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stone me i guess but i really don’t give a shit about mariarty’s revenge or her love story with alfie. maybe it’s because her backstory was half a chapter but i just didn’t connect with it, didn’t care and then the sudden romance between alfie and her. this manhwa is written really well but i just can’t get over the sudden romance between her and alfie. i get it, most of it was obscured so it could be revealed into one big mystery but because of that plot point, it doesn’t feel very genuine. it was like “oh and just so you guys know! they’re in love!” i would’ve been more interested if she was actually a cold hearted killer but no of course she had to love alfie and that’s why she hesitated. if she had just killed the mc by slicing her throat, i would’ve gave her her tens but of course she was in love and hesitated.
perhaps if this was written from mariarty’s pov, i would’ve cared more. i also don’t care that she wanted revenge on duke adler when it was HER country’s leader that said to protect the mana stone research shit and not their citizens. personally, i feel like it doesn’t make sense? like sure you’re mad at the enemy? but your leader literally sent your sister to her death by pulling troops out from protecting the citizens. so why are you not mad at him? seems a bit hypocritical. i’m not defending the previous duke but it’s like, homie your leader didn’t give a shit about you or your sister and that’s why the girl is dead lmao.
i do think a missed opportunity was writing out alfie’s character more. we didn’t really know him so i genuinely did not give a shit when he was revealed to be a cortina spy. maybe if we actually got to see more scenes with him, the betrayal would’ve hit harder but it was just one of those moments where i was like “oh shit? he’s a spy too?” ugh the story has been written really well but for some reason, this climax felt a little anticlimax. it’s still a good story but i hated the way ch 65-66 were written.