somnia's manga / #Reincarnation(193)

The moment MC is out of school, it gets BAD. It's difficult to build a good story where the main character single handedly ends misogyny (you can't just be like: mc exists, does things and bam everyone thinks sexism is bad), but the author didn't even try. The answer to that complicated problem is magic here. Ngl, the whole sexism thing is very extreme to begin, but explainable since there was such a drastic power difference between genders compared to our own history. Instead of trying to send a message similar to "hey, no matter what they tell you about how a woman is worth less than a man, women can very well see eye to eye with them or outdo them" it's sending more of vibes like "you know men and magic? well, no. Misogyny bad. Bad man stole magic from women. Magic will solve our problems and bring equality." Uuuugh, the whole saint plot just yeeted away so much potential imo. I guess making everyone equal when it comes to magic is somewhat of a step in the right direction, but it's so obviously an easy cop-out for the author to not have to think too much. What finally sent me over the edge was this whole lore bs about the saintess and a salty sexist dude who stole women's magic as a lifelong hobby. What the fuck?

The FL who is claimed to be the faited partner of the Emperor, gets replaced by the true fated partner who is a girl from another world. FL goes through a bunch of horrible shit and for some reason ends up being framed as the villainess who commited treason. Yada yada, Uno time reverse card ensues and this time around she tries to avoid that fate of hers and gives god the finger. Ofc the Emperor/crown prince is the ML, I wish not. She should've gone for the red haired cutie, fml.

need to rereadddd

Some soap opera worthy drama and a bunch of misunderstandings that make my heart CLENCH in pain and frustration. Literally no communication between characters who desperately need it. During confrontations between opposing sides you'll expect that FL's side walks away with some info on ML's situation/feelings- or at least a hint that they're walking through mud when a pathed sidewalk was right next to them- but NOPE. It seems that Deodorent is dead set on believing everyone and everything that isn't ML himself. It's hard to keep up with how many things got lost in translation and it only gets worse because FL and her squad keep on walking into more misinformation, which probably builds into a climax that'll only make me facepalm and moan instead of bringing relief. At least the title is accurate, I can give the author that.

One of the first shoujo manhwas I read, it's a lowkey a classic in my heart, so I may be a bit biased. As the title indicates this is about our FL, Elise and she is a doctor. In more detail though: Elise lived in a fantasy world as a noble lady in her first life, and basically did a lot of bad things for which she was burned at the stake. In her second life she became a surgeon to atone for the life she wasted on misdeads, only to die at a young age and be reborn as Elise again. Anyway, despite FL's lowkey confusing reincarnation thing, she's a solid character. Same goes for everyone else in the story. The ML is on the more brooding, serious side but he is never out to be your stereotypical cold-shoulder emo love interest that FL has to beat and rinse him with affection first or what have you. I also love the whole dynamic between ML's brother (also the second ML) and Elise. But the one thing that's a major turn off for me is that FL is kinda giving subtle to major Mary Sue vibes. She just yeets from one obstacle to another and over time it gets tiring bc you know she'll solve it somehow by using her surgeon skills, even if the issue is only distantly related to her doing doctor things. You can smell, taste and hear how potential plots will be tackled the moment there's a close-up pannel of someone looking sick. Anyway, overall I like this one. It's cute enough to flip through to remind myself of certain plot points, and up to a point it is entertaining, but it's no reread for me.

This is the SSS-class of shoujo reincarnation manhwa if you ask me. A young female college student finds herself in the body of Realiana, a minor character destined to be murdered. She's the starting point of a criminal romance drama starring Realiana's friend and the ML duke daddy of your semi-masochistic dreams. Anyway, our FL does not want to die again, so she starts taking measures as well as taking down red flags. I don't want to spoil too much, she basically ends up chilling with the ML in a contract relationship kind of deal, and together they start encountering more and more crimes, which eventually leads them deeper and deeper into serious plot, all the while their relationship develops nicely. I love their dynamic sm. Anyway, the humor and characters have a good umph to them, despite the more serious murder mystery vibes we get going on. The author certainly knows what they were doing, everything from the comedic timing to the final plot points is planned well. Even FL's reincarnation has solid ground and reason. I will certainly read this again.

This is something you want to start reading when you just want to have fun. The story is consistent, the characters are mostly consistent, add in your classic isekai shoujo setting, and you'll be fine. But honestly, after MC marries it's like why are we still here? The longer this goes on, the more you think about it. And in turn the jokes become stale.