ravenapplesauce want to read (All 93)
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Honestly, I love the art, but now that I'm also reading the novel I have to say that the manhwa is not giving Rishar justice haha. He's being portrayed here as impulsive, hot-headed, and dumb, but while that may be true in regards to his attraction to Etienne, he's actually on par with Etienne in terms of intelligence and scheming. Let's not forget that he's a military general, a war hero, and even if he's more prone to action he still can navigate the politics due to the emperor's influence. Rishar being assigned to the imperial police is actually HIS own plan of helping Etienne.
Do you know what chapter this is in the novel? Thanks!
I'm not too sure because a lot of the events don't line up too well, I think the manhwa editor is shifting scenes around. But the ball that Etienne accompanied Antoine in was around 90-94
See, this is what I would like to see. Instead he is jeopardizing everything by following Etty around like a puppy. If Leona hadn't seen him with Ben then Ben would still be safe. I am so angry because idk what has happened with Ben TT
In the novel Leona did see him with Etienne, but Ben was never involved in it. It resulted to a satisfying verbal faceoff between Leona and Rishar, actually.
Wait edit I think Leona didn't personally see them but I think she was informed by people around Etienne who were spying on him, can't remember exactly. Still, Ben wasn't ever hurt here.
If Ben gets hurt - not reading this anymore. I’ll start reading the novel - so far just skimmed through it
Since I've already talked about how Rishar was different in the novel, I actually wanted to also say that the emperor was also portrayed a little bit differently. Before I read the novel I hated the emperor because he was so spineless, but in the novel he actually had a deeper backstory. And he even felt very remorseful towards Etienne when he realized that Leona had been hurting Etienne, that he somehow wanted to repair their relationship. Still, I loved how Etty stood his ground and simply said he doesn't expect anything more from his father, just his political support. Even Rishar warned the emperor that he should just leave Etty alone because his mere presence hurts Etienne. I get that there's a lot of backstory that won't be shown in the webtoon but I still wished the characterizations were at least on point.
How was Rishar different?
I commented in a separate thread here
https://www.mangago.zone/home/mangatopic/18827077/