“I’ll Master This Family” is genuinely one of my top manhwa of all time. I even preordered the official English vol 1, lol.
But every time there’s an “I’ll Master This Family” there’s an “Ebony” and a “Salvation About Its Cruelty”. They try to frame the protagonists are independent if only the system weren’t so unfair… but the protagonist can’t even handle a shitty man from her past by herself, let alone larger systemic inequalities.

I don’t hate this story, but there’s been a slow accumulation of my frustration from all these stories about talented women who are hounded by a shitty man. Because the solution is always another man, whether it’s a princely suitor or a ducal father or whatever.
“Only a man can fix problems made by a man.” Saying that it’s historically accurate is true, and I’m not arguing that. But I’m so tired of it being true.
Just. For once. ONE TIME. Let me read a fantasy where a woman can completely handle her shitty ex by herself and doesn’t need another man to boost her courage or status first.