To come back to this and see the rating so high actually shocked me. I guess Hino Matsuri's bare-bones attempt to fix Yuuki's soiled image was all some people needed. Or maybe it's because heteronormative conformists have since invaded the manga space and ruined it. Or maybe it's just because all the people who remember why this wasn't needed or wanted and what it meant for Zero's character development especially that it went in this direction have finally moved on.
I haven't moved on. As I said years ago, I have to see the story to the end.
There's one more chapter to go and I can honestly say I don't know how it will end. But I know it wasn't a read worthy of its rating. While I can admit to being biased in that I came to hate Yuki deeply at some point in the first manga and this one made her worse, even if I set aside all my biases, the story is just bad. Relationships (platonic and romantic) aren't properly developed. Characters aren't properly developed. Tension points are thrown away leading to a very shallow story. The conflict is contrived. It's messy and boring and was not worth the time.
But as a KaZe shipper I will follow this story to its conclusion and use the material to manipulate it into what I wish it had been.
As it seems the scanlators are taking thier time with releasing this one I'll say my goodbyes now.
You can already read for yourself the last chapter in Japanese since it’s already out.
How are you going to title your isekai like this and write it like a thousand other generic isekai's out there?
More than that, this is a villainess isekai, which usually means the fl is able to stand on her own. This villainess is weaksauce shoujo trash. The ml is the domineering type that was played out back before women had the right to vote. The only thing they've got going between them is that she likes his body enough that SA doesn't bother her apparently. Replace him with a cardboard cutout he'd have more personality.
The trope of the fl following the plot in Isekai, if she doesn't cave immediately, exists because it makes sense.
The concern is the Butterfly Effect. Where the smallest of changes can trigger a million bigger changes down the line.
Romance is often what leads to the mc being able to survive in these plots. Especially in this case, changing the target matters.
The fl already knows the ml can be happy with the designated love interest.
Also, if she does get with him and they end up happy and alive, there's no guarantee the fl would be able to do the same. Her destined partner is gone. Her destined future is gone. There's no guarantee she'd be able to pave a new way.
The stupid thing to do is actually to just go crazy and take the male/female lead of the original. I think they even showed how that goes in Cheating Men Must Die.
I'm more concerned about all the convenient falling down. Isekai fl's have serious balance issues. I said 'oh come ON' out loud this time when she tripped and the hood happened to fall off her head. I mean REALLY?
yeas that fall was dumb =_=
Just wanna let everyone know the RAWs say this series will go for 147 chapters and then there's a side-story.
RAWs are here: https://page.kakao.com/home?seriesId=50790508&
Official English Translation (same as here): https://www.tappytoon.com/comics/villainess
He's hot. But if you're coming to this new, this is a fun read in its own right. It's not all about Taehoon. It's just that Taehoon is hard to ignore when he's stepping on you.
I want him to kick me, I'll prolly die, Ig...
Your corpse will be blessed tho
For someone who is more than a little familiar with unreliable narrators, I did the dumb and never even thought that the book she read could have had an unreliable narrator.
Love it. Such a good twist.
It's the face Mr Duke sir. Have you seen the face? Also the killing aura. Also, getting the guy out of that eye-bleeding white suit is a service to humanity.
Also the face.
Where Zero was, still, always just there to be used and left behind. He's been one of my favourite characters in all of fiction for years and years. So this was always going to end in disappointment for me.
Oh well, that's what fanfiction is for. Though it's sad the young ones won't get to read one of the best Vampire Knight fanfic series by Blackened Wing since she deleted her accounts I'll continue her legacy and create a world that isn't as disappointing as this sequel.
After all these years, us old-timers can be at peace. It's enough.
Omg i remember her fic. I read it years ago and so saddened when she not continue it anymore and her fic get deleted .
I feel same about Zero too. He really one of my fav