I will not lie. Out of the millions of zombie apocalypse stories, this surge of environmental apocalypse stories isn't a bad thing. I've noticed that they get shorter preparation time in comparison to others, but that also make things a little more interesting. What I don't understand is people's fascination with having these things take place in NYC. XD
Now this is just Luo Binghe! They thought we didn't notice, but we did! XD
So this is usually my favorite "genre" of fantasy. The exiled noble with "useless" magic leave their toxic home environment to find happiness somewhere they can build a life for themselves, but this? It's a great premise, but subpar execution.
If the development of his new home was stretched out more, I could see myself continuing to read this. But with how it is now? I don't much care for it. I thought it would be a couple of chapters of him and Wood bonding and making a home, but the moment an Elf girl showed up. My expectations plummeted. As if it couldn't get any worse, suddenly when he needs skilled craftsmen, who should appear but a group of random dwarves? A group of random dwarves falling all over themselves to be his labor force because he slapped some bandages on them? Yeah, if my hopes for this hadn't hit rock bottom already, it was kicked off a cliff into the void.
Yeah, no.
Hell, the Dragon thing makes sense more than the other two seeing as the forest is seemingly said to be teeming with monsters. If the Dragon had been the first encounter he had, it would have led to him receiving a blessing from them after he rendered them help. Then I could understand other beings showing up one after the other, maybe due to some luck he gains from the blessing. He seemingly has had no luck in anything else, so getting a blessing would've been able to explain why he's suddenly getting all the luck now.
The whole thing with his sister and brother suddenly caring about their "useless" brother is just stupid. There's no build up to this. Sure, we can just assume that the MC is an unreliable narrator. However, its clear that at least the younger sister didn't seem to care much as the two of them hadn't even held a conversation in such a long time that the MC was sure she didn't care for him. The father is a piece of work, because as someone who has a hand in the military, why would he think his son's nature magic is useless?
He can literally grow crops. The same crops that can feed your troops, feed your territory, etc. Like just because he can't club someone in the head with the magic, doesn't make it useless. It doesn't matter how many enemies you can take out with a lightning spell if your troops and people are starving. Ugh, whatever. I'm just done with this one.
All of it as it is presented is contrived and as if the mangaka is just fulfilling a checklist of magical beings to get out of the way just so they can focus on stuff they want to do. Everything is just conveniently happening to and for the MC with little actual effort on his part. That's lame.
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I'll give this a 2/5. 1 star for the premise and the second for Wood, because they are adorable! (▰˘◡˘▰)
Got any recommendations on similar (but better) stories?
You became a mistress only to fail in getting the equal standing you were hoping for!
This is just the beginning, but the three-chapter/episode rule will always be king. The premise for this is great, especially since global warming is a concern of the world despite the topic never getting the attention it deserves. I was looking forward to seeing how this apocalypse story started, but the more I read on...the less enthusiastic I was getting with all this.
It's also evident that whoever is writing this, has no idea about anything that has to do with New York.
The art style isn't offensive at least. The MC's design caught my eye and made me want to read it, after seeing a video summary of it on YouTube. However, this didn't meet my expectations. I'll keep an eye on it, but I am drastically lowering my expectations from here on out. (〜￣△￣)〜 (Chapter 9 is where I stopped)
Whoever put "Strong Female Lead" in the tags needs to be punched in the throat. There is only so much "abuse the woobie" crap I can take, and this has long since passed my bottom line. This is not worth reading. The female lead has no agency or plans to actually do anything to save herself, and I don't care about "She's sheltered" or any other similar excuses someone comes up with. Everyone has a breaking point where they either fight or run and with everything this girl has been through, she should've long since been decided on either of those and implemented it. This just isn't worth having an aneurism due to pure frustration. (╬￣皿￣)凸
I second the motion. Gave it a 3 star rating, there's no character development and no resolve from the child.
As an interesting point they are finding through research that there is fight, flight, and freeze responses to dangerous/traumatic situations. They freeze mode is where you aren't able to escape certain stimuli to the point your brain releases chemicals to subdue a response to basically lay low. This can also lead to severe depression and anxiety over time. This kind of story just reminds me of that kind of response.
THANK YOU!!
Exactly!! I like knowing about how different personalities of different people can have, and maybe we all should be open-minded and accept every personality type coz each type has its own flaws.
umm... Maybe wait for her to grow up a little before passing judgement?
even in her previous life, she was literally only 18 years old who had lived her entire life in captivity... like, what do you expect her to do with her tiny and weak body?
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Your right passing judgment fast isn’t good but it’s over 30 chapters and I don’t see any character Development maybe I’ll visit once a while but I’m not really good at waiting so this manga isn’t for me but I’m sure other people will find it fun to read it’s just not for me..
Even she have ptsd??
Naaaah, this is too much slow development. Take a look at Leslie Shuya Salvatore from The Monster Duchess and Contract Princess. Even though she had PTSD, she had a great character development. She used every means in order for her to get some protection unlike in this story. She came back willingly because she doesn't want others to get hurt, it's okay to be selfish once in a while knowing that you've experienced death once. She doesn't act like an 18 year old.
Leslie literally has supernatural powers to assist her. Not to mention why are you even comparing two completely different characters from two different manhwa? Leslie knew what to do to get out of her situation because she was aware of the Salvatore family from her previous life and their reputation.... Like everyone keeps mentioning, Our female lead literally lived her ENTIRE 18 years of her previous life locked up in a room. She doesn't have any supernatural powers to rely on nor does she have any awareness about life outside... Leslie CANNOT be compared to her at all!
Also, I don't know much about PTSD so I will not comment on that but I don't think it's fair to say that 18 year old's should all act a certain way. I mean, in her era, an 18 year old would be married with at least a kid or possibly engaged. So, saying she doesn't act like an 18 is a pretty broad statement.
Character development takes time... just because 30+ chapters are over so far means nothing when you compare it to the pacing of the story. In fact because it is taking so long for her to come out of her shell, I am looking forward to the future chapters.
I mean, at the end of the day, we are all entitled to our perspectives so if this manhwa is not to your liking, then that okay too..
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I said what I said. I'm dropping it. Your opinion on whether I should judge a character or not based on what you think has nothing to do with me. In MY OPINION, I can't stand the inactive MC and so I'm dropping the story. That's it. No matter how many people downvote it because they "think I'm being too harsh" or "Well she's BLAH BLAH". doesn't matter to me. It's dropped. Will I come back once this "Abuse the Woobie" phase is done? Maybe, but that's up to me. Until then, my opinion won't change.
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So I went to read the novel because I was enthusiastic about what the manga has shown, but I'm about to drop this too just so I won't have to physically see the bs that the novel gives. I'm not raising my blood pressure with this shit more than I already have.
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Spoilers plz
I guess since it's a spoiler.....SPOILER
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So she's going to basically be asked by the king and his council of idiots to "guide" the heroine who is the fated "Saintess" who is supposed to guide the country, which ends up causing her to be the villainess she wants to be. Not that she really seems like one, since she's only telling the truth and the naive ass heroine and her brainwashed followers (a majority of which Alicia knew from childhood including two of her brothers) are all acting like things are sunshine and rainbows. The school they are at also basically is almost filled with cult-like people who even when called out on their stupidity, get quickly pulled back under the "heroine's" sway so that's a lost cause.
The Prince Duke or whatever still likes her and is nice and all, but the story just ends up getting really dumb. I just literally don't have the patience to sit through any more stupid shit. The heroine almost gets Alicia killed by some people who were trying to kidnap her by immobilizing her and when called out on this, she spouts off about "not killing people because it's wrong" and HER BROTHER and the heroine's followers amongst his friends agree.
Alicia loses her magic at some point and at this point my blood pressure was through the roof this point that I'm surprised I managed to tolerate it enough to get to the last chapter uploaded.
So -100/10 is my score. Fuck this story. The premise was great, but as soon as the heroine showed up, it went downhill from there. If you don't like being frustrated, this ain't for you. If you like having anger headaches then it is.
Just reading this spoiler..... frustrates me (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
Btw, thanks for the spoilers!
No problem! I had to make it clear to others before they read this that it is THAT bad! I had to literally get up and walk outside to cool down from how heated I was getting. I thought what I read was bad, but apparently, it gets worse.
I will heed your warning, kind soul. Lmao.
I like how it is rn in this manga but reading your spoiler.. I guess it wasn't actually for me.
Believe me, I was looking forward to this story myself and then I read it. Had to warn ya.
I- I've never read a spoiler as frustrating as THAT(╯°Д °)╯╧╧
I was and still am extremely disappointed in the direction this story takes.
Excuse me kind person, where did you read this? A raw? Or a novel?
It was the novel.
lmao just from reading your comment i got MADヽ(`ﮧ´)ﾉ
especially at the part when she loses her powers.. like wtf, i hate it when this shit happens in stories..
anyways thanks for your warning, i don't have a lot of time to spend reading wbtoons or manga, so it's very precious. so yeah you just saved my life from weeks of agony and dispair.. (am i exaggerating? i don't think so...)
Woah well this manga will test my patience in the future chapters
Well shit, I'm done then, thank you for the spoilers!
Thank you for the spoiler !!!! I will not waste my time .
Thank you for spoilerrrrr,.. just reading this makes nme hate itt!!
U saved me from wasting my time & increasing my blood pressure aswell
I'm stupidly stubborn.. ╮(￣▽￣)╭..So, can you kindly share where did you read the novel?
Btw, thanks for sharing the spoiled and your opinion of it, that was very kind of you
Thanks man u saved my poor head and nerve (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
Well, I'm not sure why'd you want to read it but here is the link: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/ill-become-a-villainess-that-will-go-down-in-history/?pg=9
I really like stories that are frustrating like this! I want to see our mc overcome it s than you for the link (〜￣△￣)〜
Well...now I'm sad-
I thought that this would be a good manga. But I guess not. Oh well I'd rather not have a headache by reading it when that happens. f the heroine and her followers. Thankyou ^_^
I admire the fact that you read until there, I got to when...
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She gives up her eye, after spending all that time luck up because his dad is stupid, and then everyone is like "yeah, thats fine" -.- Is a really frustrating story
I read your spoiler and it's basically a plot of japanese shoujo.. Yeap, its frustrating and all, but I'm not surprised a bit.
And I saw some people got confused by your comment. I'm not saying it's your fault, it's not.
It's just that they kinda didn't read and interpreted it wrongly. They thought you posted the end of the novel when you clearly said the last updated chapter lolololol
I want to read this because I like the art but thanks to your spoiler I'll can prepare my heart for the shitty parts (￣∇￣")
I knew it was a mana suppressant as soon as attention was drawn to the medication. It just couldn't be anything else when she's mentioned it, her father was adamant in her taking it, etc. Probably in some grand scheme to collect the mana and put it at someone else's disposal. Probably that "angel" that Abel was obsessed with in the original novel.
I really just can't trust churches in fantasy novels! XD
Well you can't trust churches in reality so in fiction they are bound to be the bad guy.
True, you're not wrong. Σ( ￣□￣||)
That is the truth you have.
That's lame. Yul should be with Jungsoo, but whatever. Let Glasses deal with the dumbo. I guess there was a reason my past self noped out from this. I'm out. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
I feel like this is the first time where the 2nd ML hasn't captured me. But tbh, there was never a competition here. Why settle for a puppy when you can have a tiger? ╮(￣▽￣)╭