I would recommend turning your brain off for this manga and just simply enjoy the wonderful artwork. Ive recently been feeling that this author built this world and characters for the sole sake of showering Lippe with immense love and showcasing her OPness, its almost as though she'd ascend at any point to become this saintly immortal. The other characters are becoming quite one-dimensional and it's such a pity. This harem setting is very much like bakarina and I am starting to prefer that over this. （￣へ￣）
I threw any kind of expectations out of the window as soon as Lippe started speaking while still a toddler. In fact I dropped this manhwa for the same reasons you’ve stated but recently returned because of the ML. I decided to just let my mind be swept into this world and just shrug my shoulders, ya know (〜￣△￣)〜
I could not relate anymore than this. As someone with really young siblings (6 and 3) I would be completely and utterly weirded out if the 3 year old started speaking as if they were a grown ass adult. The 6 year old just giggles all the time, and plays around like a normal child. With that being said, the fact that they just accepted this 3 year, Lippe, (in past chapters) saying shit like “your enemy isn’t the one you’re fighting, but yourself.” Is just bizarre to me??? Like, hello??? THATS NOT FUCKING NORMAL, AND EVEN IF A CHILD IS SMART, ITS STILL NOT NORMAL- at this point, I read for the art. I dropped this at like chapter 30 and came back today bc the plot armor is too immaculate.
What bothers me most is that ppl seem to be mistaking IQ with EQ. I've seen ppl with real high IQs as early as 2 years old but they still retain that childlike innocence (i.e. low EQ). Lippe is a child with not only a high IQ but also a really high EQ for someone so young. And if I ever met such a child, I would def be quite disturbed and would've come to the conclusion that she's not the age she claims to be but MUCH older.
But I got over it and still decided to read further. As the story progressed, I started noticing characters becoming more and more 1 dimensional. I mean, just look at the very recent update, Lippe's mom manages her family's businesses and finance. She also has quite the reputation. She INVESTS in cainon and offers FREE PR....(⊙…⊙ ) . Lippe schools her about being taken advantage of and later has her mom take her to the inventor so she can talk him down and reveal her OPness. Lippe's mom could very easily renegotiated a contract since she holds the purse strings and it wouldn't be the 1st time she would do so, why is Lippe involved? All that buildup where Lippe's mom is seen looking through accounts, signing various documents, bringing up contracts, and attending parties to gain more connections....boom, GONE. (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
Also, I too have a younger brother, 5 years old. Did the scene with that silver hair kissing Lippe on their 1st meeting bother you? Esp from someone who is likely in their teens...Idk, but that really bothered me. And today, when he strokes her cheeks in the picture while blushing, I got goosebumps. I hope the author doesn't show such scenes anymore and sticks with mini tea parties and dress ups. Atleast till she's fucking legal or of age. ╥﹏╥
I FEEL THE SAME WAY
Right? I don’t know what’s going inside the author’s mind when they wrote this, like, why so young? A lot of OP characters out there always or are nearly sixteen before face slapping some people—like, honestly, if they want something unique they shouldn’t have messed up with the age smh.
In regards to your question, yes, the forehead kiss disturbed me greatly, I don’t think the child is in his teens, however. Maybe about 11 or 12? Though, that doesn’t make it okay.
With that aside, I do genuinely believe that this story is pretty inconsistent and creepy, not to mention stupid. There’s like a thread of plot left with her trying to find the murderer, but that’s it. The fact that they’re allowing a 5 year old run a business and the fact that they’re not bothered whatsoever when their 5 year old is smart enough to know how to get smart with adults and exploit their weaknesses really sums up this story. Need less to say, this story is lacking in all kinds of ways.
Yeah, I really do wonder where the business woman vibe they were trying to build up for the mom went? Like, we get it, everyone in this story is a fool for this child, but that doesn’t mean they’ll suddenly become idiots? She basically sold off the rights to her child’s photos, which, considering her beauty, can be used for just about anything, (while this may not be real, you never know, pedos may exist) where did her mom’s brain go???
Idk, after reconsidering, I might have to drop this. The art may be good, but I don’t think it’s worth my brain hurting lol.
I'm 100% certain in addition to becoming a business magnate at 5, by 7-10 she'll become a military strategist, I can totally imagine Lippe whipping out some battle formations to her father. By 11-13, her magic will manifest via her singing and she'll become this powerful healer, since her songs are very soothing/ healing. I dont doubt she'll become the nation's idol and start monetizing her songs. By 13-16, she'd be a fashion influencer due to her good looks, an inventor for some instrument, a savior due to her military prowess, the #1 idol singer/ healer, and #1 richest person alive. By 16, she'd become the youngest empress. (˘◡˘)
Modern day equivalent:
Going to get your pictures developed. Person developing the pictures decides to mass print pictures of your 5 year old as posters around their store chains/including online ads. But it's okay, cause your 5 year old is cuuute.... yea no thanks.
I might sound like a broken track record, but she's been 5 for too long. And it's starting to get really indecent. I love how she's doing fractions, a singing prodigy, and making connections with other kids who will be influential later in life. I hate how she owns & operates a business at 5 years old. This plot point should have been saved until she was at least 10. Then she's getting into arguments and exposing illegal business practices of an adult woman of higher rank without evidence, like wtf noooo!! (fyi, Lippe is the daughter to an Earl. That lady is a countess and regent to a future marchioness)
I recently read Beware of the Villainess! and Lippe reminds me of Peacock. Where Peacock was supposed to be a genius, but turns out his genius only goes so far as the author's plot armor.
Lippe be all like: hi nice meeting you for the first time. oh? you insulted me? lemme just air out your crimes. Evidence? You're getting mad so I'm right. Check out my sudden speech skills, even though I had stunted negotiation abilities as an adult and could only beg in my first life.
Instead, I would have loved to see Lippe learn all the skills she was lacking in her first life, navigate high society without drawing attention to herself/making herself a target, laying the groundwork, and then waiting for the most opportune time to strike. But let's give her a simp army instead.