With each chapter I am more and more amazed by the author and creator, who is one and the same. It’s not often you see a good story with such beautiful art which is all done by the same person, and not two separate people. I have so much respect for them.
Regarding the cheating concerns, Serena and Frederick never had sexual intercourse, he is more of an emotional support for her than anything else. She is still young, and if you consider the setting and time period of the story, her behaviour is nothing that strange. I’m confident that if people read the first 20-25 chapters they will change their mind. It’s such a shame people don’t get to enjoy this story because they judged a book by their cover, or in this case, the first few chapters.
It’s not often you see a comic with this level of craft, especially romance, which is although a core theme of the story, it is wound in extremely delicately. To try to explain it simply, it is like reading a story of the lives of two characters who slowly fall in love, rather than reading a love story of two characters. Nothing in this story is rushed, the pacing is impeccable, and I feel like the creator’s confidence has grown throughout; they are now confidently taking their time to go through the details, knowing the worth of their own work.
There is a lot to learn from a work like this, for anyone else interested in the art of storytelling. Although I easily connect with characters, it is not often I do so entirely on the merit of the skill of the writer in making a character appear human, and known to us, the readers. The depth, the flaws, the good bits and the bad, motivation, emotion, all of this has led to a perfect character understanding.
Whilst I cannot speak on the plot until the work is finished, so far it is not lacking in any way. This is not Attack on Titan or Death Note, we are not here for anything mind-blowing. This is life story of Serena, the fact the work is named after her demonstrates that what the author wants to communicate first and foremost, is her story. With a story which is on the simpler side like this, what matters most is connection with the characters, pacing and character likeability. Given the fact Serena does not come off very likeable in the beginning, it is understandable why some drop this. But remember, we all have our ugly moments, and imagine if someone showed only your worst moments to someone, and they judged you based off that? With no context? It would feel rather unfair.
When I first read this story, it only had around 18 chapters or so released, and I too was not that impressed. However, we never judge an artwork which is unfinished, so why should we judge this story prematurely either?
Whether people give this a chance or not is up to them, but those who don’t are the ones who will be missing out.
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It’s not bad so far, I don’t mind a trashy ml, it’s like a worse version of cry even better if you beg
It’s a similar premise, but it doesn’t have the same pacing, art, world building and magnetism that CEBIYB does. CEBIYB did a good job with making us connect and understand the characters, but you don’t get that in this story. That might change when we get more choaters so we will have to wait and see
Either way it’s not a story most will like, as the characters aren’t likeable, but I’m reading for the story not the characters, I also don’t care about happy endings, just the quality of the writing.
Absolutely amazing writing, art and especially character development. I think the foreshadowing of some of the plot reveals were inadequate, and that some even felt rushed or deceptive, but it is still wholly enjoyable. It deserves a rating higher than 9.0 for sure. It’s enemies to lovers and incredibly slow burn. It should be around 9.6 or 9.7 imo.
My heart feels so full, yet overwhelmed and sad, yet proud and happy.
Truly, bitter-sweet.
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I love this so much but I need more chapters! I love slow burn but not when the chapters aren’t published
When is it coming back
Literally!!!!! It’s my favorite and I always come back to reread it I want more of the story!!!!!
it's 2 days past a year
I enjoyed it. The mangaka did a great job portraying the depth of Shiori’s emotions, the art supported this and the overall unsettling atmosphere of the manga as well. It felt much more psychological than a normal romance manga. Although love was a strong theme consistently present in the plot, ultimately it was the story of their family, and the feelings of the side characters too, not just the main couple which added the dimension and realism to this manga.
There are people who read only to see an ending which they like, and people who read to engage in the story overall. It’s kinda like the movies which do well in the box office versus what does well in the film festivals. I’m the latter, and so is this manga.
Is this dropped or what? I miss arte