The mc is is the most amazing character in all of fiction. I would die for her!! How do you manage to create a character with a deeply tragic yet hilarious backstory, the author eliminated all options of "well, what if she-", because she did do it. There is a plot and some form of a male lead but!!! I'd argue that in this story the male lead and the love interest are two different entities. The knight is the male lead, who everyone deserves in their life and the fiance is the love interest, who although somewhat boring fullfils his role quite well. They quickly killed off the one character with zero depth and now we have these interesting characters like Luke and the prince, for whom we root for, but also have to keep an eye on!I can't wait to find out what the brother's wish is.
I think her brothers wish was obvious like he loves her and want to be with her.
Like,,like familial love right??
Nop.. As a man and woman type of love.
Dude is on push-up away from being a himbo, but somehow everyone thought it was a good idea to hand him a throne.
So far i only like the female side characters. Like the vet dude is a total asshole and he mind of deserves this ironic fate, BUT not from the beast of you get what i mean? Like how is it karma, if the one being he's genuinely nice to in his life hurts him. This isn't even a revenge story, it's just two dick weeds doing what dick weeds do.
This is why I don't read tragedies, like what's the point? I get attached to the character and have fun watching them interact only to see that they'll never get their happy ending?? It's a wonderful read, don't get me wrong, but i can't grasp why in a world full of negativity, you'd seek out fiction designed to make you feel bad.
That’s because it tells you that not all stories can’t be as perfect nor as beautiful as others, the reality of our world consists of many tragedies and bad endings and that can also be an inspiration to writers and artists. It’s not about making you feel bad, rather it the dramatic storyline that makes you think hard, cry and feel pain, will eventually turn into a good lesson for all of us in the real world. And that’s why I also don’t like the sentence “a bittersweet ending”.
At the beginning the mc was kind of my least favorite part of the story with the whole "stalking and obsessing over a child" thing, but now she's one of my favorite heroines ever. She by herself figured out that nothing good can come out of a book named persona, that her husband was being brainwashed (I was fully expecting her to go "How,, can he not believe me??(´;︵;`)") and decided to try and avoid his death fairly early on.
I wouldn't have been able to mentally bear this, if some random ass man starts making accusations at me without a shred of evidence, digging a conveniently sized hole in his backyard is the last thing he'll do.
The bartender was a really nice character, but i wish they weren't labeled as a transgender woman? Either draw the character in a way that a transgender woman would present herself or make the bartender a Drag queen. Honestly if they wanted to go with a gender non conforming character, they could've labeled the bartender as non binary. Generally I don't think this manga did a great job portraying the LGBTQ community, they made one okay gay characters (the mc) and the rest were these creepy old man who just want to get in his pants. Of course the only other "normal" man is straight and he's making an exception, because that isn't invalidating at all. The story could've been a lot more interesting too, if you make someone's prime characteristics that they're shut off and quiet, then don't be surprised that after their development they're going to be completely blank.
Might've been a dumb rant, but i just think the story could've been made better.
That's why Japanese BL is sometimes so good - it's just a nice fantasy, out of this world, when people love each other just because and don't label each other, they're all just people.
Most "mamas" in Japanese gay bars are like that, like, for real.
This manga, like most BL mangas, doesn't have a goal to portray a realistic life of LGBTQ+ community, so... I don't know, I think you shouldn't have expected that, really... :c
this is very clearly not a case of "people love each other without labels" they mention their sexualities all the time???? It's exactly like the OP says.
Also no, mamas at Japanese gay bars are NOT like that. That's very weird that you think or assume that.. Is it the influence of weird bl like this that gave you that impression?
Clearly you are very young, so I wont go too into it, but what is healthy to understand is that you can enjoy a piece of media or fiction and be critical of it at the same time. Having critique of a work means you care and that you take it seriously, it's not a negative thing.So instead of finding excuses for a manga just because you like, be glad that people are invested enough to produce critique, and maybe think about what this means and reflects on the work for yourself.
Have a good daayyyyyyyy
Does a person have to conform to things decided by others to live their lives as they like? Why do you stereotype a person to your own experience? I had a friend who shared a house with a transgender looked like the bartender acted like the bartender. Drag queen is a bit different. Dem tlady prepared me the best salad I've ever had lol. Too bad they split houses before I got the number. (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
i think op’s point is more that in bl mangas transwomen are often portrayed stereotypically as drag queens
Hmm
Can we awknowledge the top comment by @SOF and how many people agree with them?? What the fuck? I can accept the manga and that there are legitimately some people who read it for it's wholesome brother like moments, but ignoring the fact that the audience this kind of story is attracts is fucking creep would be so intentionally ignorant. I couldn't blame anyone for reading this, since i too find their interactions sweet and endearing, but beware of what kind of people your reading this story with.
It is sadly inevitable to not hav those kinda comments :( there isnt even a report button
the f??? there's a report button on the bottom right of each main comment, what ya mean no report button #－.－)
Um-? I can literally send u a pic? I dont have it? The topics have report buttons but not the comments, they both two different things mak, idk if youre new here?
SOF is a troll, they’re just joking
They may be but not all the people who upvoted it
who is SOF? what did they say?
i saw the comment and literally gasped for a reason thats not good
If I'm being honest i don't really like the heroine. She's boring and her only personality trait is that she isn't a bad person, which I'm fine with, she's a kid after all and they don't have really strong personalities, however everyone around her treats her as if she's this angel send from above. Her brother tells her "people say they don't like our hair color :/" and she basically replies with "that's mean! >:(" and to which they reply back ":0000, omg noone has ever said that very obvious and subjective thing before, heh, you really are different :))))". If the author pushed a little further and made her nice to the point where it's harmful towards herself and burden to others, as the result of trauma from being a literal slave, that'd be fun to read about! If she only behaved nicely, because she's deeply scared of being kicked out, that'd be fun to read about!! If the curse could only be broken once the sister is sacrificed and her brothers grown fond of her although they knew they had to use her it'd be a fun story to read about!! Instead we have the perfect victim protagonist, who's backstory only serves to make other characters pity her and doesn't actually imprint any morals or trauma on her (besides that names are valuable), who got into a position of power by simply being born i guess, surrounded by people who love and adore her without any threat of danger present. And you know what? Good for her! I'm glad that this is the life she got, but the story can't create any emotion besides "aw:)" "aw:(" and "aw>:(".
Omg "aw:) " "aw:(" "aw>:("
I'm sorry I laughed
same (￣∇￣")