Daddy always said never piss off a dragon -- not even a half-dragon. I guess this "teacher" didn't get that life lesson. (✿‿✿)
I'm about to get some hate with this comment, but I can't keep in any longer: I can't stand the ML. I don't think he's a good partner for the FL. The ML doesn't feel like he had any growth in the years they have been apart. He doesn't match the FL's emotional maturity. He gives off a childlike vibe that doesn't resonate with me. Being childlike when they first met, fine, okay, even though he's several years older than her, but in the subsequent years apart he hasn't grown -- only in height. We don't see him do any training (sword or magic) that will help facilitate his mental growth. Yes, the FL is more mature due her circumstances, but the ML is the Crown Prince and needs the mental wherewithal to handle that position. Right now they feel too mixed match to form any adult relationship. And, no, I didn't want him to turn into an aloof ML but I would hope the author would tune down that goofball side of him or at least give him more than physical maturity to balance it out.
I see where you’re coming from but I have to disagree. You don’t have to do physical activities like sword training or magic to mentally grow. In my opinion he isn’t childish but more naive. He’s grown healthy and happily in a safe environment where he wasn’t forced to grow or mature fast compared to the FL. Of course the FL will seem more mature this is her second life, she has more experiences, and has grown up in a much more harsh environment. This is one of the few stories I’ve read where the position between ML and FL are switched. If the roles were reversed you wouldn’t be saying that FL isn’t a match for the ML because she’s immature. I just think us as readers are too used to having a mature, cold, older, nonchalant ML and anything opposite of this is seen as “childish or immature”.
I feel like this is 90% the ML dad's fault. He's child-like himself. I think the manga trope of 'all physical contact of or speaking to the opposite gender = total system failure due to embarrassment' is on full display here.
Also, "trust servants 100% because my brother trusted them 0%" is straight up idiotic.
Wanna be assassinated...?
Cuz that's how you get assassinated
True you don't have to learn magic or swordsmanship to be considered mature mentally. However, he calls the duke his master, but we don't see him ever training; it's like hand-to-hand combat -- you're training your mind to anticipate and defend against an opponent who has a different thinking concept from you. (Kinda like chess.) And when you’re learning from/with a teacher you’re not only picking up their techniques you're absorbing their life lessons that help you grow. And I'm just not seeing it in him when I read.
And I do appreciate that the ML’s upbringing was full of love, value, and appreciation. (Take note authors: not everyone has to come from an abusive household/family life.) And, like you stated, I wonder if it was his naivety and innocence that was rubbing me the wrong way. As I couldn’t see the ML as nothing but a big kid and nowhere close to reaching adulthood. Perhaps, their country is more laid-back, because even there I don’t see any growth (good or bad) that would show him becoming one-day the future ruler of a country. I wouldn’t have minded if he was shown a little stoic in front of outsiders/other nobles, but relaxed (goofy) when he was back home. A mental switch.
I did say I wouldn’t compare the ML and FL’s lives as their experiences were different. I don’t expect him to be hardcore and bloodthirsty – that’s not his environment. But I did expect/want him to be less childlike to me. His upbringing was full of love and care, but did that stunt his mental growth?? Allowing him to remain too childlike?? (My perception.)
And this is where I really disagree: naive/innocent FLs. Being female myself, I am way more harder on them and their portrayals. (Probably much more harsher than they deserve.) I have dropped many a story because I couldn’t stand an FL character. I don’t expect all my FLs to be badass, kickass, stone-cold killers, but I do expect them to exhibit a modicum of maturity and sense to match their situations. (Plus, not to repeatedly make dumb decisions!!) Since I hold FLs to higher standard than MLs, I often either outright drop the series or bookmark it for a long pause until I feel like I can pick it back up to either finishing reading it or to drop it from my reading list.
I saw it coming but I was hoping that Ning Bei and Su Qinghe would not get back together again. I'm sure there was a better woman for Ning Bei in Dragon City, but the author wanted to them to be an item. Sad.
Also what is with this sudden need for recuperating from an injury plot device?? Didn't MC return to the city for revenge against his family members who tried to kill his family?? Suddenly having a wound that the MC never mentions even to himself in passing is just suspect. I don't mind new villains showing up in the story, but the internal injury wasn't needed. Lastly, what's the point of having so many warriors underneath you, but you try to handle all the issues yourself. Let them step into the light too.
(I still believe the Tang twins were a better fit for Ning Bei.)
My Harrison has returned to be reunited with Cherry!! I thought he'd have Eden's sister with him too since it took him so long to reach the hide-out, but, no problem, as I was mostly worried about Harrison making it to the camp.
Now I'm ready for the 2nd season!!
i thought she was dead? i remember reading she was referred to as Harrison's late wife
Nah, you're confused. Easy mistake. ^__^ Eden's (police officer) sister is the OGFL from the novel, while Knox's (the doctor) sister is who Harrison (accountant/lawyer) was married to until she died. (So many good-looking men in this it is easy to get confused!!)
I was wrong on this part -- OGFL is Ms. Vanilla former owner of the mansion, but everything else is right. Hehe.. :-)
I was intrigued by the title and to see what drama it would bring. It started off predictable, which I don't mind, but then it hit me with a banger!! The duke was a regressor and he realized he was a character in a book!! That's a rarity in the romance/drama world, so I was more invested to see how this played out.
But it didn't...So far there isn't any real obsessiveness from the duke, except over some letters and not over his wife. The FL is a boring cutout who has lost her spark from the beginning. For the ML to be her favorite character she doesn't treat him like it at all. (She should learn from Hestia how to treat a bias!!) In fact their interactions are dull and lack any signs of affection or growing affection. Dull...dull...dull...even their horses have a better love story!!
Honestly, I'm only sticking around for Eunice and William's story as they are way more engrossing/intriguing than the main characters. Too bad this story wasn't about them. A painter and a prince.
Eunice is too sweet. Really. But the story isn't mainly about willy and her u.u
I see the chat is thirsty today!! ( ° ʖ °)
I am too!! (¬‿¬)
I'll take one older Butler Uros and one older Butler Ron, please. (IYKYK)
Side note: I can't believe a child of Hestia & Kaelus is such a tantrum throwing brat. And that either parent allows that foolishness to continue.
I swear this author must have had a bad experience with the men in their life as they write some of the shittiest MLs in each of their stories. While their MLs aren't the worse I've read -- theirs do rank on the list.
Of the other two MLs I've read by this author, Bjorn ranks higher than them, which isn't saying much. As Bjorn's saving grace, so far, is he hasn't raped his FL. So you can see the bar is set very, very low amongst her MLs.
And the author's poor FLs -- they are usually smart, pretty, and dainty. They are removed from high society life, but through unforeseen plot issues end up on the shitty MLs radars and have to suffer the worst kinds of insults and derision from those outside their ranks and from the MLs whom the author/plot has chained them to. (Those poor women!!)
Erna & Bjorn: I haven't dropped your story, I almost did, but I decided to give y'all a chance. I'm glad that Erna finally decided that her love was not worth giving to her husband when he was barely doing the necessary to reciprocate it. And Bjorn is doing some self-reflection finally, so it's time to see how much groveling he needs to bring his wife back home. (Answer: TONS!!)
What other story did they write?
Here ya go...I've only read these two others by the author:
Cry, or Better Yet, Beg: https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/cry_or_better_yet_beg/ (I hated the ML so much (abusive, cheating, rapist) that I dropped this series as I didn't want to see their forced HEA ending.)
Bastian: https://wjavascript:;ww.mangago.zone/read-manga/bastian/ (The ML in this is a jerk who jumps to so many conclusions about the FL; blames his feelings instead of communicating and other distasteful actions... I didn't drop it...yet.)
Thanks a lot <3
So FL is reliving her life after being killed for being the product of a taboo. I understand that she felt like if she got her half-brother to be given the Head of Family title she would survive. And her secondary plan was to go to the academy to get a chance to study abroad. HOWEVER!! After rape at the hands of her bro (who also has been drugging her with an aphrodisiac) why wasn't secondary plan moved up to the primary. She could have saved herself from the second SA from the demon heir if she had just taken some money, cut her hair, dyed it, and disappeared into the night with her father believing she was at school. I guess getting all those riches/nobility triumphs against saving your own life.
Sorry I tried to like the comment but mistakenly disliked it.
I understand what you mean but she needed to calm her heat so the demon heir was the perfect scapegoat. But after he sa her, I don't find him a good option no matter how much he loves her. Guard would be a good option but he's weaker than those 2. I really don't know what option she got left other than marrying the demon.
No worries about the thumbs down.
Unfortunately, I can't really reply well to your comment as I dropped this story before she got her guard. I do, however, know whom you're talking about as I skipped a few chapters to see if the FL was going to do anything proactive to escape the relentless SA/Rape forced upon her due to her taboo nature. Nope, this isn't one of those stories, so I couldn't stick around to read anymore.
Good choice. It's heartwrenching how some people think it's romantic that she's being assaulted and her being okay with it later on.
I can't give this story props for having the FL run-a-way, since she didn't plan anything, because it was a spur of the moment action brought about by nonstop pain, derision, and feelings of uselessness. But I wanted at least a confrontation once she found the papers in the desk. Or she could have turned solid almost stone or robotic where she methodically begins to plan her departure from the ducal household. Nope!! The rain will ease my hurt and erase these tears. (¬_¬)
And as other commenters have pointed out the lack of communication between the FL and ML is too damn high!! FL is too timid to speak up about anything and the ML (douche!!) is too much of a narcissist/sadist who sees the shenanigans going on in his own home and upper society and does nothing to alleviate his wife's concerns or to admonish the staff around her, instead he's off thinking: Soon she'll grovel to me to fix her life. SOON!! ◔◔
ML2 might have come off as a viable rival as he listened to the FL about her concerns and fears. But he too soon proved himself to be a sleaze and manipulator. He's all about setting her free and helping her find her own path/space in life, but withholds vital information from her to make him seem like the better choice. (Bro, I saw you screwing her husband's ex-fiancee in the hallway, when that mansion has like 40 rooms available!! Get real!!) ಠ╭╮ಠ
Again disrespecting the communication!!
However, I powered through these chapters as it was soon becoming predictable and boring only to hop over to Novel Spoilers and realize this adaption barely resembles the LN it was adapted from. UUGGHH!!
Despite my title, this was an enjoyable read. I blindly picked it up after seeing the title and the thumbnail. And when I said blindly, I meant it. I didn't read any of the comments, reviews, or tags. I just started reading it. And boy was I surprised!!
I was not expecting the graphic sexual scenes at all. Nor was I expecting this manga to be so well-written depicting such harsh truths about love, yourself, and what you value in life. Plus it was really funny in certain moments too. A few times, I had to stop reading because I was laughing too hard -- mostly at Tevon's dialogue.
I will say this: I knew the CP was really in love with the FL but arrogance was his downfall. Just as I knew the FL was deeply in love but her modern society thinking would not allow her to play second fiddle in CP's life after all she had sacrificed.
As for the elves: Those beautiful, horny, lying MFs!! You learned all your techniques from a tree??