pluckaduck's manga / #Shoujo(41)

honestly, you can't fully hate the bullies bc they also have their good points, or they're quite realistic and relatable. and the mc, she's def pitiful obviously bc she's the target of bullying, but she's def not a good person either.

Incredibly down to earth and realistic shoujo "not shoujo" manga. i love the mc, she's utterly adorable and extremely likable as a person. she's the common denominator that brought her current friend group of diverse charas together. i especially like the plain girl and pretty girl's friendship. this manga set fire to every stereotype of shoujo school life stories and produced a wonderful and hilarious result with charas every reader will relate to.

wholesome and funny subversion of the cliche cute-girl-steals-the heart-of-the-prince trope. the prince was annoying as hell, the his aide is just as annoying and frustrating, with the way he keeps accusing the mc of being deliberately seducing the prince and enabling the prince's behavior by refusing to listen to mc at all. the prince was just an cocky pretentious egomaniac, and that was just his role so whatever, but the aide could've been a chara that realizes how much of an idiot the prince is and deflected to the mc's side. and the duke's daughter, she was annoying as well, but all she did was lecture mc without listening to her, and at least in the end he realized how obstinate she was. while the aide just keeps yapping away.

ch 107. really good, just lost some interest now that they're together.

made me cry a bit when tenka was executed. love their relationships. it's pretty short, but wraps up nicely

their relationship is cute and sweet but that's about it. in terms of developments and relationship dynamics, it's kinda cliche. also, it's kinda unrealistic how everyone despises and disdains the girl bc she's unable to fly, but irl, she would be an extremely valuable specimen and treated as such. and why cant people swim? it's just moving your limbs/body in water? is it biological evolution to balance out the flying ability? or is it bc the flyers don't feel a need to practice/train? i think it needs to be touched upon.

the second couple is just as multi-faceted and endearing as the primary couple. i love how hiro is just so blase to his gf's fujoshi hobbies and even helps her with them. and kaba, even tho he's uncomfortable, he ultimately just gives in to his wife's hobbies as well. the third couple didn't really clicked for me, probably bc there was no explanation as to why the girl had such crippling social anxiety, which was the main obstacle for their miscommunication that stymied them from getting together. but their dynamic is very cute as well. also, i felt the story dragged a bit in the latter half, but nevertheless, it's still great