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The story is so elongated to the point that it feels deformed hence, unrecognizable atp. You may be fine if you're new but if you're OG from the beginning, most of us find this extremely/terrifyingly and excruciatingly slow. Last time i remember reading the raw where the flashback first started, LAST YEAR. I could be exaggerating cuz its to the point where i no longer remember how long it has been. Its like a story you dropped and found by chance after 5 years.
And in my honest opinion, the author couldve opted to make the flashback in the main story short and do the rest of the flashback as a series of side stories. The dead stop of the present timeline is just... unfortunate.