somnia's manga / #hell yea(100)

You start reading, it's fine, it's fun. An enjoyable storyline for all it's worth. The twins had spice, went through a lot and it was exciting to see them discover their heritage and talents. But then the sus sets in. For whatever reason marriage is brought up, specifically only for the sister and a whole side-plot begins where she's the center point of EVERYTHING. Her abduction, her perils in love or what have you, meanwhile her poor brother is left at the sidelines and is so irrelevant all of the sudden. If the author wanted to show how the siblings matured and grew to develop seperate identities, wow that was a poor ass job. The focus of the story was always the twins and their goal towards freedom and happiness, they wanted to explore this new world they were born into after being confined in a mansion for most of their childhood. Romance was so out of theme here. Especially a romance with their own fucking spirit animal... Why make the girl fall in love with him out of all the options?? Like it's so awkward because they SHARE their guardian, making the bro ok with it doesn't fucking help esp since he was always the one who admired their magic pocket puppy the most???? The chemistry is just not there, it's the same energy as talking to that one 2nd degree cousin at a cook-out that you don't remember. They left the brother in the dust with no significant journey of his own, and even if he did have one I wouldn't want to see it bc of how poorly the sister's was handled. Never thought I'd say this but I hope the artist and author just give up, there's no hope.

Absolutely beautifully illustrated story centering around Shuli, who gets sent back in time after she is killed in her carriage by uknown attackers. Once known as the witch of Neuschwanstein, this time around she is able to take the reigns and avoid the mistakes she made in the past. There's a lot of variety in tone and atmosphere in the story, but it never fails to take itself seriously. Very well paced and overall wonderful writing paired with, again, super gorgeous art, 12/10. I could gush about the different lil hints about future or past events, relationships and situations taking place within the story for hours, not to mention the S-grade character development and this sense that everyone is their own person, and their own story, on one giant chess board.