Royanna's manga / #josei(195)

There is like a lump in the back of my throat and my heart feels heavy reading this story. It was quite a heavy and bittersweet story of two unlikely pair that was brought together by family circumstances. Although they were not supposed to be together but stuff happened and they found themselves learning things about each other. I would say, their characters really compliment one another because they are each others opposite and when they're together they look so good. They story could hit home to some people, when you feel affection to somebody you're not supposed to, and it's hard. This story handled grief, pain, longing and moving on in a melancholic way because Natsumi really loves her sister very much. But it also portrays moving on with your life when Natsuki decided to take a step for change with Tougo in the end. It was just so beautiful and realistic that you only want the best for the both of them. Sometimes I am torn between concerning Touga's serious deamenor and liking his emotion-filled inner monologue because the former paints him as someone unappealing to me, yet the former makes him more of a man for showing deeper understanding of what it is to be with Natsuki. I still liked it very much.

The story was surprisingly good! I'm not really a big webtoon or manhwa, or what ever you call it, type of reader but the cover and the premise looks promising. It has a mature approach on the relationship and somehow you could easily relate to Seoha's character as she lays all her dilemmas, struggles, and inner turmoil out there that you could understand her point of view. As for Jihoo, he was a well-written character as well. He really acts like the younger person in the relationship and shows so much insecurity and self consciousness, but he was also not afraid to show what he really feels whether physical or emotionally. He too battles with himself on how he will be worth it to the person he likes. Although I liked that their inner monologues and personality were very clear and that the story mainly focuses on their relationship, I feel like it could've shown more on their growth as a character after everything has settled. Believe me, I like smut as much as the next person, and their sexy times were indeed so sexy that it feels to intimate and not just for the heck of it, but somehow it shows that they deal with their issues with minimal talking and more action. But in the end I was pretty much okay with it, although I would really like to see what happens to them along the line since it shows at the end how they suit with each other.

chapter 16 and so far the scenarios doesn't make any perfect sense somehow. I get that the guy wanted to get married soon to ward off his grandpa's desire, but him forcing a woman, who he barely knows, to marry him with some weird circumstances is pretty bad. The ML already posed his bad attitude so I don't know where to go from here.

Great! It's not all hearts and flowers but has deeper meaning to their feelings as well. I love the fact that not only they highlighted feelings of insecurity and anxiety but they really delved more into these emotions. When both Sasaki and Sanae talked about how they might hurt each other in the future and that it could escalate that they'd end up saying more hurtful things that felt too real for me. Not often do you really see such emotional communications when it comes to romance stories because they just give you what you want to see. Both our MC's face the same situation of being able to accept one another and loving them whole heartedly going beyond physical appearances, and how they agreed to always talk about things that worry them is such a good form of communication. Good communication is always the key to a better relationship no matter what.