fun overall. Definitely not regretting reading it, I just wishhhh the ending was a little better.
October 3, 2024
Honestly, the first half of the series really pulled me in and created one twist after another, but the ending of this series fell far short of the ideal. The final twist was that there was no twist or even a real resolution; fade to black, the end, as if someone suddenly cut the funding. There are tens of unresolved character arcs because the author decided she was done or couldn't bother to resolve the complex web she constructed (pun intended). I really hope this is not the standard for Japanese light novels, as this was my first.
September 22, 2023
Conflicted not sure on emotions
I'm not going to lie I'm super was with the ending, I was really hoping for whites and aerial to be able to stay alive together since they are family. I'm just super conflicted about it . I just don't know yeah aerial kinda got a happy ending but white didn't get one at all.
I'm not going to lie I'm super was with the ending, I was really hoping for whites and aerial to be able to stay alive together since they are family. I'm just super conflicted about it . I just don't know yeah aerial kinda got a happy ending but white didn't get one at all.
July 16, 2025
Conclusao foi o que foi a obra da metade ate agora, muitos pontos de vista de personagens que ninguem liga e muita coisa de lado. O que é o atrativo da obra, a protagonista, ser deixada de lado para tantos POV`s, tantos volumes sobre personagens irrelevantes e certa enrolacao.
Vai ser uma obra que vou lembrar feliz por conta da protagonista mas de resto é bem esquecivel pra ruim mesmo
Vai ser uma obra que vou lembrar feliz por conta da protagonista mas de resto é bem esquecivel pra ruim mesmo
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May 28, 2024
Exciting book
I actually really got into this volume. It started a bit low but right where we left off in volume 15. But, it picks up and the action gets going. Ill probably read the series again.
I actually really got into this volume. It started a bit low but right where we left off in volume 15. But, it picks up and the action gets going. Ill probably read the series again.
August 20, 2023
Not sure how I feel about the ending...
November 25, 2023
Probably one of the books I liked the least in the series. The ending feels rushed and there are too many POVs I couldn’t care less about.
June 27, 2024
A fabulous ending
September 28, 2024
Time 2h32m
October 8, 2024
Happy ending แต่มันก็คาใจกับตอนจบของนางเอกนิดหน่อย สู้กันระห่ำเป็นend gameแต่จบแบบShaman King
November 22, 2024
Thanks this ending was better
Thanks this ending was way better than the last one. I see some books have been changing their ending thanks
Thanks this ending was way better than the last one. I see some books have been changing their ending thanks
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