Tbh while I do dislike a bit the whole awakened as a housekeeper (it goes for that hotel owner/manager too) mainly because of the perfect housewife stereotype that's usually pushed on women irl (like, 2025 and I still hear people saying their daughter needs to know how to manage a house for when they marry... when it's something both genders should know)... I must admit... Hina is one of the most well resolved, mentally strong and overall normal thinking female characters I've read about in some time... be it as mc fl or side character.
There's just something inherently weird about how women are portrayed in media. One of the worst things is how they usually get dumbed down and weaker whenever ml is around... and while ml is way stronger than her... she is consistent... both her skills and mentality don't get nerfed to make him stand out... and that's what I like most about her... besides she being self-aware about her situation and doing something about it...
Besides... I said before and I repeat... the art is so gorgeous and they are all so good looking and I love them... her, ml, her bro, his bro, the guild master and many of their guildmates too... usually I read rofan.. 90% because of the art... they are so much more good looking than the characters in modern/futuristic settings... even the ones about idols and showbiz or when one of the characters is described as being that better looking than everyone else but you read it and they're just... average compared to others and to rofan and it feels kinda weird... but this one? It's out the curve... ngl... they look better than the art of many out there...
It feels that because it's a modern setting authors don't detail the clothes so much... so they do the same with the backgrounds and the so with the characters too so they don't dissoate... and in turn the art ends up underwhelming... while this one... I cant help but think of how pretty mc is even tho she is technically normal looking... no super long hair in attention grabbing colors... no weirdly big watery eyes with special colors or shaped pupils... no "bodalicious" body... no "I'm the mc" clothes... and yet I can't help but think of her as pretty...
I really hope this author makes a showbiz comic after this... actually... I think I'd read anything they draw...
Sorry the essay... it's too late, I should be sleeping but instead I wrote too much... u.u
Can we all just give HUGE PROPS to this writer?
Girl falls in love, actually realizes it, AND admits it to herself.
Girl gets kidnapped and actually ACKNOWLEDGES that she’s beyond living a normal, quiet life anymore.
Characters with the most baseline self-awareness should not be this rare.