D.Y.I's manga / #cheerful and bright fl(6)

I am so deeply saddened by the sudden ending of season 1... I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE CONTINUATION GODDAMN IT, THERE IS NO CHAPTER 41 ANYWHERE, I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THIS MANHWA WAS ALREADY FINISHED!!!!! Tbh, at first I was wondering if this is even alright to read, because it seemed taboo, cuz, you know, she was adopted into the family... But then I realised that today it wouldn't be okay by any means but I need to remember that in this fictional world, that works a bit like 18th century's society, men and women enter the adult world at the age of 19 and have balls from where on they go off into the marriage market. And it is just way different than a standard family nowadays. Plus, if we look at it story wise, it is fine. The father's first love, Liam, died and Rachel is his only child and daughter of the Emrald family. That's why duke De Leon takes her in at the age of 10. He begins treating her like a daughter and insists on her calling him "father" or "dad", but at some point the maids begin questioning whether she is in the mansion, because she will later on be married off to the duke's son - Lucian. And Ray is obviously petrified, because she never looked at him in that light (she thought he was gay and was bound to his love from the original story, Noah, but Rachel changed the plot, so...). Even the duke knows that Lucian loves her and is close to her - that's why he tries to separate them. But not because it's not okay (again, for them it's a normal procedure to adopt a bride before marrying her off to the son of the family), instead Lucian reminds the duke of his father, who was against the duke's first love and Rachel's late father, Liam. So he just felt very conflicted whenever he saw them together. I still feel a bit uneasy, because I can't imagine them together, because, well, I still view her as his sister. But I guess that we have to remember that it's normal for their relationship to go that way - she was the only person that ever accepted him and comforted him, she made everyone else acknowledge his presence and bare his existence. She has always been his only source of solace and comfort. They are not related and she was taken in, because her late father, Liam, was a close family friend of the Duke's. Had Rachel's parents not died, it would have been a completely usual marriage and love by adults from families that just like each other. So I don't view it as too weird, it was expected. But even so, I still can't get used to it. I mean, at the same time, they lived together for only 2 years and then she went to the South. They have never been true brother and sister, because Lucian was already 15 when she arrived and she was a child of a family friend.

That was.... Interesting.

I honestly thought I wouldn't like it so much and would skim over it for half an hour but it's been about 5-6 hours now, just for 14.6 chapters O.O I actually loved it - the art style is BEAUTIFUL *chef's kiss*, the characters are hot, the storyline has pretty much no holes in it and the YANDERE stuff was surprisingly overwhelming... LITERALLY every character... Like OMG, how did this girl manage to get everyone to love her like this... Honestly, I know how, she is HOPELESSLY kind... To the point where I am pretty sure she wouldn't survive in this world if she didn't have a social status... Cuz everyone would take an advantage of her naivety. And yeah, the YANDERES were... A LOT. And veeeery well described. The creator took a lot of time to pay attention to all of those details regarding their lives. The characters are to die for, I just love them I want New chapters as soon as possible but I doubt I would get them anytime soon, so this instance might be the only one in which I will read the novel.

Honestly not what I originally expected, even though I could predict the plot less than halfway through, it was pretty good and had some moments I still did not expect. I loved it more than I thought I would, so that says a lot The characters are well-drawn and the story was very unique and intriguing

I still haven't given the original story a review, even though I read it years ago. And started it way more times than just once. It was so good but I'm gonna focus on this little CIT special. So. It was adorable, it made me go through the happy memories of reading the original all over again. I had major second lead syndrome, because of the drama but in the manhwa I couldn't say I hated Jung like I did in the drama. In fact, I liked him a lot in the manhwa, he was quite the dreamy sociopath. But seeing Inho being able to move on and lead a happy life as well.. It warmed my heart and calmed my soul, honestly, after experiencing the MAJOR 2nd lead syndrome back in 2018, when I first watched the drama. I still haven't forgotten it, probably never will. I was about to start re-reading the original CIT manhwa, for, like, the 999th time but I saw this special below and JUST HAD TO. It is adorable and has actually come out around the time I read the original, so that's cute. I need to go and give it a review but I may re-read it first, we will see. It's kind of.... a long read... Because I'm the type of person to spend at least 10 mins on one chapter, soaking in all the different details, expressions and gestures, as well as all the words they say in every single panel, so it may take even more than 20 mins sometimes, that's why it is a really long process for me... And yet, after finishing it, I re-read more than 100 chapters and stopped, so I may re-read the whole thing this time and give it my raw and.... Fresh opinion. The fact that I remember all of the major characters' names, it's kinda funny. Literally every major character is ingrained into my memory, that's how much of a core memory this manhwa was for me. Since I have read way too many mangas, manhwas and manhuas to count, it's just bizarre to remember the names. BTW, I would have also been really happy to see Bora and Eun Taek get married T_T But I'm happy at least Inho's relationship with his sister seems to have slightly improved as well.... I think, judging based on the one panel we got with him in it. I loved this and the originial too, they bring back only good memories and just make me feel like I'm back in the day, when it was kind of, just a bit simpler.

It was amazing... I read it in 3 days, I started late at night and finished it in the afternoon. It was worth it to binge read this, I absolutely loved it.... I am honestly left speechless, I can't even talk about it right now, because of the complicated emotions it's made me feel. It made me happy, sad, anxious, depressed, delighted, light-hearted and so much more. It kind of lessened the feeling of existential dread I have had the past few weeks. You know, like you don't know what you're doing with your life, even though you're obviously over-thinking it. I just thoroughly enjoyed it, it was so funny and witty, it made me long for a special connection with that one soulmate we have all been waiting for. Naturally, soul mates don't have to be romantic, I think I may have met them in the forms of my best friends, but anyway, I still long for this connection they have. I believe I will find it one day, someone who embodies all the characteristics I adore. I honestly started reading this just because I had seen it a couple of times before and decided to finally give it a try, I also really wanted to finish something long and expand my knowledge of good reads lol I thought I would feel really empty, just like how I feel most of the time after reading something nice and finishing it. But surprisingly, it left me content, although also a bit sad it's over now. I watched their relationship grow and looked over their character development, it felt like watching your kids grow up, I feel satisfied. The relationships between the four main characters was adorable, it really warmed my heart. I could go on a two hour rant about how cute Doyoon Ha and Chowon Yun's relationship is, but I digress (I still don't know if I'm using this term correctly, anyways, I may check later, if I don't forget) I don't really know why I'm writing all these reviews when I never actually post them and just keep them for myself, but it kind of feels nice, it gives me a sense of completion after reading something, as I have a way to get all of my complicated emotions out. I can also look back and remind myself how much a simple read made me feel and go through. So that's nice, it's a diary. God, I hope they don't close this site down, cuz then I'm screwed, my reviews would go to waste :") Happy thoughts, happy thoughts But yeah, overall, a very good read, I enjoyed it, can't wait to start something else and continue on my project of getting educated on stories~ (it really develops my psyche, honestly)