Agathe's Manga

53 - a small 3 ? basically a no drama romance
The ML certainly didn’t need to be the son of a conglomerate
But nearly everyone is nice and supportive which is refreshing
You do see the stereotypical antagonist, their script is unchanged, but it’s short lived which is good
It’s cute, but a little bland
Not so much because the no drama (good thing), but because of the lack of depth or character development
Everything is fast and rather superficial
It’s also unconfortable how the boyfriend status suddenly brings a gap in a bunch of friends relationship, even if it’s supposedly humorous, it’s not that fun

48 (honestly it’s the type of story that would need to reach some ending or turning point to rate properly, but the quality is outstanding)
I like the feel of a very authentic manga, like lone wolf and cub, or vagabond
I like the artwork with dull color choices and a sharp pencil, strong personality in a title that doesn’t bother to follow the mainstream pretty standard
Like in European comics, the characters have strong traits, easily recognizable, and there’s a good mastery of anatomy and movement without using any blurring tricks
It’s refreshing to feel some individuality in the dessert of standardized graphics, as clean as they may be

The story is deep enough and the characters are interesting and varied, with a lot to discover and room to grow
But it feels we’re only brushing a long introduction and everything will take a big turn within a few chapters

My only concern is that it is certainly going in a dark direction and it’s becoming a bit angsty, which is something I tend to avoid
Let’s hope it doesn’t add a tragedy tag to its description, and if it doesn’t, we might be at the start of a good story

13
Another rebirth
Another musician
No gods this time, and a strangely immature genius ?
Wait and see ?

26 a tale of tsun tsun or dishonest people ?

36
Too many plans without much heart
Packed with action, leaving you curious

23 - better than many equivalents but lacking a few things
At least the MC is not some crazy reincarnation / transmigrato with a delusion about knowing what will happen and what people thinks because of a book read in a past life.We’re not so fat, but the concept has better grounds. : in here she’s working for the spirit world, hence has reasons for her beliefs /behaviors, she indeed has (had) to follow the script she was given (it seems pretty traumatic to be a vilain for 99 lifes in a row too)
From the first chapter, she has a new mission without a rulebook to follow , hence she struggles with what she can do , tempted to change the story without being certain she can actually manage it or not
You don’t have the cute girl act to seduce the nonsensical parent, or an almighty baby with idiotic grownups doing all her bidding :she’s 5 she’s got limits (big ones)
For once, it doesn’t feel too far fetched how daughter and dad manage to bond by both recognizing each other’s distress and grief
I also appreciate that she soon chose to help the house and her dad because she genuinely cares for them
There are a lot of better than others things in there , much more heart, and also more struggles
That’s all good from my perspective -
Yet, it’s floating a bit, the pace is of, there’s much one girl story (not a show, yay), byt it feels like other characters are a bit too thin. For example Cyan seems to disappear very easily from sight and story, then reappear without rhyme or reason. The interaction are mostly with 3 adults, a crazy maid, her dad help and the dad himself, all lack any kind of depth, partly be she is superficial or fake due to her own strange circumstances

I will stick around to see how it grows

46 - 2.6 at best ?
skip the first batch of c0/5 except if you want to read a bunch of no cap do chapters - this 1rst version is excruciating (OP child know it all MC with no family, a bunch of stupid bad guys, and a perverted ai, there’s no way to understand who’s the target : it’s not for kids (too perverted, no growth), it’s not for grown ups ( the MC is a child)
V2 gives us an honest shonen, despite a useless transmigration setting that alienates him from his family ( or so it said, while making no sense) , the MC relies on an external helpto grow from average to talented
He needs to work hard and overcome his limitations ( he has poor energy and should be condemned to be stuck at low rank - the ai provides him exceptional understanding and unlimited transparency time
This OKto build an exceptional character from scratch
.you have limitations, hardships,hard work
The character is humble yet peppy, child like; the ai is benevolent and so are most adults he met

There’s nothing very original, the drive is limited by the burdensome transmigration trop (feels diconected, limited attachment, once again, good deeds for good reasons wil be labeled as selfish)
It’s against a universe based on medieval pyramidal hierarchy, rather typical of your ordinary med fan ( knights, magic, monsters good and bad) The pace is of but the interest is low
(I’m obviously not the target audience)

45 - a very mixed bag
some things i like obviously there’s a bunch of cute kid, and for once, they do feel like kid in their emotions and demeanor (so nice ) and a part that is fairytale like ( magic rock :) (sadly not much)

Then, there are things I particularly dislike, such as excessive abuse on the cute kids : the princess story is a nightmare from the start, telling her she’ll be beheaded when reaching adulthood,. Then, there’s another tortured kid on top, and when you meet the king little brother , he obviously is very much abused by his own mother too :/
I don’t know what kind of disease stroke the writer to be so evil to children , The latest « kill the kid before you love her, it’s for your own good «  is really so nauseating, Seriously ?!

They are children living on a limited time for real out there, this is not fun and all the prisoner thing in talk is very disturbing, not even mentioning the guilt trip of the 3 chapters teachers, is that not a problem to brew mental disease because she’s meant to be killed ?! What about the other kids ?


Then there’s the so so part : a collection of same old, cold faced duke of the north, fake wife and marriage contract, lies and secrets on top of each others, humongous misunderstandings, etc
Thankfully both are kind
Lastly, the duchess with dubious origins will now be found to be a noble too : after all, why would we risk to shatter the cast system

On a side note, NLP wise you could say the girl is doing a great job at making the duke her savior, by continuing to thank and praise him for that - real life hostage situation proved it can be a very efficient strategy - but still, it feels so bad to see a kid in such a terrible situation