THIIISSS. I reread this thing for the sake of quenching my thirst to rmb what I liked abt this story when I was young... Maybe it was Karis and Logan that made me finish this b4 just as I did now but yeah... unbearable dick Lucaon and unbearably weak ass mc.
Boy was the premise of Aristocrats and Servants interesting. They could have explored more of this concept and expanded it but no, they just focused on the romance between the main couple that felt very lackluster and overall boring.
It would be nice if Christoph becomes a "villain" or sth then in the end he learns the truth and all the loose ties are finally tied tgt, just to make the story a bit less boring. Though ig it's way too late for that . Shame. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
I can see why this isn’t exactly the best but it’s not exactly the worst either. There was a lot of hatred for the seme, but given the BL logic and time I just kept pushing to finish it.
Either way, nothing really takes away that he was a raging dick in the beginning. And the uke was pretty goddamn docile, but their relationship makes sense becuz if it hadn’t worked like that and it was Karis instead (goated btw) then they would’ve never gotten together.
It wasn’t very clear to me how the seme developed feelings for the uke either becuz he treated him like shit the entire time, but ok.
Anyway, I’m all garbled, to get my thoughts on the story out -
The main couple is fine - not really that most entertaining point of the story with the side couple being so much more healthy and entertaining but whatever, sometimes the toxicity of the main couple was entertaining enough I suppose.
I think my biggest gripe was towards the end a lot of plot points were left undeveloped - they didn’t tie shit towards the end and it felt like the “villains” of the story won with out “heroes” walking out with their tails between their legs.
It felt pretty unsatisfying overall to read since there was no resolution to the very clear plot of the world and NOT romance wise. I couldn’t have given a shit bout the romance between the MC and the ML at that point, but whatever I suppose they got their “happy ending.”
Spoilers below!
I also hated how they treated kyon when he was discovered to be part of the “enemy” group, but then they let Christopher go as if it was no fucking sweat off their back. I didn’t hate Ryan, but by god was his bias showing. Even towards the end I didn’t want him to die, but ok fine it fits narratively so then he wants to do the selfish act of taking Christopher’s memories away, alright alright - when r u gonna give them back so he can mourn properly and see how he grew as a person - oh never? Oh we’re just gonna end it with him being “fine” and looking like a robot? Oh ok. Alright. Nice. Ryan is dead, Christopher ain’t know shit and could easily at that point be coerced back into Intron or whatever the fuck is was called now that his memory of Ryan is gone but whatever, let’s not address that elephant in the room.