In every single life she seems to detest her daughter deeply. Even when she married the crown prince she despised her and saw her as a lesser human being. Literally: “Ines you’re my project and you owe me success. Unless you become a perfect example of my capacities to show the world I’m amazing you deserve nothing but contempt”. It’s such a perfect depiction of a loveless, motherly figure, the clear example of the sentence: “some people shouldn’t be allowed to have children”; a narcissistic, immature and insecure shell of a human. She touches way too close to my own experience.
They are cute but FOR THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST, NICKY MINAJ AND REGGAETON WHY BOTHER LEARNING TO SPEAK ANY LANGUAGE IF YOU AREN’T GONNA TO DO ACTUAL COMMUNICATION.
Ffs brother, at least 6 years of cringe from both sides, again they are cute and I agree the ML is a beige flag, not a red flag. Too pushy, too reliant on pretty privilege and kinda annoying in general with money talk for me. When he actually pounced on him in the car for the first time after not even glancing at him normally since high school I was like “Ewh… Brother, ewh”, like too forced specially after making the MC so uncomfortable for sooooo long.
On the other side, yeah, MC, the cute ray of sunshine, blah, blah, blah… Brother, can you grow a spine? Do you need calcium for your spine bones PERHAPS??? ALSO FUCKING COULD YOU PLEASE FUCKING CONFRONT SOMEONE WHO’S SUDDENLY GIVING YOU THE COLD SHOULDER AFTER A “STEAMY DREAM”.
I know, I’m sorry, I’m just rambling atp but this was painful for someone who’s such a chismosa like me, likes to overshare and genuinely detests leaving a bad impression on people’s minds.
Is this manhwa the best? No. Is it bad? No. Will I continue reading? Absolutely. But I mean, aren’t going through the golden age of uncensored monster-peepees? These are the small things that make life worth living.
I see other people saying “they have no chemistry”, or “the story is boring”, etc. Actually, this feels pretty human and specially mature. It resonates a lot better with older readers who, like me, had to go through the same struggles as Kuji recently, people who might feel like they don’t belong in their current job or are just feeling disillusioned by “adulting” and relationships.
The fact that they are mature enough to take their time to just enjoy each other's company, enjoy their bodies and accept their feeling without making a whole deal out of a kiss, a one night stand or a confession, feels very refreshing and super accurate to the stage of life they are in.
However, it does feel kind of weird that they are 38 yo but are still depicted like baby faced teenagers. Some wrinkles would have helped the immersion in my opinion.
Like, I’m absolutely on Penelope’s side ofc, but… honestly, poor Eclis. He didn’t choose to become a slave, he didn’t choose to be put in such a position. I know they are both victims here, but I can’t really bring myself to condemn his actions completely (specially after knowing about the spoilers)… It was very twisted of Penelope to use him as a safe trump card no matter what, but it is also very twisted to push her against the verges of death just because of his personal obsession…
They are two souls who met at the worst possible timing and in the worst possible circumstance. It’s so bittersweet…
Exactly Eclis is after all the prince of the fallen kingdom( the people he caught they are his subjects) he became a slave and was sold, it was twisted to become a slave from a prince, so he found Penelope and became obsessed with her, he want her all for himself and as he knew she was using him he feared that once used she would discard him.
Just how can they both be so attractive. For the love of God, they make me feel way too many things. I can’t breath.