I was just looking for a story with a bit of Mafia involved and I was not disappointed. It’s not overly complicated, but the two characters are honestly so cute with each other. I guess some aspects of the story could have been more explored, but I’m definitely fine with the way it is now. An adorable, nice and short story to read, with a hint of drama. I loved it!
It’s a personal opinion of course, but I haven’t really enjoyed this. I was looking for a story like Marry My husband, that I really loved, and I was recommended this one. I did like the beginning of the story, the setting, the drawings but I’m not enjoying the turn it took and the plot twists. I actually liked the personality of the MC because she seemed quite strong and independent, I liked some of the stances she had during the chapters, but the whole turn around this story has doesn’t sit well with me. The whole the second male lead being actually the evil one all along while the other guy is actually good!! He never even cheated on her!! But even if he did not, he still made her miserable, I’m sorry. Even without the cheating it doesn’t erase the cold attitude and the years that settled between them, the loneliness she felt. I don’t think they’re a good fit together, so then I’m mostly left contemplating I would’ve liked a third option for her, at least I think so.
So yes, I guess I’m not the most satisfied with it? I feel sorry the story didn’t appeal to me, but I guess it can’t please everyone. So if anyone reads this, you should probably give it a go to have your own opinion about it :)
As for me I’ll probably reread marry my husband real quick again haha
Honestly I feel the same way I was low key expecting another guy to pop up like the ending wasn’t my favorite but I totally agree marry my husband is amazing I love them so much <33
So I dropped this and I came back for it now. I had a hard time with it last time and I can’t say it was super easy this time either. There are a few things that makes that I don’t stick to that story, I don’t really know why. I think the pace may be a bit too slow for me, so from time to time I skimmed through pages of chapters instead of focusing totally on it. On the other hand, it is a good plot. I like the direction it takes and I like how it’s handled, even if some mysteries took extra long to be revealed (like Pahn’s upbringing really took soooooo long.) also I think I would have preferred for the plot to be more foreshadowed (like who is the culprit etc) it feels like Sungah gets a bit of Clea’s memories back very late. It was sometimes frustrating to see how helpless she could be in some situation, even if it also helped to grasp her character. Overall the plot reminded of another (being back in a “villainess” body and having a limited time, being weak etc) but it was handled quite differently. I like how there were several layers to it.
I’m not the most fond of the relationship between Sungah and her husband. Tbh, it wasn’t really healthy, and maybe it’s supposed to appeal to me as it is (omg he was dark and he’s on his best behavior for her but he can also be very dark about her) but I don’t like his hyper possessiveness. There’s a thin line between loving someone and treating them like an object, wanting to control their every moves. It landed too many times on that side for me, even at the end when he was happy he had her “trapped in a cage.” Even if Sungah stood against it several times, it still felt like he was getting what he wanted. And I get that he likes her, it’s the first time he feels like this, she’s special etc, but you can love someone and also trust them. So yeah it did irk me a little, maybe I’m the only one. They lacked communication. And also sacrificing 100 people… mmh…
That ending was so not necessary tho it was painful to see after their deaths. Why would you do this to us author?
I think the story is a 4/5 stars.
Last note : I know magic is made as something that exists in that universe but I was still surprised at how Marquess Salami (seriously that name I had a hard time visualizing it seriously) / Salme could literally see people’s life expectancy? And it wasn’t really explained? It sounded like something quite special though.
It’s only hypothesis but at the moment we haven’t seen any trace of moon owl, and it seems like Sapphire still could be him. I feel like it’s a bit early to decide it is effectively not him. Because MC is surprised he doesn’t know about the mermaid story but then she smiles, thinking that he did it on purpose so she could gather everyone’s attention on her. And it makes sense, that he would play along, because his goal is to make her attractive to everyone’s eyes and charming enough they could think she’s a replacement of Marianne. He also still has some similar characteristics to moon owl, so as for me I do think it still could be him.
I’m surprised by the sudden dislike about him actually. Maybe he’s the show coordinator, which implies he has to do some actions, but he still pulled the MC out of her misery, with the promise to free her from her husband. He also asked her to play a role, but he helped her and I did find his interactions with her to be pretty good. From the way he tried to make her gain confidence, to their “role play”, I also think he is the person from her childhood.
But that’s a lot of thoughts that I guess can be proved wrong later who knows haha.
HOPEFULLYYY YOURE RIGHTT
i mean he said some toxic ass shit to her while ''pulling her out of her misery"
and it wasn't no self help pat on the back encouraging sort of toxic shit
it was just plain nope ass content for someone who was so low
Omg omg omg he’s finally entering! That’s gonna be so great, they have some real chemistry at least, compared to the relationship with Platinum which made me feel frankly uncomfortable.
I gotta say as well, maybe it’s just my feeling, but at the moment I really don’t like Platinum’s behavior to the point I can’t wish him happiness :/ it’s just, it’s alright to have interests alright? But it’s all about Marianne and it’s so disappointing. Look at the way he’s behaving, he let Obsidian down so easily because he thought she wasn’t Marianne and ran to Amber so easily… but now he discovered Amber wasn’t Marianne so he’s distressed about his choice and want to see Obsidian again. Guy, no one loves to be thrown away like a dirty sock, you won’t have anything by playing like that.
100%
Platinums obsession with Marianne is so borderline creepy it definitely gives off a bad vibe
Let’s not forget sexual harassment and his disregard for consent???
There’s just something that irked me a little. So Marianne has to do a political marriage but it would be best if it’s out of love. But Amber, if she’s possibly Marianne, said right from the start that she was seeking for someone “who’ll keep her company for a long time”. But Platinum revealed he was a prince with an illness meaning he could die any moment from now. So aren’t they a really bad match then?
On a side note, I love Obsidian and Kaen. I feel like they suit each other well… and Garnet and Amethyst are so cute together.
Okay look the story was really nice and original in some point I feel. I enjoyed Latte’s personality and the general rolling of the story, but there are a few points that actually got me out of it, or at the very least that got me to dislike the story.
The relationship between Arwin and Latte got me uneasy. I know they end up in love and all that, but at the start they weren’t the ones with the most chemistry? Also during a big part of the stories, Latte just has to go through Arwin’s endeavors and she can’t really act about it or say anything about it, and idk the power imbalance there was here made me want to skip some chapters. It feels like Latte had to tolerate Arwin A LOT before any romance developed and it got me uneasy.
I found the chemistry between Kenneth and Latter better on that aspect, cause although they had a dog and cat relationship, they were mostly on the same level, and there was a lot of teasing even if deep down they recognized that they actually appreciated each other, and they ended up as friends yes. I was okay with Kenneth not being the canon ML but WHY did the story had to have chapters with him as the male lead? This got me really surprised honestly, but not in a good way, cause then it made me crave and desire to see more of that “other universe”? It emphasized on the sides of their relationship I found endearing and how I thought they could turn out, because up to some point in the story, the mystery is still here (at least for me) as to whom Latte is gonna be romancing. Seeing Kenneth and Latte together got me even less appreciative of the Latte Arwin relationship, that felt more forced to me, and then I was also flustered that Kenneth did not have a proper ending of his own, cause I felt like he deserved a happy ending, something more than a few lines about who he would end up with. I also wanted to know more about Ibelin and what happened to her kinda, as she still occupied a big part of the stories. And, it may be because of how I felt about the main relationship, but the last chapters felt especially long to me. Like I kept going through them and wondering …still not over? Some side stories were cute, but it was way too many chapters.
What do u mean that Kenneth didn't get a good ending? He ended up with this beautiful lady. He even sent latte a wedding invitation with a skull. Lol Kenneth and lattes friendship is cute.
But like, why did it go so fast in the last chapters? Honestly sometimes the pace is slow in some stories, but I’d say here it was WAY too fast, Blanche dealt with all the problems too quickly and the reader is left with no time to breathe at all. The pace was okay in the beginning but it kept getting more and more rushed as the chapters kept going. Chapter 100 seems to be the end, but Riccardo character is kinda … meek. Like it’s hard to have a real attachment to him, as his relationship with Blanche kinda feel bully like, and it’s surprising that she does end up liking him. The moment where his memories were reset to the original villain character got me crazy cause I almost thought we wouldn’t have an explanation as to would he get his memories back or not, thank god we have like five pages about this at the very end /s
But also yes, the whole plot with Anastasia gets rushed WAY TOO MUCH, and she then becomes a character in redemption with a bit too much proximity to Blanche when it should have been properly developed I feel? Also, Pierre became the villain and Mariette and Alphonso are … okayish in the end? It’s a lot to take and a lot that just get thrown in your face when you’re reading, it feels like the author wanted to deal with all the characters they had left on the side and brought them back to make them villain and finish the plot fast. So yeah, in general it was so promising but it should have been longer and more developed, where is the depth of the characters?
Despite all I guess the scenario was original and Blanche’s behavior was interesting, but honestly a lot of potential feels wasted?
Idk if I’ll have the patience to go till the end of it but the translation isn’t very good. Like some parts are difficult to understand and others are just … so not English (and I’m saying that as a non native speaker). Also the penetrative sex scene disturbs me a hella lot. Cause it’s just so violent. For no reason apart “jealousy”. The guy literally keeps going while the other is asking him to stop and he’s making him BLEED and not only a little?? I couldn’t read that, I was just ewwww all the time. He probably just literally tore his ass open and they’re just gonna brush that off ? When you have a little consideration you stop when your partner is screaming in pain and fucking bleeding
I honestly don’t think everything is to be thrown away but there are quite a few things that annoyed me about this story. I’ll start by the positive ones ; I felt like the plot was surprising enough. The fact she wasn’t the only one being reincarnated, that it was the three of them and it was actually linked to the accident in the first place felt fresh and nice enough. There was a certain degree of satisfaction. I liked the use of recorders cause I’m often joking like I hope you recorded this confession somehow! when characters confront their archnemesis and here it happened… maybe even a bit too often?
I have to say something, the main relationship is not bad but I had a hard time getting too attached to them. I skipped through a lot of their pages. It is also tied to the fact that the translation isn’t very good. Actually sometimes the chapters are fine or more than fine and other times I have a hard time understanding what it is intended to say. Also the last chapters very clearly have weird cuts in them, panels that don’t connect together and that randomly switch through part of the story. That was the most annoying thing ever, especially as the ending was dragging on for so long. I love when we get to see the main characters’ ending. But seeing that for so many chapters and hear about their kids and her exhibition etc felt too much. Yura’s story was way more interesting at this point but we didn’t even have all of it because it kept cutting off.
Also the time skips with no explanations were so severe at the ending. She falls pregnant way too quickly to my taste, in terms of story it was rushing at this point, it felt like they barely were done dealing with the main story that it was happening, and then it’s twins (are we in a fake aita story or what lol) and then during the next chapters the twins have grown enough…? We also don’t have their birth (probably because the chapters aren’t complete). And with the parallel with Yura it feels even more messy and I didn’t get at all how much time was passing.
Another bad point of this (for me) is how the main villains keep sabotaging themselves, and how the main characters keep dragging it on for chapters and chapters. Also how they keep being injured but everything is okay (I stopped counting the amount of times they end up in hospital but I hope they took a subscription). Like main characters get proof of evil doing by villains, but for some reasons they have to wait X amount of chapters before revealing it or it wouldn’t be dramatic enough. Also villains being super smart and then doing the worst dumbest thing to be discovered (the brother paying a guy to murder her and it was all very traceable and easy to find) like ??? We’re talking about the guy that pushed ML in the water and then pretended to be the victim and have a damaged leg for years? Did he regress or what?
In general all the villains in the story feel so weak and like they’re in the end not a threat at all. There’s a lot of suspense and sense of danger that they try to carry but it falls flat cause you wait a lot of chapters before anything happens and they literally shoot themselves in the foot. Also may it be Yura or the brother, the fact they end up being ridiculed add to the idea that they feel weak as characters that are supposed to bring in difficulty (the brother learning his mother left for example.) I don’t know, I feel like their treatment could have been much better. It’s like they tried to add complexity. For the brother it doesn’t work cause it’s not enough foreshadowed. For Yura it’s done in a better way, I would say. You learn the kind of cycle she’s stuck in, with her mother’s history, and there’s quite a few shady things that happen to her as well, that can still make you sympathize with her (of course she was a b* more than once but she didn’t take advantage of her sister’s trauma with food for example). In my opinion she still feels human. Pathetic, foolish, and your feelings for her evolve through the story.
In the end, I won’t take too much of a stance on this work. I would say it is my opinion first and foremost that although this story has been enjoyable, it shouldn’t have been the length it is. I think somewhere around 80s chapters would have been better. The plot dragged around way too much in some moment and it made some interactions feel forced. The end in particular made me feel bored and skimming through it. Overall maybe a 3.5/5? I’m not sure to be fair.
(PS : I just thought about it as I finished writing this but did we ever hear about her grandfather ever again? Is he dead or did he just disappear off camera because I don’t remember having seen him in the last chapter. If I’m right then… rip I guess)
I agree completely with everything you said especially with the villain part, to me although they were extremely mediocre (if you look at manga/webtoons/etc it's almost always rich sisters hating each other then later it is discovered the side character sister wasn't the real daughter and the main character aka mc was the real daughter all along) they were okay ish (and I'm being nice) but especially at the end it's like why are you even here? At this point your are just mean people who aren't contributing to the plot. I like a slow burn where the villains start out just being basic mean people then actually do shit to stir the plot around but I think the villains are pretty weak and basic like y'all are rich shouldn't you be a little more conniving
Yeah I agree, at some point they don’t contribute to the plot and are just a threat from time to time, they end up as an element of background, which is a shame when they’re supposed to be the main villains et the ones to bring some spice to the plot.
I also felt like there was zero risks taken with them, they’re evil because they’re evil and even their reasons are selfish and evil. There’s no risk taken on the characters that stand on the main characters side, they’re overall good people. Once again, when you learn the brother’s motives, of course it had to be his mother who left because of course he can’t have any real reasons to hate the ML and to want revenge - at some point it is pathetic and miserable, and the whole plot wants them to be. Which just sucks cause meh they’re not convincing villain characters.
In general I feel like the dichotomy is very good versus villain and that’s all, and it’s not even well done.