
God, I hate to say it, because I still can't really believe it myself, but this manga is actually pretty phenomenal right??? Like from the title, the art style and the premise, you'd think this would be some cheesy time-killing nothing romance, but it's really good. The characters are complex, there are overarching themes across different characters, you can see them grow into themselves, which you'd think would be impossible in a yandere romance! I thought this would be "If you ever leave me, I'll kill us both" kind of manga, but it's more "let's explore the effects of childhood trauma on our understanding of relationships and self" kind of manga. I love it. He needs to redye his hair though, because that isn't it.

It's cute, but false advertising. The scarred princess doesn't pursue happiness, not until her scar has been erased :(
I just want a happy love story with a heroine that isn't perfectly beautiful and has some physical flaws.

And thats fine too, but in many stories I've seen that have the trope of a physical disability or characteristic the character had that really made them feel terrible about themselves. Its always erased by reincarnation, and while they may still be traumatized, I think so much more development could be done if they had kept that part. Just makes the story a little less cliche.

I wonder if there's going to be some contract, that if a mage betrays a tower, the assistant will be punished as well. It'd make tough situation for Riley, as she can't really tell this Irantes-Tower loyalist her plan without risking it all, but she's also not the kind of person who'd be comfortable leaving that kid to his fate. I'm writing fanfiction at this point though, and with the whole worm that instantly kills you if you think about betrayal, extra measures are probably unnecessary.

While you're all fixating on "I guess if you're a captain commander, you have to sleep with a sword", I'm fixating on the following panel where Abel squeezes something

If you break it down to the bare bones, the whole story consists of everyone vague-posting with their whole hairy chest.
Things are getting squished!
Why?
Because there's only one (!) bed (ever heard of hammocks on ships? yeah, me neither), one (1) sword [battle-ready in every sense of the WORD] and one (1) injured arm.
WHAT is getting squished?
We'll leave that to your imagination, pick whatever causes the most damage!
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And then they do, without fail.
Yayyy, hooray for Itoshi, love him for being so sane and reasonable for yandere standards <3<3