When I saw the art and saw that it's Chinese webtoon...I could already guess what's the plot gonna be like, full of unwanted misunderstandings, the heart wrenching slow development and stupid characters choices...why is it rated this high though.... ╥﹏╥
Personally I like it a lot. Yes maybe it is a slowburn but if things went perfectly smoothly with no issues and everything was figured out immediately it would be short, too predictable, too easy/perfect, and end too soon. Every story needs it's ups and downs even if the downs are frustrating and annoying. The only thing that annoys me about it is I don't know Chinese so I can't read ahead and the English translations are far behind the latest chapter. I'll keep reading because I look forward to the fluff (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ
Different strokes for different folks.
For me this slow-burn is kinda very frustrating, especially when it's a low-stakes thing where it's really not all that important, but still very annoying when characters start breaking their brain over stuff (or just encountering trouble, whatever) that would be no issue IF THEY KNEW THIS ONE THING THAT'S BEING DANGLED IN FRONT OF THE READERS FACES EVERY MINUTE. Ahem..
Like for example when a MC is pulling the "uwu I bet ML doesn't love me"-line and meanwhile the ML is salivating over MC like a lovestruck puppy.
Ahem, so yea.
It's not that I enjoy slowburns. I'm impatient and want the good parts to hurry up. But if a story turns out to be a slowburn I need to be fed crumbs at least before chaos strikes and I lose it ヽ(`Д´)ノ lmao but no I guess because I'm reading lots of different stuff at the same time I'm distracted by the slowburn of some mangas/manhwa... but based on what I've seen for this one it's not bad to be honest. (▰˘◡˘▰)
Then you shouldve said, damn it's all things I don't like I guess this isn't for me not... I don't like this why is it so highly rated like?? Like it's not even some weird toxic kinky shit That's just being a hater for no reason. I mentioned BL cuz I thought you were one of those BL weirdos who come hate under yuri tags
The only thing I can think of is because of the demographic of authors for each respective genre? BL is mostly written by women, while GLs are mostly written by men, so the story telling, art, and framing of it all is very different to each other(I’m not saying all of it is like that). So, fujoshis(girls) are most likely going to prefer storytelling from a female author(it’s like the difference in a shoujo and shounen series. There are def writing differences in my opinion. It’s also why a lot of people on mangago(mostly female/fujoshi user base) hate the harem genre. While, other sites that have more male user base like harem genres. Its a difference of the male gaze and the female gaze I think)
Of course, this is just very basic observation and hypothesis, so idk lol. I personally don’t read a lot of GLs because of the reason stated above, so I was also drawing from my own personal opinion. (I like GL, but I prefer the way female authors depict romance more)
It’s all a matter of preference, but comments like those are def out of left field lol XD
I'm gonna be honest, I came for the smut but the storyline got me captivated...the smut...ehh...is really bad like maybe I've read good quality smut art which is why this plainly gave me second hand embarrassment...even though the plot is good so I'll be here for the plot. Sigh...I really wanted a good smut can someone recommend me good straight smut? ╥﹏╥
if you want some good smut check this one https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/chuuken_bodyguard_ga_nisemono_reijou_no_uso_to_karada_wo_abaku_made/
both FL and ML are sinfully hot and the sex scenes don't make you cringe. too bad it's so short, i need more Takaomi in my life
Like out girllie did some bad deeds back then too and so did ceasar, we only saw from our fl pov so we didn't see her much bad but considering she killed people and what not, she did bad deeds too so I don't mind her ending with ceaser if just like our fl he changes too even though at the end of the day I love Alphonso better...it's just that Alphonso needs a character update. ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭
but now I'm kinda getting pissed off like I never liked the dad, neither the brothers and I still can't forgive them for what they did and talking about dad he is the worst like just remembering the things she suffered back and then again seeing how they are kissing her ass now just makes me sick...#-.-)
Spoiler
Penelope will get falsely accused for assasination (?)
And she has evidence to prove that she's not the culprit but Derrick didn't even let her speak and just trusted the people who falsely accused her.
So she helps herself out of the situation
Only the Duke and Reynold believed that she wouldn't do such a thing..
But wait there's more
Eclis will bring yvonne back to the mansion while it was two weeks away from Penelope's coming of age ceremony
The Duke decides to not let yvonne in on the ceremony so that Penelope can enjoy her special day
But this fuck!ng asshole bring yvonne in the middle of the ceremony saying "it's a family event so everyone in the family should attend"
Fuck!ng cu*t
I hoped he would die but noooooo
DUDE THAT GAVE ME THE JUMPSCARE!!!! IT WAS SO FUCKING CREEPY Σ(っ°Д °;)っ