I really adored this story for many things. It’s very satisfying to be honest. The way Jaina goes through every plan and every time successfully destroys Angela is really really enjoyable to read. You could think it gets boring when it’s this long, but not at all. It’s actually really good. I like this story because Jaina is strong and powerful, she has wits and she manages to make use of her future really well. On the other hand, I also enjoy the way she doesn’t return to her former fiance. He’s very pitiful for sure but I like it. Too many times in those stories the girl go back to her fiancé as if nothing happened, even if he killed her. It’s refreshing to see how she actually kept trauma from it and how it stops her from liking him again, from making everything go back to once it was. I was hoping so badly for Dane and Jaina to end up together and was happy when it happened. The relationship between Jaina and her dad is also very sweet. So this story has a lot of positive aspects really and I will come back to reread it. I didn’t want to finish it truly!
This story is pretty simple and without any headache or even deep thoughts that need to be put into it. Quite simply, it’s a love story. But it also shows how a story that doesn’t really count any obstacles can get a bit boring. Without any antagonists, you just get the two main characters that love each other, and get together, and then he comes back from war and then they get married… but it’s pretty plain. I honestly liked the drawings, but I think I maybe liked them better with the young version of themselves. The adult ones were sometimes a bit … ehh in terms of proportions maybe?
I have to say that I was a bit disappointed with how it unfolded. With 50 chapters I knew the plot wouldn’t be too deep, but the start was fun in some ways. Her friendship with the other girl and then the prince, their bond, it made it interesting and good to read, but the moment where she gets with the ML, things slow down and become less hooking.
Overall, it’s not bad but I probably wouldn’t find myself rereading it.
I’m sorry but the haircut was so sudden that I literally thought it wasn’t the right guy asking her for a dance and that the ML would appear and swoop her away… like he looks nice with short hair but I preferred him with long ones? And really… should have warned more
This story has a lot of potential. I like the drawings and I feel like the plot isn’t too bad, but the translation isn’t good and confusing. Also I kinda don’t understand why suddenly the prince and the rival fall in love with her. It just seems too convenient to install a love triangle. Overall I guess I’ll give it a 3/5 for the potential but it’s a shame that it’s a bit wasted by other defaults!
Obsidian going back to where she was before the show but she definitely got more confident, I thought it was great that she tried to save that girl and then to face her ex husband (a piece of crap). Moon owl finding her and helping her to gain the confidence she was missing to get rid of her ex, was amazing as well! What a nice turn, I can’t wait for the next chapter as he will tell her more about himself, so maybe she’ll finally know he was the boy in the library??
Also Marianne appearing in a really badass way, surprising but also good twist! Just hoping she’s gonna be a great character
I’m gonna add this as a supposition but maybe there’s no real antagonist in there, they’re just wary of each other because they think the other may be plotting something. But given we still don’t have the reasons for Marianne’s disappearance in the first place (that maybe we’ll get soon), it also could be that it has nothing to do with at least Moon Owl and Alexandrite. I was just thinking as Alexandrite has been quite “kind” to Obsidian, at least in terms of helping her to get out + giving her stuff + telling her the truth about how it was not him and he’s older. Some of his previous actions seemed sus to me, but he had no reason to confirm he was not that boy if he wanted to keep her “in his pocket”, also in the same fashion Marianne had no reason to come back in the jewel box and to save him if he was the danger, so I’m just emitting the theory that whatever made Marianne disappear didn’t have to do with him and Moon Owl…
Honestly everyone has their different tastes and is free to like and dislike stories, but if you did not like this story, nothing keeps you from just stepping out. Insulting other readers and judging them for liking a story is not the flex that you think. It costs nothing to be respectful of other people’s tastes, I didn’t think it needed to be said but apparently it’s a useful reminder for some people…
negative opinions/criticism is very helpful in getting a more well rounded view on any form of media.
if i think you have shit taste, why should that bother you?
The summary didn’t appeal much to me but the story is good. I find the way everything is depicted with a sense of reality fantastic, the story gets cruel sometimes and it just seems terrible. There’s no embellishment of what’s happening.
It has a lot of strong characters that are conflicting and not always morally correct, everyone has different goal and objectives but it doesn’t mean that they’re evil in themselves, they’re just doing everything to survive. I found myself disliking the King and liking him sometimes for example - and it’s a good thing to say. You’re involved in the story, and it’s not black or white, just like it is irl.
The FL has a pretty strong character, she’s put in a rough situation right from the start, a situation where she’s uncomfortable and that she fights a bit, but she finds ways to succeed and to be smart about it. The romance with the ML isn’t overwhelmingly present but it didn’t disturb me, because I found the story captivating enough. Some speeches left me strong impressions, such as the one the Queen said to the King after she met him again about forgetfulness. It was so bittersweet but also tragic, in a beautiful way - everyone had advised against it and they got together, and she ended up regretting it. It’s all there is to the story, tragedy and drama, in a way that is very enjoyable, to me at the very least.
Under negotiated things- like Ash just introducing things whenever they have sex and never asking beforehand that’s really… urgh. I don’t like it. Like suddenly putting a toy inside of him when they haven’t really had a talk before about it? Like surprise! No. That’s not consensual, and you shouldn’t do things to your partner that they don’t know about beforehand.
And I’m no expert in relationships but dang the mixed signals from Ash like okay we only have “one” point of view, but the way Ash has always treated him to saying “we’re nothing.” And then saying it again IN HIS FACE “we’re absolutely nothing” oh fuck yourself. I feel so bad for Carlyle, his life is terrible in many ways and he’s so self depreciative, always thinking hes worth nothing and all, I just want him to find his self worth and pride and live happily!!
There needs to be some crawling done if they have to get back together, or honestly I won’t be satisfied with the story…
I don't get the part of we are nothing?
i think he said "we are nothing" to avoid creating rumors between his coworkers. but when he said it to karlyle, i think it was more of a "we are nothing YET" since he was still waiting to confirm their feelings for e/o. but i agree with OP, it was giving sm mixed signals. even if they weren't together yet, he didnt have to say all that or he could have at least phrased it another way lmao
Yes exactly! Like I get that he didn’t want to create rumors with his coworkers, but the way he phrased it with Karlyle was way too rough. And it probably had a sense of “we’re nothing yet”, but all he said was “we’re nothing dot”, which is pretty violent to take in the face, especially as Karlyle was coming to ask him out. It’s probably a misunderstanding, but that was really phrased in the worst way… silly boy
You forget that it was Karyle himself that was always telling Ash to not develop any romantic feelings for him, and was it not Karyle himself that said they were no more than sex partners?
As for the introduction of new things without telling him, I clearly recall Ash asking Caryle if they could try something different and Caryle agreeing before Ash brought out the vibrator.
Tbh, this manga was all about the misunderstandings miscommunication can bring in a relationship and I love how they worked that out in the end.
I do think you should read it again, especially those parts you and I mentioned and see that Ash is just a carefree, fun-loving guy that means no harm and is an absolute green flag, if a rather possessive one, but that adds to his charm of course.
I honestly expected people to disagree with me when he’s been described in many subs as an absolute green flag and coming around to defend those parts of the story when it’s such a well liked story. And it’s fine that you and I have different opinions about it, but still. Their relationship is lovely and basks in misunderstandings yes. However try something different does not mean telling your partner what you’re about to do, I’ll have to disagree on that fact. And he did say that for the relationship, but that still does not entail Ash saying in his face that they’re nothing. It was indelicate, especially after that much time spend together. Of course it’s all misunderstandings miscommunications and else, but it won’t change what I felt about those moments to me. Doesn’t mean I didn’t like the story and maybe I will read it when I want to.
I had forgotten what are the side stories. I thought I was in for some treat about Blaine and Vera but instead I see the prince. So disappointing. To me, it felt like she was never serious about him and always toyed with him and anyway, he didn’t suit her at all. He wouldn’t have been able to bear her dark side, like Blaine does and loves it, because they’re the same. Just earlier in the story he was getting chills and horrified at how she was smiling after the court (for the murder of her husband or his burial). Now imagine if he knew everything she had done? He would want her gone very probably.
It’s my personal opinion, but I don’t like when stories do an alternate what IF she had ended with another ML, because to me, if you as the author chose to make her end with someone, stick to your guns, don’t try to just be a people pleaser and to come back on your decision like this (especially as it’s super rushed as it’s a side story, the resolution with Carter sucks on this side as she doesn’t really deal with him in the fullest etc). It’s not the first time I’ve seen it and it’s never been an amazing decision. I would have fully preferred some side story between Blaine and Verta, maybe something about kids could have been possible.
Anyway other than that the story is still fantastic, love Verta’s character and how the whole plot pawns out. It’s just amazing.
This story was nice and the drawings are frankly beautiful! But I will say that I think there’s a lot of drama, maybe too much drama for the length of it. Which means that it felt like the story should have spent more time on some aspects - like Carlyle’s twin brother is evoked a bit abruptly and then settled a bit abruptly as well, and it’s just such a sad and horrible thing that it should occupy a bigger part. It’s a bit the same feeling with other aspects of the story. Overall it was still a nice and sweet read, but it’s not my favorite. The drawings do raise its rating a bit.
I guess I’m happy to have read it as it was overall working pretty well and it wasn’t this hard to read (as it’s relatively short) but I don’t think it’s the kind of story that I’ll come back to reread.