Holy shit, it's only been 11 chapters but I'm already in love with the story. Is it some genious writing that everyone should read? No, not really. Is it a fun, light-hearted read that perfectly combines elements from the two genres it talks about combining? Absolutely! I also love the take on our MC not being a genius (although it is implied she has some talent) and how the story so far empahises taking her time to train and do her best, but also reassuring her worries and anxities by encouraging her to fail (or well, telling her failing is okay and she'll still have her home and family even if sh does). Essentially touching on the unintended pressure she feels. I'm in love with everyone at Mount Hua who interact with MC and are part of her family, basically. I'd love to see more bonding with people, but as this story combines elements from classic rofan + martial arts + comedic elements, I'm not particularly expecting for it, as the pacing of these kinds of stories tends to be faster.
I don't care if there will be romance later, and I can tell this is more romance-focused, but I genuinely feel like this dwelves into the martial arts aspect of the world even if it doesn't show it to us how they tend to within the genre. It's refreshing! It definitely feels like a story out of care for stories from the different genres it combines, and I'm so here for it <33
I get this series isn't for everyone, but I'm definitely enjoying it.
Okay so for where my thoughts may come from, I'm really interested in most things in this world, and have fairly recently watched a bunch of videos on extinct animals and other past ages of earth way before humans came along. Anyway, them mentioning Suradel being the top of the food chain made me thing of what a lot of people likely think of when they hear that associated with the ocean - the megalodon, the giant shark that used to swim in earth's oceans. From it my thoughts went to another creature that is thought to likely have rivaled the megalodon, the livyatan - the leviathan whale. Aaaand because it looks somewhat similar to a sperm whale, that made me think of the albino sperm whale that was the inspiration for moby dick, mocha dick.
Either way, idk if this means anything, it's just where my thoughts went lol. If nothing else, at least some of y'all got some fun new info from this comment, I hope.
I'm enjoying this story so far, can't wait to learn the truth about soradel (I don't think my thoughts are accurate at all), and gods I want a reunion with the mage father ASAP (/TДT)/
I mean that makes sense tbh, like his hair is silver not like his moms but likes his dad!! maybe he is a different type of whale!! also I notice that so far mc is the only penguin beast that we know of!! maybe like the killer whales there pretty much an endanger animal!! or like they are thought of the have been extinct for a while now. I would love to see mc try to find out more about the penguin beast's cause she could have different traits or abilities that could harm her or those around her lol
I love the concept, I love how the characters are written, I love how naturally MC is as himself in this world despite realising he was reborn when he was a kid and has little relevance to this life so it doesn't add any unnecessary flashbacka to our world (at least so far), and I absolutely adore the art style. It's a bit eh how they look closer to their mid/late 20s to early 30s with the art style when they're a decade younger from that, but otherwise, I adore it.
also catering to us sapphics as well by giving us beautiful, smart, AND strong women??? ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!! I fell for the General lady (Kang Heeseo?) immediately please marry me
(Like ugh the Princess when she's an adult, le MC's mother the Empress... i love that she's allowed to look older but is still clearly a beauty.)
I get people would be frustrated, especially those who have been reading this as the chapters get uploaded, but as someone who just binged 57 chapters - I think it was done well. Okay, I did grow a bit ???WHEN YOU GONNA TELL HER??? Ever since he said he would tell her after the whole thing with the siblings was sorted out, which I can understand may seem like it was dragged on, especially compared to the typical pacing of these stories and how quickly problems tend to get solved/arcs completed (and how this one had kind of a mix on bunch of them), especially at the beginning. In the end I don't mind it, I think it was done well considering how serious that merchant bastard's crimes were, as well as justifying our girl's revenge from her last life. It only makes me think that her second husband may be much worse to deal with, if this is how we dealth with the first of her two shitty husbands.
Honestly, this is one of those few series where I don't hate the ML hiding his identity from FL while he knows the truth and she doesn't. I think it's because of how the story/characters are written, it never felt like he was looking down on her and hiding his identity to use her, which is what a lot of stories who use this trope tend to do. It didn't feel patronizing, or making her look dumb for no reason but to make the ML somehow appear "cooler" - I also like how quickly his attitude started shifting, but it didn't feel unnatural, and again his suspicions in the beginning were definitely justified. It's like... despite deceiving her about his identity, otherwise he was quite sincere with her - most bastards with this trope aren't. Also I loved the element of angst with the idea of unattainable love, despite us readers knowing it'll be alright - now that was some good/fun drama I can get behind right there ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭
Ngl people who are calling FL dumb for not realising Hertz's true identity are wackk Σ(  ̄□ ̄||) she was literally never given any reason to doubt his identity as something other than the Grand Duke's proxy/aide! You also can't assume hair colour and a similar sounding name to be giveaways (also we can't be sure if she remembered his hair colour just because we could see it in her memory), like sure yes they are to us because /we're reading a story/ and know the tropes, but if this was real life, there's no way y'all would be able to guess it correctly just from that, don't even try to kid yourself
All things considered, she is smart, and I believe it shows - it's not just the story saying she is. She has also been abused and used by others all her life, she will have lasting impacts from that, but that doesn't mean she's somehow an idiot for being anxious or focusing on things in front of her at the moment.
I keep laughing out loud and banging my fists onto my pillow while reading, this is amazing lmao
I also love how quickly we're getting smut with other pairs bc FUCK YES I can't wait to see more with Tarna and Merle (?)/lion and researcher, looks very fun and promisingヾ(☆▽☆)
This also gives me hope we'll eventually get to see Maude and his pair in the act bc, well, I'm curious to see how they are and their dynamics considering how little we know of Maude's pair (๑•ㅂ•)و✧