The MC used to be ignorant, but reasonable (how did she not even suspect after that many close shaves that these dragons would have figured out her identity??). Now they're fully stripping away all her IQ. She straight up sees a spy and says fuck yes, I'll jump on your carpet in the middle of the night as you take me to an unknown location. Then leaves her brother with yet another stranger. Then goes and lies to mermaids/sirens who she KNOWS can always see the truth, because that WAS THE REASON SHE WANTED TO MEET THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.
For someone so incredibly suspicious and cautious of the dragons who were always kind to her, she is unbearably trusting of strangers. By that I mean she's being incredibly stupid right now.
First up, helianne is the most innocent, righteous and the most instrumental in finding the fl when she selfishly runs away after deceiving her loved ones. And yet she's treated like a piece of dirt by everyone apart from her mother (who is ironically the villain). She isn't actually the thieving and naturally "blessed" girl the fl makes her out to be, but with their actions the fl, ml and the best friend have given helianne enough reason to turn around and betray them.
The ml was a 16 year old who fell in love with a neglected 12 year old, due to off screen "reasons", which were at best a savior complex. Though somehow the story makes the fl look worse than this ml.
Lastly, the fl. In an attempt to make a strong, independent and driven fl, the author instead wrote an OGFL villain. Purposefully leads on multiple men who she knows are, or will be in power. Claims to be self made but very conveniently forgets how much her fiance, her best friend etc have done for her. Not to mention how she's so NATURALLY GIFTED that in a time where wizards don't exist, she was able to learn magic, summon creatures and make contracts before she reached 16, without any proper instruction. And she also forgets all the education, opportunities and start up capital that being the daughter of a duchess gave her, due to which she was able to start in the first place. The only difference between her and a very hated OGFL character is the she doesn't even pretend to be nice and thoughtful.
This story would be much nicer if the fl wasn't the main character, but the ogfl in a novel where rohan (who isn't possibly creepy) gets married to an actual fl because helga kept rejecting him and stringing him along, and then the fl slowly but surely shows him helga's true self serving personality.
the author/artist was told to wrap up the series in a limited number of allotted chapters. I honestly like ashtarte, she wasn't too calculating and cruel like so many fls are, only using and discarding love interests (looking at you, penelope), but she also wasn't stupidly forgiving, and held true to not forgiving her family for the neglect and abuse.
So many plot points that were set up didn't get their due time to resolve, and had to be discarded or resolved off screen. Shame, really. This would've been a good series to read fleshed out.
To be fair, what I like about Penelope tho is even though she needs those love interests she’s not a pushover. She will call them out on their bullshit even if it makes things harder for her
I mean penelope is in a virtual game they are nothing more than game characters for her plus she's trying to survive so being cruel is inevitable
Larissa here is clearly psychotic, stupid and entitled. But from another POV, she's the villainess who reincarnates in so many other stories and the oriML and oriFL (Alphonso and Ariadne here) suffer there.
Exactly what I said
Who thinks that all jjk is now is a bunch of flashy fights and deaths, and all plots, characters, themes, story etc is barely an afterthought?
Nop
No offense, but I like the chemistry of this side couple a lot more than the main couple. There's no destiny, no fate, no shyness and hesitation (on the part of the girl). Just really good compatibility and sweetness. And the new girl is so sassy and confident, really makes for a breath of fresh air from the usual fmcs we get
This is a lot more realistic in terms of regression stories. Aeloc goes back in time, knowing his mistakes, but he is still him, and he is still too trusting, too kind and too forgiving (which is why he doesn't see that cloff is someone he should hate, to him cloff is still someone who he needs forgiveness from). He is making different investments probably, but they are still bad ones, as he is too soft-hearted, he is an idealistic and artistic person. Its not like he knew of every major event happening while living on the streets, and not like he'd learn finances and management magically just coz he reincarnated/regressed.
This is a pet peeve of mine, how the characters somehow know every correct choice after going back in time, but had room temperature IQ before that. If you had the analytical and deduction skills, why didn't you use them in the previous life? Aeloc simply doesn't have the skills to manage well, to finance prudently etc, while being in charge of a fortune too great not to attract cheats and scammers. In the previous life it was Cloff who took advantage coz he had a vendetta against him, in this life it is other loved ones. Bear in mind that none of Aeloc's loved ones came to his rescue even in the first timeline.
Aeloc's only issue was that he has had a lot of noble pride beaten into him by his father. He sees a show of force and grandeur as the standard for nobles, so he incessantly holds the tea parties, and also why he saw it fit to try to scare raphael off in the first timeline.
Its like a skit I saw once, he said if he went back in time he wouldn’t even be able to prove he was from the future (connotation being he was too dumb/didnt actually know how anything worked like cell phones etc)
The only person with a personality and a brain here seems to be the grey haired maid, mary. She's the only person worth reading this for.