Yeah it’s very clear author made little research about prosecutors. If they weren’t going to do the research then Yeah they could’ve made it easier on themselves and
A better story by making them a true crime fan like you said. Overall I still like it and will continue reading though
why should she approach him with the thought of protecting him, when all she knows is that he's the prime suspect for a murderer?
seriously, I think any normal human beings first instinct would be to figure out whether or not he actually IS the killer and once you're sure he isn't, to figure out who actually IS.
you honestly can't tell me that if someone told you "hey, that person is probably guilty of murder" that you'd instantly go like "oh no, they must be innocent and they are definitely getting framed."
also please elaborate as to what those "grave mistakes" are.. cause I really would like to know. for me at least I think she's a rather smart MC for a change, as she's doubting everything and everyone. she's not like "oh no he's kinda nice so he must be innocent!"
she's also not hellbent on him being the murderer, she considers her options.
and another thing: one thing people seem to forget sometimes: these things are not set in a modern universe. she doesn't have the possibilities to do the investigation. she's no longer an actual prosecutor.
and talking about prosecutors: maybe you yourself should do a bit of research, because a prosecutor and a lawyer are two different things. if she were a lawyer, her priority would be to see him innocent and find the person who framed him. she's a prosecutor tho her priority is to find him guilty.
A prosecutor should be familiar with the presumption of innocence and understand WHY it's an important principle of the justice system. A prosecutor would recognize when she's making judgments based on circumstantial evidence. She comes close to suspecting other people occasionally, but that's way after she already determined the duke will be the one to kill her. We literally see her internal monologue, we know she wasn't initially thinking "IF he did it" - she was thinking "I need to find evidence he does it before he actually does". I wouldn't immediately assume he's innocent, but I'd have the common sense to realize that the prime suspect isn't *always* the culprit and it'd be foolish to focus on the prime suspect without taking adequate steps to exclude all other possibilities. She is *not* equally suspicious of everyone, as she herself later realizes. (But then quickly ignores again, because she takes no steps to wonder who *else* could be on the suspects' list - only whether or not her new discoveries protect or incriminate the few people she's decided to suspect.)
Even after she briefly casts doubt on one other guy, she keeps flipping back to suspecting the duke over circumstantial evidence like how the knots were tied, or jumping to conclusions like "did he take me here to weaken and kill me?". That's not healthy suspicion, that's her predetermining the duke's guilt and jumping to conclusions based on that predetermined idea. It's not actually keeping her safe, because fixating entirely on someone that may *not* be the culprit leaves her open to threats from the actual culprit.
(She's currently also completely ignoring possible political connections to the murders. The knot being from a specific country, victims being poisoned just like the royal murder attempt from that specific country, and then a terrorist attack from that country again? Were she really that equally suspicious of everyone, she would've already questioned these connections and what they may tell us about the motives of the culprit.)
Prosecutors and lawyers both go to law school and have to know how the judicial system works on both ends. Lawyers can become prosecutors and prosecutors can become lawyers, the only difference between them is what they're paid to prove. The priority of both a prosecutor and a lawyer SHOULD be to prove the truth - and this is ESPECIALLY true for her, because this isn't like her prosecution job, she doesn't have to just send someone to jail. She needs to catch the actual culprit bc that culprit is specifically threatening her own life. Finding the right culprit is a detective's job more than her own tbh, but in the author's desire to portray her as super competent, they never point out that discrepancy either. She hires a detective, so it seemed like she was actually going to use his skillset, but thus far all he's done is act as an assistant to her while she does all the concluding by herself.
like I said before: different world, does not have the same possibilities as in her original world and despite reading books on the world and whatnot, you simply cannot know everything..
still doesn't change the fact that the duke is the only suspect she has, and the most "important" one, as he's the closest to her and thus the most dangerous if he proves to be the killer.
like I've said before: if you were in her position, being in a new world, not Knowing anything and fearing that someone could/will kill you, the most obvious thing to do is to follow that one single concrete clue.
no matter what life you had or studied or whatever, if there is a realistic chance that sth directly im front of you could cause you harm, you try to deal with that first and then once you made sure that that thing won't cause any issue, you can look for the real issue.
usually lawyers and prosecutors do not have to fear for their life, so sure, they can deal with things differently.
you also read the same thing as me? she didn't trust john at first, so why should she leave everything to him? if she trusted him and let him do everything, THAT would have been the obvious stupid thing.
I agree with the fact that the gambling stuff and whatever is too much, but just because she didn't straight up think "oh they are from the same country so it's definitely that" doesn't mean she didn't think about it. if it turns out that it was all a ruse and someone initiated someone from that country your'd probably say "oh how stupid of her to think it must have been someone from there and not someone just pretending to be from there"
honestly, if you're so triggered by a FL who actually doesn't act completely stupid or only gets things done bc of her previous knowledge, you might wanna drop this genre
> he's the closest to her and thus the most dangerous if he proves to be the killer.
That logic only makes sense if the killer needed to be close to her to kill her. but if the killer is someone who wasn't as close to her, then that means they never needed proximity to kill her in the first place, so focusing only on suspects that are close to her does nothing to actually protect her. I'm not saying she shouldn't suspect the duke at all, just that she's devoting an unreasonable amount of her resources to suspecting him specifically, and not enough on other potential suspects.
If I was in there, I'd hold the exact opinion I do right now, because this is what I've been thinking from the first chapter, even before we got confirmation of the duke's POV. Detectives that focus entirely on their first suspect are the reason many serial killers irl got away with it as long as they did. If I really want to increase my chances of survival, I need to place an equal amount of suspicion on EVERYONE, avoid being alone with ANYONE, and ideally go into hiding somewhere far away, since the serial killer is obviously working from within this single city and, as the Nth victim, I'm probably not a major priority worth chasing for.
Also never said she has to jump to a conclusion about the rebels from the other country. I said it's frustrating that she ignoring the POSSIBILITY entirely. We know she hasn't thought of it because we literally have access to her internal monologue.
Honestly, I don't understand why you're so offended by someone just having a different opinion from you. Just because some stranger online is dissatisfied with parts of the story doesn't mean you're not allowed to keep enjoying it yourself. I enjoyed parts of it a lot myself, which is why I even read this far. And yeah, now I've dropped it and gone off to read other works I prefer more in this same genre. (Honestly, I might be abnormally jaded *because* I've read so many works in this genre, so the patterns in writing are perhaps exhausting me more than they did when I hadn't read as many.) But everyone has different tastes and not being satisfying for me doesn't mean it can't be enjoyable for you. You're fine, go back to having fun.
I actually do not care about reading all that.. not bc I don't care about your answer, but simply bc I don't care about arguing anymore.
nonetheless saw that you asked why I was bothered so much about your comment: it's not bc you have a different opinion than me - I myself like many things people dislike and vice versa.
what I simply found annoying is the way HOW you stated your dissatisfaction.
"this Webtoon is trash, the author is trash, worst thing ever."
not even bothering to explain why you didn't like it and just talking shit about an actual somewhat decent Isekai story for a change, which does not rely on the trope of "oh I remember this from the book" or "I conveniently know how to make penicillin" or sth.
so yeah.. when you have a strong opinion like that without even giving proper reasons as to why you do not like it, you shouldn't be surprised if people disagree with you in a similar tone.
> what I simply found annoying is the way HOW you stated your dissatisfaction. "this Webtoon is trash, the author is trash, worst thing ever."
But that's not what I said. I criticized one aspect of the story, one aspect of the author's writing. I never thought this makes the whole thing trash, let alone the author themselves. I didn't highlight any of the positive parts because I didn't think I had to balance out criticism with praise in a place where the author would actually never see it.
But I get it. I've been where you are. There are things I like a lot that other people think is shallow or uninspired. Constantly seeing criticism of the things I like can take away from the enjoyment. I know I wasn't the only one leaving a cynical comment, so it must've been unpleasant for you to basically be bombarded with those at the end of an update.
So regardless of what I intended, I genuinely apologize if my words made you feel uncomfortable in any way. I didn't consider the atmosphere I was creating for other readers of the story and I'll be more mindful of it in the future. I love reading this genre and I'd hate to ruin that for anyone else.
hey, I just criticize things as much as the next person
I feel so bad for the duke. This story would've been so good if she had actually had some common sense and would've approached this with the attitude of protecting the duke from whoever is trying to frame him.
Alternatively, if the author really just wanted to write a silly dynamic between her and the duke, then she should've been a true crime junkie instead of a legal expert. The fact that she makes so many grievous and obvious mistakes despite being a prosecutor breaks all immersion.
This is a good example to authors in the sense of what not to do. If you're going to write a character that's supposed to be intelligent or educated, you'll have to do some research to SHOW the character making intelligent choices, not just telling the reader "this person is smart (trust me bro)". This main charcater doesn't understand anything about the law or the logic behind prosecution, she barely even has common sense. Her intelligence only exists in comparison to complete idiots (her siblings), or when she needs to suddenly have magical knowledge or skills (economical advice, gambling???) to look cool so other characters will worship her.