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I love the storyline from a political point of view, especially when it comes to fights and power scaling. Asha would make a great shonen protagonist.
But from a romance perspective, Asha is one of the dumbest and most frustrating protagonists I've ever seen.
It's like the author can't match Asha the warrior with Asha the love interest, so they made both half-assed. Her personality flops between being fierce and being clueless, which tbh doesn't make sense to me.
It's like the author dumbed her down for the sake of romance, which I find a disservice. Asha was constantly unsure during the story.
I wish the author had gone all out and compromised to the great warrior narrative, and gave her more confidence, and rugged appearance. I'd have loved a short haircut instead of whatever that was with the braids.
The designs of the protagonists also had too huge a gap. Carlisle was all red and gold, Asha was black and white. They didn't match.
Overall, nice story, but the execution could have been better.