I completely agree with this sentiment. This story has a lot of good elements; the politics, the adventure, and the characters, that make up for what it lacks which is the romance aspect. I wish that Livi would’ve grown up and I’m valid in that. Saying the manga isn’t for you is a bit rude to be honest. It’s a flaw that I personally see in the manga and that a lot of other people see in it as well. The politics, the adventure, and the character development could’ve been well better paced so that it would be possible for Livi to have grown but it’s been years and that didn’t happen because of a hyper focus on those things. I also don’t like the redundancy of Nike being kidnapped over and over again, and I am allowed that right. Does that mean the manga is bad to me? No. I like the manga and have never once stopped reading it. What that means is I’ve noticed a flaw and I’m expressing that. I’m allowed my opinions just like you are allowed yours while actively enjoying the manga because again, I’m allowed that right.
Ok, i agree with what you're saying. The author chose to take something precious from livi aka kidnapping Nike which just killed off everything else in it. To me it's seemed the same damn arc over and over again with different characters. This could've taken much better routes but I'm just left very disappointed. I did want romance at some point but now i just want fucking closure. This story has been dragged for so long....they should've ended it way back
This manga is more than just romance. It's adventure, politics, growth and character development. If all you want is for livi to grow up so he can have his romance with Nike then the manga is not for you. Livi had commited many atrocities as a king and the author didn't want to give one sad backstory as the reason for why he should be forgiven. She showed us the consequences of livi's every actions before he met Nike and made sure he corrected his mistakes personally. The only issue was Nike getting kidnapped every time, the could have tried other ways to show livi how wrong his decisions were and give him character development. Other than this I've very much enjoyed this story. The romance part is secondary to me not very important.