Quote: I saw Aleh's comment above before starting the story, and I was looking for the "repetitive" material when I got to that point in the story, but honestly, I didn't see anything that I thought qualified.It's worth noting that I left when that was the last bit posted, and things feel longer when you're reading a serial that's still ongoing and you have a week (or a few days, or whatever -- the update schedule wasn't consistent) between chapters. And I freely admit that the whole in-universe justification, which hadn't been revealed when I made that comment -- I think, anyway; I skipped ahead and spoilered myself when I noticed the story had been finished -- really ties things together and makes a lot of the earlier stuff look rather different in retrospect.
There's a good chance my opinion would change if I were to go back and read the entire thing from beginning to end as you did. I certainly know that just spoilering myself like that did.