Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #Manhua/Manhwa(113)

Completed Story Opinion: Funny and full of sweet banter between the MCs. Very enjoyable.. Main couple: 9/10 MC: 9/10 - Gu Li Zhou. Early 30s. Famous author who hasn’t written for years. Son of divorced parents. Dealing with health issues resulting from being betrayed years ago. Supportive partner. ML: 9/10 - Zhong Weishi. 22/23yo. Orphan who dropped out of school early. Aspiring actor, plays mostly stunt roles and small parts. Talents include dance, singing, martial arts, acting. Cheerful and positive. Has a solid friend group. Story/Concept: An age gap comedy romance that had a healthy and supportive relationship that grew slowly and sweetly. From misunderstanding each other to being friends and lovers, this pair took their time and their friendship with budding romantic awareness was simply too cute. Add in their friends for fun and getting out your comfort zones, this was a lovely feel good bit of fun to read. Tropes: Shounen ai. Neighbours. The way to a man’s heart is with food. Generation gap. Slow burn. Ending: Happy. Smut: Implied. Minimal. Art: Pretty and colourful. TW's: None.

Completed story Opinion: For me, this was a lovely story. I really liked how the FL rose from being an orphaned commoner turned slave to being one of the most powerful people of the empire based on her own strength of character, intelligence, and hard work. There was no luck of birth, no sudden lost royal family reunion to pave her way. She was the one to bargain with the emperor when a slave, the one who studied until exhaustion, and the one who worked all hours as the emperor’s secretary. Her compassion and sweet nature suited the tyrant emperor who pushed her to achieve and fell for her. Yeah, I really liked the story. Main couple: 8/10 FL: 9/10 - Celestia. A strong FL, with the ability to negate magic. A ML: 9/10 - Emperor Van. The Emperor of the Burg Empire, known as the Red-Eyed Psychopath. Tyrant but a man of strength for his empire and soft for his FL. This was not a man to mess with but people gonna try anyway. I really liked his Roman emperor hair style and stance. Story/Concept: I love a rags to riches story and I liked how this author didn’t fall back on old tropes like a sudden royal family connection reveal or being universally loved. This FL worked hard and the ML was a great mix of vulnerable inexperience (with respect to love) and phenomenal power, ruthlessness, and ability to endure. Tropes: Historical. Royalty. Tyrant falls in love. Rags to riches. Cheating ex. Political intrigue. Smut: None. Ending: Happy. Art: Consistently pretty. TW's: Slavery. Ruffled pink work outfit.

Completed story Opinion: From beginning to end this was a fast paced story and I found that suited the characters. Both FL and ML were rather blunt, honest, and upfront. They communicated so well and there was a lot of mutual respect so they progressed through the story rather swiftly. Their filler scenes weren’t made up of misunderstandings and angst but lovey dovey moments and shared interests like sword fighting or solving the problems surrounding the FLs situation. Main couple: 9/10 (bonus points for best communication) FL: 8/10 - Jeongyun/Lecian Fucernien. 17 -> 18yo. Very self confident, pragmatic, upfront, and self sufficient. Not one to be restricted by social norms. Well versed in self defense. ML: 8/10 - Duke Kiernan Satosian. Captain of the imperial guard and close friend to the crown prince. Similar personality to FL only a bit softer than her at times; forthright, honest, supportive, respectful, great communicator. Story/Concept: This is an isekai story featuring truck-kun. When Jeongyun finds herself in the body of the marquess’s unloved daughter she knows that she will be killed before facing a revenge arc. But this FL would rather skip the death given her encounter with truck-kun and stay alive first time around. With her strong, independent personality she immediately takes charge and makes changes. Along the way she meets and befriends characters who were barely mentioned in the original story and gathers herself loyalty and love strong enough to withstand a long nurtured nefarious political plot that risks her own life. Tropes: Historical. Shoujo. Isekai. Strong, independent woman. Political intrigue. Royalty. Supportive ML. Smut: None. Ending: Happy. Art: Full colour, average art especially with respect to historic outfits. TW's: Child abuse. Kidnapping. Murder. Cruelty.