It has romance in the tag. People read & love romance story too (like me
So? My point was that it over focused on it. Romance is but a piece to a story like this, and the path it took the romance down is also genuinely not great. This was not structured like a romance story from the start, and it did not capitalize on its original foundation and setting pieces once it began to drift into the romance arc. There are a lot of other manwha and manga that capitalize far better on the romance aspects of their stories and their plotlines. This one is an example of one that began great, had good art, but then fumbled.
This is also from an era where this sort of plot type was newer, so people didn’t know how to give it a conclusion, or a follow through. One of the issues is that it has a clear base premise and starting conflict, but then it doesn’t know what to do after resolving the initial premise or ideas. Which leads to a stagnation in the plotline and a dilution of the story.
You have to actually analyze and look at the story. A story like this is not a pure romance story either, the romance only begins very late into it, and despite all the possible romance options it chooses the worst possible one. Pretty much everyone hates how the romance plotline in this panned out, since it did ruin the story.
It has a romance tag is not a valid excuse, and peoppe enjoying romance isn’t either. It ignores every bit of context or nuance to what I said without thought, especially since those who enjoy romance plots also aren’t enjoying this story or those that have similar issues. It doesn’t even start out as romance, and the romance doesn’t pay off, because it ends up overly focused on it and because it ended up being very hasty and rushed in.
I loved how this work looked, wish it didn’t fall off so hard. Strong start too. Why is it that works like these always end up over focusing on the romance towards the end? Really kills it tbh.