Like this is definitely one of my top 10 stories because everything is so good. The fact that both of them are so traumatized by their respective past that they couldn’t see that the other person was suffering is amazing.
I liked the story kind of split itself down the middle and had the first half focus on how the FL wasn’t happy in her marriage due to the fact that her husband just wasn’t attentive to her and didn’t seem to care about her and how she laughed, but eventually that got resolved, and it turned to how the husband was unhappy in the marriage, because he felt like he had to provide for her, and he felt like he wasn’t attracted enough for her (due to racism) like there wasn’t anything she could’ve told him at that point because he grew up with it instilled him.
I know people have a lot of complaints about the ML but people forget the toll racism has I’m the effects of those who are marginalized by it. Despite being conventionally, attractive and muscular, he still felt ugly and not attractive enough for her being fair. Pale princess is 100% realistic and understandable because he was told for all of his life that he just wasn’t good enough in anything. And so when the one person who he actually loved rejected him it makes 100% sense that his first jump would be to kill himself because his birth mom only uses him, his birth dad and stepmom actively hate him, his own work associates prefer his wife over him like without his life he truly has nothing to live for. The only thing that I didn’t like but I can’t complain about because it’s very realistic is no one took him seriously when he was like I’m going to kill myself.
I see a lot of people saying how this is a redemption story and this is how you do redemption right talking about the male lead and while I have agree, I also think that people neglect the redemption story of the female lead. She essentially went from hating her husband to seeing him as a person something she’s never done before. And you can feel the sorrow she feels for never doing this before. she was by his bed until he woke up, something you typically see with the male lead to the female lead but here it was reversed. Normally you only see how the male lead needs the female lead which is why everyone like “oh my gosh I can’t believe she went back to him.” But here it was shown that the female leads needs the male lead just as much and that is what makes them a great couple. They need each other and they love each other and for the first time they see each other.
i’m overall I really enjoyed the message of the story that you can heal from your traumas. It may seem like a sisyphean task but it can be done. And how trauma doesn’t mean you deserve to be completely written off. You still deserve love because everyone deserves love in some form or way. I hope everyone who is reading this has a great day because you deserve it
Well said
The best character in this entire story is the brother because he is victimized by everyone in the story who matters essentially. His own brother is stronger than him and it’s kinda mean to him which is fine but he is like extra sensitive towards that stuff so it’s harsh. His parents didn’t really want him to come out as he did they don’t really blame him for it but he definitely wasn’t a favorite child. His own brother wants to fuck him. he is in love with essentially sees him as a game and is particularly cruel to him until he tell him that he’s fed up with it through tears. Someone please save him
FR I feel really bad for Dojun TwT
FR I feel really bad for Dojun TwT He's been through a lot since he was a kid ╥﹏╥
I wonder how they’re gonna handle the Brother because I think he’s such an interesting character but I feel like they’re just gonna throw him in jail and that’s it. Which wouldn’t be the worst. But I feel like that’s such a waste of a character like he became such a villain that the characterization couldn’t keep up because apparently he did this for multiple men and then just dropped them, but if other people knew that then how did it get this far? How did it get this bad? I love the cop, but I just feel like the villain was wasted and that he’s not a real character.
He’s more like that caricature, which is really sad because everyone in this piece is just so realistic even the guy who was his friend who hates him now I’m also now realizing was also wasted because he’s probably just being thrown away too even though I think he’s a much better character then give credit for. And I wouldn’t mind if he ended up with someone/redemption arc although I feel like this is wrapping up with no side story or second season.
HOWEVER, if one does happen a while, I would prefer if they don’t become close good friends again because both of them do have valid reasons for being mad at each other. I just hope they just don’t hate each other anymore and can understand why the other person is mad at them or more so the main character understands why his ex friend was mad at him since the ex-friend already understands what he did was wrong
Theodore was 100% in the right in his plan especially because Arnold was such a god awful brother. Like he just wants to do anything he can for his brother and his brother is both neglecting him and being rude to him and acting like he is at leech. So it makes sense that’s a natural progression of that is suicide. And so he tries to do that. His brother stops him, then slaps him. Tells him to value his life because apparently Arnold values his brother life and then when he starts crying and apologizing, he tells him to calm down and then leave him there. Like he’s still not a good brother I feel like I’m being gaslit. And then Theodore disappears into the background cast like what the hell!?!? Was he literally just used as background fodder for Arnold’s development. To show what that Arnold is a good big brother when in fact he is not. Like I actually really enjoy this however, this is the one part that just is yikes like you can show him being a good person, but this does not help
There’s not enough content in the manga but I just finished watching the anime. Arnold is a strange character too, feels like he has a deep hatred towards his fathers empire and that makes him two faced. There’s a specific scene with Rishe that better explains why Arnold sucks, just apply that to this moment and it makes more sense in my opinion.
Spoiler next
Arnold is not in love with Rishe, (yet) but she is no doubt his favourite person. He admires her and wants to respect her, and wants her to do whatever she pleases. The spoiler is this- when she asked him to put the ring (his gift) on her ring finger he said no.
he doesn’t expect her to choose him, he didn’t want/expect to be important to her, he basically tells her to treat him as part of the background.
The purveying theme of this particular series I think is self-worth. The brother wanted to be acknowledged, the alchemist believed himself to be evil, and Arnold….we’ll it’s not super clear yet, but All of them are foils to Rishe’s ability to see possibilities, or something along those lines lol
and the way they just swept under the rug that little bit about his sisters??? where are they and what happened to them? honestly the entire thing made absolutely no sense. the whole situation was supposed to do something for the ML but it rly just showed that his brother is in the right lol.
i guess we can't expect much from the guy who starts like a continental war for some (still!!!) inexplicable reason lmao. it still rly bothers me tho, like what exactly was the point ML makes zero sense.
Theodore's situation was indeed understandable. I mean, yeah, Arnold wasn't really a 'good brother' but I don't think that's supposed to be the point. Point is that Arnold is a good person who doesn't really want to hurt anyone. He wanted his brother to distance himself from him because (as implied) he hates himself and his father, the very people who'd bring destruction. Unfortunately for him, Theodore sensed that Arnold was ruining himself, hence why he didn't act as was expected from him.
I think the fact that people don’t even know who this man is off the top of their head, and they have been reading this, since the very beginning proves that the author has failed in anything having to do with Woojin. Like you tell people with the red haired guy, and they still don’t know who that is because he’s so unimportant he’s literally been in three chapters in the entire series and one of them was in the side story. And the times he appeared, Woojin tells him he’s not as important to him as his best friend which would be nice if his best friend didn’t instantly drop him the minute he got his dick wet. But now we’re supposed to believe if he’s been in love with him the entire time? Maybe he’s just really cold to the people he’s in love with? I can totally see that for him but that’s a lot of cope and I feel like it’s me trying to justify bad writing
EXACTLY OMG YOU READ MY MIND! It infuriates me!
I thought they would pair him up with Ukes brothers
pls tell me what chapter that guy is on... legit I cannot recall him AT ALL
54, 59, and 104 only for a few panels though and THATS IT
Honest to God, I thought they were going to put him with the ex but if they were going to do something like that, that’s more fitting for a second season, not the side story but it would’ve been cute as both of them work through with the issues they had with their ex/friend and growing closer as result like it’s cute I’m sorry
Uke's brother would've been funnnnn
I hope these characters get together because they’re actually so much more interesting than they appear and deserve happiness as well as becoming more than just a character in someone else’s story (Tsugumi and Megumi respectively) they each bring up a point that isn’t seen very often and these type of stories, which is the hatred of one second gender, but for a different reasons. Subaru hates his second gender because it’s forever means he’s an outsider to the world of omegas and Alphas. He will never fall in love with someone at first sight because of a scent and the fact that the person he’s been in love with for years fell in love with an omega over something like that was just a knife that twisted in his back. The worst part is in this world. It would be better to be one or the other, because no one really cares about betas. People have stronger feelings about Alpha or omega, but no one has strong feelings about Betas. They are, like him, just there. Inami hates his second gender for the stereotypes, and the pressure that comes with being an alpha. While I like his plot I just like Subaru’s so much more because his relationship with his respective main character is much deeper than Inami’s especially because you can see how their friendship is fraying. I definitely feel like they’re going to end up as friends who don’t really talk to each other as both of them slowly let go
What chapter was when ML’s best friend nearly raped him?
Volume two chapter 5
Thank you!! And I’m so pissed they let the bff off so easily. It’s sad how some SA victims just brush it aside. He’s not a friend anymore after that. But I do see what you’re trying to say about his perspective on being an “outsider” basically in this ABO world.
So I know antagonists have to exist and not everyone can be redeemed, however I think he’s too good looking to throw away like arguably top three for me. Mind you I skimmed this so I don’t know everything he did only stalking and being aggressive during sex and cheating but everyone has flaws that therapy can fix
The fact that he didn’t want to apologize to woo Jin until his bf told him to is INSANE like are they really friends?
I love that fact that his father isn’t as bad as the other dad but he’s still allowed to talk about how bad of a father he was like that’s so nice
His Relationship with him is so interesting because they are definitely in an abusive relationship more so than any other character. It would be funny if it wasn’t so realistic like oh wow.