I Stole The Male Lead's First Night
I Became the Ugly Lady
Oh god, I just can't. This story is so stupid. Not only does it include my most hated trope - the one where mc reincarnates into a fat girl, then looses weight miraculously fast, and suddenly everyone notices how beautiful she is (cuz it's apparently common sense that you being chubby and being beautiful are mutually exclusive) - but the rest of the plot is so ridiculous and contradictory. Like, "I need a knight because I'm not strong enough to protect myself." - Proceeds to take out a bandit leader with one punch. And how is it that mc as someone who JUST reincarnated into this magical world, understands magic and mana better than the host she's occupying, who's lived in that world her entire life? How does that make Any sense whatsoever? There is no realism to the plot at all. Mc just reincarnated and is apparently now good at everything, the world offers her what she wants when she needs it and all the hardships that made her host kill herself at the age of 20, she can solve in one afternoon. In short: I don't feel like wasting time on this crap.
Elysian's Bride
FL got summoned from Earth to Elysium. Elysium is a magical place where men are born from stars and women are not born naturally and are thus summoned from other worlds. Here sex is called "mana negotiation" as it's purpose is not reproduction, but exchanging magical energy. It is also normal for women to have sex with multiple partners, as well as multiple husbands. The premise is very contradictory. One one hand, women are revered for their rarity, magical powers and unique role in society, thus giving them more higher status than men. On the other hand, women actually have less freedom than on Earth and society seems very misogynistic. Women have to attend special courses where they are tasked with sleeping with men - whether they want to or not. At the same time, society condemns rape, which becomes a very contradictory situation. Women are also not offered jobs, but stay with "sponsors" who protect them and tend to their needs. However, the situation reminds me more of "stay at home wives" or worse: Like a master x pet situation. So, while the story seems to want to liberate women sexually and present the reader with the reverse harem fantasy, where a woman has multiple handsome men, the premise is misogynistic. Women are very much objectified and they don't seem to have much free will or choice in this setting. The main character is also very wishy-washy imo. She just accepts the situation of being basically kidnapped from her home, to live in a strange world as a pet and sex-object for the men there. She also has no spine to refuse sex with guys she essentially don't like, while also knowing that her actions hurt the guy she DOES like.
Yeon Lok Heun