pluckaduck's manga / #Villainess(13)

yes yes, the mc is super cool but whenever the ml enters the scene...! it's the typical meek, stumbling and shy behavior. she keeps saying stuff about his looks and that he's too close to her... everything else is enjoyable to read, besides the ori fl and her brain-dead fans.

I like the mc and ml (tbh I like the maid Leonie the most) but the plot development is rather boring. there are no twists or surprises, every situation is handled so easily with no intelligence needed at all it's rather uneventful (tbh it's all just insignificant events that are handled by talking). all the things she does literally have no significance- she literally just talks back to people or beats them up, oh, and be kind to maids. the side characters are very flat (they have their own motives and personalities but aren't realistic). the romance seems forced, I mean their chemistry is nice, but the development of how she comes to like him is...off somehow, but maybe it's due to the poor writing...?

the art is very good. anyways the plot is, besides the premise of transmigration into a reverse harem novel, raising a rather unique ml, taking care of the novel's characters when they are still young, the development of the story is ok. it's just wholesome, she's teaching kids and helping them recognize their own strength, saving them from their future misery in the original story. the mc is pretty generic- the righteous, brave, happy-go-lucky-as-she-is-dense type. the ml wants to kill her, but he is also wavering. but the age gap is like 15 years... so I seriously hope the romance doesn't come until the end...