lamsar503's manga / #Character with PTSD(3)

My advice: Read at least 10 chapters (preferably the first 20 chapters), and then re-read the first 10 chapters, before deciding to continue it or not. I say this because the first 10 chapters or so can be confusing when you start reading this due to the fact that there is constant "time-reversal and retelling events through the same period of time" occurring in the first few chapters without any explanation; so while the story is still interesting, the first read through can be rather confusing. The confusion arises because time reversal is a main plot point for the story, such that in one chapter someone may already be dead, in the next chapter they're alive, in the next chapter they may be appearing just as a figment of someone's dream, etc. Additionally, there are many similarities across chapters, and nothing specifies that time reversal has occurred or gives specifics about "when" time reversed or why. So the information you get from the first few chapters is a bid hard to interpret until after you finally get into the chapters that are relaying (what appears to be) the "current" run-through of this period of time. --- I feel like just trying to explain it is a bit confusing too, haha. Otherwise, the art is full color and pretty decent. I'd give the art alone 3/5 stars; it's appealing enough to be called "good". (I've seen better/more detailed/more artistic works that I'd give 4 stars ['Beatrice', for example, is somewhere around a high 4 to me], and I'd save 5 stars for something that was clearly gorgeous or somehow just artistically "worked' aesthetically with the story.) Regarding story, it is a bit early to say one way or another whether it is 'good' or 'bad'. For now, I will say that there are no glaring cliches or trite plot developments that are like the flea infestation of comics, manga, manhwa, and manwha. The time reversal and re-living the same time period aspect is interesting. The origin story of a dragon that fell in love with a human, and then reversed time after her death to live again with her may not be a completely new idea, but it doesn't feel like a cheap plot device. The dynamics between the FL (who is "strong" regardless of timeline; Intelligent, capable, ambitious, noble, and courageous - determined to be a great Duchess or a Knight or whatever she must be to face an OP foe, depending on the timeline), her younger brother (who suffers PTSD courtesy of the ML, and must face the ML despite his trauma) and father (who kinda seems like 'Schrödinger's Cat' thanks to the time reversals), the OP ML (the second prince; probably a descendent, remnant, or reincarnation of the time-reversing Dragon), and the minor characters are interesting to see. I look forward to reading more, and to be honest I'm pretty sure I'll end up re-reading the first few chapters for a third time just because there's a lot to take in about how Lamia lived her lives, and how many times Lamia has died causing a time-reversal to trigger.

Instead of the very typical wise, gentle, beautiful, skilled, etc. female protagonist in an asian harem that wins over the emperor (or prince, or prime minister, or whatever) from the wicked Empress, this story is centered around the wicked Empress as the protagonist. The story shows her motivations, reasoning, and thoughts as she goes around being a servant-slapping, self-centered, sometimes misunderstood (more often than not, NOT misunderstood), "Wicked Queen". Meaning that, she is expected (for certain reasons) by everyone to become the Emperor's proper wife (the Empress), but (for other certain reasons) she is married to him as a Queen (Concubine) with the belief that she will one day force the situation to be as she wants, such that she will wind up Empress. It is interesting to watch the dynamics between this woman and the man she fell obsessively in love with, the Emperor. Additionally, it is interesting that they include PTSD/psychiatric disorders as a characteristic of this protagonist. Lovely full colored art, as well. The story definitely makes you want to slap the protagonist and her husband frequently though. lol.

Dropped this; stopped reading at chapter 206. It is just too monotonous. The characters never learn or grow in any way and the drama is just boring. All that plus the ethically/morally reprehensible elements make this a "no-go" for me. A fairly typical Chinese soap opera style comic. Basically, an emperor in his mid 30s falls in love with a 12 (maybe younger) year old girl that he found on the street and adopted. They both die; the king reincarnates while the adopted princess' soul transmigrates to the future. She conveniently (?) transmigrates into the body of the wife of the reincarnated emperor. Oh, and they both look identical to their "original selves", minus a haircut for the guy that makes him look like a sheep. Then proceeds the development of a love (?) story between a guy in his mid 30s and his wife (he hated the old soul, but likes the "new" one in his wife's body), who has the mentality of an uneducated 14 year old girl...whom he convinces to get pregnant. I read chinese soap opera comics with a hefty amount of mindfulness regarding the fact that there will inevitably be glaring cultural differences and values that grate my tolerance (such as the attitudes toward rape, love, women, gender roles, abortion, domestic abuse, violence, honor, etc.). Even so, I find myself thinking that if I never read another page of this story again I wouldn't ever think twice about it.