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i just wish that if they were gonna make yurien the male lead, they would have made the feelings between them more of an obvious build up instead of hiding their whole love story and feelings behind flashbacks that dont come until later. i feel like its still too early to bring in the love plotline if that makes sense? theres barely any chemistry between them at the moment, since theyve only interacted a couple of times over the course of the story so far (not including the flashbacks).
if you were gonna make the mc have feelings for yurien and then figure it out herself, it would be better to wait until you had them interact a bit more so that it doesnt feel too forced. with the flashback they showed of yurien just watching her while she fights the corruption... it feels less like "omg i love him" and more like "im so grateful you believed in me" and its just. not romantic. even at the very beginning mc looked at yurien in less of an "ily" way and more in an "i feel guilty that i became such a monster and you know about my past" kind of way
i saw in a spoiler that the mc fell in love with yurien at first sight at a ball but if that was the case... why not show that flashback here instead? you dont have to relate everything about yurien to your corrupted massacre girl its ok. maybe go through the mental healing required before u decide u love someone, so that you can stop seeing your past massacre when you see him.
wow that was a yapfest. my bad