axima's manga / #shoujo(220)

MC is smart, the drama is pretty good. Characters do their job and not much else. Still a 5 BC the MC is doing something instead of running away and acting like lying to everybody is gonna solve her problems. I like a good story about a girl protecting and caring for her bf/dad.

really cute. Don't like the other friends much. Art is amazing.

MC could afford to be less of a prude but she's far from the most annoying one out there. I was worried the hidden personality for ML would end up feeling like a loss because we spent all this time getting attached to a fake persona but the real him is good too and he's actually not as different as you'd think.

An MC who's aware that running away isn't really a good option, how are these still rare? She's far from a genius but at least she got the basics down. ML is very cute but I sorta feel like he's gonna end up going down the yandere path at some point. Please I just want one LI that stays cute, not a secret psycho. I'm putting it down as supernatural and not fantasy because it seems like everything else is normal and it's just a few people with magic.

Far from peak fiction but it's alright. They don't explain things all that well but sort of assume we have more info than we do, eg what his curse is. MC might be a bit dumb but possibly there's a reason we haven't been told on why she can't do the obvious and tattle on the traitor fuck. At least she's well meaning, like she's genuinely interested in doing what she can to help the poor suffering guy instead of just running away because the FL or whatever might show up 10 years later. I know irl most people that effectively know the future would just take the path of least resistance towards their own safety but this is fiction and that kind of prophet is just boring imo. ML is sort of getting worse though, seems he always has sex on his mind and feels more possessive than romantic.

Kinda odd, dad pulls a 180 and then just leaves for a while. It makes enough sense though. I like MC here, she starts off just wanting to run away but quickly realizes she doesn't actually want to just abandon everyone. She's not all that capable but she's not stupid either so it works. The whole thing with Cyan (ML?) is confusing, they have like one convo but then next time they see each other he's pretty friendly, then when he finds out she's a noble he stonewalls her but because we only see her perspective it's not really clear what's up with him or even what went down when she wasn't with him.

FL is only pretending to love ML BC she suspects him of being a murderer and wants to spy on him. She's kinda weird like she's book smart ig but she lacks common sense imo. She still thinks he's the killer but at this point there's no evidence. Turns out the killer does not need to be a tall man because it's poison disguised as strangling, the knot is used by everyone who's been to the military academy and presumably people from the region it originated from, and honestly the book bio saying he's a suspect basically confirms he's innocent. If he's actually the culprit then you've ruined all suspense and it feels like a spoiler. If mystery isn't the focus then there's no reason not to state he's the culprit outright. ML is surprisingly cute when you see things from his perspective. I don't have a problem with 2nd ML but I don't like how they're pushing him, it feels artificial to build drama between main couple.

An all rounder. Decent in every aspect, but nothing exceptional. I hope they use her being a doll for something unique. ML is fine but he loses some appeal once the reveal comes, he's still obsessed with his sister to his own detriment and can be unreasonable because of it.

Top notch comedy and adorable ML. Would love to see FL's feelings develop though.

MC is a little dense but not awful. ML is adorable. If we get more romance or a deeper plot I'll probably bump the rating.