
i wouldve preferred this story without romance but i really expected the magician to be the male lead i dont know why. also, im pretty sure mio has feelings for her based off of the ending but i really loved their dynamic in the early - mid stages when it was more like siblings, and she literally told him he is what she’d want in a brother

same here!! with mio, it always seemed more sibling-like, with the magician it always seemed like he was just childish because hes never experienced love before, and with the red haired knight it was always one sided. plus it was hard to enjoy any of the romance knowing that her end goal was to leave them behind and go home!

i think the reason it felt so weird was because there were too many. like developing romance between one is already hard enough when her end goal is to leave this world. add in two more men and it’s even harder. i’m sure someone else could have done it in 140 chapters but i just didn’t feel it from this author. i can acknowledge that the author was trying to go for more of a matured romance b/c at the beginning, ash commented how she wanted a fairytale romance with a knight but now that she’s spent her 20s, she realizes it can be achieved. so i can see how the author was trying to portray a romance where it’s not a stereotypical fairy tale but i fear they flew too close to the sun because now it just doesn’t feel as genuine and believable. they probably could’ve achieved this with one male lead but dividing the screentime between three prevented any relationship from seeing solid imo. i mean it was still a good read but nobody can really convince me there was any chemistry. it’s like i blinked and suddenly they were all “in love”

its ok, i do think his character is interesting but have yall ever read something and thought to urself “either a 30 y/o man or a 12 year old girl wrote this”
like, hes edgy and childish and has weird incest stuff going on. thats the whole plot. i literally dont see any future developments for a while (or any major ones at least) besides him harassing women to get back in the womb
i want whoever thinks the ml is justified to watch white bear on black mirror, cus this whole debate really really reminds me of it
my personal opinion on the matter is that i think the ml shouldve just murdered the mc atp, like i genuinely would prefer that over any of this, and especially with how far the novel goes with this. clearly its not just revenge, the ml feels something for the mc that i cant explain as anything else other than a twisted romantic sense, or ownership. he wants the mc to stay with him WILLINGLY, not just forcing it, which is the exact opposite of if he were just doing it for revenge, is it not? because wouldnt you rather them suffering every moment of it, rather than enjoying being by your side ?
anyways, i get that this is someones thing, and its psychological, but i dont know. the whole thing with the dog and the pads and stuff really grossed me out
If you rape your rapist u are no better than him.