They handled stuff like the age gap and such very well later on. And I mean... lots of people end up in situations where they have to make money in ways others would judge. Way more than you think. It doesn't mean a person can't fall in love or change their life. I'd say more, but it would spoil... so... I just hope people give it a shot.
in how a person treats their body, but this felt like an unhealthy standard. She's slender except for a tiny belly, but she and everyone around her treats her as "fat". She chooses to lose the couple of vanity pounds on her stomach NOT for health reasons or even her own confidence- she literally says she wants a body her future boyfriend would compliment. She bases her appearance of how a man would see her- a theoretical boyfriend that doesn't even exist yet. This story could've been about accepting yourself or even about her working out because she wants to be healthier or stronger. It feels weird that it's all about losing a few pounds to look skinny enough for men. ...and she was already slender.
I've had kids and was once quite overweight, medically speaking. I'm now on the slimmer side of a healthy weight, but would have to lose about 10% of my weight to look like her when she was "chubby". I would be furious if someone said I needed to lose weight to look good for a man... I'm healthy and it's my body, not some dude's. The way this comic framed being super skinny if you want men to like you... it feels messed up.
Ugh, sorry. It irritated me.
I can't understand why (ch 41) FL is like 'ah I'm so arrogant for offering help' when to me, going 'hey, I wanted this walk, but is it a bit much?' is just... considerate? And could not one of them flat out say 'gee, actually, it's not totally awful when I'm around you'... UGH. Is this a normal thing for other people? This doesn't even feel like any misunderstandings, it simply feels like they're both purposely pretending they know how to NOT subtly lie with every word.
I love overdramatic misunderstandings. But this feels like they're both having to work to find anything to misunderstand? I really liked this at first, but now my socially-blind self is going "ffs you guys, no one is gonna win anything if they can seem more ignorant than the other".
Blaaargh.
just Fn WHY was there no nice art in this chapter (78) like nearly every other chapter??? If it wasn't kinda 'off' because it was in motion or out of focus or whatever... then it was a some sorta chibi face or something. We didn't get any good shots for a single character! And almost nothing happened?? The art and unique plot has always made this one of the best. Wtf was chapter 78?? None of the great art OR actual plot development.
The emperor doesn't like a tea that helps prevent the mind control or whatevs. Wooooo. There could've been a single decent picture to make it better. Ah, please God, whatever powerful thing is out there, don't let this go downhill...
have you ever heard about the phrase “calm before the storm”
And I am done. ML isn't even interesting scum. He's just a spineless, cold, selfish jerk. FL is horrendously weak, an overcooked spaghetti noodle of a spine with not a crumb of self respect. They don't have a single braincell between the two of them. I'm going to walk away assuming they'll spend their lives making each other miserable. ...and they kinda deserve it.
Not just the translation or anything (which yeah, at times it seems like unedited MTL and barely makes sense), but the obvious absurdities. An example right from the start: DO NOT EVER HAVE A RANDOM BLOOD TRANSFUSION. That is highly likely to kill the injured person! Even direct blood family absolutely may never give blood without being the appropriate blood type. Even then, there's actually more factors within the blood that determine how well the body can handle the foreign blood... then you have things like a ton of awful diseases that can be transferred through blood (HIV and Hep C for example). I'd judge this story harsh even if this was the only problem. But.
Then almost immediately, they talk about how being unconscious for too long or waking from a coma will likely cause hallucinations or mental illness that will require being put in an institution? No! No! That's not how that works! Sure, those things may be affected, but it's absolutely not the most obvious problems that would be a concern. The biggest issues will be not far off from most brain damage- potentially speech, control of bodily function, sensory issues like sight or hearing, limited short term memory and/or ability to process, ugh... WHY would an author choose to write on subjects of which they're clearly dangerous levels of ignorant??
There's many more massive issues from the start. An example (Ch5, no big spoiler) is that not only selling, but even making any kind of medicine is straight up ILLEGAL. Firstly, that's insane, because even various teas are supposed to help with some health issues. A world where basic herbs can be taken to reduce fever and it's considered illegal? Just?? A literal child can read all about how to do it (why is there so much accessible info on it if illegal), so there's clearly much more than enough medical knowledge in that world for very basic medications to be easily created for the general population, but it's a CRIME and some people can still be accused of being a WITCH because they made an ointment from knowledge easily accessible in a multitude of books and...
Sorry. It's just insultingly awful. I can't understand how any of this got approved to be in a manhwa. I can't read more. The author should never be allowed to so much as place a bandaid on someone.
Ugh
Our gals are amazing... and Angel is so babygirl. Oomph. I should've started this ages ago.