I get what you mean and you are quite right but in my opinion even if I was the smartest person in the world I would still want someone smarter and more reliable than me as a partner... It's just a preference... I agree though that there should be more variety when it comes to straight couples (excuse my english I am not a native speaker)
U r right... I tried to read st. Romance back then but it just... Nah!.. They lack in some aspect tho some of them r grt but nah... U can say that it is bcz of cultural differences between their environment and ours.... They like girls who r oblivious or like cute and all and r afraid of bold girls which is quite opposite of our preferences....
I think in these manga/hwa/hua here the strongest female lead even amoung the boy enjoy~
So, I'm just a tad annoyed right now because I've been reading a bit of straight romance lately and... why is there such a tendency for authors to make the FL oblivious??? I don't get it! And even when the FL is smart, they are never smarter or even as smart as the ML. Why? Why is there a need to make the ML stronger than the FL in every aspect possible? I get the appeal of the FL being pampered and protected, but I don't think this should be unilateral. How about authors start creating stories with more balanced couples and have them protect and pamper each other? Maybe that's why I tend to prefer BL