July's manga / #Shoujo(113)

Yeahhhhh, not a fan of this webtoon. I don't see how she's a strong female lead. Her plans are dumb and she has no real agency. She doesn't want to get married, so she goes to sleep with some random dude with the intention of getting pregnant. How exactly does that make her a strong character? She's just using her body to temporarily avoid her fate. Pregnancy is only 9 months, she could easily be sold into slavery or something during or after that period of time, and it's basically what happens. Not to mention it's pretty hard to get pregnant ok, like what is this plan, how do you know you'll get pregnant 100% after just one night? She doesn't even come up with some better plan during the time she's pregnant! I hate it when female characters in fiction do such stupid crap like randomly sleeping with men to get out of something like marriage because that makes them lose their dignity and self-respect in my eyes. Like you couldn't have figured out some other plan for your situation besides sleeping around? In the real world, there's also STDs and stuff you need to worry about, I feel like this kind of trope in fiction is getting out of hand, because it doesn't give females a portrayal in good light, and it's toxic for this idea, if it were to be applied in the real world. Basically, you're just confirming to other males out there that you have zero shame and are willing to do anything for the right price. This is honestly worse than those forced marriage turns into love webtoons, of which there are tons out there. I hope that this particular webtoon/fiction of one night stands to escape from reality doesn't take hold in mainstream media, for the sake of girls everywhere. Furthermore, she sleeps with a random guy, and after giving birth to the child, her wretched father makes her marry some other dude. But this time, she agrees to it. Why?! Why is it ok for you to marry the second guy, but not the first one, huh? And don't tell me that's because the first guy she was supposed to marry is a pervert, because the second guy is supposedly a murderer, her father said so himself. Unless in this world, murderers are better than perverts. I don't know anymore. The child is supposed to be three years old, but honestly, he seems to be 5-7 years old. He talks far too eloquently for a 3 year old, so I'm not buying that crap either. Author needs to work on believability, but then again, that was tossed out the window with the sleeping around to get pregnant plot in the first chapter. And I thought the child was a girl, but nope, apparently he's a boy. Alright then. I'm not saying boys shouldn't have long hair, but he totally looks like a girl. I sure do hope that aspect of his character is actually supposed to be important later on, because otherwise, I don't see why he couldn't have been drawn with shorter hair or been born as a girl instead. The art is alright, but honestly, I'm so mad about everything else, I can't enjoy the only somewhat redeeming part of this webtoon. The male lead is pretty average, and the female lead obviously had more effort put into her design, since it shows.

It's kind of like the Butterfly Lovers (Liang Shanbo & Zhu Yingtai), but with a happier ending. A girl dresses up as a boy to go to school, and she falls in love with the boy who she originally hated. I didn't care for their romance, since it didn't seem natural. Art is quite bad. I don't know if it's intended to be like that, or this was the limits of the manhuajia's art skills.

Promotional one shot with some typical story about a girl who marries for political reasons, but then decides to go off on her own path. Nothing particularly distinguishing about her story, she seems like a basic shoujo fantasy webtoon female lead. She has some magic vision but since it's just a promo, it doesn't really go into how she'll use this power. Art is below average.

Female lead isekai'd to the world of a novel, where she's a villainess, and she wants to avoid her fate by becoming close to the male protagonist of the novel. The male protagonist thinks she's under his dark magic spell, so that's why she stays with him, when everyone else avoids him. Art is about average for shoujo webtoon. It does get better with the new chapters when it's revealed that the male love interest/male lead of the novel is actually a villain, and she befriended someone she should have avoided completely. It was refreshing to see.

Oh my god, this isekai villainess webtoon is funny. I wasn't expecting it. She's the sister of a girl who will marry the male lead, and she will do everything in her power to prevent that from happening, but it seems now the male lead has set his sights on her instead, because of her obviously mean behavior towards him. The art is fine except for the facial features of the characters, especially the eyes, which are very freaky.

Female lead is isekai'd to a novel world where she's the villainess, but instead of going down that path, she decides she'll do her best to survive, blah blah. Typical villainess isekai storyline. There's some lore about the goddess and the Chosen One, but it's not a strong focus at this point. The main thing is that it's not her, it's a red-haired girl who's destined to be the savior, and the female lead will die trying to kill her, according to the novel. It's very average so far in terms of the story, there's nothing special about it. The art is ok, about slightly above average for shoujo fantasy webtoons. There's definitely some shortcuts and change in art quality in the panels, if they're not focused on the main characters. Update: I think it's finished at 70 chapters. Not much happens from beginning to end, so if you're looking for something good, skip this one. Basically, all the good guys get their happy endings, the bad guys are banished, and all is well. No one dies, since this story had zero stakes from the beginning.

Lots of drama, but promotional chapter is basically nonsensical. Something about the female lead breaking up with a guy, and they get back together again. He dates another girl at some point. Art is average.

So far, this manga is not impressing me. It tries to make the female lead unique by establishing her as a delinquent in her previous life, but after she isekai'd, she's just like any typical shoujo protagonist. She's also super dumb, and she's not as strong as she thinks she is. I have no idea why all the guys are falling for her, since she's so unappealing as a woman. The art is so-so, usually shoujo-type manga look more beautiful than this.

The female lead is cute and quick-witted, allowing her to escape a dangerous situation all on her own, which I like. It reminds me a little of Fruits Basket, because she's joining a new school, and meets a delinquent fellow who's actually not a bad person on the inside. The art is very clean and aesthetically pleasing to read through, with great utilization of panels.

Although the set-up was a little weird, since the female lead was incredibly stupid in her first life, she seems to be aware of her mistakes after dying once. I like how she's trying to change herself, even going out of her way to ally herself with the man who killed her, because he's probably the only one who cares enough about the country to help her in this re-do. The art is not bad, I like the details on the backgrounds and scenery. Character designs are also good.