Zihvuda's manga / #Female MC(2)

There's some definite weaknesses in this one. One being that most of the plot, frustratingly, focuses on misunderstandings between... well everyone. There's so much miscommunication in this that it made me anxious and frustrated. Just not for me I'd say, except that some of these miscommunications could be solved quite easily. There also seems to be some flip flopping with the MC. She's reincarnated into this life, but at the same time it's like she isn't? It's not explained well, and it wouldn't matter too much, but because there's so much in the story that already bothers me, this rather inconsequential- Actually scratch that, it *isn't* inconsequential, the father is a main character in the story and so it's the difference between "protect my daughter" and "my daughter's dead and there's another person living in her stead". That second option has some delicious angst to be had, but sadly I didn't like the story enough to see if the author ever did anything with that. (´︿`) The romance between the leads is adorable! And completely free from the context of the story I would say it's some of the best I've read. However *with* context of the story it becomes rather contrived ("because the plot says so") and at times idiotic. The father has been emotionally abusive to the daughter her whole life, and then once the reincarnation happens he changes, but neither character addresses this abuse, so it just becomes a giant elephant in the room that everyone ignores with increasing awkwardness. Because it's never talked about it robs the story of any catharsis of her confronting her abuser. And make no mistake, no matter how good intentioned, what the father did was indeed abusive, even though he is otherwise characterized as a good man trying his best. His best, in the case of his daughter, was shit. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ He does get better, but that's not the point. They don't talk, which just builds on the frustration already being piled on by ALL the F***ing misunderstandings. Also as customary in these stories the male lead kind of passively deceives the mc. Like, he probably didn't mean to at the beginning, but as the story progresses it's more than apparent and he MUST have noticed his non-intentional deception by now, so the fact that he never uh- "comes clean" to her goes from "oops" to *actively lying*. Which would be fine, except the story fails to establish a valid reason for this. At least at the point to which I read, which was till ch32. The story really isn't that bad for what it is, but it's clearly not my cup of tea, so I'm dropping it here. If you like misunderstandings and comedy, don't mind certain more serious things being played for laughs, than this is for you! Enjoy this mostly light hearted tale!

Not for me... I got as far as I could, but the fact that the male lead is so firmly established/hyped as being basically a monster makes me totally unwilling to get too deep in this story. Especially as he tried to force a kiss and initiated unwanted touching already a couple times. Marylin in a panel is shocked she was scared being with him, meanwhile I'm just like "girl, you know him to be a monster, why wouldn't you be scared while with him?? Why would agree to go somewhere quiet with him?? Scream at him right there in the hallway for all to hear, it's your best weapon!" But she's so single mindedly focused on protecting her friend it's just annoying the things she just doesn't see. I can however see how some would love this so that's fine. She handles a lot of situations quite badly too, but after thinking about it, it kinda makes sense. Still i can't stand to see it so I'll just drop the story and move on. I love her friendship with Lara, but it frustrates me that in Marilyn's quest to protect Lara she doesn't treat her as someone who could also help. She doesn't even lean on the brother, though I suppose she was hoping to ignore that situation until it fizzled out. Which is sad, because a decisive end probably would have been better. Hell I was hoping she would tell the brother she was in love with Lara so she'd get him off her back. Would have made things more fun, but then i suppose it would have required an additional "ai" to the current genre's "shojo". (´︿`)