I'm going to pray that MC and the general stay as a found family, brother-sister relationship. Someone tell me if I'm wrong before hand so I can drop this before its too late.
Heh, at least its not usagi drop
Unfortunately for you, the General is the ML.
It's not super creepy, though. He stays as JUST the FL's friend and ally until she bonds with Spica once more, at which point he regains the memories of his past life/alternate future. So he remembers that he used to be in love with her and preparing to propose to her before he discovered her death.
The general keeps his feelings to himself, though, and remains JUST her friend and ally until she is fully grown, and their enemies have all been dealt with, allowing them to move on with their lives. So they only get together in literally the last chapter of the novel.
But this is a manga adaptation, so who knows how much it will be changed. In the novel, he didn't ever compliment her on her appearance, because he was careful about being labeled a pedophile. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Even tho you made it sound somewhat ok it still feels like grooming, like he a grown ass adult starts to develop feelings for a girl he knew since she was a kid
Then you need to stop reading time-travelling novels, because he flat-out DIDN'T fall in love with a child, and DID NOT groom a child. If she didn't tell him that she was going to die, he would not have married her. Straight up. That's why he turned her down in the previous timeline. Children aren't his interest, and the marriage was, in his mind, just providing her with a legal guardian who had her health and wellbeing in mind. (Compare to her abusive relatives, he's right to be concerned.)
He never fell in love with her as a child. They literally lived together for three years before he got his past life's memories back, and he remembered that he fell in love with an Actual Adult Woman. Who is now inexplicably a child, but "five minutes ago" was an adult woman.
But she's a child. So what does he do? Continues to treat her the exact same way as before, AS A CHILD whom he is in no way attracted to, and wait TEN YEARS before he even tells her that he liked her in the previous timeline. It took TEN YEARS for him to say anything about a whole other timeline, nothing about their CURRENT relationship, and they STILL didn't get together right away; the novel ends with their first date (months after his confession). With the implication that it's baby steps, testing the waters to even decide if they want to be together or if they should annull their marriage.
Honestly, possession and regression novels are FULL of problematic "grooming" situations. It would be just as bad if she got together with someone closer to her physical age, because she'd mentally be a decade older than him.
The only one CLOSE to her age, who also has memories of the previous timeline (making him her physical and mental peer) is the prince. Who was involved with her murder. What a catch.
That's still pedophile behavior. I don’t know how old he is exactly but when she was 10 he was at the very least 18. So when she was 18 he was 26. You could think "technically she's legal" but if you are 26 yourself you should know that it feels very icky to date a 18 yo. It simply is. 18 yos are still kids. They're still immature and inexperienced in many things even when they are more mature than their other 18 yo peers. Personally I'm 27, and I know I'd never ever be tempted by a 18 yo kiddo.
It's good. Like reallllllyyyyyyy good
I'll break up my thoughts into different sections to easily organize my thoughts
-The first couple of chapters genuinely made me shed a tear. Yostuha is so kind to Uichi and easily brightens up his world. The constant positive reinforcement and reassurance that she's happy and okay is so nice to see.
-Yotsuha is so fun, she's taking everything seriously and doing everything she can to help Uichi, but is absolutely weak to him at the same time. Bestieomg yuor such a simp I love you
-The time travel powers are also interesting, every turn of the crown turns back time to the day before at 20:15 specifically (why so specific). There seems to be a cool-down period of sorts? The clock will rewind itself to the appropriate time, but you can't use it during the rewind process. Good limitations and solid power, I like it.
-I kinda like that they're taking death a little more seriously in Yotsuba Clover. Like, yes, Yotsuha could kill all those who made Uichi suffer, but then what? Uichi would probably think that he's killing all these guys by simply being around them and that he's a bad omen, then just spiral from there. Getting everyone in line is a better plan since it'll give Uichi some blissful peace of mind and Yotsuha some more pawns. It's common for revenge stories to take death to the extreme, to the point where it's not even taken seriously anymore, so it's a nice change of pace.
-I like Fuu, but I get a bad feeling from her, maybe it's because I read too much manga, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T BE A SECRET BAD GUY AND JUST BE THE GOOD BEST FRIEND CHARACTER PLEEEEAAAASSSSEEEEEEEE
That's all for now!! Thanks for reading!! ヾ(☆▽☆)
Where the hell do I begin!
-Of course, gotta give credit when it's due, the art in this chapter was amazing. Every line, every expression, it was gorgeous. Especially for Pina's breakdown, now that was something!!
-Now onto more important news: THE FUCK YOU ME YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH YOUR SISTER?!??!?!?! DUDE WTF. And him going so far as to try and manipulate her into falling in love with him. Poor Emi and Remilia, I am so glad they got out of their before he tried anything.
- To the knight with long hair about to puke; babies are going through it. All the knights need therapy after all this.
Now it's time for the Pina Section:
-To whoever commented on my last comment about Pina being a gooner, YOU WERE SO RIGHT OMG. Pina, this is not a fanfic where you can have your harem sex every other chapter, WTF??!?!?!
-Also, NOT ANGEL BLASTING PINA HAVING SEX ON FULL AUDIOBLE SCREEN IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND EVEN ZOOMING IN!!! This guy is great guys XD
Okay, I remember Nii-sensei mentioning that readers would get to see more of Kiryuu's past, and honestly, I was expecting a flashback. So I'm really glad we'll get to see more than that. Now then, time to ramble!!
-Kiryuu seems pretty close with his sister, what with us seeing Kiryuu being the most expressive we've ever seen him
-But at the same time doesn't seem the happiest with showing the gang his personal life
-Also also has a hard time saying no to his sister, probably because he loves and respects her that much
All in all, I'm really really excited for this next arc!!
Bestie it should not take over 5 chapters just to ask for her damn number NO WONDER WHY EVERYONE CALLS YOU THE BOTTOM
Alright okay, there is so much to mention in this chapter:
-Angel is a fucking gem, he's so great. Bestie finally meets Pina and he's so confused and angry and doesn't know what to do, liking him more every chapter
-To the demon who thought 'Yikes' ME TOO BESTIE BIG FUCKING MOOD
-I love Emi's dress. It's a good contrast to Pina's
-Pina. I know you're delusional, but haven't you noticed anything wrong? Angel literally said that your love potion effect is gone, and he knows your scheme. You can't be this dumb, right?!?!?!?!?
I think Emi admitting to liking Angel and his brother shows some growth in her. From day one, she has been planning and scheming behind the scenes, using everyone and anything to her advantage. But at the end of the day, she's still human. Even if she might not say it out loud, she respects the people on her side and has genuine care for them.
Honestly if I would to sum up Pina's problem in one word it's
"Gooner"
Kallisto, sweetie, please you fumbled the bad so hard last time imma need you to pick that shit up and FIX IT.
I don't even know what constitutes as 'good' in this case I just want it to at least take some of the fl pain away. I mean imagine not even trusting your own words, your memories, to the point where you'd have to talk to a stranger about yourself. Annette, I really hope things go well for you just this once. Anything to see that smile, ya know?
Every chapter, I start to like Marsha and Douglas more everyday my god there chemistry (Them fucking balling laughter in that last chapter, peak)
Also, I was confused for a second why Marsha developed androphobia, but when you look back on it (Marsha being painted as the villainous for 10 years, almost being forced into an arranged marriage because of the king, almost being assaulted, the weird magic thing taking control of her body, EVERY INTERACTION WITH EX-FIANCE) the only good experience she's had with men is like a hand-full at best. But speaking as someone who has no phobia, would that be enough? Human minds are weird to the point that some people could get a panic attack from seeing a single balloon. Geniunely asking for others' thoughts on this!!
So, like Lady Priscilla is weird, right? She's absolutely desperate to get Marsha as her lady-in-waiting. At first, it just seemed to be a cover-up for her affair with Ex-fiance, but I'm starting to think it's more than that. Even when she accepted the divorce to happen, she still wants Marsha. From my pov, anyone with a brain can tell that if you're on Marsha's side, you're gonna win the long game as royalty. When Myra first arrived, she had nobody, but then Marsha joined her side, and now she's the Queen! Priscilla probably saw this and realized that if she got Marsha, she could be Queen herself. She's probably ordering Raul to act so (pathetically, annoyingly, stupidly) eccentric in the hopes that she can use Marsha to boost her status amongst the inner palace. Maybe I'm overthinking it, but it makes sense, right?
Rainiers is a good guy, honestly. As a friend, I think he's doing a good job of getting Marsha used to being treated like a woman (LIKE SHE SHOULD'VE BEEN, F U RAUL) for the possible dating scene, if or when she decides she's ready for it. And as a possible live interest, I need to see more, but from what I've seen, he's not a bad pick. Still like Douglas more tho ngl.
Marsha's biggest flaw is her Pride, and I love how it's written. If she didn't let her Pride win, she wouldn't have had to deal with the past 10 years of being written as a villainous. But it's also her pride (As a lady-in-waiting, a noble, and herself) that was able to best the odds time and time again. She didn't want to be used, so she used others as well. But now she's in a constant struggle of trying to get the upper hand time and time again until one day someone wins. And she can't blame anyone else for her current situation but herself. And I love it.
Thank you for reading!! ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ
As someone who has some of it to a certain extent, yes. Not only did she have bad experiences with men, that in itself was a pattern save for a select few. For example, familial and platonic love feels ok for me, but my body physically recoils at even the prospect of them touching, getting close or even talking to me if in any other manner, even tho ofc I did have my fair share of good experiences with men too. She can keep level-headed overall while having that reaction when they get close, like it is not her mind, but her body screaming to get away, which is, from my pov, very believable. Plus, besides the historic, the recent events were mostly men being horrible to even being close to ppl who sexually assaulted a fellow woman who was with her. That was most likely what did it to fully cause her reaction.