So you're telling me I have to be invested in the abusive and rapey ex of one of the main guys? Do you think I want him to be happy???? Then you're also going to throw in the guy you used as jealousy bait in the sides?? I don't even care about him that much he's really not that interesting aside form the fact he's not homophobic and rides a motorcycle. I'll come back when the story focuses more on the OG couple on the cover.
Finea's whole family is wearing matching outfits but she's wearing LIGHT PINK and FUR wtf. Then the Queen is wearing BLUE their families are all wearing black and red while the little blonde girl's parents and her are matching. Just feels like they should be matching because instead of making them unique they stick out like a sore thumb and make them stick out then look harmonious. IDK maybe it's just me
Y’know at first I had her shipped with her maid because she was treating her maid like a sugar baby but then maid started being pushy for her to be an extrovert and all the guys look like they’ll have a heck ton of baggage (deer boy for reference ) and be hella flirty and bugging her.
So now none of us care about the guys we just want Rubia to be happy and when is she the happiest?
WHEN SHE’S ALONE, SLEEPING PEACEFULLY IN A NICE ASS BED WITH A STOMACH FULL OF GOOD FOOD










The mother was fairly abusive but she changes when she travels back in time she does as the title suggest and enters a contract marriage with the emperor my main issue is instead of being physically abusive with her daughter she is now just neglectful of her daughter I'm pretty sure everyone around has spent more time around her then with her mother because she sometimes gets given an abhorrent amount of sugary food but her mother doesn't care that much also everytime her mother tells her something she always ignores it somewhat like talking with the emperor. IF YOU CARE SO MUCH MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN INSTEAD OF RELYING ON SOME RANDOM WORKERS TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR DAUGHTER. The entire story you are constantly thinking "where the f@ck is her mom?" because I don't think a little girl should be eating a macaron tower the same height as herself.
One thing I don't like about the daughter's writing it never feels like how a child would act it feels more like someone's idealised version of a child would act like she rarely acts out, never throws a tantrum, knows a bad person when she feels it superstitiously so she doesn't need to heed stranger danger because she "knows" which ones are "bad" even though her alcoholic mother beat her consistently she was never considered a "bad" person because she was really pretty or whatever, she never plays any games( I started watching bluey) , most of the story adults like her because she's "innocent" but all children are like that so it doesn't really feel like its her thats special but that all children are wonderful little saints which makes so that the story can be about anyone not just her, she has no friends her age but is social enough to make friends with every adult, she just doesn't act like a child which makes it weird when the story gets it right from time to time.
Lighting and colors in the art is real good with a warm summer vibe for everything except for some same face syndrome, the little girl can have a big forehead/cranium in some panels. Also I think she's supposed to be closer in age with the younger guy characters like the prince but all the younger guy characters are like twice and sometimes 2.5x her height which makes it really jarring considering one of these younger guys is the ML. She looks like a toddler and they look pubescent. Look I'm not that picky with my historical manhwa I don't care that much about the clothing but good god at some point the immersion breaks when a child character unironically is wearing heart shaped SUNGLASSES when they don't even have cars and is treated like its accurate to the time period