But Yuu is probably the most pathetic protagonist I can think of atm. Gimme the GureShin gang over these weirdos anyday.
The fuck kinda name is Thereode? #－.－) How am I supposed to pronounce it? By joining the words 'there' and 'ode', or something? I get it's supposed to be similar to Theodore, MC's old lover, but do they have to bash us over the head about uncanny their resemblance is? It's alright for the story to be subtle at times, they don't gotta spoon-feed us everything.
Wait what...
I always though it was Theodore... (≧∀≦)
I didn't realize the difference, I should start reading better... ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Theo-door
maybe it was a misspelling? I say Theodore
That's not the ML's name doe. His name is Thereode. Theodore is the name of MC's past lover, the Emperor.
Nah, ML's name is Thereode. MC's past lover who was the Emperor is called Theodore.
then maybe ther-ee-ode
Look at the fluff! The consent! The healthiness! The communication! The love! The trust! The mutual respect! The gentleness! 100000/10ヾ(☆▽☆)(≧∀≦)ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~ ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
The heart pounding could be cause of conditioning & trauma, masochism, or arousal. I mean, it's all very muddled but I doubt it's love ;)
That my main issue with Rezef is simply this:
According to the evidence presented by flashback moments in the chapters, OG Cayena loved Rezef unconditionally in the past, and treated him as her true family. Yet, the Rezef of the past married her to someone who abused, likely raped and eventually killed her, while her pleas toward him were ignored. Even now, this Rezef is also cruel towards her, and faces no real consequences for this. For a character who longed for love, and started on his path to villainy due to lack of that love, he was and continues to be horrible to the one person who loved him unconditionally (OG Cayena only, MC has conditional love for him), to the point she died a painful death. Their dynamics are interesting now, but I'll never like Rezef until the past Him somehow begs the OG Cayena for forgiveness and apologises again and again for betraying her.
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_villainess_is_a_marionette/uu/d_chapter-16/pg-9/
This lackey of Rezef is quite ridiculous, getting so angry at the thought that Cayena is tyring to undermine Rezef's power while pretending to care about him, yet he doesn't seem to remember that Rezef poisoned Cayena despite them being 'loving' siblings. What an absolute bastard. Except for Raphael, the men in this story are all trash.
It wasn't Conny's brother who got kidnapped after all, was it?
And I don't ship Conny with anyone except Character Development-Chan.
But unless this is like those stories where MC is actually the OG Villainess reborn, I feel pretty bad for the OG Juveline who was basically neglected and delusional to the point that she killed herself.