While the fl's situation really tugs at my heartstrings, the reactions and actions of the people around ml and fl are so fkin funny. I've never before laughed in tears while the tears were from sadness
I went into it fully prepared to not be so disappointed coz it's a oneshot, but damn the story is so good that I alr forgot it was a oneshot when I finished reading it. I clicked on next chapter fully expecting another one and now I'm sad
I know that the "soft top strong bottom" trope has been relatively prevalent in recent years, but really like how this story does the trope. The bottom isn't some tsundere or looks strong but actually is a huge softie, and the top isn't some pushover nor a wolf in sheep's clothing. Not that I have anything against those types of couples but most stories of this trope have at least one of the above traits, and it's really refreshing how it's done here, ESPECIALLY how natural the rls develops and how they fall for each other. They have real chemistry yall~~
The plot towards the end might be morally dubious, but a story doesn't have to be morally righteous to be decent. I like how the father's viewpoint was given "proper" logical justification, and how the ml didn't forgive the father just by hearing his side of the story(since obviously father was in the wrong), but is still willing to interact with father afterwards, whether it was for giving father a chance or for personal growth. It gives us food for thought on whether we could have done better than father in those circumstances, and overall makes the story much more than just smut.
I like how the author gave a rationale to why the workers were treating mc so we'll even though it is quite obv she isn't the daughter. It explains the actions of the workers quite well.
~spoilers up to ch13 ahead~
The only thing I am a bit urked about is the actions of the mc. It seems she wants revenge for the original daughter, yet is taking no actions to tattletale, and keeps worrying about the duke thinking that she isnt the actual daughter. She then proceeds to flee the mansion after thinking the duke isn't going to accept her, and goes to find the abusers by herself? Like what was she doing?
I'm actually not saying that her actions are illogical. Even if it is illogical, since mc is an actual child, it can be shown as her naivety. However the author isn't conveying the mc's thoughts at all.
If I were to craft the story about the mc while maintaining the plot from ch1-13 so far, I would do this:
- mc wants to seek revenge for the original daughter, therefore she steals the keepsake and goes to the duke
- however due to the mistreatment she has experienced and her guilt of impersonating her best friend, she is extremely scared of the duke not believing her words, and would instead accuse her of stealing the keepsake.
- Therefore she decides to lay low for now, since if the daughter exists, her abuser wouldn't be able to send anyone impersonating the real daughter
- after she misunderstood the duke, thinking that he knows that she isn't the real daughter and about to kick her out, she panics and tries to think of another way to get revenge.
- she thinks about how the abusers were going to the imperial ball, and thinks maybe she can get her revenge by announcing the misdeeds of the abusers about killing the duke's daughter in front of everyone.
- (honestly it's pretty hard to justify why tf she went to the abusers but this is the best my small brain can do. Maybe I would use cartoonish drawings to show the naivety of the plan, implying that this plan was likely not going to be feasible)
- but before she could even start, her plan fails when she was blocked outside the venue. She tries to get in by luring the guards away, telling them to go find the abuser, the only person she knew was at the ball, but it backfires on her
Lol anyways that's what I would do. Spent way too long typing this out haha
She is just a traumatized child who is impulsive; it's very in character for a kid.
I agree, but her actions are not exactly what I'm criticizing. Tdlr I just thought it would be nice to follow along with mc's thought process. Which the author didn't write about. It's not about the actions, it's about the storytelling.
I think no matter how impulsive someone is, there is always that thought or feeling that drives the action. Moreover, most impulsive actions are driven behind instinctive feelings like curiosity and fear, but the "finding abusers out of nowhere" plot seems a bit sus. There is no way a traumatized child would seek out their source of trauma impulsively. Of course unless it's very specific situations like Stockholm syndrome, but it seems to not be likely in this scenario.
Oh well ig I asking the author to let us understand the mc was too much.
I think she wasn’t driven by a fear of being exposed as a fraud. While her actions were impulsive, they may have been written to reflect the mindset of an abused child—one who prioritises her friend’s dream over her own well-being. A child’s capacity for self-sacrifice, especially in the face of trauma, can be immense. In her case, the fear of letting her friend down outweighed the fear of confronting her abusers.
I think she wasn’t driven by a fear of being exposed as a fraud. While her actions were impulsive, they may have been written to reflect the mindset of an abused child—one who prioritises her friend’s dream over her own well-being. A child’s capacity for self-sacrifice, especially in the face of trauma, can be immense. In her case, the fear of letting her friend down outweighed the fear of confronting her abusers. (￣∇￣")
That is a really interesting take! I would have never thought of this since my train of thought is fundamentally different from yours. Even as a child, I believed that dreams were meaningless if you didn't act on it, and moreso if you're dead. Kinda relevant in this case coz their dream was to live *together* in the duke's mansion. Friend dead, cannot together, dream gone.
Also iirc the dream had nothing to do with revenge and the abusers, so I don't really get how not confronting the abusers would let the friend down, do feel free to explain your thought process! (๑•ㅂ•)و✧ For me, I feel that as a child I would have done everything I could to stay in the mansion if I prioritized not letting my friend down. I used to be very impulsive and bad at seeing the big picture, so the duke would probably hate me for it which would hinder me from achieving my goal. This sounds like a villainess story LOL
But this shows how people can think very differently, and reiterates my point about how the author should have been clearer about the thought process of the mc. It's honestly the author's one job and it kinda sucks that we readers need to take over and tell the story for the author. (〜￣△￣)〜
That’s a really interesting perspective! I see what you mean about how the dream itself wasn’t directly tied to confronting the abusers, and I think it really highlights how she saw securing her place with the duke as dependent on severing all loose ends. Her willingness to go to such lengths suggests that she wasn’t just acting on impulse but out of a deep-seated belief that ensuring her friend’s dream lived on was more important than her own safety. In fact, her friend’s death may have reinforced this conviction, as she could have seen it as the final wish left for her to fulfil, turning it from a shared dream into an obligation she couldn’t abandon.
For me, the way I see it is that the MC might have felt that failing to take action, even if that action wasn’t directly about revenge, would be a betrayal of her friend’s hopes. Since their dream was to live together in the duke’s mansion, she may have believed that letting herself be held back by fear or hesitation would mean failing her friend in some way. Children, especially those who have been abused, often have a very complex relationship with fear, loyalty and self-worth, and I think her prioritising her friend’s dream over her own safety speaks to that.
But I totally agree that the author should have made the MC’s thought process clearer. The fact that we’re having to piece it together ourselves just shows how much was left ambiguous, which can be frustrating when it feels like a crucial part of understanding the character!
Sorry i wrote a lot but these are my perspective on it
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No worries, I find it really fun to read about various perspectives on the same topic XD
Honestly I totally agree with your point about her actions are more than just impulsive decisions. She seemed to be very determined and smart for her age was well, considering that she knew that she needed the papers to escape the orphanage without consequences, made an entire plan to steal them and acted on it, then travelling by herself to the duke's mansion, somewhere she has never been before.
Also thanks for sharing your perspective, now I can see why she would go to such lengths to confront the abusers. Especially if she viewed her friend as better than herself, which was often implied through her praise of her friend, as well as the title implying that she was the "extra" in the story. The thought of fulfilling the dream for her friend must have also given her strength and determination, conquering the fear she might have felt. It was very nice talking to you ヾ(☆▽☆)
OMG YESSSS EXACTLY THAT I DIDNT KNOW HOW TO ADD THAT TO WHAT I WAS SAYING (▰˘◡˘▰) it was really nice taking to you (ノ≧∇≦)ノ
In my opinion, the mc might have gone to the abusers because she didn't felt as secure ,YET, with the duke as taking actions herself. And after all, the duke was still skeptical of her, while the mc on the other hand was also weary of the duke with additional guilt of "lying" to him. And hearing the words that's been said at the garden I think she built more walls around the duke, thinking he might be unreliable.
Of course that's just my take... (￣∇￣")
yeah i totally agree with you she was defo trying to make sure she secures herself Thanks for the input
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This is what I call a negative and a negative becomes a positive. Mc is now less of a menace to society and god now has an outlet for his desires, a win win situation lol
Personally, in comparison to other stories, I'll give this a 9.0, and I would say I'm generous considering I'm about to drop it, I'm just staying to see the ending.
The beginning of the story was interesting, but it started going downhill from when snake boy was introduced. Snake boy is like the equivalent of those jealous bitchy side girls you see in mangas - possessive, narcissistic, childish and complete deadweight. "Why do you not like me like how you like them? If I get rid of them I'll have you all to myself!" It's not even a one time thing, it's literally his ENTIRE personality. AND every single choice he has made only served to inconvenience mc or put her in danger. Most infuriating part is how mc forgives him every time he tries to kill ml. I'm really sick of hearing the "he is snake, basically 10 y/o, dk human rules" excuse anymore.
Also why are all the adults and elders in the story dumber than a 20 y/o girl? If you alr know the war is instigated by a malicious third party why would you continue to do what they want? And as the story goes on, you would observe that literally no one other than mc helps to solve problems. Mc has to literally do everything herself. Solve this asura problem, solve that misunderstanding, get rid of this enemy, identify that enemy, and when she gets into danger boom father/ml appears to save the day. This is mostly criticism of the author themselves, coz they probably wanted mc to sound smart, but the "logic" given by mc is literally so common sense that it just makes everyone else seem dumb. Either that or it's plot armour, like how the original novel coincidentally wrote about the centipedes. The story is also extremely predictable, I saw the "mc dad didn't kill ml dad" plot twist from miles away. This is like Wattpad level of plot writing, aka even 14 y/os can write this shit.
Disclaimer, I'm NOT saying this isn't a good story, it has its merits but DEFINITELY not a 9.5. It's ridiculous how high this is rated but other, more well written stories get a 9.1.
im ABSOLUTELY DONE with the fucking snake, and that "10 y/o" excuse is SOOOOOO OVERDONE. and its not just her forgiving him EVERY SINGLE TIME he tried to kill the ml, its also her basically shaming the ml into forgiving him, or even in some cases having to APOLOGIZE TO THE SNAKE??? and the heat thing is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GROSSSS IM ACTUALLY SO WEIRDED OUT ITS NOT OKAY. its like he exists to be lusting after a 12 year old, its so fucking gross.
the elders are more stupid than 15 y/o girls*, absolutely lacking in common sense, and the father is actually getting so annoying as well, like, im sorry i feel this is off topic, but i think the father is actually the worst. i cannot stand how he treats the ml, i so badly wish the snake would get a fucking personality and that the father would take off his tunnel vision, when he only named his daughter "hwa" because his boyfriend told him to (your adopted son is more directly related to your boyfriend! dont forget! why do we ONLY care about what happens to the fl, when the ml actually went through WAY WORSE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. THE ML WENT THROUGH MUCH WORSE THAN JUST BEING ASLEEP FOR A WHILE, HE WAS ALSO GOING TO FUCKING DIE IF YOUR DAUGHTER DIDNT WAKE UP, LIKE, IF SHE TOOK A DAY LONGER TO WAKE UP YOUR DEAD BOYFRIEND'S SON WAS GOING TO BE LITERALLY WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH, REPLACED BY HIS FATHER'S KILLER, AND YOU DONT CARE, LIKE, AT ALL)
I feel that it is unique in the sense that instead of our mc being perfect and completely top idol material, he has quite a glaring flaw that needs to be improved on. The "system" is also unique as it doesn't give mc otherworldly abilities, but instead focuses on making our mc learn and improve himself, which combined with changing the past and new opportunities, naturally leads to a better future.
The start of the story is definitely a bit rough, and the system is quite forceful at first, which has lead to many negative reviews. However I feel that if time didn't turn back, even if mc succeeded as a solo producer, he would not have been happy. He had lost many close friends (hajun, rapper friends) and will probably harbor regrets, continuing to be pessimistic his entire life as he had been before. Some might say that "he didn't need to change, it's his life his choice", but it is undeniable that those relationships he had were precious to him, and our mc would only be happier to understand those people and maintain those relationships.
In a way, I'm glad that he has regained an opportunity to both learn to communicate and be compassionate, as well as learning to believe in his fans and the people around him. I'm also glad that he didn't "mellow out" and have an entire personality change either, coz I really like his badass personality.
Overall, a gem hidden behind low ratings. Good art, interesting plot, great character growth. It's a good casual read, but also shows the intricacies of good communication. Also read the officials, first 14 unofficial chpts gave me a headache reading them.
I finished reading until the latest chpt, but tbh, only thing interesting about this story is the mc and his subordinates. I'm impressed by how the author utilizes mc's abilities in creative ways, and I'm invested in how f-ranks can level up. Mc also utilizes other's abilities well, like the warp gate guy.
The rest of the story however is mid at best. Other heros have really straight forward abilities like holy sword, holy barrier, transforming big and strong, have big OP tiger. Villains too, like most of the time they just summon monsters/let monsters fight for them, and their personal abilities aren't interesting either. Because of this, fight scenes can get quite boring.
The plot is also quite surface level. Good vs bad, villains vs mc. There is some plot twists here and there like a guardian becoming a villain but it's still very black and white. The villains are either fanatics or crave destruction, there's no deeper meaning behind their actions and no grey area. So far there also isn't a case where a villain becomes a good guy, seems like once a villain, forever a villain. And plot regarding the existence of the system is basically non-existent.
People might disagree with me on this, but the personalities of the characters in the story are frankly put, bland. Most of them just have one personality trait going for them, and it's very 2d. It's the definition of "making xxx their whole personality". With some exceptions, I'm not interested in any of the other characters.
And as mentioned by other commenters, wow the females in the story are both poorly drawn and written. Same face same body, 1d personality (except holy sword girl).
Finally, idk why but I don't really like the art. Objectively the proportions are generally good and the art is decent, but for me it feels really messy at times and it's very blurry to read. I think it's something to do with the colors but I'm not an artist so take my word with a grain of salt.
It's a really interesting and unique manhwa, shame that it is ruined by shitty uploads
I am loving the story right now. The plot seems to be well thought out and the characters are likable.
However, I can't help but notice that the story seems to be really rushed in some parts and have gaps in others. Like I was totally into the whole 3 majors thing but suddenly mc is in class 5, the worst class? Right after mc is literally praised by every single teacher to be an unprecedented genius? I feel like I missed something there but idrk.
Also regarding the fragments of heros, they foreshadowed that the fragments react when the original hero comes in touch with their fragment. Then after that, Kyle comes along and touches his fragment, causing a huge reaction and sending everyone into the heros world. Excellent story telling, wonderful suspense. But like where is the aftermath? There was literally no mention of the incident after that, even though it was definitely a huge deal. And no suspicions abt why fragment reacted with mc. Not even an explanation on why it shouldn't be a huge deal. Just abrupt ending of the arc.
It feels like I'm being served a 5 star 8 course meal, but midway eating they skip from course 3 to course 5, and yes I'm enjoying the food but I'm also wondering where did course 4 go and will it ever come. Also with this pace, it's like I'm being rushed to gobble up every dish they serve, forced to eat the next course before being able to savour the taste of the previous one.
Will I still eat the full meal though? Absolutely
(Also if anyone can explain to me the class 5 thing plsss tell me I'm dying to know, just in case I actually skipped a chapter/panel or 2 by accident)
No because I'm wondering the same thing!
And it's not just mc... that white haired girlie is sister of the long haired one and was also ranked high right? And she was also put in class 5... why? How? Where's the logic? Id get if it was random but they did say it's the class of students expected to fail so... I'm also utterly confused...
And same about rushing and plotholes... I'm left feeling it's not bad but not good either... cuz it could be executed better...
I also got confused with the class assignments, one moment they were together in Class 5 then suddenly some of them got moved in Class 1 to compete with them.