MEIK0TO's manga / #Romance(51)

Read on Webtoon. I don’t know why people are reading it on here as I myself read it on Webtoon before dropping it. It’s shocking how terrible this story is. Jugyeong, an ugly girl can change her appearance after applying makeup. There’s a shit load of cliche and overused tropes in this manwha. Love triangles, breakups, stalking, drinking, jealousy, I can go on. She meets some hot men at her school and surprise, they all fall in love with her despite her insignificance in personality. The romance is downright distasteful and I can’t find a deep connection between the main characters because they simply fell in love without reason. There’s a bunch of unnecessary drama that results in no character development, ugh. There’s really nothing special about Jugyeong, Suho, and Seojun except for the fact that they have good looks. I can’t even suspend my hatred for Jugyeong. She’s so annoying, dislikeable, and basic. If she became a real human, I would punch her on sight. I can get why many people like this manwha. It’s obvious that many girls want guys like Suho and Seojun to fall in love with them even though they are no where near good enough. At this point, the author is dragging it out for too long. The plot is basically nonexistent as I prefer stories with one main conflict. Art is great but some parts are drawn in a lazy manner. Terrible. Hard pass for me.

The art is nice but the storyline is really boring. The characters talk like robots and have quite literally zero personality. Their dialogue has no fluidity. Really basic romance story. Can’t bring myself to read further than chapter 6 so I’m dropping this.

Basic love story about two high schoolers. The art is really nice and Ichimura is really my type. Piercings, long hair, good humor, rich, I don’t think he missed any of my checkboxes. I really like the appearance of the female lead too, it’s different and she’s got a charm to her. The development is very slow between the characters. One step forward to a better relationship and then a hundred steps backward at the same time. The fact that the female lead rejoices every time the male lead touches her kind of annoys me but I suppose it’s like that with romance manga. Not bad.

I could go on a gigantic rant about how much I hate this story, but I’ll spare you the time. I hate the female lead. The story is dumb and included a whole lot of baseless romance. I got so much second-hand embarrassment and I was just skimming through the chapters without even reading the dialogue. Bullshit plot that I don’t care about. That’s all there is to it.

I like the idea of a person who isekai’d into the world they created instead of a normal isekai, it’s different and gives a unique twist to the story. However, the plot is dull and there are no real conflicts that happen. There are over 60 chapters and there’s little to no progress between the male lead and the female lead. Instead, the author decided to create another male lead in an attempt to make the story more interesting. The author piles on a bunch of little conflicts that ends up being resolved in no time whilst the female lead doesn’t even achieve anything from those conflicts. The art is so beautiful, but the story disappoints.

I used to be obsessed with the anime of this when I was younger, it’s not as good as I remember but it’s a magical girl fighting spirits and collecting them in cards. What more could an 8 year old girl want? The art panels in this are low quality and the animation in the anime is average. Giving this high marks because of my inner child.

This is surprisingly exceptional. Although it has a typical plot of a Korean who ended up being a victim to Truck-kun, the main character still manages to serve her purpose as a villainess. In MC’s previous life, she was quite gullible and frankly.. an NPC, so I’m quite glad that she has isekai’d into her new villainess life, as Lady Deborah. The story is already predictable from the get-go: MC will get revenge on her enemies, start new businesses ideas that she stole from the novel, and then fall in love with one of the male leads. But, there are only 20 chapters, I look forward to what the author has in store. I was a bit surprised at the world-building system as there is magic-use among characters (Wizards, mages). It’s rather rudimentary. Like, you can turn energy into a sphere by measuring the circumference of a circle.. So in other words, the use of magic is built around Math. And Deborah happens to excel at Math, because she was an engineering major in her past life. You know, I applaud there being any world-building system at all, even if it’s a lazy one that the author created in two seconds. It’s annoying seeing everything turn up in Deborah’s favor. She IS a bitter villainess with many enemies yet somehow she is able to get everything she wants? It would’ve turned out more interesting if the heroine, Mia Binoche, got the pink diamond instead. I want to SEE Deborah struggling to stay alive and fighting for herself. “The Evil Villainess” is a very diluted term in the Shoujo community. The only one I consider an “Evil Villainess” is Medea from Your Throne. Cunning, powerful, and unmoving. Deborah certainly isn’t that. Whenever Deborah is meeting someone who is defying her, I want them to be scared for their life. Like truly afraid. It’s not enough for her to put up this cold and rude personality. Sometimes I hate isekai because of that, because you can’t make a strong villainess as they’ll just use their knowledge from the novel. It ends up being cliche and results in some dumb romance trope. I’m quite interested in Mia Binoche, the supposed reincarnation of a Saintess, but there seems to be more to her. I think Mia is going to become a problem for Deborah. You know, cause Heroine and Villainess don’t go well together. I tagged this as drama, so I hope the drama won’t disappoint. Lastly, I want to praise the art. It’s important to make intricate and individualistic characters. Deborah’s design is truly beautiful. Red eyes and lavender hair. Hopefully, the translations keep up with the consistency.

Well. That was weird. It feels like the author purposely wrote a story that ended up going nowhere. Although I suppose dreams end that way, with no explanation or closure. I liked the initial idea of relationship between a guy who dreamt intensely and a girl who could not. But it seems like the guy wanted someone who could not dream at all, and he was displeased when the girl was finally able to dream. I think the guy wanted her to completely rely on him, perhaps he wanted her to be jealous of his ability to dream. I don’t know, it didn’t make any sense. I don’t really care for the second story. It could’ve been a collection of stories, with each story being related to dreams. How disappointing. The art was very nice. I admired the light tones and streaky texture. The coloring has a lot of negative space, but it preserved the integrity of the colors. Such a unique artstyle, it’s nice to see every once in a while.

I've wasted my time reading 66 chapters.. for nothing. This story is just a mess. I heard that in the novel, the narrative is told from Luca's perspective, yet all I hear is Judith speaking. The characters are insubstantial, Ruediger and Judith’s relationship doesn't have any chemistry. In the novel, Luca is supposed to be the MC, so why is 90% of the story about the distasteful romance between the two main leads? Let me demonstrate a conversation that Judith and Rudiger would have. "Are.. YOU SAYING.. THAT.. you LIKE me?" - Judith "Yes. I respect you, woman. Tell me the type of ideal man you want, I shall transform into him." - Ruediger, Chapter 51 ..This is how they talk, I'm serious. All I see is this back and forth romance sprinkled with many misunderstandings, that ends up going nowhere! Both of their personalities are horrible. Judith is selectively oblivious, whilst Ruediger.. is just oblivious. The author clearly didn't think this through as, politically, Judith would be considered Ruediger's sister-in-law. How ridiculous, the author probably came across this plot-hole and decided to patch it up with Ruediger's ignorance. He said "Would that be a problem?" Yes, you fucking moron, she's your sister and you like her romantically. I seriously spent 3-4 chapters alone reading about Judith and Ruediger's conversation talking about their stupid ass feelings, that ended up not even being resolved. There is an excessive amount of politics that I didn't care for aswell. Story telling: Horrible. Since Judith was a victim of Truck-Kun in her past life, she has all of the knowledge from the novel she isekai'd to (all of what is going to happen to Luca.) So essentially, every event that is going to happen to Luca is foretold by Judith. So when that assassin came out of nowhere and tried to attack them; was I surprised? No! When Isabella tried to frame Luca, when Franz was scheming behind Royton. Was I surprised? No, I was bored. Simply because Judith told us all about it before it even happened. I like a touch of spontaneity in a story. Like plot twists, betrayals, or a shocking turn of events. All I did was yawn and scroll, and probably both during the romance parts. Adding to that, the story itself isn't even interesting! I have a theory that Luca might also be a regressor (I haven't read spoilers). Hence why he is so knowledgeable compared to the original novel where he made many mistakes. And that would be the ONLY reason why I would forgive the author for making a fucking 10 year old a child Albert Einstein. No child is mature enough at that age, he's reading thick chapter books and playing poker! If my theory isn't correct then this story is just poorly-written. Was he really the MC in the novel? At this point, his character only serves to be a third-wheel in Judith and Ruediger's relationship. I might wait for the story to be complete, but so far, I'm not impressed.

I hate the composition. The panels are squeezed together and it feels messy and even makes it a little difficult to read the text. I guess the short chapters help a little bit with that issue. Yet that is also a problem. I get frustrated because it takes forever to update and once it does update, the chapter is like 10 panels. I like the dynamic that the female lead & male lead has. Yamane is kind of a pushover but she isn’t overbearing and I enjoy seeing her being flustered. Taguchi is very handsome.. with piercings. Black haired male leads have no substance, but with piercings.. he’s my type. I’d only recommend reading once it’s been completed.