apopoi's manga / #child(4)

It seems to be a light hearted story with lots of gags and cliche plot. Another case of being reincarnated into a novel they read before dying, our MC is unfortunately a dunce. She ships the FL with a side character and remembers every interaction they had. The side character being the Emperor, the ML who has been turned into a child of the tender age of 4 years. He who is the strongest archmage has been left in a vulnerable position because he awakened his mana at nine years old, now he is only four years old physically. He calls the MC into the palace as the MC, who knows the plot and the characters in this world, now works as a seer and a prophet turning her knowledge as a reader into profit. So far nothing stands out to me. Not the plot, not the characters, nada. The MC, how do I say this? I'm not really in the mood to read a dumb MC who falls into interesting situations and is being pulled and pushed left and right by the plot. But it's really fun and hard not to have a jolly good time reading this. The MC's loyalty to the ML is very refreshing. Although there is the usual 'being pretty is everything' sentiment, the MC is strong enough to withstand that. Also, the long ass name she made up for herself is hilarious. Their dynamic is so interesting. The ML is so childish and immature with her, I loove it!! Him pulling her hair talking about how she left him alone to have a good time with the Count with his tiny hand and angry face..him saying that her head will be lighter if he plucks out her hair and the MC proceeds to have an epiphany and called him a genius! The look on his face..priceless!! I love how he calmed down when she said it was for him..that he told her it would be better to maintain a friendly relation with the Count so that's why she danced with him. He looked so grateful. Babyy~~

The art is incredibly flashy, it reminds me of that manhwa that has something 'siren' in the title. Tho I like the premise of it revolving around the MC who is a child, having a very pretty mother who regressed after her death. The child is smart for her age and loves her mom wholeheartedly but at the end of the day, she is still a child. There is the Emperor's side and the noble's side; with her mother taking the side of the latter during her previous life leading to her death. So that is how we got in this predicament (can we say that?), Her proposing a marriage contract with the Emperor for 8 years until the crown prince is of age to inherit the throne. Apparently this world is set based on animal thingy with the Emperor being a dragon with his secretary a fox, the captain of the guard a wolf and the MC's maid a falcon or a type of bird. The gist is the first Emperor was a dragon and he turned the other animals that we mentioned before into humans, but they have to be loyal and follow their commands otherwise they will revert to their original form. I think there is a bit of something hidden towards the Emperor's and his aides reactions to the MC saying off-handedly that he wasn't human. Their reactions were a bit too serious for the fun conversation prior to that comment. Also the main reason why the Emperor agreed to such a rash contract proposed by the Empress was because of her eyes, he mentioned that the nobles were cowards spewing nonsense while not able to look him in the eyes. He notes that the MC also has that same gaze; maybe unflinching? I do like that nod to the audience over how the MC met with the Emperor and saying "My mother cannot get up in the morning, I don't think she sleeps during the night. She is tired so stop it! Stop bullying my mother!". The aides stifling their laughter by coughing and her following suit by saying "ahem, ahem?" making them laugh harder was gold. The Emperor saying "I'm sure she likes it" was not tact at all, bro. It speaks volumes on how he doesn't know how to interact with normal people nevermind a child. The crown prince is the typical 'crown prince character'. The ML by the comments seem to be the Duke's son, who by the Empress's memory will die three years later. What else to add? Overall I like it but sometimes the translation makes no sense, with spelling mistakes to mistakes in gender or sometimes everything don't line up. I don't know if I will go back to this willingly but it's nice.

Defying fate? I guess in its corny ways, it did. The seme is essentially every girls dream(maybe guys too). I wasn't fully convinced by him falling for the uke so quickly (tbh I'm still not convinced) but the explanation is okayy-ish after he shares his backstory with the uke. The uke's pair is trash, he sold his pair as compensation for his debts and he expects him to be fine with it since in his head 'his pair should do that for him, it's only natural'. I wish we could see the ML's pair as well and how they navigate that problem, since it doesn't feel complete for the message of this manhwa 'you choose your fate' when we never got to see his fated pair. We see Takumi overcome it and worry about his now husband's pair, we got him telling him it won't matter but like 'actions speak louder than words'. Also I wish the uke could be more of a power bottom, he never successfully rides him before writhing in pleasure. Even when he said that he was going to be the top, he still couldn't do it and the top had to handle it. I'm sure he prefers that but a girl can wish. Riku is very cute, if I weren't surrounded by children and babies I would've fallen into the trap that children are a joy to be around. I never had baby fever even when my peers had it, I mean I'm only 19 as of 1/3/23 but still. The things that Riku says are so wholesome and cute and nothing like the mean shit children his age spew.

I like the ML. I thought I would take the FL's side but that wasn't the case. Deciding things for her daughter and her bitch of a mother telling her to repay the doctor is deplorable. I hate her mom so much, bitch stay dead why you telling your daughter to be grateful and repay the doctor.. You're the reason she's in this dilemma in the first place, how ungrateful. Also I hate how demure she is but the manhwa is tryna fool us into thinking she's a resolute woman who can manage herself. Ugh.. How I hate when she says she can manage herself. Bitch you can't and how dumb do you have to be to go to the book keeper even after everything. The second male lead is genuinely so kind so I don't think I'll continue this again. I'll just end up feeling bad for him, tbh I feel bad for him even now. I wish she did this out of her feelings for him but she's still in love with ML but doing this just because she is indebted to him. Reminds me of the setting for 'Selfish Love'.. Currently at Ch20.