this is original webtoon. so the story writing fit the art direction, the pace is good, and understandable.
it's not like webtoon from adapted novels are bad but they're usually badly adapted and doesn't fit webtoon frame etc
the reason why it feels easier to ship MC with male characters (yes that new one too) I just feel their dynamic wouldn't be too stupid and dull. MC with other girls are like "saving the damsel in distress" meanwhile with men, "there's something more about him" well exception is probably Flame, but Flame too going to be damsel in distress in front of MC soon (if not already i don't remember). and Flame also has this typical nosey female character trait, plus high imagination (it's funny tho)
i can't explain this but at the core this is only a reverse harem with uninteresting cast of characters. it definitely doesn't have confident to sell itself without the fanservice and pretty art. the dynamic between the female lead and the love interests are even dull. at this point i can only ship FL with her brother.
for example, the world building isn't bad, but it was really unfocused and some stuff came out of nowhere. it's trying the fantasy plot but it's still too much of at the level of shoujo. the party assembled easily just because one has connection, the villain came out too suddenly, and the answer also got explained in exposition. yeah and then the OP ML will solve everything. may i add that the typical ML's role is filled with the brother....
okay this is def a unique point that the position of the strongest and the one who save MC the most who usually belong to ML is snatched by the brother. but isn't this also bad bc i cant see where this story going both in fantasy plot or romance plot.
I can't believe I agree with you that the brother is the most ML material among the other love interests. Like the other targets are pretty hollow. The twin and lakash sister's bactstory is really tragic tho.
I was waiting the moment someone said they're actually not blood related! okay but seriously the brother actually ship MC and the black haired guy! unbelievable
I was going to air my frustrations about how I wouldn't read the rest and would only jump to the ending when it came out but then I found spoiler
it's just bad, it ain't it
the art is great and the plot concept and world building are somewhat fresh at least but the plot and characters are just bad. it's trying to be a mystery which okay congrats it is very confusing but also frustrating and the mix with slice of life just down bad. and tbh the villain is predictable, the lie and the scheme feel too cheap/juvenile for a villain even if people fell for it. yeah. it's like what's the point of all that thing. the motivation is just too unbelievable petty and something only a villain in shoujo fantasy world will have.
okay, here now we have another damsel in distress, she was redeemed a bit because she did actively tried to make her situation better but the plot, the author just tripping her. the story was so gloriously frustrating it's like she was still being locked in that damn room with no way out. if i were her i would roll my eyes and kill my self again hoping my next reincarnation will ont happen after everyone who are after me died, yeah sayonara for good. it's always good to have the the will of life though, so i will respect that about MC.
and meanwhile the situation was dire she still had the time to run around the town and having a date with two men who obviously would never have a chance with her (the ML is obviously the third prince). it's usually not that bad but when the situation was that dire, how can i enjoy their date and the slice of life part of the story. it feel like a mesh of two things that doesn't mix well together. here another eye roll. why these shoujo/josei never can't make up their mind when it come to making story full of urgency. they didn't go all out and it's just ended up confusing to read the vibe you know.
next, even after the spoiler I still can't really forgive the third prince, or it's not him I cant forgive, it's the generic misunderstanding situation (he was another cold male lead that was actually only cold because he wanted to protect her yada yada, please this is so overdone and not attractive at all). the third prince in beach memory was so lovely tho.
and the villain was downright creepy. I would prefer a story where MC wasn't the center of the world, or at least don't make it only about romance.
maan i am yapping so much because i just feel sad with the lost potential. the art is good and i actually appreciate that the premises and the world building aren't bad. the thing about reincarnated lover is always a good potential it can be used in many different way, this one just wasn't it
i forgot to add, some things are just too obvious my friend. once you see hint that's this is another one of those "keep his distance because he wants to protect her" you know who's good guy and bad guy. it's only confusing because MC is too much of a naive person and author forced readers to believe in MC's POV too much but I feel only gullible people really fell for this trick.
okay girls, if you read many shoujo manga or know many shoujo tropes, this one doesn't even trying to hide them good.
if I am the villain I will just straight up kidnap MC instead of paying this mind game when even the MC is naive and gullible tbh it'll just lost the point of wanting to be a serious story.
okay i am probably too harsh since idk exactly their circumstances but since their circumstances are mostly based on the world building i think, then it is author's deliberate choice to trip/trap their own characters to make those actions, yeah it's one of those story that i feel everyone only moving according to the plot and the plot is dead
it's interesting that many readers often assume that story with female MC will have romance, well can't blame them with the good art and sparkly vibe. the plot is really good and hilarious. i dont mind romance or no romance at this point. i love isekai fantasy game female lead making a party (harem) without being too mary sue.
let's see if this story has spoiler
Romance is one of the genres for this
ok i didn't see the genre. also this comment was waay before i read spoiler. now i also know who is the male lead
only two important characters being in a dance on the cover image with all kinds of pink stuff around them, her goal being to make him simp for her, it's rather interesting that you didn't assume the same
the art is so good the male characters are handsome including mc (and he's not annoying, not a creep and not a love brain) so it pulls female readers like me unfortunately it is a harem story
i will just see whether the story and mc can salvage it
readers who make siscon gross when it was only for gag. it's not like imoucho a whole different genre
yuri liking his sister is like when little boy saying they want to marry their mom when they grow up only forget about it later, yuri just hasn't passed that mentality (for gag and stuff). it wasn't mean to be erotic. he can be worse like killing loid and kidnap yor for real but he didn't, he knows the boundary.
but whatever it's not author fault that someone can't enjoy the joke
I dont know how you got more than 30 people agreeing with you but you're literally justifying siscon.
Just because it's meant to be a joke doesn't mean it's universally funny, this is literally a taboo subject, you're bound to see mixed reactions about him. Plus a joke shouldn't be repeatingly making people uncomfortable
Also your comparison is total bullshit, first of all it's because you're comparing a child to a literal grown adult and second of all that gag you're talking about is just part of Yuris character and not a mentality he just has.
And lastly, "it wasn't meant to be erotic" feels like you read every chapter he's in with your eyes closed because yuri is constantly blushing and literally bleed his nose out for Yor, just because Yuri hasn't done anything worse like as you said murdering Loid or kidnapping Yor doesn't mean his behavior was automatically alright.
Dude needs so much therapy, but because closest psychiatrist is Loid it means he'll never get help out of spite xD or maybe it's his future growth arc
i am bad at explaining stuff, and english isn't my first language. basically just read other explanation by others. but i doubt you actually care
just leave it at that
All their reasons are bullshit too, what they're in summary is..
Siscon is okay because Yuri had a reason to fall inlove with his sister because bla bla bla war shit bla bla bla! People need to understand Yuris character more bla bla bla!!
It doesn't change my point, Yuri is still a weird and disgusting character no matter how much past he has with Yor. As long as they're both siblings this'll be forever shitted on.
i guess this story also suffer the same issue like amateur japanese webnovel. it used multiple POV and flashbacks in a way that slog down the overall pace. you will get into chapter 50 and realize most things happen in narrative and characters monologues their past and different characters narrate the same plot again and again.
i always find it a slog to read such story despite the amazing idea and plot. yeah the delivery and pace need to get used to but i have no patience sorry. they usually are better when adapted to manga because of the illustration but it will still slow you can see.
jerome is definitely out. Ivan is a good choice but at this point he doesn't have chance as male lead in theory.
If you have a duke and a commoner, most shoujo webtoon will choose the duke right but it's not just that.
Ivan could only win if (1) the duke was an ass (2) natasha really like Ivan to choose commoner over a duke. However the duke has a good personality and Ivan is just a sibling to Natasha.
The rational natasha won't dare to reject a duke by choosing a commoner or anyone of lower status really. At least not until she's sure the duke has given up on her OR if she knows the duke is not the sort of person who will harm her beloved (who knows). but then again Natasha isn't interested in romance anyway. So the only chance she will end up with anyone if there's someone else with a duke status who is different from other nobles who is persistent or patient enough to wait for her. unfortunately there's no one else but we get just one.
conclusion I think author make a rational reasoning of male lead among the candidates. It's nice that
aaah I FORGOT TO ADD SPOILER TAG.
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also i mean it's nice that the duke doesn't just win bc he's a duke. at least there are more reasoning behind it.