Ok, so the world building is pretty decent here. Art is good, costumes are nice, but not overdone. Plot takes a whiiiiiiile to flesh out and get to a part where the chars that were making you go ‘wtf?!’ stop doing that.
So you’ll need to get close to ch 50 to start approving on the ml. I’m proud of the fl for standing her ground until everything came out in the open and I respect her decision from there so far (SO glad she got her loving family to show her how healthy love is supposed to feel - and that she deserves it!). ML has actually been LEARNING from his mistakes and I’m proud of him doing a 180 away from his obsessive path. I love the comedic relief in the high priest trying not to eff up this time around. Fake saintess lady doesn’t stop being selfish and I’m pissed at how she used her guiding to coerce the prince into being an idiot. Like it even messed with his feelings T-T. Reason I feel bad for him is because he actually proves to be a proper member of royalty (a leader), once information is revealed to him (this also just takes forever to finally happen). Reason for why everything takes so long to happen? My guess is that there was a lot of world building and explaining of the Korea past vs the book that turned out to be complete fiction vs the real past of the other dimension (Stern? I’m forgetting names again) that needed to happen, so everything just took a while to get through so that we’d get to a point where people would realize what’s going on. Personally, I don’t like the guide/esper genre since it feels very rapey, with sexual things being required in order to save someone’s life if they’re far gone enough. Also makes it VERY hard to tell if the guides even actually get a say in it in most series I’ve begun reading with it - maybe even the espers since it looks like the guiding is like a drug for them so they can’t think straight, but the guides just have to hope they get turned on enough to enjoy it too? Regardless, I’m actually enjoying this since it seems to be getting handled ok (minus how in the past Korea time, he was totes fine with doing her while treating her like nothing while she was getting empty sex with the guy she wished would love her - I’m glad he’s doing better now)
TL/DR: I’m enjoying this a lot since it’s a bit different, but has character growth (even if not everyone gets the growth). It’s takes quite a while (like 40 - 50 chapters) to get to where people know enough to be making sensible decisions, but it’s worth it when you start seeing the changes. Personally, I don’t like the guide/esper genre, but I like this.
Ok, so the world building is pretty decent here. Art is good, costumes are nice, but not overdone. Plot takes a whiiiiiiile to flesh out and get to a part where the chars that were making you go ‘wtf?!’ stop doing that.
So you’ll need to get close to ch 50 to start approving on the ml. I’m proud of the fl for standing her ground until everything came out in the open and I respect her decision from there so far (SO glad she got her loving family to show her how healthy love is supposed to feel - and that she deserves it!). ML has actually been LEARNING from his mistakes and I’m proud of him doing a 180 away from his obsessive path. I love the comedic relief in the high priest trying not to eff up this time around. Fake saintess lady doesn’t stop being selfish and I’m pissed at how she used her guiding to coerce the prince into being an idiot. Like it even messed with his feelings T-T. Reason I feel bad for him is because he actually proves to be a proper member of royalty (a leader), once information is revealed to him (this also just takes forever to finally happen).
Reason for why everything takes so long to happen? My guess is that there was a lot of world building and explaining of the Korea past vs the book that turned out to be complete fiction vs the real past of the other dimension (Stern? I’m forgetting names again) that needed to happen, so everything just took a while to get through so that we’d get to a point where people would realize what’s going on.
Personally, I don’t like the guide/esper genre since it feels very rapey, with sexual things being required in order to save someone’s life if they’re far gone enough. Also makes it VERY hard to tell if the guides even actually get a say in it in most series I’ve begun reading with it - maybe even the espers since it looks like the guiding is like a drug for them so they can’t think straight, but the guides just have to hope they get turned on enough to enjoy it too? Regardless, I’m actually enjoying this since it seems to be getting handled ok (minus how in the past Korea time, he was totes fine with doing her while treating her like nothing while she was getting empty sex with the guy she wished would love her - I’m glad he’s doing better now)
TL/DR: I’m enjoying this a lot since it’s a bit different, but has character growth (even if not everyone gets the growth). It’s takes quite a while (like 40 - 50 chapters) to get to where people know enough to be making sensible decisions, but it’s worth it when you start seeing the changes. Personally, I don’t like the guide/esper genre, but I like this.