somnia's manga / #Interesting(164)

It's a fun read, there's also some genuine plot though it doesn't feel all that deep. I like how some typical shoujo story holes, for example, the recurring backdrawer that keeps on leading the reader to the question of: "so, why do they remember this one story so well but not themselves?", kind of get an explanation here. I first found it jarring to have these kids act like almost-adults, but thanks to the lighthearted tone of it all I grew into it + there's actually an explanation for their behaviour. And I do kinda have to agree with other comments, the queerbaiting is there and all, and a yandere game protag crushing on our MC for little to nothing is also a bit over the top. Thanks to the comedic tone it thankfully doesn't feel all that deep, but it still lowkey makes my eyes roll to see the prince have these genuine scenes, careful thoughts and so on about our MC, while the female love interest is played up as a crazy nut used for entertainment purposes. Smh.

God I NEED more chapters. The first chapter hooked me so good and it just kept getting better. Remilia is the destined OP villainess of an Otome game. Strangely enough a reincarnator possessed her body from childhood on, letting her take a backseat within their shared conscience. She witnisses how Emi, the reincarnator, works hard and with a pure heart to give Remilia a happy ending. Of course, Remilia learned to love and appreciate Emi for her efforts, but when the classic condemnation event still takes place (due to the most hateful otome FL I've ever seen, holy shit I hate her so much) Emi takes control of her body again. The only thing she is out for now is to take revenge while doing her best to preserve Emi's efforts and memories. I can't stop praising the premise, man. This isn't just a fresh breeze in the reincarnation genre, this is like using the inhaler after choking for 5 straight minutes. I can't describe how bitter I felt when that condemnation scene hit, after you were told exactly how Emi tried her damnest to make all these people's lives better. The art is so fitting too, and don't get me started on the pacing of it all. Ok tbh, the beginning with all the exposition can feel a little long, BUT it's totally worth it. Also, sometimes you gotta appreciate an antagonist you can unapologetically hate with all your heart and no take backsies. Join my burn-in-hell-Pina Club. /2.9

88/ MC posesses a random side-character in a novel, she is appalled when she witnesses her bias' aka the 2nd ml's suicide after he was abandoned by his friends (og FL and ML). Somehow she's back in time, and now goes out of her way to prevent 2nd ML's self-delete while also punching back at his so-called friends... and to do both well she marries him, ofc. Very character-driven this one. The writing and pacing it pretty good, I don't have all that much to complain about. The dynamic between the "friend group", aka just the og main people (og FL, ML and 2nd ML), is the most interesting so far I feel. FL messing with og FL is also a lot of fun, there's nothing sweeter than slowly chipping away at your enemy. I don't like how the og ML (aka crown prince) just kinda gets away from FL throwing shade. Sure, it was his fiance who pointed the finger at Kal, but he still just stood by and nodded along. He gave her all that power ffs and never helped his friend out. I want MC to actually get in this guy's way instead of delivering all crit hits to the crown princess. MC's personality also gets a bit cringe with time. I understand stan-culture, I know k-pop, but her still talking like that after her and the hubby clearly got chemistry going on... IN BED TOO is like, wake up please. Maybe I'm too old to relate or smth. Either way, I don't like how insecure she is about him sometimes, it just smells like there's gonna be artificial drama, a la "uwu this stan needs to leave so he can marry a lovely lady even though we've been blushing over one another like fools for the last 20 chapters".

This kind of became a classic in my heart. I remember crying when I first read this, though in hindsight I'm not too impressed by the story now that I'm rereading it. It's a predictable storyline. With that said, isn't Oscar selfish? Because of their connection Rene had to live several lives without any true love or marriage. That itself doesn't mean she was off bad, but you can read yourself how her attempts to find someone, or just catching someone's attention can fire back horribly. What made him wait to make a move for all these life times? Why not just cut their connection if he feels like a burden in her life? Either he is an asshole or a big wimp, and if I was Rene I would be lowkey mad at him for doing nothing but spamming her with "please stay single" for several generations without having the heart to commit to anything. At least that's how I feel about him.

Good stuff. The plot's interesting, though it does take a while for MC to actually start doing something bigger than just searching for a fake boyfriend for like 10+ chapters. The speech bubbles get loaded up with a lot of text sometimes, so I caught myself not really reading through that and more so just glancing over it a lot of the time. Especially when the conversation itself wasn't that moving to begin with. Over than that I see a lot of potential in the story, love the whole god messing with the world perspective.

Meldenique is the villainess of a romance fantasy novel. She is the evil, cursed fiance of the ML who gets in the way of the FL's romance and success in life. Our MC is very uninterested in living that out, so she throws away her shitty family and title, and opens up her own small business... It's not really a stationary shop? More of a candy store lol. On the way she also picks up an OP hero spirit, named Dominic, who basically is her side kick and main crutch for now. Anywho, turns out these supposed good guy protags are total scum and get in her way in any way possible. Included in that pool is her fiance, who doesn't love her one bit, but is at the same time strangely obsessed with her. So, I really like this one despite heavily playing into the whole "I possessed the villainess, but changed to avoid fatality and oops they all love me now"-trope. It plays into it with taste, but also gives it a tiny twist. She doesn't have upper hand at all at the start, and is constantly being stepped on by various chunks of faeces who you'll hate more the longer you read (ofc not to the point of totally ruining her). The pacing so far is nice, it's mostly held up by said faeces constantly being bad guys. Good and bad is defined VERY clearly with this one, but for now their crimes don't feel too cartoony. It's cute how involved children are in the plot, though sometimes you really wonder why they have so much say as the little kids that they are. Ah, and ngl, Domenic's SSR class magic go brr abilities are a bit too much here and there. His abilities are a bit TOO convinient sometimes. You can overlook that though, since he's supposed to be this kind of powerful hero. I couldn't help but spoil myself to see where it's all headed, and man, it's gonna get good. Can't wait to see the stand-offs between Mel and the og FL. Not to mention our ML. Over all, a worthwhile read so far.