I've lasted 43 chapters so that's saying something. But I've been bothered by so many things I'll drop this.
1. The comments. Why is everyone so bothered that she went on a weight loss journey? Everyone is like 'omg she's not even that fat', 'why does she need to lose weight? She's fine', 'I hate that they made her skinny'.
First, she's NOT skinny (in her world). She explicitly stated that the saintess, the pregnant lady, and the other girls at the party was skinnier than her. Even the art didn't make her model skinny.
She decided to lose weight because of her health. She couldn't even take a long walk because she's constantly exhausted. She is also severely depressed and as they say, a healthy body breeds a healthy mind. AND even if she was doing it just for looks, so what? It's not a terrible thing to do . So she likes to look beautiful and get compliments from others. Why is that so wrong?
Furthermore, it's realistic that she was getting skinnier slowly. It's not like she went poofed and was skinny (like I became the ugly lady), or changed her skin tone and was called gorgeous (like the ugly duckling).
Everyone is calling it out like the whole manhwa is a fat shaming slogan. It's not, it's just a story of an unhealthy and severely depressed lady.
2. The stupidity. We all know early on that the temple had something to do with it, yet it dragged for tens of chapter, with each point being handfed to us to conclude that the temple did it. Like??? We know.
There was also the whole genius plot to find out what happens to these 'consultations' with the temple. She found out that she was being hypnotized and the priest was even hypnotized in turn. And she asked TWO QUESTIONS???
Then proceeded to wonder more questions like what the black mist was, how the black mist was created, what they meant by she was dangerous to the world, and having no answer. YOU SHOULD'VE ASKED THAT EARLIER THEN WHEN YOU HAD HIM LITERALLY HYPNOTIZED?????
If that was me I'll ask so many questions and more. Do they want her dead or just depressed? Why are they hypnotizing her? Is she a threat to the world or the temple? Who is the mastermind/boss behind all this? Does it have something to do with divine power or the duke? Why is the priest's hair white? What's his weight?
3. No appeal. The storytelling is meh. Also, her affection for the saintess is a bit sudden. She was even struggling to like the duke and the maids. She met the saintess less than five times and suddenly she feels really connected to her. I get it it's about the divine power yada yada, but her soft spot for the saintess given that the same saintess is the source of her jealousy with her husband, is a bit... rushed? Pushed? Idk.
Therefore, I am probably dropping this at 43 chapters.
I'll leave it here for the future me to decide whether you're desperate enough for entertainment to continue reading this.
This is the first time my notification update only has 2 stories. TWO!!!
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE WITH ALMOST A THOUSAND ON MY READING LIST?
So, I've ran out of stories to read in mangago and tried webnovels/lightnovels. They're great! But one thing I noticed is that BL novels are really niche and sites don't usually carry or highlight such novels. Other well known sites like Tapas' novel section, Scribble Hub, etc. are catered to other genres like romance or shounen. The only communi......
I can't believe I missed Lou Bai's martial arts stance and Sou Cheng's scars that suspiciously looks like lash marks.
I can't handle all the tragedy and angst so I'm going to marinate this until it gets better.
Novel readers, how many chapters until it gets better? (〒﹏〒)
Can we talk about the council later and focus more on Abel and Karas. Come onnnnnnnnnnnn
These cliffhangers are killing me but I can't bear to marinate this
The story is very good at manipulating my emotions
Be positive. Be positive. This might mean something else. Innocent until proven guilty, am I right? Be positive. ಥ‿ಥ
When Camus Morg was first introduced, her character was the perfect depiction of an overused female lead trope where she falls in love with the MC after he defeated her. And constantly hound him hereafter.
As a chronic webnovel/webcomic reader, I instantly felt displeasure to this. Her character revolves around one person, Vikir.
She's a flat character when she was first introduced, and her character or backstory, as well as her attitude, didn't compel any emotion from me. In conclusion, for me, she was unnecessary to the story.
Just think about it.
Before she became a demon, if you just replace her character with a mannequin doll, it wouldn't have made any difference in the story. You wouldn't even notice that it was a mannequin doll. That's what I mean by unnecessary.
Still, I gave her a chance. She was young after all.
But even after the flashback on why she became that way, it didn't transmit to me well. The narration was framing as if she was this pitiful girl who did everything and fell so far down that she became a demon. For the MC. But in truth, it just came off as her being selfish and self-centered.
The adults around her were indeed incompetent. They should've seen what she was doing and what Vikir's loss did to her mentality. I also understand that she was feeling survival's guilt. She was depressed and all that.
But it didn't take away the fact that she ignored and shut out everyone she loves and loves her. Even their warnings of the danger of what she's doing were ignored. And when the ritual failed, her teacher was even forced to sacrifice himself so she could live. Instead of that being her wake-up call, it became her undoing. Seriously, she even contracted with a demon.
The sheer stupidity astounds me. She knows what demons are so she should've known what they were capable of. And yet she kept giving the demon inside her free reign for longer and longer.
And when she finally found Vikir, what did she do? She just gave her body to the demon and then said her goodbyes as if she would die now. Wtf? For what did you do all that if you were content on just dying anyway? If you were fine with that, you should've just stopped when the ritual failed and died in that basement.
Well too bad, because all she did was give her body and power to a demon that Vikir now has to fight. Even Vikir was shocked that she did all that shit for him. Imagine facing death everyday and barely keeping your life, just for a girl to hand a gun to your enemy, saying 'I was doing it to see you'. ʕಠ_ಠʔ.....
This man spent his 2 lives trying to hunt these demons and she just gave them a power up. Now, Vikir was even hesitant to kill her because he felt guilty for what happened. Yep. Just that, he was guilty because of what she should've been (a hero), and what she ended up as (a demon), for him.
In truth, Vikir didn't do anything wrong. It's not like he was faking his death for shits and giggles. He was going against Hugo whom he thought was a villain and enemy. Who knew Camus would go batshit crazy.
What displeases me to no end however, is the fact that this story is blatantly showing her favoritism. Why does she get a second chance? Why does she get a miracle after she contracted with a demon? After everything she did and everyone harmed in the process? Vikir's brother, who was the most deserving of a second chance didn't get any. And he was closer to Vikir's heart more than Camus ever had been.
But no, she gets the plot armor instead.
So I'm sorry for not being sympathetic of her, and for wishing she would just die quickly.
