It put a blight on their career, but at the same time gave them some breathing space in a situation where they were suffocated by expectations???
I can't hate the guy, especially since he openly admitted, voluntarily backed off from the kids, & tried to change rather than deny what he did.
I REALLY love how wholesome & human these characters are.
If the general populace / knightage / palace staff would just all accept the 2nd princess with minimal resistance given all the things MC accomplished.
I'm starving for a story were the general populace has some form of personal agency rather than be blind followers of whoever is in "charge"
I mean , seriously, who, in their right mind, prefer a princess who was MIA during the whole fiasco over the one who took command, forced the invaders to retreat, brought order & peace during war times, and makes good well balanced plans toward restoration?
.... I have a feeling bitch princess has some mental gymnastic prepared to spin all that shit & take all the credit, no thanks to the double agent knight oldy with her (screw you)
Also, MC better not be a doormat / have no backup plan. She better show some goddamn definitive character development with regards to being a royal. It's been long enough.
"I'm starving for a story were the general populace has some form of personal agency rather than be blind followers of whoever is in "charge""
Me too, but if there is one thing I've learned is that Asians are constitutionally incapable of seeking justice in the face of power. "Shikata ga nai" is the prime directive. This also manifests in every stupid mc, usually female, who gives up at the first sign of actual resistance and twists it into some self righteous pity party sacrifice.
starving for a story were the general populace has some form of personal agency rather than be blind followers of whoever is in "charge"
If you haven’t read it yet-
Basara - classic manga I friggen love so much I went and got a VIZ subscription just to read the cleaned up official translation
I mean, I've played Sengoku Basara...
lol
It’s the legend of Basara by
Yumi Tamura
I'm not very smart, so can anyone explain to me:
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- in the end, was Sylph's countrymen really under the thrall of Kanna & the mysterious pull of the OG!Story or were they just plain greedy & vindictive enough to use Kanna as a reason to exile Sylph?
- why was Kanna's punishment to tell stories for 365 days?
- aside from their initial friendship, was there another reason why Sylph was trying to save Kanna?
Hope you don't mind me answering your questions this late, but I'm taking this as an opportunity to yap about this manga!
1) In a way, yes, the country truly was under the thral of the world! It's a solid fact that there is no magic in this world. The only exception is Kanna herself, who reincarnated into it. And because of her being reborn as the FL in the og story, she basically had the world in the palm of her hands. For as long as the story continued, the world would dance to her whims, simply because she was the female lead. And that was the misleading part. Kanna never ventured outside her role as the FL, nor did she try and look past the original plot. She saw the plot as her only way to her and the world's happiness. This caused the world to be affected by the plot until the story came to an end. In which case, everyone came to their senses, realised how truly dumb her plan was, and locked her away.
2) Because it was the only way to stop the King from killing Kanna. Sylph didn't want Kanna to die and needed to find some way to convince the King not to kill her.
Which is where the stories come in. What is Kanna good at? Telling stories! What does the King love? Stories! Thus came the deal: Bargaining Kanna's life with her stories. By doing this, she is paying for her life and giving Dalgenhelm something they considered valuable. Which is especially good cause the King loves his country and its stories more than anything else. Telling specifically 365 stories was the only number the King wouldn't budge on.
3)I can think of three reasons as to why Sylph wanted to save Kanna
a) She loved her stories (Sylph love stories, especially Kanna's, even after everything, and can't bring herself to hate the Kanna that told her the stories she loved)
b)They were both villainous in each other's lives (Sylph couldn't see Kanna's "all villains have to die in the end" mentality. Especially when she herself was put into that role, she couldn't see the narrative justice of the villains dying in such horrendous ways because of what they did in the story. Thus, when Kanna was put into the same role as her, she just couldn't see the justice in her dying.
c) The simplest answer: Sylph doesn't harbor any hatred of Kanna enough for her to die because of it. She can't completely forgive her, but isn't angry enough to get revenge for it.
Sorry for the long wall of text, I'm just a chronic yapper ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Thank you!!! This actually helped a lot!
I want Lister, Lisbeth, and the current ruler of Khallak(?) To die to bad
I might be wrong since I'm not exactly politically savvy, but isn't it a huge oversight for a monarch to unilaterally end a marriage w/o first ACTUALLY getting to know the other side?
Like, he made an assumption as if their laws & culture's absolute & shared by the entire world....
Isn't that incredibly arrogant for a monarch?
Doesn't that indicate that he may not actually be a good ruler?
Am i reading too much into this???
If this is like Helen of Troy situation, they might declare war.
Nah you are right, that prince is fucking stupid.
This is a combination of pure arrogance and stupidity in the making which doesn't suprise me but is still frustrating
If Ceasar's beating of Ruby started before or after her first marriage?
'Coz I think that changes the context behind his a abuse a bit.....q
I think he was definitely already abusing her, but in his pov its as if ruby liked him too. She probably DID say those things in order to not get beaten up by him, but he only recalls "the good memories in which ruby is also happy with him". He doesnt recall him beating her up as somethinf bad and he doesnt understand that ruby treats him gently in order to protect herself from getting even more beaten up. Its basically her protection mechanism and he thinks its her true feelings.
I think he was definitely already abusing her, but in his pov its as if ruby liked him too. She probably DID say those things in order to not get beaten up by him, but he only recalls "the good memories in which ruby is also happy with him". He doesnt recall him beating her up as somethinf bad and he doesnt understand that ruby treats him gently in order to protect herself from getting even more beaten up. Its basically her protection mechanism and he thinks its her true feelings.
Hes basically delusional.
Oh damn.... so he's been so broken from the start
So. Many. Goddamn. Red Flags.
Something is DEFINITELY gonna happen in the east.....
There was another missing sibling wasn't there?
It also not completely verified yet if their hypothesis on the Eastern King is correct.....
Aaahhh! I'm scared!)
exactly my train of thought
“they are to happy something bad is DEFINITELY going to happen”
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At the last panel of chapter 26
They look so cute and interesting!!!
Someone tell me too