somnia's manga / #webtoon(38)

This webtoon manages to be humorous while also leading up to legit plot without needing to add in petty drama, which is really nice. Fr the first chapter already tells you straight up that this isn't going to be anything heavy and man sometimes it delivers real good. Shoujo reincarnation trash like me is getting everything one would want from this webtoon, while also making fun of the sub-genre (and not to mention gacha systems). We have handsome men, a harem, plot and magic. Perfect. The set-up just works despite being ridiculous. Gotta say tho, with so many chapters the tension and interest just left my body. It's been 150+ chapters with no end in sight.

Cute stuff. The dads are hot and have substance despite kinda falling into tropes. Might as well skip the whole egghunt thing tho, it just feels like a cheap way to introduce the other 2 dads as well as a failed attempt as building up plot. There's a lot of cheese in here and people who look for plot-driven stories should probably go look elsewhere (at least at this point, who knows, so far I don't see that kinda vibe tho).

MC is a strong-willed woman, who lived an independant life. Just like the villainess of a novel she read, she wasted a good portion of her life on a man who didn't deserve her. After she dies, she finds herself in the skin of said villainess and proceeds to slay- as in "yas queen, slay"- while avoiding the bs her and the villainess had to drag themselves through bc of their own stupidity. Honestly, it's pretty much a power fantasy, but I think even people who dislike those can peek in and enjoy. It's less about FL getting everything she wants and needs, and more so about her dealing with the undesirable obstacles that are her fiance and his lover, aka the og ML and FL of the novel she was yeeted into. They are genuinely a pain and it's satisfying to see our homegirl beat down on them whenever they (mostly the og FL) try shoving her around. It's also nice that our FL has a consistent character, and it's not like she was just another weak-willed office worker before turning into a dom mommy noble all of the sudden- her character's consistent, which makes the story for me. Other than that I'd describe this as your standard reincarnated into/possessed the body of nobility of another fantasy world story.

The first few chapters are entertaining but MC's whole act gets tiring fast, like not even 8 chapters fast for me. I had to choke myself to get past chapter 10. IT IS fun in the beginning - and it got me chuckling here and there - but after a while you get used to the gag and realize that behind the "I changed completely overnight and now everyone's shocked and crushing for me (even more)"-trope, there's literally nothing but a faint breeze of flatness. It's hard to get attached to a story like this when literally every character has the depth and emotional sensitivity of an expired & flat discount coke. After the first bit it's like an inner war in which by the time another joke bomb is released, boredom has already invaded the base and you feel yourself losing consciousness.

MC is a mysterious woman with the ability to tell lies and thruths apart. Additionally good luck seems to pile onto her like crazy before something bad is going to happen soon, which is an interesting mechanic. Anyway, MC is a professional gambler who traveled around and made a name for herself sweeping casinos. One day, she rescues a boy from trouble and takes him home. They become close, bond and go gambling together. But after her ring, which she recieved from a dummy mage, flares up, she ends up 10 years in the future without the kid.. or even her house. So, the thing with the whole gambling pov is that you get a thrill because of the uncertainty of whether the MC will win or not - the higher the stakes the higher the enjoyment for those reading - but this MC wins almost every time, and when she doesn't? It's on purpose or just doesn't affect her much. If she doesn't care, why would you? The story itself is kinda cliche. Stuff is constantly happening (mainly gambling, people cheating while gambling, just bad ppl getting in the way or fluff scenes with male main leads), but the thing that keeps you reading takes its sweet sweet time. The thing I am refering to is MC's dumba** realizing that the kid she took in before her time skip is mortal, able to age, and looks literally the same as the duke dude who's getting close to her now. The story lost its focus somwhere within the whole cruise ship "arc". It's clear that finding him is important to MC and she thinks about this lost chance more than a few times, but the fact that the author themselves avoids it so much to get more chapters out of it, just makes the plot TIRING and EMPTY in the end. I skipped right from FL's first visit to the Duke's (btw her outfit in that chapter is horrid, just to add extra salt) to like chapter 50-something. That's like 30+ chapters and she still has no clue. I'm dropping this.