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Oh she better change that the fuck you mean instead of trying to better women's lives with her status and power she just fucking leaves to study as a man this shit will make me hate her so bad even though Im liking her rn I know *I* clicked on the spoiler but still da fuck?? I thought you would just say something positive HE DIES AND FOR WHAT??? For nothing all the true development will go poof I hate that
Looks like it justs randomly falls off for no reason at all
"If you want to fall in love with a lovely romance story only to feel completely betrayed by the last two volumes, this is it.
Everything was going well—beautiful development between the leads, heartfelt and fun moments, the duke discovering her true identity as a reader from another world, and their mutual love confession. But then... it all goes downhill.
Out of nowhere, Anri falls into an identity crisis. Despite having a loving husband, a luxurious life, and happiness within reach, she decides to leave everything behind to live as a man and go to university. This breaks the duke’s heart.
She’s incredibly indecisive throughout the story. First, she wants a happily-ever-after with the duke. Then she wants to “create her own story” and walks away. Later, when she learns the duke has been killed, she regrets it all and suddenly wants to be with him again. But it’s too late—his dream of being a good husband and father is gone because he's dead.
So what does she do? She contacts the author of the book and resets the story back to their first carriage encounter. Everything is rushed: they get engaged in two days, meet each other's families, and hop on a ship to France. That’s it. No wedding, no closure for the villain, no explanation for the murdered prince (twice!), the duke’s staff, or whether they have kids. Just… “Let’s sail off to a new adventure” and The End .
Many readers on Korean and English forums were upset. It seems like even the author didn’t know what to do after abandoning the romance and derailing all the characters, so she slapped on a rushed, incomplete ending."
The conflict about Anri not wanting to be “just a wife” was hinted at from early on, so her desire to pursue higher education had some foundation. But since women couldn’t attend university, she ends up leaving Edwin, disguises herself as a man, and goes to study.
The issue is that Anri never communicates with Edwin—despite the fact that he probably would’ve supported her and even worked to reform the laws to give women access to education. As a duchess, she had real power to start social change, but instead, she selfishly chooses to leave everything behind and turns to Erze, the villainess, for help.
It sends the message that a woman can't pursue personal growth and have a partner at the same time.
That said, some manhwa fans still hope for a better outcome. The artist has already made several changes in the adaptation, so there's a chance the ending might be reworked—similar to what happened with Not Your Typical Reincarnation Story.
As for me... I’m not sure if I should keep my hopes up that the artist will truly fix the ending—but who knows, anything’s possible. I haven’t read the manhwa since the wedding chapter due to work, but from what I’ve seen, the changes so far seem to be improving the flow of the story. So there you have it. It’s up to you whether you choose to keep the faith… or let it go now before it disappoints you.
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