argo mint(^°^)'s manga / #strong female lead(13)

One of my faves, I loved Aenon's confusion on whether he was gay LMAO, but I honestly think he's bisexual atleast. I loved how this portrayed feminism and battled many stereotypes. For one, the stereotype that strong women need a man beside them still, this was battled by us seeing how both Queen Cesia and the princess remained single, even though the princess found someone to love. I loved that for them. Also how the MC could be both a strong woman while also having a man just as strong beside her.

Pretty good if not for the whitewashing. Funny thing about this is the FL has dark skin, eyes, and hair bc she has the blessing of the Spirit King of Darkness, and for that she was ostracized but then later on she receives a light blessing making her skin WHITE. The backlash was so hard that it was reverted back just the next chapter after. But anyways, aside from that, this actually has good views on things. Like how they pointed out the fact that young girls should not be sent to fight in a war, unlike other mangas that normalize it. Also how Claudia didn't automatically just accept her parents apology, because yeah, apologies don't necessarily need to be accepted. Especially since Claudia herself had yet to recover from her trauma they caused. Would've liked to see a sequel with the OG Fl, on how she navigates the world after being released and what becomes of her.

A bit of tragedy, it was interesting from start to finish. Definitely a unique reading experience, at first I thought it was something light but it was actually really fleshed out. Loved the ending, loved how both Marcus and Jun got a happy end as well.