I honestly loved it! Great plot, I’m not a connoisseur of perfumes but I found it a mesmerizing aspect of the story, where you keep wondering what Ariel will invent again and how she’ll solve situations with it. I liked Ariel’s personality, and the fact she transmigrated and realized her dream makes it even more emotional. I liked Cedric’s duality, cold and intimidating, and yet falling so bad for Ariel and not realizing it. We love obnoxious beans! I also enjoyed the drawing and the pace of the plot, that really felt perfect for me, I never got a moment of boredom or frustration about it. The treatment of the second ML stays interesting and keeps him useful to the plot, he isn’t thrown in the background once he’s rejected, which was nice. Overall I found the relationship between Ariel and Cedric really cute, surprised I haven’t heard about this story earlier, but not disappointed with it at all.
Dropped at chapter 33 because I don’t think it’s for me. I don’t really like the ML, I don’t like these kind of dynamics of ML pretending to be innocent cutie pie in front of Eloise, just to be actually murderous, cunning etc irl. It just feels like he’s lying to her constantly, but because he wants her to like him or something, he doesn’t show as he truly is.
And I find it quite frustrating cause then - she doesn’t like your real you, and I just can’t bear a facade like that. The guy is really competent, strong, and he’s playing naive and loss of memories, and tries to keep it going. He’s also jealous and possessive of Eloise while bro she doesn’t belong to you??
And I guess the fact Eloise is so naive to fall into it makes it even more frustrating like, she’s supposed to be a badass intelligent character and she just can’t see further than that.
Otherwise, maybe it’s just me but the pacing is too slow to me. It may be because I got frustrated about Caein (the male lead) that still hadn’t revealed that he doesn’t have amnesia and it’s not how he really is and we’re almost reaching a third of the story, but I can’t find it appealing. I keep reading parts without reading them, with my brain not registering or wanting to just scroll through pages and skip chapters.
I think overall Caein is not too much my type of ML as he’s young, juvenile and looks frankly frail - thing that is accentuated by his act around Eloise. Such a shame! Cause I like the drawings, the premise seemed nice enough and Eloise’s character seemed nice as well. Maybe I’ll come back to try to finish it but as of for now, I can’t seem to keep going.
It’s only my thoughts tho, so make sure to have a peek by yourself to see if you like it or not!
Platinum is really funny in terms of how much bs he says : “I thought it would be better if we could develop emotions without knowing each other’s background”. Bro. You literally approached her because you thought she was Marianne. Literally, there’s no developing emotions without knowing the background because all you care about is her background and whether she was Marianne or not. “I couldn’t wait patiently, that’s why our relationship fell apart.” Can you stop being delusional? What kind of relationship? The kind where you pick someone up and when you realize oh wait someone else may be Marianne you let them down? Not to say that he also acted in a questionable way, that was a bit too close to sexual harassment. You did NOT have a relationship before that, except in your fantasy and your desire to get her back after knowing Amber is not Marianne and being desperate about it. “I wish you would listen to the reason why I want you just once.” Because you think she’s Marianne. No but like, I think it’s a bit deeper than just thinking she’s Marianne, but it still doesn’t excuse anything. He isn’t exactly interested in who she is really and what she likes, but more in who he thinks she is. I think he also develops some attraction to her because of how she acted with him, but it’s in the end always tainted by the fact that he thinks she’s Marianne so it influences his perspective too much. Overall, Platinum is still an horrid choice and I’m glad Obsidian keeps her options “open” in her acting, but I really like how she immersed herself into it. She’s really a charming persona. I’m curious to have more development about Sapphire and his intentions- see how the dynamics are around him.
And the side couple is just SO adorable, like he’s brushing her hair and they’re projecting into marriage, just get married already you two are so cute!!
The chapter is marked as the end but I hope it’s not over as some things still need to be solved (like the ID thief, and her friend walking again for example). Overall the resolving of the last situation (getting into the void etc) felt very rushed? I don’t know if it’s just me but I almost had a hard time following the last chapter because they went really fast and skipped from one panel to another. It feels weird when suddenly the plot is getting so fast when the rest was not paced like that at all. I really like Dawn’s personality, because I find it refreshing. Personally I could never act that way, but it really feels honorable, and kind of adorable to be honest. I’ve rooted for her to get with Chasel from the start, as you could immediately see their dynamics play out, the way they’re pretty much opposite and in the end Dawn helps Chasel to get out from his bubble of loneliness, responsibility and burden. They look really cute together, and I want a kiss! Or at least some dates and some feelings confession please!
Percy was kind of annoying at the start, even if you get to comprehend more of her afterward and she gets better. But like Dawn didn’t even choose her teacher, it’s like day 2 she’s been bullied 3468 times already and now there’s that woman who comes around and attacks her with magic … when she literally just arrived and DONT know magic like what is wrong with you lady? I don’t really like the “couple” she forms with the teacher, because although he’s probably not much older than her, there’s something that irks me about it.
I liked the design of Coal, even if honestly I liked the drawings in general, and I liked his personality, the way he could bicker with Dawn, which installed a lot of familiarity between them but with this vibe I kind of felt like it wouldn’t go much further than that. In the eyes of Dawn it was really a friendship and they kinda gave me siblings vibes when they bickered, which was funny nonetheless.
Overall, the universe is really great and I’m happy with it but I want more. I feel like it’s not properly exploited? There’s a lot of potential to it still and it’s lacking some proper expansion. 65 chapters is way too short, we need at least 100 for the narrative to be properly placed. Honestly around chapter 55 I felt like it would never be the end in ten chapters? It seemed impossible because of where we were at that time in the story. The resolution isn’t the best with the mysteries left. The story rushed toward the 40s/50s last chapters? When the pace before was great, which is a shame. Still liked it though!
Did the white haired girl ended up with the prof (I hope no)
Well nevermind saw it already still don't like her
The story was good, even if it honestly didn’t took the road I thought it would! Digging the debt and mafia aspect in contrast to how peaceful their life was when they were together with the kids at home, just cooking and enjoying themselves felt wow. Like sometimes the situation just kept piling up and it felt pretty deep in despair! I often felt like the story was so cute but also I wanted it to continue but didn’t find any solution for it to happen. Whenever there was a solution, you just knew that it was temporary.
I’m glad the mess with how did you get in that book was addressed, and that it was a real world after all. Even if I couldn’t help be like fr guy if you’re migrating into a new world, take clothes and money with you! If you move to another country, wouldn’t you do that? Don’t go there almost empty ended what
I liked the couple, they were cute together and they had some nice dynamics, even if honestly a mess in terms of communication (on both side). Jaewoo’s character sometimes annoyed me a little for the way he was making decisions but I also always felt like they could be excused by the situation unfolding. In general I liked his character that I found funny and relatable, all the good recipes got me damn hungry!
I didn’t like Mujin. Maybe it’s just me, but his character was bad (which is normal given the plot) and even if his tsuntsun attitude was sometimes cute or likable, he was such a hindrance to the main relationship, trying to solve things by violence, to force himself on Jaewoo and to prey on them when they were in a vulnerable situation. It’s hard to like a character like that, at least for me it is. In the end he gets better, with the grief that also made him reflect on himself, but f hell bro, sexual harassment and trying to claim someone yours when they are in love with someone else is definitely NOT the way to make them fall for you lol.
Overall, I was waiting for this story to be complete to read it and although I took a bit of an involuntary break before finishing it, I had no trouble reading through it at all. It was honestly enjoyable, and I was glad to find some isekai ish modern world kind of plot, especially with the BL mark.
It felt kind of out of nowhere, just plot convenient. Like I don’t have anything more to tell about her when she’s 12, let’s immediately skip to an age where it’s more interesting. I honestly didn’t enjoy the way it was so sudden and that it was five years. I liked the way it was going while the FL was young and I’m a bit sad her dad was in coma for five years! I guess they kept him alive with magic or sth but I was like if he’s not eating or drinking for five years that can’t be good??
Anyway I hope the rest of the story will be good, I’ll go back to reading now
I saw the advertising on Instagram and well dark topic right away because suicide attempt but then in chapter 2, the dude is straight up raped :/ toxic relationship hello… it’s probably just my own tolerance but I have a hard time forgetting that/going beyond that. He hurt him, he took his first time without his consent and he made him bleed, while threatening him with his little brother and else. That’s really a bad start… I think it’s not really for me, maybe I’ll try to come back later, who knows.
Overall good scenario. Interesting choices with several love interests but I was glad she ended choosing the demon prince. The scenario did feel a bit long at the end, to me. Like around chapter 100-110 I was wanting to end it faster. I feel like even if the maron guild is foreshadowed, the big villain of it all is not really? So his appearance feels very ah. Ok. And I don’t like that his possession justifies all of the first prince actions. But it’s also because they made me feel quite icky, which impacted my perspective of him overall.
This story went quite far, from the getting rid of stepmother and stepsister to battle for the thrones/war with demons. I don’t like the fact that her being reincarnated never really was on the table and was unsaid. And that uh no reasons for it really explained? I’m someone who prefer when it’s a bit clearer than that.
I really like the second prince’s growth. From his love for her to be willing to stand for himself. I feel like it was a good narrative arc. I really appreciated the count’s character as well and how he was depicted.
The relationship between the FL and ML was good. I found it endearing even if they have been idiots in love for quite a bit of the story. I liked the parallel with ML’s sister’s story that ended in tragedy, and that added some complexity to the characters.
A character I really not liked;
Her brother is kind of bad :/ it’s not for the lack of trying but that doesn’t make him a good brother. He comes back so late in the story, although his sister is always hoping it will happen, because he doesn’t want to face step mother and step sister (so he runs away from the situation and let his sister suffer nasty abuse). In the original story he only comes back after she’s dead - if that doesn’t tell you how bad he is. In here, when he comes back he’s controlling, annoying, trying to shelter his sister even if she’s kind of an adult now and doesn’t really need him, which lead to a lot of unnecessary actions. He also at first tries to kind of sell her off to his friend, who’s an asshole. Also he has suspicions that the ML is linked to his sister but instead of asking the question before fighting him off, he gravely injured him before he goes oh btw are you related to my sister? And then he feels guilty about hurting an important person to her like DUH. The FL kind of run away from home at first because he’s playing stupid. Then when they meet again, the ML has to “prove himself”? To whom? Cause until there the brother has only made bad decisions regarding his sister, if anything the brother is the one who has to prove himself lol.
Good thing he at least recognizes that she grew on his own and that she doesn’t need him.
He also didn’t assist to her wedding and left her behind (again lol) and he didn’t even say bye face to face he left her a f letter.
Yeah he’s a good friend to Dian and maybe a good lover to Ramona but you definitely wouldn’t want to have that guy in your family.
(Also poor Dian who’s in for a lot of thirdwheeling lol).
So overall a good story, with all its characters, even the one I didn’t like, as I felt like it made the plot what it is. It’s also good to have characters that make bad decisions etc, as it’s the way life is. I’d say reading this was a positive experience. I read a lot of chapters all at once (the arc with stepmothers and the ML becoming the ML was good) but I was less enthusiastic about the conclusion and the pace of it.
I honestly don’t think everything is to be thrown away but there are quite a few things that annoyed me about this story. I’ll start by the positive ones ; I felt like the plot was surprising enough. The fact she wasn’t the only one being reincarnated, that it was the three of them and it was actually linked to the accident in the first place felt fresh and nice enough. There was a certain degree of satisfaction. I liked the use of recorders cause I’m often joking like I hope you recorded this confession somehow! when characters confront their archnemesis and here it happened… maybe even a bit too often?
I have to say something, the main relationship is not bad but I had a hard time getting too attached to them. I skipped through a lot of their pages. It is also tied to the fact that the translation isn’t very good. Actually sometimes the chapters are fine or more than fine and other times I have a hard time understanding what it is intended to say. Also the last chapters very clearly have weird cuts in them, panels that don’t connect together and that randomly switch through part of the story. That was the most annoying thing ever, especially as the ending was dragging on for so long. I love when we get to see the main characters’ ending. But seeing that for so many chapters and hear about their kids and her exhibition etc felt too much. Yura’s story was way more interesting at this point but we didn’t even have all of it because it kept cutting off.
Also the time skips with no explanations were so severe at the ending. She falls pregnant way too quickly to my taste, in terms of story it was rushing at this point, it felt like they barely were done dealing with the main story that it was happening, and then it’s twins (are we in a fake aita story or what lol) and then during the next chapters the twins have grown enough…? We also don’t have their birth (probably because the chapters aren’t complete). And with the parallel with Yura it feels even more messy and I didn’t get at all how much time was passing.
Another bad point of this (for me) is how the main villains keep sabotaging themselves, and how the main characters keep dragging it on for chapters and chapters. Also how they keep being injured but everything is okay (I stopped counting the amount of times they end up in hospital but I hope they took a subscription). Like main characters get proof of evil doing by villains, but for some reasons they have to wait X amount of chapters before revealing it or it wouldn’t be dramatic enough. Also villains being super smart and then doing the worst dumbest thing to be discovered (the brother paying a guy to murder her and it was all very traceable and easy to find) like ??? We’re talking about the guy that pushed ML in the water and then pretended to be the victim and have a damaged leg for years? Did he regress or what?
In general all the villains in the story feel so weak and like they’re in the end not a threat at all. There’s a lot of suspense and sense of danger that they try to carry but it falls flat cause you wait a lot of chapters before anything happens and they literally shoot themselves in the foot. Also may it be Yura or the brother, the fact they end up being ridiculed add to the idea that they feel weak as characters that are supposed to bring in difficulty (the brother learning his mother left for example.) I don’t know, I feel like their treatment could have been much better. It’s like they tried to add complexity. For the brother it doesn’t work cause it’s not enough foreshadowed. For Yura it’s done in a better way, I would say. You learn the kind of cycle she’s stuck in, with her mother’s history, and there’s quite a few shady things that happen to her as well, that can still make you sympathize with her (of course she was a b* more than once but she didn’t take advantage of her sister’s trauma with food for example). In my opinion she still feels human. Pathetic, foolish, and your feelings for her evolve through the story.
In the end, I won’t take too much of a stance on this work. I would say it is my opinion first and foremost that although this story has been enjoyable, it shouldn’t have been the length it is. I think somewhere around 80s chapters would have been better. The plot dragged around way too much in some moment and it made some interactions feel forced. The end in particular made me feel bored and skimming through it. Overall maybe a 3.5/5? I’m not sure to be fair.
(PS : I just thought about it as I finished writing this but did we ever hear about her grandfather ever again? Is he dead or did he just disappear off camera because I don’t remember having seen him in the last chapter. If I’m right then… rip I guess)
I agree completely with everything you said especially with the villain part, to me although they were extremely mediocre (if you look at manga/webtoons/etc it's almost always rich sisters hating each other then later it is discovered the side character sister wasn't the real daughter and the main character aka mc was the real daughter all along) they were okay ish (and I'm being nice) but especially at the end it's like why are you even here? At this point your are just mean people who aren't contributing to the plot. I like a slow burn where the villains start out just being basic mean people then actually do shit to stir the plot around but I think the villains are pretty weak and basic like y'all are rich shouldn't you be a little more conniving
Yeah I agree, at some point they don’t contribute to the plot and are just a threat from time to time, they end up as an element of background, which is a shame when they’re supposed to be the main villains et the ones to bring some spice to the plot.
I also felt like there was zero risks taken with them, they’re evil because they’re evil and even their reasons are selfish and evil. There’s no risk taken on the characters that stand on the main characters side, they’re overall good people. Once again, when you learn the brother’s motives, of course it had to be his mother who left because of course he can’t have any real reasons to hate the ML and to want revenge - at some point it is pathetic and miserable, and the whole plot wants them to be. Which just sucks cause meh they’re not convincing villain characters.
In general I feel like the dichotomy is very good versus villain and that’s all, and it’s not even well done.
I don’t know why the ending was so rushed but it really was. I wish we had more of Grace’s parents together and how they ended up together cause we’re told about them off screen and we see them briefly but they’re already together, which is a shame. Speaking of that, her father literally appears for two seconds and does not have a big impact. Their meeting isn’t that much of an emotional thing or anything. The prince has his backstory shown and how pitiful he is just to stay an ass in the end, even the story with Penelope leads nowhere. I don’t get what was the point of making them so close and getting the reader’s sympathy all that for nothing. Ignis was KILLED for almost nothing and like, killed killed. What the fuck. The prince also disappeared, I guess he exploded lmao. It’s like this story felt like it had too many characters and had to throw them around. We don’t even see Deckhard and his lover again on screen like whut? We were hinting at some romance for them to finally have NOTHING (rolling eyes). The princess doesn’t appear on screen either and like where is she what’s happening. Why must four years happen for the ML to wake up? Like it’s so wrong and why four years, it looks like the author threw a dice to decide. Also maybe it’s just me but why the f would Grace be more legitimate for the throne when there is an actual princess here? It just feels like any typical reincarnation story where for some reason the FL must end up in the highest position of power.
To summarize it, the ending was so, so lacking, which is a real shame compared to the rest of the story that I really enjoyed. It was a nice read but to be left with this is a bitter taste in my mouth.
You described it perfectly I’m so pissed this ending was so shitty and with the time skip okay cool I understand that BUT THERE SHOULDVE BEEN ANOTHER TIME SKIP yk? To see how the empire was after THERE WAS FINALLY AN EMPRESS AFTER FOUR YEARS like what? And why they have to kill my man ignis like that sick n tired