Meridian's manga / #DNF(4)

I tried so hard to keep reading for the MC. His motivations were perfect, trying to get back his wife and daughter. It made everything he did so meaningful. Then the way he connected to the side character and treated him like a younger brother was wholesome and such a strong bond! What I couldn't deal with was the pacing. So many fights happen where I just feel bored, we get so much information that doesn't push the plot forward (just throwing fluff at us). Like I don't care about anything other than MC getting his family back and I just want to skip to the end and see if it happened or not.

DNF Chapter 14 Some cute moments from the ML and wonderful art but waaaay too much of the 'oh no, I couldn't possibly change anything from the original story' mindset. Like, do you view the people around you as human beings or dolls? Because OBVIOUSLY if you change how people grow up they're gonna act differently later on in life. The worst trope is when two people are so clearly in love but aren't together yet because MC can't convince themselves that the story isn't set in stone. For me, it's like the misunderstanding trope, an easy way to add conflict that's really just lazy writing. ★

The drawing style and story were a mess. MC felt super passive/useless and none of the characters were interesting.

MC is the kind of FL that's overly 'good'. The kind that in other novels is a white lotus bitch and just cries all the time while being a nuisance. She's overly trusting and optimistic to the point she seems stupid rather than kind. Honestly, I liked the villain better until she became another one of the FLs sidekicks because she 'forgave' her. ML is basic and FL is straight up annoying, the only good thing about this novel were her magic powers and the fact that she transformed into animals. 1/5