I skimmed from chapter 50 to the end after going through some of the beginning chapters. Its cute but very cliche. I'm also not a fan of the art, sorry. Even though the setting is ancient Egypt its pretty typical Chinese manhua.
Besides, the setting is surprisingly not interesting to me. I guess my interest in ancient Egypt began and ended with yugioh - and some cartoon I watched as a kid ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Went back and skimmed the whole thing and I guess its cute? Everything from her disappearing the second time to the end wasn't that great though.
Still not a fan of the art, though the colors are pretty, but I did like the Pharaoh's hair and some of his outfits.
I did think long and hard about why I didn't completely like this and I figured it out. Minus the time travel thing, I read a harlequin historical novel with similar plot and a different pharaoh. It did kind of involve magic and time travel but there was no going back and forth and she was from the 17-1800s + there was no recorded history of Egypt for the heroine to draw ideas from.
I read through the first 10 chapters and I have to agree, it's just not interesting to me. The story lays heavily into the romance, particularly teenage romance which is on my opinion unrealistic/childish and annoying. The main pair meet for the first time and are immediately attracted to each other, do not consider it to be love yet are ridiculously jealous and behaving like selfish kids. The FL would've been beheaded ten times over for her insubordinateness. And after she came back we suddenly hear how the brother would like to be more than siblings but is aware that incest is no good. Although I like the ancient Egypt setting it's not enough to keep me entertained
Right? It was too hard for me to take it seriously. Funny enough, I found a manga mentioned in the comments as having a similar premise, Ouke no Monshou. It was made in the 1970s and the main female lead was even more irritating, but I liked that more than I did this because it makes the story setting more interesting.
The story is just so cliche I kept cringing in second hand embarrassment. Even with the setting its like other Chinese manhuas I've read with the domineering guy and the headstrong girl and instant attraction = love. It was cute, it just wasn't that memorable.
Exactly. This seems to be a common theme in Chinese manhuas, maybe that's why I've only read a few of them. I often end up starting one just to quit reading it after a few chapters.
So true, funnily enough chinese BL stories are more interesting than the shoujo counterparts
I have to agree with you =_= I don't give a crap about ancient Egypt and the ML is soo annoying and cliche. I'm not even going to talk about the problems and how dumb the FL.
I'm sorry, but the clothes make it look like they have short necks, particularly the ml. I know its just the high collar outfit but still I keep laughing when I see it.
I loved the story, it was cute even though it was very cheesy, and some parts were funny. But that ending was very abrupt, and am I the only one who thought the fix for the witches curse was way too easy for how important they made it?
Like if Voldermort was set up to be the villain in Harry Potter and he was taken out by a punch from Hermione. The comparison might be extreme but I found the ending anticlimactic.
I am happy that they had their happily ever after, though, and I finally found a complete manga to read so I won't be waiting for more releases.
I liked it, but I'm seeing a trend in these isekai stories where the woman is the protag, but more have her as a side character or originally a villain. If they end up a side character or villain, the original protagonists of that world end up evil or just terrible people. I wish there were more where the fl got her ml and made good with the protagonists, I think I've only seen one out of 40 stories so far. I know if I played a game/read a book and was such a fan that I cared for the main characters, it would feel bad if it turned out they were actually terrible.
So far surviving as the hero's wife is the only side/villain character that I remember, she ends up with the ml of the story, but also ends up as friends with the fl, she isn't made out to secretly be a terrible person. There might have been a second one where the mc ended up with the second ml and made friends with the leads, but I don't remember it well.
I know why it happens, its for the same reason villains appear in books, its to make the leads shine, but I think a story can stand fine without turning the original protagonists into villains so the fl and her ml can shine more.
You are completely right, it gets old really quick to have the female characters being so black and white and always against each other. I recommend the evil lady's hero, the FL and the protagonist of the novel are not exactly friends but their relationship is really interesting and fun, of course they are definitely not enemies lol.
Thanks for the recommendation :) I think I've read like 30-40 of these stories so far so its sad only 2 or 3 have the side character or villain end up as friends with the protagonists or at least doesn't turn the protagonists evil for the mc's sake.
How about beware of the villainess... They're not just friends, the mc is actually the fl's bodyguard hahh its interesting
I'm at ch60 and the cutest charas for me so far are the pretty princess and Bishot with his cute fang tooth.
The humor just isn't my taste (most of the art too) but some parts of the story are funny.
Not even at ch20 and the mc is kinda irritating. the art and story are trying way too hard to be quirky. I know to her this is a novel so she isn't treating them like real people yet, but the way she acts is still irritating. I'm just not a fan of over the top characters.
According to other comments though this is good so I'll keep reading for now (I'm mostly skimming though, the start was way too slow.)
I've also read so many isekai'd into a novel heroine stories that it is completely predictable how everything will go.
Bruh, if you don't like this type of slow paced story with a quirky main character, then don't read it.
I said the mc was irritating I never said I hated the story. Because she was irritating at first I just couldn't enjoy it with the slow start.
Its my opinion. You could have ignored my comment and you chose not to.
That's right. I chose not to. I took all my stress out on you and I apologize for that.
If it makes you feel any better I do think the story gets better. I'm just not a fan of quirky troll characters.
Haha. It's alright. Normally, I would have just respected other people's opinions, but it's been really stressful these past few days and I just happened to find your comment. It was totally my fault.
For me..
The slow paced of the initial chapters have a huge impact of how Latte is being treated in the story..
Like, she is a side and easy-to-forget character at best. She is not the prettiest or have an unique ability that she could boast for to be well-noticed. She is really just a passing character if she did not push herself to be more involved on the story...
I love the pacing of this story cause it is really a realistic one.. It is not a easy kiss and fall in love one.. It is built carefully and wholesomely..
This might felt quite dragged because of how the extras do interact more than main cast and the comedy is much emphasized but it is still being balanced out
I don't mind the slow start or the slow pace of the story. To me it just looked like she was fooling around at the beginning, it wouldn't change much of the plot if it was cut down either. Its mostly there for the comedy.
As much as a story that jumps from falling into a novel world and going straight into the plot with no explanation can be irritating because they're too fast and tend to have a lot of information dumped at the beginning chapters, this didn't interest me, either.
Then MC decided to stalk the protagonists to have fun at their expense. This is normal for a reader, and she didn't consider them real people at the time, but they were real people at that time. Her first and succeeding interactions with Kenneth in particular were not very funny to me. They were frustrating.
I just couldn't enjoy the MC's personality in the beginning or all of the references.
I get why people are surprised so many others feel sorry for the psycho guy. I haven't even read the webtoon yet but I can figure it out, plenty if people like messed up characters because the best part is always the redemption arc. Sometimes they even outshine the rest of the story, at least for me.
I love this! At ch39 so far and the story is so cute (despite all the blood and gore). The salt thing absolutely killed me!
I'm at the end (ch80) and going through the summaries for the rest of the chapters. The story is so cute! I'm so glad things picked up after ch40 (though that might be an illusion because I skimmed over a lot of the words)
I'm sorry, I really do want to keep reading but I just have to comment on the stupidity of this girl as of ch11. For someone who's lived in a calm 21st century and raised in luxury I'm sure since her family is rich, is she thinking straight?
She thinks its better to go against the pharaoh, who wants to own her, but living as a slave would be the better choice? Because being forced to live in luxury is so much worse than being treated like a dog that does nothing but hard work she's never even attempted? Or does she think slaves do work similar to maids so it'll be simple?
He treated her well, the only thing she didn't get was freedom, but death is better? Wouldn't it have been saner to accept him and trick him so she can run away later?
32 chapters in and I still think she's dumb. She keeps doing stupid things only to end up getting saved. I'm still reading but wow do I want to strangle her.
Of course, she's also loved by everybody. I won't call this cliche though because it's old enough to have come out before anything i've ever read that wasn't for an english lit class, but that is exactly what I'm thinking.
Missing chapters (63-64) Ch65 is also supposed to be further ahead, but chapters are jumbled around ch66-72?
I started from volume 11 just in case, but it should be from 12 (for the missing chaps). It's on this link I found in the comments.
https://m.manhuagui.com/comic/2459/