this low rating is bullshit and has nothing to do with the content of the story. the lead just happened to be a woman who got into relationships with shitty men who are married because she was hurt so bad by a past love and her father so she purposely seeks out unavailable and unreliable men so she wont fall in love again and get hurt. this is imo an interesting set up and if u dont like that then...dont read the story? people low rating the story just because they dont like the morals of the female protaganist is SUCH misogynistic short sighted bullshit but whatever. the irony that this has a lower rating than so many rapey TL stories with female leads that have like almost no internal life or personality beyond being pure innocent virigns with no agency or desire for themselves ugh let me stop tho.
This story isnt smut, there's sex but tis hardly sown this is just a josei love story. its very adult but only PG-13 so if ur wanting fap material u wont find it in this but its very short and sweet. it was so nice to see such a respectful and sweet male love interest. gosh remember those? i cant remember the last het manga i read that even had such a thing. tho thats partly my fault for mainly reading the smutty ones. i suspect more josei mangas like this are less Problematic and shallow but anyway, i liked this alot! i wish it hadnt ended so soon i would have loved to see their relationship evolve over time but it at least did end on a high note and a very sweet hopeful message. the lead is not unaware taht she's doing fucked up stuff and she rarely hates herself and thinks she's a bad person but she's unable to get over her fear of being abandoned. rather than being the woman whose cheated she chose to be the other woman. which imo makes total sense to me like her pov makes sense and u dont have to agree with it! her making some bad life decisions shouldnt define her entire character for the rest of her life esp when this entire story is about her learning to open her heart again and change her "homewrecker" ways. and like here's the thing, these men would've cheated anyway, they were triflin' ass bastards and she herself thinks men will ALWAYS cheat she's def going with the belief that these men would cheat with whatever lady approached them. and with guys who DO cheat they probably would've cheated with another woman if not her (no ofc not all men cheat but if she beleived that she wouldnt be living like she does). this idea that she's the devil basically implies that these men would've been faithful upstanding husbands if this harlot hadnt come and seduced them with her succubus like aura or smth ridiculous like that. she's esp voluptuous or sensual she's just a regular woman who has relationship baggage and is also really good at her job! she's smart and capable and her love interest falls in love with her because he admires her deeply. i LOVE when love from a man to a woman is based on admiration. well love based on admiration in general is great but its so rare to get it in het couples i find. there's always the need to make the man more amazing and the one out of the woman's league or the guy is a dbag who "loves" her but still insults her constantly or demeans her by being all "well ur dumb n ugly but ur cute i giss!" ugh. anyway this guy is really mature and kind and thoughtful and i was rooting them to be together SO much and i wished we got a few more chpts of them being an official couple and i do like that she hasnt been Cured of her baggage just that she's made the decision to change and allow herself to engage in a healthy relationship with a loving commited partner. anyway if u want some short and sweet and vanilla het love story this is honestly more than worth the very little amount of time it would take to read it. a solid B story, wouldve been rated higher if it wasnt so short and ended right as it was getting rly interesting.
Even a Mean Girl Can Be Loved