The ML always undermines the power of the FL.
He is naturally superior than her in any ways and it turns out he is the one who helps her secretly the whole time even he just appeared out of nowhere.
A dominant hypermasculine Alphahole Gary Stue that tease/bully the woman he desires...
Why is it that the Chinese authors always use these trashy toxic Tropes????
You all should watch the Reviews of the shit movie 365 Days !
365 days is polish and was a fanfic based on 50 shades of gray (and yes is a published fanfic OF a published fanfic.... be scared)
Ops.. sorry I just wanted to tap the like but accidentally tap the dislike~~
The way the MC mocks her Brothers and other male figures so sassy kinda reminds me of Melissa from "Beware of the Villainess" :)
Recently watched in YouTube "I was a Humantarian...and I Regret It - Selfless.
It is a very informative video about the problems of the current mainstream Volunteerism.
After watching it I have to think about Yuna the MC who doesn't just save people but empowers, assist and teach them to improve their lives and maintains sustainbility!
Despite being magically op, She knows she has limits and needs help from other professonals to make things works/create long term positive changes.
That is why I like characters like Yuna who is able to do what she wants.
Iris from the Duke's Daughter also was remarkable for improving the life quality of her enviroment but she has become strucked in too many dramas and conflicts. The story has been dragging on for too long until it was finally completely with a very dramatic logic. Soap opera twists...
Then there is Myne from Ascendance of a Bookworm... I ve read the manga, raws, translated novel chapters and spoilers in NovelUpdate and she in a very sick disabled Child body managed to become financially and politcally powerful figure. But I think the author has been torturing the MC too much.
I hate the logic that the goddess had a very very complicated plan to begin with that let Myne being born in this world with so much hidrances. Things just keeps happening to her. All Myne wants is to read books in piece but she becomes unwillingly the center of the whole world.
I find the story interesting but the idea of being reborn in an Aristocratic family and the ability of apprasial is already overused.
And do I see the white saviour trope?
A non white race being enslaved and looked upon.
And there is the priveledged MC (I know that he died as a overworked salaryman) who discovers and saves that Marca boy who in turn becomes a loyal devoted servant to him and his cause...
Now considering the current political movement triggered by the death of George Flyod, Brionna Taylor and countless descendants of black slaves through colonialzation, the police and the current system, it is not a great message! Even it is fantasy.
By the way, why does any Asian Protagonist gets reborn as a high class Caucasian?
And it has become known historically that black slaves and any minorities had to fight and risk their lives for their freedom or any progress.
There were no white saviours.
Watch "Seth Meyers The White Saviour Trailer" or
"The Take - The White Saviour Trope Explained".
Oh I wholly agree. This whole aristocratic outlook leans towards more European standards of royalty, imperialism, power, beauty etc. And you know how they gained such power - through colonialism and oppression - their own people are illiterate (since it's common place to be a peasant and so difficult to climb up to higher society without being some sort of "genius") let alone what they have done to other countries... it's all rooted in this wildly european ethnocentric take. We could also mention how in Asia (Asian media SPECIFICALLY such as manga and mahwas), the idea of being (white) foreign in a homogenous society (such as South Korea) is an interesting, more refreshing take, and far easier to illustrate than y'know, make live action movies where the neon wigs are painfully obvious. Taking into account all that + the complexities of the normalisation of "white saviours" (which are so innocently illustrated it's actually painful - they GENUINELY have no idea what they're doing) - everything just feels so anti-POC. But what's new.
Which reminds me. I read Ouran High School Host Club as a kid (well, I'm pretty sure that was the manga) and the mangaka mentioned how difficult/tedious it was to shade the one black character's face in. There was nothing specifically anti-black per se, but I remember re-reading that a few times and not feeling good - wasn't able to name the feeling but now I know it was - isolation? Feeling excluded from media I loved? This just reminded me of that lmao.
Either way, stuff like this have a long way to go. Ignorance is hardly rare.
There's a chance I've said something that could be taken wrongly & I apologise in advance as I'm exhausted and unwilling to edit
Thank you for agreeing with me and confirming my point.
Is it confirmed, though, that he is white? Every asian person in mangas looks white, even those who reincarnate with their original bodies, so you can't tell. Not to mention, that mc lived his whole life as an asian man, a couple months as a white person means nothing.
I strongly doubt that this manga has anything to do with current events.
Besides, this "save a slave and gain a loyal servant/friend"-trope is popular. The only difference is wether the slave is a beastgirl, an elf or something else. This time it happened to be a race with darker skin, and I don't think that the mangaka put too much thougth into this. They don't care about such stuff over there.
Not to mention, that this is hardly a white saviour trope. All mc did, was give an opportunity, and Marca proved that he is capable with his own effort. Someone with such talent would have found his place in soceity anyway, and mc was just the first option that he found. You are placing too much credit on mc, and not giving enough to Marca.
My point is, that I don't think that this manga tries to portray any kind of significant political message, be it a racial or some other one. I'm fully aware of the atrocities in rl, but I just don't think that the author wrote this story with that in mind.
Btw, I find it funny, how every time a person with dark skin appears, there are always discussion about race in the comments. Yet there are no mentions of that if the person has supernatural features(like cat or elf ears), even if the situation is excactly the same.
The trope saving the slave regardless of its race that either becomes your devoted ally or lover is quite problematic and needs to be pointed out.
Everything has become globalized and certain cultural values/mentalities will be confronted/under scrutiny.
I am aware that racism in Asia is different than in America or other colonized countries. The Asian authors are currently just ignorant about the history of slavery.
Unfortunately, yes, they aren't really aware about the history of slavery. (Or even WW2 and they often are fascinated with german military fashion from that time, they think it looks cool, and don't understand how problematic it is) As far as I know, they are also quite racist towards anyone who doesn't belong to their group (even other asian nations), so to them to say something racists is like commenting on the weather. Racism in their work could be subconcious and they don't even notice.
"Asian", do you mean Japanese? Other Asian countries colonized and brutalized by Axis powers on the Eastern Front certainly know their history of colonization and racism quite well.
It certainly has parallels; since the fantasy world in this manga appears to be modeled after Western fantasy tropes, it's safe to assume that the Summerforth continent is populated by white people.
The White Savior trope appears to be evident in the story, but personally Ars seems to be more motivated by finding a high-stat person in Ritsu rather than trying to "save" him. Ars also still thinks of himself as a middle-aged Japanese man than a 3-year old white boy though I know that doesn't really absolve him of having white privilege.
I do hope that eventually Ritsu becomes more independent and also advocate ending slavery and racism in the continent, with Ars' help (seeing as Ars is the one with political and institutional power at this point). It would also help if there were more diverse characters in the main cast so Ritsu won't appear as a token character.
I have to mention this:
There is a very memorable former slave indigenous character called Issac in Castlevania Netflix season 2-3 :)
Even though he looks like the typical loyal devoted dark skinned servant/General who was saved by Dracula once in the past, he has so much depth and agency.
We see in a flashback that he killed his former Christian slave master with his own hands and that he joined Dracula to wipe out the human population because they share the same contempt for humanity.
Dracula really sees him as his one and only friend.
Then after Draculas death we follow Issacs journey to create an army of nightcreatures to get revenge on those who are responsible for Draculas demise. But during his long journey he meets three people who showed him real kindness for the first time. They talked philosophically with real honesty. This leads of him thinking to become a ruler instead of just the genocide of all mankind. He got new persepectives. Watch in YouTube his scenes or kisscartoon full episodes.
You ll See how relatable and badass he is ;)
(๑•ㅂ•)و✧ Thanks for the recommendation! Will definitely check this out :)
There is also Sypha the first close combat element magician I ve ever seen. She is comparable to Aang the Last Airbender but much more badass.
The whole medieval era setting and gothic backdrop of fantasy with the religious connotations. It's all so good! I really liked Isaac, though I'm only mid-s3.
Glad that you like it too.
Not sure who will win in the end: Camilla and her three vampire sisters or Issac....
Was Kaiju Girl/Otome Monster Caramelize the first manga story about a human turning into a Kaiju monster?
I have no idea but if you have any similar ones, can you recommend me some?
How many Times does the Skeleton has to reboot again until he becomes the badass who can't protect his people???
To my surprise the King and his pure blood royal children are the ones who will seek forgivness and love from the twins who were artificially made by their shitty bitch mother. NovelUpdate Spoilers
It is not unpredictable that one or two of them will have hidden special ability.
I dislike the plot where the MC gets reincarnated in a royal family where she has to suffer under the Tyrant King/Father and her siblings until she managed to gain their love.... So you have to give these Assholes love ego Boots so you can survive or make them better people...
They say I am the King's Daughter, Daughter of The Emperor and Suddenly I became a Princess One Day.
There is also the Youngest Princess but she a former Archmage dominates them like a boss.
I like really appreciate the story of these reincarnated twins who don't need to kiss the asses of jerks.
It just pains me to see them so helpless and vulnerable in the beginning
Ooh does Arjen get more focus later on?
If I'm not mistaken the one with special ability is arien, I think she'll end up being kidnapped cause of that. But I do hope Arjen will also shine cause I kinda like him more haha(⊙…⊙ )
Trueee I'm kinda fed up with all the dad's being assholes too hahahah
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The antagonist seems to be the saintess who is the novel creator of this novel. She got isekai in her fictional world and now she is doing anything to get rid of the MC for very selfish reasons.
By the way, she s gotten destructive lightning power.
link pls. （/TДT)/
Just google under the title with "NovelUpdate"
Title NovelUpdate Spoiler
Is it too far fetched to say that Yona is quite the underrated breakout star?
In most Korean novels the maid either is petty jealous, one or two dimensional bully, the stupid nice best friend or the victim.
She on the other Hand is quite bold, sassy and self-serving. I ve never seen a maid character like her before!
I was really hoping that the plot device sexual assault and attempted rape wouldn't be used in that Yaoi BL story.
It could have been so different and nuanced but I guess the author decided to use this classic toxic narrative to bring the Uke and Seme closer and easier together.
I mean the gray haired ex Sex Partner becomes suddenly stupidly aggressive and rapey and the red haired older brother/ex boyfriend showcases himself as the manipulative psychopathic sadistic mastermind...
One of the two shitholes was right. The Uke was pretty stupid and naive.
In 100% Mr Perfect the antagonist who is kinda related to the Seme does not assault or rape the Uke! Even when the Uke accidently broke that Fuckboy's nose while he tried to seduced him/Uke to spite the Seme.
He does not retaliate like any other Yaoi super asshole villains. On the contrary he actually learns and is too busy with his own problems.
That BL Story is quite grounded and the characters are progressively smart. They communicate honestly with each other.
Mr 100% Perfect is such a good bl
You said a lot, that's why i dropped this story. it was nice at first but not anymore, with this toxic narrative, it's just boring, unoriginal, empty. i'm so mad that it reproduces the same logical that we can see in a lot of yaoi.
Go watch in YouTube 10 Yaoi Tropes that I Hate.
I have now very mixed about the plot and its direction.
I also think that Body Complex is not bad.
You can see that a psychopathic manipulative entitled jerk is not invulnerable or emotionless cool.
Under the surface he is an impulsive manchild.
And the MC/Uke is a selfish sassy foulmouthed antihero who deserves to be happy. He may