Aww I liked the original artstyle, the switch felt so jarring, wouldn't say I dislike the new one but I liked the expressiveness of it
same thoughts. It may look plain but the expressions weren't stiff at all.
NAHh that bittersweet ending was not okay I am baWLing over here ╥﹏╥
Not the luscious lockss I'm weak to long haired characters why can't they let the ml be ╥﹏╥ also rip the artstyle switch pretty late in?? I was confused for a sec if I was overreacting but it definitely lost some quality at the end
I know it's important for the plot, but why are the ml never like, relieved when the villainess breaks up w them? I mean yeah she blackmailed you into dating on a whim why wouldn't a woman like that break up w you on a whim? ╮(￣▽￣)╭
I hate the ml. I get you have sometimes semi-toxic relationships between characters but there's zero chemistry here. He just messes around with her, and she gets thrown around like a ragdoll. She's at least not completely powerless but seeing him get in her head makes no sense to me seeing he has zero appeal
At first I could see her side, with how big the social class gap has gotten, her valid concerns about the political mess and changing everything for her child- then it became kinda ridiculous how she just shut the father out, no proper conversation when he didn't do anything wrong.
And thEN that 2nd male lead - at first it seemed she felt obligated to go out with him 'to pay him back' like her (imo nasty) mum kept hammering in. But then there's some scenes that suddenly after 7 years she has moments her heart fluttered, so there's now a triangle going on and it's just, so messy?? Like if she only just recently started kinda liking the guy, might as well go with the dad of your child that reappeared through no fault of his own. He wasn't a deadbeat, didn't cheat, and is earnestly even offering to live the commoner life with you, but she's being oddly difficult at this point. It's not portrayed that she's being bitter about the hard time she's had but she's sure acting like it. And now because she refused she made her life more difficult having to meet the emperor etc BECAUSE she did that so wdym you want to evade the politics bull, didn't work out clearly.
I just feel bad for the 2nd lead too because it's obvious what the endgame will be, he's been kind but her feelings aren't as sincere.