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I think the way Mint was drawn from the beginning really had a huge impact on people’s opinion about their age gap and the way it was worded. To clarify, Mint is accepted into the dukedom’s in a ‘Sponsorship’ not as an adopted child, Julius was never her father. She was 15, and he was 22 when they met. When she confessed she was just a young girl in her teens inlove and was clearly rejected as Julius was more mature and knew better. Years later, when she was older their interactions became more intimate, again Julius was never her father but her Sponsor and she never looked at him as her father, she never interacted with him like he is her father. Vice-versa Julius never thought nor acted as her father.
And I know she literally looked like a child at first, like damn why was she drawn like that? She looked way way younger, she’s drawn like a 7 years old rather than 15, and Julius is 22 (probably in our world a freshman college student, literally not in his fatherly age??) and their romantic interest wasn’t even 2 sided at that time. Their relationship became mutually ‘romantic’ when they were much older Mint being 18(?) and Julius being 25.
Lastly, a pedophile is an adult that is ‘sexually attracted’ to minors. I have not seen or read any of that disorder from Julius.
It’s actually sad how he’s being accused as a pedophile, it’s a good read but people are dropping it because of this.
You can search Little Princess Mint Spoilers in Novel Updates to see the similar age gaps in your favorite romance manhwas, such as Riftan and Maxi (6 years age gap).
In the end this is just my opinion, your opinion of Julius is yours, and I respect that.
Now, question, in the beginning of the manhwa the artist drawn Mint exaggeratedly like she’s a 7 yrs old kid with the excused that she was not fed well, affecting her growth. If Mint were drawn more accurately as a not-well-fed orphaned 15 years old girl from the very beginning and the fact that everyone seems to forget that she is not Julius’ adopted ‘child’ but his beneficiary and that Julius only fell for her when she was an adult does that change our opinion of the story? Mainly Julius being a pedophile?
In the end this is just my opinion, your opinion of Julius is yours, and I respect that. I just want to defend him, really, man also faced challenges and saved a person only to be define as a character who is sexually attracted to minors, only to be called a Pedophile : ( I used to ignore the comments but after a year, people still misunderstands his character : (
Give the story a chance, for real.