Agathe's manga / #Strong Female Lead(247)

3 nice but needs more to see, so far a bit heavy on flashbacks https://ncode.syosetu.com/n5483eq/

49 - despite the title and the ugly theme ( women fighting for a single guy, bleh) it’s interesting enough and the MC has a lot of strength (not just muscles), But her motivations are just sad and the prince is so unlikable, it’s a pity - after so many chapters, the lack of genuine good feeling and the addition of new « princess «  to the prince harem are getting tiresome Nice variation on fables and tales - royalty is really bad, dark hypocritical and lethal, it makes for something both fun and grown up + : the,universe is a bit like fable (comics) or once upon a time (tv), there are fables, but not tha children type : the romance is « pretence » royalty is greedy and politics are dark (not to deep there, but as a recurring background that you wont forget) Then there’s the mc : she is really awesome, she’s ressourceful, independent, not gullible, fair minded, and not dumbed down by the male - she’s strong in more than a way On the - it a + but also a - : the court is not fluffy at all, the prince is snarky, nasty, murderous and an evil seducer - there are a lot of readers that dislike him (for good reasons) - The whole thing would be better if the MC was free to love any characters, but the odd are that big ass prince is the ML So far there’s no romance, her interest in him are based on necessity - she has to play the game or want to … at least so far That’s what makes the bad prince thing bearable It’s also sad that the most interesting garderner is both curse int the story and by the writer (bound to not be chosen) - - i understand some people might take it wrong that cursed people are colored - that leaves me with ambiguous feelings : there are also the,prettiest characters of the story, the most genuine and probably well liked - it’s true that there have been a lot of segregation based on color, but it basically exist against any type of people too… sometimes avoiding a topic, is also another way to designate differences, it’s also another kind of setting people appart (btw, slavery exist in any color, and in about every culture before 19th to 20th centurie, color prejudice aainst all colors subsequently mut have existed too - it sadly exist in many countries nowadays, and again, in every color’) That dynamic is great, you have a bit of mystery, and quite a bit of humor - it’s bot entertaining and different in a familiar universe

50 - getting better :) the art is a bit immature, but the story is cute and fun, albeit totally idiotic. It’s refreshingly entertaining Many thanks to the translators And to the people who posted the links :)

2 - seriously needs more chapters to see

14 - the fake is recognized, which is fun The food and alcohol obsession is a bother There’s little continuity as you hop from one encounter to the over, it give a slice of life feel that i’m not fond of (no plot) - so maybe it will become better I like that the modern Japanese woman is not the MC as the girl still thinks of herself as « Charlotte « , but still, knowledge and emotions are two different things and she suddenly pops up too many modern things which overall did disappoint me (i docked on star, hoping the story starts soon) The mc is still so op, meh… so let’s see more ?

8.2 - is a bit short , obviously the M C has some op possibilities, but it’s fun so far I just don’t like too much when kids outsmart grown ups

3.1 -this one is a very nice mix : on top of the villainess story, it’s a gender blender that comes in the way of an election with nice way of sharing powers that opens lots of possibilities to interact or add to the existing misunderstandings The powers are nice, the characters are cool and fun, and the MC is quirky enthousiastic, and not too dependent https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-villainess-cecilia-silvy-doesnt-want-to-die-so-she-decided-to-crossdress/

8 - cute air head girl with a good heart becomes a » vilainess » incarnation - despite her good attitude, her fizncé dump her, and she ends up falling for the « shadow prince » , low pedigree son of a king concubine, with a dark clean up mission Well that part is rather absurd The fact that she gets entangled into crown rivalry and over princes mischiefs may be interesting or it may be ridiculous So basically so far, i enjoy her character a little bit, she is still a damsel good at baking pastries and waiting to be saved though … the art is nice, but it’s rather weak

50 - the art is poor, the pace is slow, but there are few things worth noticing First th MC is an independent woman, she’s a doctor, not a nurse -and she’s good - yet, despite a system that drives the plot and probably will offer a few cheats, she’s not op - the system provides her with medicine for his demands - so far that’s all it does I vastly appreciate the fact that there’s a culture shock : she can’t understand her husband kindness and vice versa, for example : he’ll ask her to do things related to his « prec «  body, but sh’’ll be offended he takes her for a mere maid, and so on They don’t belong to the same world, and getting along doesn’t happen in a snap, there’s no lightning fall in love happy forever The rest is on a funny vibe, not very original, but that alone made it entertaining.

90 - i, for once, don’t understand the bad reviews, but maybe, at the root is the fact the MC is reborn Twice : the first 14 or 16 chapters she is already maried to the ML who is the emperor, she’s abandoned, mistreated and beaten, her family has been killed, lastly she dies, for you to realise that the emperor absolutely loves her, he’s an ass and a prick, and a jealous man, but he’s very much in love with he woman he did let be killed… Basically this is a pill against romance ! i love that the MC is a modern girl who wish for nothing else but to escape feudal system - she wants to become independent, and absolutely hate the idea of marriage, she’s smart enough to dread royalty and want to run far from the palace - she might be a bit naive and clumsy she really tries hard at it That is such a nice change ! Of course, the future emperor keeps bumping into her, saving her, but also getting her back to square one all the time … there’s not sweet alchemy, even if obviously they seem cursed to be together (evil writer) It’s also smart enough that very few people find her acts cute/refreshing/interesting (she is obviously) but she doesn’t abide by the rules : the culture clash is all there So chapters are short and maybe he pace is hard to follow, but it’s not too hard (she runs, she does something,she’s caught), and i liked the not sweet dynamic I guess the MC is one of the most realistic modern girl lost in time i’ve ever read : she a bit willful, but honestly not too much - it’s so normal she wants to run and so obvious it’s hard ! she’s a bit smart at place, and not smart enough in other places - again it’s very much logical she won’t be able to play the rules of that violent system -and it’s not because you’ve seen drama on tv that you’ll suddenly turn into a snake tongue to play court games ! She keeps a modern mind with moral standards from our time : she’s not suddenly ok having slaves and slapping her authority around, she retaliates with some out of places rules, only to protect herself and her friends (a maid and a beggar) She doesn’t fit ! How god is that ? It’s so absolutely make sense than one actually would probably be at risk or die in these kind of situation So i like it Saddly, it doesn’t seem to have a continuation so far (hiatus ?), and the criticism are a bit harsh I wish i knew if there’s a novel out there, although i’d probably be disappointed to rind her falling for that stupid emperor to be - how good would it be if she managed to run !