So, I just started and intend to keep reading but had to stop and comment on something. Are we all ignoring the complete colorism/racism in the first few pages of ch 1? A race of people were considered the personification of sin because of their dark skin & hair? Then they were targeted until the remaining people evolved, through the generations, into fair-skinned ginger gypsies who still carried the discrimination of their ancestors? Really? Was this backstory necessary?
To specify further, I get that this backstory was used to humanize the FL and express her former plight/current power. I'm just frustrated, as a Black man, that colorism/racism was used for a throwaway plot device. After all, the story didn't need the "300 years ago there was a genocide" part. It could have just started with the FL, her murdered mother, and the evil King. Again, I still intend to read & I have the feeling I'll like the story. Just, in spite of the beginning.
I also don’t think it was not necessary. It could have been anything else but that... It doesn’t make sense to me how they all suddenly turned from dark-skinned to fair-skinned, when I first started reading I was like “YAY! DIVERSITY!” And then I was sadly disappointed... But not very surprised.
I agree that it was not necessary. I think they could have another reason as to why her people were hated 300 years ago and in her current time besides the color of their hair and skin.
its history though, this is what happened to African/ African Americans and Native Americans.
But I don’t think the Africans suddenly had fair skin.
Mixed African americans,do sometimes, different tribes and when they have Native american and european blood. but mainly the concept of getting persecution, although its a common theme in history
It does not state anything about them being mixed. It explicitly states “Their dark skin and hair became lighter as generations passed...” They were originally dark-skinned but now they are fair-skinned gypsies.
Oh so they had gene mutations, nvm then my point is mainly invalid.
Ikr??? And even if there was some sort of genetic modification going on, its unlikely they would go from being dark skinned to straight up pale in a matter of three hundred years
I honestly wish if they were gonna do the whole dark-skinned thing and bring it up, they stuck with it. Like the drawings of the dark skinned women are gorgeous and if you want to bring up a race issue, then keep the race in the manga, otherwise just start with them being discriminated against for red hair. Like personally I wish she was dark skinned since it would be so refreshing and beautiful, but alas they must white wash everything
yeah it was completely unnecessary but maybe the author wrote it to make their korean audience more aware of racism and colorism in the real world
Me too! Morever, they looked so good .
Although I dont like the change of skin color either but I can explain it though if this is what happened. This has happened before during colonialism where they would keep either forcing them to have children with others with the intend on lessing the features that they were known for. if their race is mixed enough it can happen(plus they said this is many generations down the line) . It said they were persecuted and most likely enslaved and sold into slavery. they mentioned a massacre so a lot of them may have died. Leaving those who were enslaved. the women would probably be raped by their captors and could possibly end up pregnant. (It is also a good chance that only the children who retain enough features of the rapist would live longer) This does happen in real life (it happened to African Americans and Native Americans and other races so I don't doubt that this could have happened to them)
I must say I can also agree with your statement. If they were going to go that route with racism about the dark skin & hair then they could have stuck with it. Having the FL be dark skin with black hair would have been a refreshing change. They just basically went from one type of discrimination to another. They stuck with the red hair and gypsies because they were now pale(white washing). I have yet to see a nice manga with a dark skin man or woman being the ML or FL. Usually their just support/side characters. Maybe one day there will be some more creators who diversify their main characters in this space and for anime as well.
It happens, in fact in my country there is this festival in a province called "fiesta de san Baltazar" pretty much the province has the most amount of afro decedents, it's also called the "black people festival without black people" because of meztizaje the dark skin was lost, most of them don't really have traits of the race, maybe the hair, but the festivals exist because the descendants wanted to pay respect to that heritage.
https://www.cultura.gob.ar/por-que-se-celebra-san-baltasar_5274/ is in spanish but you can see the photos.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fiesta+de+san+baltazar&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiI0Yvp6fLrAhWzMrkGHfwsBu8Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=fiesta+de&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgAMgQIABBDMgQIABBDMgQIABBDMgQIABBDMgQIABBDMgUIABCxAzICCAAyAggAMgUIABCxAzIICAAQsQMQgwE6BAgjECc6BwgAELEDEENQjQZYuQ5g1hRoAHAAeACAAWmIAaMGkgEDNy4ymAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=S7hkX8j_MbPl5OUP_NmY-A4&bih=657&biw=1366 and here more photos
While reading that first part it really reminded me to this, except the ginger hair of course.
ngl I was also disappointment, I thought for a split of second she was going to have a dark skin.
Honestly, this comic's writing turned bad in the last third of chapters. As soon as the two leads got together, the story line thinned out and characters started acting unreasonable or lost their communication skills for the sake of badly written drama.
I felt that too!!!! It just felt all unnecessary and just lacking any coherence
I would have to agree with this, the whole plot flow is making me feel cringey
I am not sure why it was moving like this but I am not seeing any character development at all
I feel like they really only planned out the romance aspect of the story and then the publishing house the author is in said : "Need more chapters! More story!Now!" and the author didn't spend as much time with the final act of the story.
which is sad, this could have been promising if they actually plan and plot more into the political views and made the MC more witty and wise. I am not feeling much of those in the series since she is weak and pretty much a push over? am I the only one feeling that? hope not.
I think her personality is quite fitting for the story to be honest, as annoying as it can get. It's very believable for Vasser to write books like these based on her personality and situation. I think if she was more witty and wise then it wouldn't make sense that she made errors in her writing. but that's just my take.
The Seme's crush is relatable, but also borderline creepy. Imagine if your friend secretly stared at you while you were sleeping. But, it's being framed as a goofy romance and I don't think the story will get creepier beyond that. Fingers crossed for the next chapter.
Idk, the fact that she's being given this backstory makes me feel like Mureya might become an eventual friend for the FL. Probably not and she's just being given a backstory to justify her as the bully/villain, but it'd be more interesting to me if she slowly became a friend.
So, I forgot this story existed, rediscovered it, and checked out some of the most recent chapters. Guys, wtf is happening in this story?! An old boyfriend and his brother raping the ML? Wtf? How did we get here?
As a gay man, I immediately eye rolled when I saw Aki and Ueta eating. I could tell they'd be having sex later on, so I was like, "They better do it quick." I think they did it quick enough to not make it a total immersion breaker, and I'm now building the headcanon that Aki takes fiber pills, but this is just one of the little realities of gay love/life that non-gay mangaka miss when creating these stories.
can you explain more? what exactly is fiber pills?
They're pills you take regularly so that your pooping is more regular and your digestive tract is cleaner. For instance, Pure For Men is popular with gay men. (amazon link below). Basically, bottoms have two ways to deal with the realities of bottoming. Not eating a few hours before the sex and douching for good measure (that's a whole other process), or taking fiber pills. So when I saw Aki eating, I started rolling my eyes. But they had sex within an hour of eating, so it probably would have been ok.
https://www.amazon.com/Pure-Men-Cleanliness-Supplement-Proprietary/dp/B07CYJ8ZXJ
Those are things ya just don’t think about ya know?
wait, having anal sex affects your pooping schedule???
... shit I just knew that there were stuffs like these and I've been bottoming for my bf for 3 years now (but I doubt my country even sells these, I usually only find condoms in stores but not lubes). I usually only clean it right before getting it on. Thanks for the info, guess I can start using this as well.
learn somethin new again thanks
*Reads Title*": "Eww"
*Sees The Image Of A Shirtless Man*: *Click*
Lmaooo
More like send holy water.
Im also in need
2 takeaways from this latest chapter.
1. The poor mother! She's trying so hard. I feel like I connected with her the most in this chapter.
2. They both like each other! Cool, but sexually assaulting your childhood friend and crush while he's asleep? Not cool. Wake him up, confess, and then get to banging!
Yes, finally! It's time to put that prince in his place!