i dont care abt her intentions bc the sister was straight up garbo :/ i feel like the only reasons that she ever “fell in love” with HER SISTERS BOYFRIEND were because it was, like everyone is saying, something she couldn’t have for once and because she was unfamiliar with him and declared that feeling of unfamiliarity as love... like ik it might sound like im gaslighting her or whatever but like she should’ve known the boundaries she should’ve never crossed.
idgaf about that confess and move on bullshit. a lot of the time that harms others and guess what: harming others for your own benefit obviously shows that you are morally flawed. overall, i hate that confess and move on ideology. i feel like it does more damage than what is necessary. its flawed and a little dramatic and possibly immature. like, imagine this: girl gets a new step brother and apparently falls in love with him. should she tell him? obviously, no. it would only create chaos if the whole family finds out and a weird tension if it were kept between the two. when it comes to things like this, people really need to take time to think about it. really sit on it before drawing any conclusions. immediately declaring love and considering confession is reckless.
she needs to get her facts straight. it is possible to overcome feelings independently without involving people or causing unnecessary strife for others (believe me). not everything needs to drawn out. alas , this is a story of fiction and i shouldn’t take it too seriously. doesn’t change the fact that the sister is still horrible(╹◡╹)<3
it might have been because of the pacing since i usually enjoy something more slow-burn, but idk this felt kind of fake deep...? like very surface level..? oh, well. as long as theyre happy. still, i totally feel like this couldve been like ao haru ride or kimi no todoke in terms of the level of feels but so much substance(?) was taken out that i feel like the moments were lowkey forced and rushed..? idk. feel free to disagree :) the story is nice nonetheless. maybe the mangaka didnt want to stretch this one out too much.
Yeaah I think you just like slow burn lol. I’ve seen both the stories you mentioned and they were such slow burns that I was suffering lmaooo. In my opinion I don’t think it was that rushed or forced. There’s a lot of manga/shoujo manga out there where the author originally intended from the start that their story would be short. Sometimes it’s nice to have short stories like this.
Stretching out a story can make it have the opposite effect and can make the story tiring. For example: some authors like to drag the story out as much as possible, going so far to create tons of problems and drama continuously so it doesn’t end. In those cases lots of people can complain and say that they can’t even see where the story is going anymore. A lot of modern romance manhua including rich cold MLs usually make their story to be 100+ chapters, filled with never ending drama and issues. Somehow I feel as if the authors think by doing that it’ll make it more interesting?
Oh found the manhuas I was talking about:
Invalid Engagement: Ex-wife's Remarriage
A contract of feelingless ceo (something like that)
ok valid valid