Out of the red head or the guy with the black hair, i hope the guy with the black hair is the ML considering he’s the one with the most personality
Though ngl with so many ML having black hair with historical fantasy manhwas i still can’t help but feel dissatisfied. On top of that, its always either blonde, white, black and red with the ML hair, though that can be the same with the FL hair as well. Always red,pink, blonde, black etc
Don’t get me wrong, i love this manhwa and out of a lot of them, this one seems to have a bit more original theme going on (though not original enough for it to stand out)
I also just can’t help but get my hopes up that she’ll actually end up with the original FL (blonde girl), the way she just blushes and gets excited when FL pops up just makes me want them become the real canon GIMME GAY HISTORICAL ROMANCE RAAAA
I honestly really enjoyed this manhwa, even the side stories that people have mixed opinions on (the romance being rushed (which is was)) But if you think about it, everything was basically faced paced despite it being 200chs long which is kinda funny lol but enjoyable nonetheless. The only thing thats really bugging me is that during the juju island island arc (please forgive me i’m so bad at remembering names since I binged read this ( ̄ε(# ̄)Σ) and that mage/healer that got reanimated as a shadow soldier only to be put back to rest, he later showed up in the FL dream fo warn the MC that even though he “revived” him, it wasn’t actually him just another version that had his memories/personality/whatever that had a strong will to serve him, but his point was it wasn’t actually him.
I honestly thought this would be brought up later in the story but only for that to go nowhere? Other than the black knight having internal conflict about his original master and his current master and iron forming a crush on him since his body “remembered” his time serving him but that was about it. I guess it doesnt matter at the end since the shadow soldiers thrived under his care but i sorta wish we saw a subplot about the ethics of owning shadow soldier but I understand that can create plot holes especially when your mc needs an army so i’m not that bummed.
The romance on the other hand wasnt bad, but it wasnt
good either. Its feels like its just there so that the MC doesnt end up alone despite being OP. Really sad she didn’t get added alongside the statue of the MC and their child (´༎ρ༎`) i wish the author dived more into her character and gave her more screen time because the only thing I remember about her is that she has keen sense of smell (which i find funny how she think he smells good despite killing anything, anywhere, at any time. like bro u just gotta smell like sweat and death yet here you are smelling like fresh baby powder tf) when it was revealed she wanted to be a track runner i was completely stunned bc i didn’t remember her stating that. She probably did but i’m not going back, too lazy for that lmao.
This manhwa was the first and main reason why i got into historical fantasy romance genre, even after reading hundreds more manhwas that follow the trope i still consider this one of my favorites. The only thing i absolutely hate is that Claude (? Its been so long idk if thats the correct name) did not get any repercussions from Anastasia for neglecting her. I get he put dark magic on himself to ease with the pain of losing his lover but don’t forget in doing so caused the death of Anastasia. So not only did Anastasia get executed from her father that she desperately craved attention from, she also got replaced by a girl who entered his life out of nowhere and somehow gained all of the attention. I know that all of this happened bc claude black magic left an easy opening for his brother to manipulate him but like, Anastasia still died. And on top of that her second life wasnt all that better considering she accidentally killed herself.
I just wish Anastasia confessed to her father what she had to go through before giving him a second chance instead of her giving him a second chance without him knowing.
Okay that my rant bye-eeeeee(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ
Jonas