I guess it's cool that they're happy together, but unless there's a continuation, this is more like a one-sided love. Making her seriously love him is going to be tough. (Not to mention, if other handsome guys go around, though she may reject them, he'll probably at least be a little anxious.) What made him seemingly unburdened at the start would turn out to be a pretty heavy burden to him later.
"Did you even really love me?" But with a different implication wherein instead of having more expectations, the person has almost zero expectations that it can be worrying.
So... will she fall deeper in love with him? Or will she just be happily with him, but not care too much about anything else? Something might be bound to break, either she falls in love deeper and end up expecting more (maybe not like his exes, but the typical expectation of a person in love.) or he'll be so insecure because she's like a balloon who might fly away if he lets go. I'm guessing the latter might be the case.
This 2-shot really had potential to be developed a lot further along the lines you mentioned.
There's actually a continuation to this and it actually explored the things that you said about their relationship! It's not yet translated, but you can easily use a translation app to understand it. You can look up on the potato site to read the japanese raws~ It uses the japanese title and has ch 3 & 4. Enjoy!
Thank you!
I kind of want to read about what their life would be like after a few years. I think the author would still make them a couple - would Aku be less clingy? I imagine it would be hard to restrain himself, but maybe he might just succeed, considering how he was able to somewhat progress within this story. Maybe he'd be the one fetching Suu from gatherings and the like, just waiting outside for him with a smile. Then, when he meets with someone particularly suspicious (like that guy who forcibly grabbed Suu last time) he's gonna go back to activating stalker mode, get discovered anyway, and then apologize repeatedly.
I don't know what Suu would do in the future - considering his life before meeting Aku, he'd still meet with lots of his friends of course, but other than that...
I guess they'll have the dynamic of dog and owner in the future.
I feel like this needs a bonus chapter wherein we see them after they have been dating for a few years. Maybe Aku will tone down his clinginess a lot by then, and Suu would, on the other hand, be a bit more clingy.
It's setting is cliche, but these revenge-type plots work so well. I admittedly got hooked after reading only 5 chapters. It's the usual: ptiiful MC goes back in time as a "better" person and faces her greedy mother and her jealous stepsister who were previously the ones who caused her tremendous pain.
She doesn't go all out and declare war, no no, she bides her time and doesn't act aggressive - like a calm pool of water with its murky depths concealing the turmoil below.
Instead, with a gentle smile and a perfect attitude, she watches everything carefully, and so far, the jealous stepsister has sabotaged herself without so much movement from the MC, and the cousin is the only one she "amicably" dealt with so far.
I agree but I say this setting is a bit better because the girl actually realized what she did was stupid and that’s something you wouldn’t see in this type of cliche story
I did see a bunch of "I'll become a better person, you'll see" type stories, but it's usually:
MC gets transmigrated/reincarnated and doesn't want to follow predecessors path
-succeeds and amazes everyone around them
-fails spectacularly but endears everyone all the same
I think I remember seeing a story with a similar setting, but in an ancient type of story.
In a harem, a lady's child died, she loses the favor of the emperor, her sister claims the spot of the most favored concubine while she dies alone in prison, vowing revenge. She realized that her sister whom she loved is actually someone who would backstab her, and the man she loved doesn't love her. Upon coming back, she is a little like this main character, but does not bide her time - she goes head-to-head with the venomous snakes in her life and manages to win over some allies. I just can't recall the title because it's been so long since I've read it and I got frustrated waiting for updates and coming back only to realize I don't know what's going on anymore.
Found it! "Princess Wei Yang"! Man, I loved that story when I first read it...
And there's some other similar ones as well, around the recommendations area, but then, based on their reviews and ratings, it's a hit or miss...
And most of them are transmigrated modern women, not people who went back in time, so technically the original person didn't learn anything but that someone else had to step in and fight. Although there appear to be a few here and there who are actually MCs that went back in time.
wondering if I should give this a read now (〜￣△￣)〜
Putting societal issues aside, this has been full of contradictory stuff.
Mom abandons little boy? It's a misunderstanding to protect him. (And it wasn't resolved - nope. And I don't think it's a matter of "they can't do anything about it - bwcause the Asahinas are pretty powerful by their own right, and what's the loss of one particular omega when they have so many? Just how many babies must she have for them to be satisfied? And it's all brushed under "peace" and that " she is happy in her own way, she's probably okay with all this.")
Dad of Asahina Reiji is terrible for only wanting an omega to birth an alpha heir and doesn't mind shady dealings, but he's actually happy to see his son married to the person he likes in spite of the means.
Guy with a past with Asahina Reiji causes a big amount of trouble but it turns out he just had a small fight with his current lover.
Kisaragi Akito is rather upset with Asahina Reiji having a potential past of sleeping with someone else before meeting him, but he has a similar past. Even if he needed to do it to survive + being abandoned, it's still similar.
And yes, afterwards, the classic no-communication thing appears. Can't he at least talk to Reiji first? With the way he ran away with just a few words without any explanation, it's a good thing that in the last part, he didn't run away due to some weird misunderstanding again and fought for their happiness.
The premise is a little commonplace of pitiful guy x rich handsome dude, but the stuff Akito gets into, as well as some of his sentiments (what kind of excuse is "I didn't tell you I was married because I wanted us to be friends?" It's another matter if he was trying to figure out the identity of the husband, but...) is a little tiring to read. I don't hate it, but I'm not particular into it and all feelings of sweetness are overwhelmed.
It can be cute and fluffy, but it can also be tiring and somewhat frustrating.
Such pretty art! The story is so fun to read too! I hope to read more!
It's unfortunate, too, that apparently based on someone's comment, it seems the timeskip was about to happen in the next chapters. Which means we'd seen a grown-up Ageha and a slightly older Sakura.
It doesn't have to have the best cleaning, or the best translation (at least comprehensible english that allows story to be conveyed properly), I just want to see the rest of the story.
I like the 3rd and 4th story. It goes beyond the classic attraction and the dynamic is cute and funny to behold.
3rd story is basically smart capable boy x hopeless cute boy.
4th story is bold senpai and his kouhai who appears to have been strung along.
Somehow, it all feels rushed and so many loose ends are not tied up together nicely. What about their two friends? Are they never going to be friends with Jake ever again? What of the Carnivores - are they going to live in exile forever? Surely some carnivores are also going to be like that Carnivore gang. It all feels like everything is rushed and the rest to fill the gaps is pure speculation: Robin likes Jake, but then he doesn't, then he does. The leader liked Jake, but being disappointed he was quick to disregard him without hesitation and with as much hatred as he could muster as if he was a herbivore. Speaking of which, even his past wasn't detailed - all that's left is speculation. It's like, "This is what happened, this is how the characters feel, make sense of it and read through breezily." I read the author's notes, and I get that it's meant to be a shorter story, but it feels incomplete - kind of like that other webtoon- Bitten by Moonlight. At least the people's sentiments in that story are clearer. It's hinted there may be a potential sequel. Please make a sequel. I liked this story but I wish there was more to detail everything and make the missing fragments connect to make a full picture instead of tracing things with one's mind.
Just when I was about to be sad it ended as a oneshot, I learn that it's turned into a series!