So when I first started this, I was put off by the MC's personality, but if I think of it more as he's just tsundere (his actions being much kinder than words) then it's easier. The author should have given him more backstory to explain how he ended up that way, 'I was abused as an orphan' is not nearly enough, it would probably be faster to count how many protagonists aren't orphans or living under some special family conditions.
Other than that, it's great so far. seeing how far the novel has gone though, there's a long way to go to catch up.
Novel reader spoiler
His background will come later in the story as part of the plot. :)
Recommend to read the novel if you want to know more about the main character. In my opinion, the novel is better than the manhwa because it gives you more details of the scenes
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I did plan on reading it, but it's long and I like to binge-read so I'm giving it some time to get work done first.
I'm glad it does get explained, though, because this would really get old if the MC didn't get to grow as a character.
That's a wise choice lol.
The raw is not completed yet and the translator group has to removed the novels due to the negotiations between the group and the author. Now I'm also waiting for it to be completed and translated. Hope the old group can pick it up. Their translation were good. (⌒▽⌒)
Trust me the more you read this story the more you'll understand why his character developed into what it is currently. It's all a part of the ride with incredible twist and turns. Besides that it makes for a nice running gag that breaks up the tension seeing him try so hard to deny his good deeds and heroic nature.
While I wanted to like this, and I really do, I got to ch 50 before it was too much. I know stories tend to have the MC as the center of the universe, but it can get repetitive too. The MC is so great, he'll meet arrogant people, defeat them somehow, they probably get royally humiliated, and people are left in awe of him. While I don't mind this formula because I have loved it a lot before, I think it's just that I've gotten bored of it. I read a bunch of LN novels a couple of years ago, and they all seemed to have the same formula (some were even reincarnation stories like this one) so it doesn't feel like I'm reading something new. These stories have characters with a lot of arrogance only there so the MC can blow away their expectations. Also, from the spoilers, this is going to be an angsty story in the future and I don't want to read that right now.
Ouch at the dislike raitio. This was really polite, and I actually agree with your critique. But, I've been so worn down, I'm just happy this hasn't gone down the abrasive, in your face harem route. Although, the recent chapters have made me scared.
Yeah, in the end I read all the chapters because the art was too pretty, but I also read the spoilers in the comments so I don't think I'll go through the whole story. It gets really angsty and dark later. I'm glad there's no obvious harem, but I'd be okay if the story had no romance too and it's apparently heading that way (plus the female lead does some really dumb things later.)
I'm not sure I can read anything angsty at the moment either. And same with the romance. Not all stories need a romantic subplot. Have you tried reading Trash of the Count Family? I've read the novel, and the webtoon seems awesome as well so far. I recommend giving it a try. There's no romance or harem; it mostly focuses on family. And there's a dragon. Everything is better with dragons in it. Which incidentally is why kept on read this one.
Thanks for the recommendation! I just checked it out, I'll start with the webtoon then read the novel. I read a lot of different stories, and I actually really like shonen/seinen action/adventure type stuff, but I don't read them for the romance, so at times it can seem misplaced in the story. If I read this novel for the action and adventure and it turned into a romance out of nowhere, it would have pissed me off, honestly. I can also handle dark stuff, but not too much angst, I draw a line where important characters end up dying unless it's a really amazing story.
And dragons! I really love dragons but it's hard to find good dragon stories (especially manga/manhwa) and dragon western novels no longer interest me. So thanks again!
I feel like we're running on the similar wavelengths for what we're searching for in stories. "...If I read this novel for the action and adventure and it turned into a romance out of nowhere, it would have pissed me off..." Is actually why I end up dropping a lot of them. You have nothing to worry about with Trash of the Count Family tho. It's one of my favorites. And, unlike a lot of stories where the dragon is just a pet of sorts, the one in TCF is an actual character that learns and grows and develops along with the main character.
I can't think of anything else right now, but if anything comes to mind later on, I'll send you recommendation. :)
Thanks, I look forward to it :) I'd recommend God of High School and Jujutsu Kaisen if you haven't checked either of them out already (webtoon and manga, both with an anime out). GOH does lose some important characters, so I'm currently taking a break from it, same for Jujutsu Kaisen since I hear it's guaranteed to off a main character, but they're both amazing so I plan to read them completely anyway when I feel I'm ready to handle the angst. I hope at least one of these is new to you:
Shinrei Tantei Yakumo (psychic detective story) is a fairly good read about a smart protagonist. potential love interest, but so far no actual romance.
Devil's line (It's awesome, seinen, but has romance. Thankfully the fl is pretty great and I love all the characters. it's complete besides some extras.)
Kanata kara (also a romance, but the story is pretty great, the mc, a teenage girl, falls into a different world. A bit old, but I still loved the art and story. complete.)
Abide in the wind - about dragons, got disappointing for me in later episodes but was amazing for the first 100 or so chapters. It's tagged as a romance, but I wouldn't say it is for up to ch 100 because the dragon technically has no emotions.
Kubera (gets dark later, but a really great webtoon with great characters and story.)
Only started reading the manga after the 14th episode of the anime, and I can't wait to see more! Todou and Yuuji's shared delusion in particular looks like it'll be amazing in anime form.
also here after ep 14
This is like an epic back story to an older woman/younger man romance (with him being legal of course.)
Its cute and funny but I wish we could see the (legal) romance. Also, anyone know her age? So far all I figured was she was over twenty.
I just wish he'd meet and make up with his old friends again. The chick thing really traumatized him, I hope the guy that egged him on broke both his legs or something because that was so shitty.
I think the story is over already? I saw somewhere that it has 62 episodes including side stories, but the mtl might be incorrect.
Hope we get more episodes soon because this is too cute!
it said ongoing though? dropped??
I'll just start by saying that I love the ml and the minister (for the live characters, the emperor's older brother for those who'd passed), and nearly no one else. I like the empress and want to see the two happy together, but it's really not that fun when the fl ignores very obvious clues and keeps things to themselves when they could easily ask for help in a crisis.
The story started out so well, but I have so many questions. Why the hell were boytoy and his girl in very modern-looking suits? how the hell did they even manage to get random tech from somewhere and figure out how to use them when they would have had no idea what they were. it was in his time so it couldn't have been that long (maybe? that whole part is honestly unclear and deserved more explanation than it got.)
His whole reason for hating the emperor is stupid, but I'll let it slide. same for Ryu-Ban. Most villains don't have actual good reasons to be villains, so I don't care about that, but I hate how smoothly everything is going for him. I hope Ryu-Ban is smarter than to fall for this snake.
the part about her wanting to go home, I didn't mind either because it would be unrealistic otherwise, but she keeps trying to escape with no plan. does she think she'll wind up in the forest and magically wake up in her apartment or something? or there'll be a door she can walk through to her home? wouldn't it have been smarter to ask for some guards to take her around walking and if she did find something, she could have tried to escape. I do get it, I'd def want to go back to my comfortable life too, but she literally had no plan, and I would make sure of my safety first because I want to live. even better, she got such a high position of power without working for it, she didn't get grabbed as a slave or be forced to survive by herself. she could have played it a little smarter if she was going to use that position anyway.
the thing with the maid was just badly done. she did a crime. in the modern world, when people steal, they get jail time; they do not get thrown out of their country. they could have done something like retrieved the money, have her apologize to the people she harmed, something other than walking away unscathed. imprison her even - do they not have prisons in this world? also, why not tell the emperor boytoy was sus so he could at least have people watch over him while they go for their romantic moments so everyone can relax, like...
I also don't like that maiden's attitude.
end rant.
while she does have her moments, I'm only on ch19 so far and there are so many leaps of logic this girl makes/things she misses that make me want to shake her.
why would you have some random man follow you around when you know nothing about him? he may have had amnesia, but did she honestly think he could help her find a way out if she couldn't do it herself? why did she not doubt for a second that the man was lying? he could have easily picked up the items somewhere, and thinking that people didn't lie just because she thought the ones she'd met so far were 'honest' that didn't automatically mean everyone in that world couldn't lie, just that it was rare. the moment she did that I stopped reading for a bit because I knew it was a terrible idea. why didn't she just say he should be released outside of the palace or be watched or something?
it's not the only part, either, and I'm sure there will be more before I'm done with this season.
It was great in the beginning until the translations turned into mtl. I mean, I've mtl'd Chinese novels before so I ca n kind of follow but its tiring
I'm happy to see this has a happy ending (because I did not see the tragedy tag until I was deep into the story) but those side stories better show what happens between them meeting again and getting married!