etien's manga / #Revenge(4)

Reminds me a lot of that manga (forgot the name) in which the evil ML is a pop star that is in love with his senpai, but senpai is married to a woman (FL). So the ML takes revenge on FL but then falls in love with her (after a trillion chapters). That one was more geared towards mature content and sexual scenes but it also had a story. In that one, FL was annoying as heck (as with many mature manga). Here, the FL is badass but the theme is the same. As a rule of thumb, if the author makes people say "he is so handsome" about the antagonist, know that he is bound to fall for FL. It's beyond me why it should be the case because the story is as intriguing without it. It is stupid to expect (psychologically) that a man portrayed THIS evil go ahead and "fall in love" for his victim just because. Apart from this major flaw in the story (which I attribute to Asian tastes for seinen/josei), the story is powerfully told and author does not hold back giving you goosebumps. Novel: https://novel101.com/novels/551ac285-5943-40e0-ab9c-83ae4b6ea820#table-of-contents Edit: I finished the web novel. The ending is not cliche (thank goodness) but it is going to leave a bitter taste (I mean like after all this shit, what do you expect?). Was a nice ride. RW NOVEL: https://novel101.com/novels/551ac285-5943-40e0-ab9c-83ae4b6ea820

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The story had promises. The execution...not so much. The characters are flat with no depth, almost like clay sculptures themselves. The author obviously have not worked with clay or she would know at least half of the stuff she attributed to the sculptures are physically nonesensical. The dialogues are excrutiatingly dull and child like. This is a master class in how to ruin a good story.