pluckaduck's manga / #cute(181)

ending knocked off half a star. was cute story but needed more closure, esp for the childhood friend

3.5/5 ch 28. pretty average OI, but decently executed, if you read with suspended disbelief and turn ur brain off. some point/flaws i found: 1) she's an adult, IIRC 23?, but it's only relevant and mentioned in comedic moments to amplify it... it becomes irrelevant when she wallows in self-pity about being abandoned. suddenly she's just a pitiful kid and not an adult. not that i think adults can't wallow, but the way she does it, or rather, how the story demands our pity for her, is too often and too in-your-face for me to care about it. it needs to be more interspersed. she acts too much as a kid for someone who mentions her adult age a fair amount of times. 2) typical bland OI mc, everything comes relatively easy and convenient for her 3)everyone seems to ignore the fact the mc knew how to detoxify the mad disease? like why arent they questioning her? or her identity? who are her parents? no one is fcking questioning her origins 4) ofc the other orphan kids would be jealous of Richard, bc he wears nicer clothing 5) pretty harem-ish, there's like 2 boy love interests around her... why do OI author love to write about kids fighting for a child protagonist with an adult mind. they're barely 10 yo 6) why is mc not questioning why lucilian isn't at his supposed residence (the temple) and was wandering homeless when she found him? 7) she acts too much of an typical OI protagonist for someone who is aware of the tropes. 8) isnt it embarrassing that u need a kid, 10+ yrs younger than u, to rescue u? show some competency that u claim u have god dammit

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

entertaining, cute and funny, but the cover design gave me the wrong impression that it'll be a love triangel, but it's not. sehun's role and personality is pretty different from what i expected on the cover. and not really a viable love rival in the first place bc mc never even considered him an option and he got his own lover later on. he barely gave the ml trouble or inconvenience at all; if anything, he helped him a lot and was a good friend most of the time, so yeah, it's misleading.

a cute and realistic story. id still choose financial stability over love tho, unfortunately.