apopoi's manga / #Drama(174)

Their lips tho...Our MC is smart for once..the things she does with her knowledge astounds me..her being the Queen in place of her sister was the best choice seriously..cuz she smart and tactful unlike her naive sis..The ML has a mistress who is ofcourse a bitch..The thing is they don't even try to hide it...The ML trauma is some real stuff..how his 'mother'..I put in punctuations cuz u can't call that thing a mom..sorry not sorry..just beats him up when she is in a bad mood and infront of the servants with a whip and all and the servants just stand while a child is being physically abused..so there is reason behind his actions I feel and I feel like that bitch is somehow exploiting off that trauma and he is basically wrapped around her little finger..but I dropped it tho

Nooo... manipulative ml incoming..naive mc..I don't like this dynamic already...BYE

Read upto ch33..currently there are 50 chapters. I have a lot of problems with this manhwa...it presents itself as a mystery drama type of webtoon yet it doesn't keep me on edge, or makes me feel intrigued. In every chapter there is a cliffhanger yet in the next chapter it gets resolved or it is a misunderstanding or misdirect of some sorts, it feels so anti-climactic and I feel like I got duped like one of those YouTube thumbnails..Ophelia and Alec seem to be equally as psycho as eo yet suspect eo..then they appear to be innocent. Either the author doesn't know what to do with this plot or they completely gave up..Alec seems like a psycho..The MC who is probably OP as heck with her magical ability is sooo weak..the death of her mom and the duke (which is a mystery) don't make me curious at all.. Henrietta who is obsessed with Alec also dies under the hands of MC's brother(I say this lightly cuz her mom was a player and had tons of hubbies)..the deal with the syringe ugh..I am the most suspicious of the detective rather than anyone else..ironic right? The translation also sucks ass..the plot is messy as heck..the art style makes everyone look the same..they look so plain..I was planning on giving it two stars but as I'm writing this review, I'mma change it to one cuz I held all the way to ch33 yet I am still as confused as ever if not more so..my mood is sour :(

Such a disappointment all in all. It's honestly my fault for going into this with high hopes, I expected it to be a good read since the webtoon I read before this left me in a good mood. The plot is not interesting, the execution of it was even worse, the characters are honestly all annoying I swear they keep testing my patience. The MC is such a pain to see, read or watch. The way she is so fixated on revenge when it isn't that big of a deal what that shaman did to them (her & lil bro)..I think she cursed her with the inability to remove scripts and him having to be her shadow for half a day so they are inseparable basically. The MC neglects her duties as a guardian and leaves it all to baby bro, just going around here and there recklessly to search for the shaman. She is utterly weak and wears her expressions on her face and helpless, what makes it even worse is that she actually has power and she is maybe so self-assured in her power that she or the author presents her to be this chic and unfeeling type yet she just pisses me off. Her baby bro tried to commit suicide by swallowing pills, ya know those dangerous ones, anyway she catches him in the act. Another thing I hate about her is her attitude especially towards her bro, like he a guardian too why u dismissing him like that and not respecting his opinions? Her and the ML's dynamic I absolutely abhor..the ml is like those smiley dudes in manhwas that are actually dangerous and op, the way he easily deals with mc and pushes her buttons, the way she easily reacts to it is my problem ughhhh. Also I kinda expected his flashback to be sadder or more justificable to him being an annoying piece of shit but no...I mean his dad died and his mom a heartless bitch. So? His smile that just say smirk on the page to let us know that is 'dangerous' is so comical to me. The stillshots are so deplorable, I feel so pissed off just thinking about it now..like if the ml is looking at mc..he just look emotionless (not like that classic scene that makes us feel empty cuz the character is so beaten up emotionally that they don't know how to feel but it is just there for the sake of it) and no feelings are displayed. We can tell that the author or artist is totally a newbie and I say this in a bad way, like he/she is shit at it. I wish this didn't exist. The translation sucks too with half of what they are saying being senseless or maybe in the og language, it might be nonsense too. I hate this..:/

The synopsis is basically all I know. The comments are criticising the translation and it seems to affect the story as a whole so I'mma wait till later for this one too..I will sit this one out for now. Someone in the comment section said that because it is a reverse harem, it wasn't their cuppa tea, see that throws me off cuz I am kinda getting sick of this type of 'everyone love me' trope, I mean I get that it's a self-insert story of some sorts but haaaah just so tired and exhausted of this trend..

I read like the first five chapters of this manhwa and it didn't keep my interest so I dropped it. But I keep seeing people praise it and in the lists of favourite manhwas including the one I am currently scrolling through, so I'mma give it another shot. I even advised my sister against it and she was like "Really? I have heard some really good things about it tho", so yeah.

This mahwa is so tone deaf in its issues ranging from fatphobia to uglyphobia? I have no idea but the mc already seems to be a result of the society we live in unfortunately. The body she possesses is fat and obese with pimples. She is also a shut in character so she tries to improve upon it by exercising, eating only vegetables, dieting etc. It sets a bad example from the first chapter alone. I hate how easy it is for her to lose weight and that pimples can be easily gone poof just like that? As someone who has been suffering and still is from the two problems, it isn't easy. Exercising works but it is so hard to maintain it and looking at your reflection in the mirror and being disgusted by your body and face with scars, acnes and pimples. It just sells it short. It presents the people suffering form this issues as lazybums who don't put in any effort and just mindlessly complain about it, not trying to improve their health or body and whatnot. I have been trying really hard and I have some results but it doesn't last or the effects take place slowly. It just made me feel bitter and sour for being misrepresented.

I'm not usually a fan of the girl doing the chasing but the MC comebacks and one-liners are so iconic..coupled with her demeanor and personality is so fresh.. misunderstandings do occur but what I like about it is that it is solved rightaway..there are no loose ends. The deal with the 18 lives, like other webtoons I thought it would be clickbait but it is actually a core plot line in this webtoon. I love that for me. No main characters annoy me tho when Chowon was pursuing the secretary, I felt a bit irked cuz I'm from similar background as him so the fact that she thought that just because people like one another, they could date when she is in a more privileged position in society and haven't faced the same or similar hardships that he had and that they could work through it made me feel a bit bitter. That blondie or curly haired dude that is always by Chowon's side and is being a typical rich snob or chaebol in this case made me so mad. How he kept assuming things when people are poor and saying things like the mc is a golddigger and him casually saying that it looked like ml and secretary switched girlfriends, and..they left him alone. I want him to be beaten up, at first it looked like he also remembered past lives but was I mistaken? On that note, that blondie who also remembers his past life is so annoying, he doesn't respect MC's wishes and keeps on interfering going to meet with Seoha and telling him when he is already in a delicate position and starting to be happy, that made me a little mad. Him being nosy is a big downside for me. I liked his previous character in his past life when he was a she with that calm, mature and collected energy, her dynamic with MC who used to be more carefree was a bit of a joy to see.

Maybe someday? Not likely but u never know? The synopsis sounds like a Chinese manhua/novel..so typical and cliche..like how u gonna take care of him and be surprised when he gets attached to u..the plot tho..heiha!!

Have seen the promo a while back..finally someone picked it up..but not so sure if I will like it so I'mma head out..the comments are also making me doubt the story and plot and lack of development etc so