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The Manhua's art style is beautiful, and the romance is easier to digest. Meanwhile, the C-Drama's storytelling is REALLY good, it expands more on the characters, their jobs, and other dynamics other than the main couple. Although the second-hand embarrassment from the FL was really really REALLY hard to digest, made me understand why the ML was constantly pushing her away at the start. I preferred the manhua's Qin Shiyue (the niece of Shi Yan) over the drama, she was a bit too spoiled and unbearable there, always whining and wanting to waste money, hardly productive while here.. is was a lot tamer/softer. Wish the story would explain why Qin Luezhi was all for taking Shuyi's man AND trying to rub it in. Maybe the novel explains it, I haven't read it, but I hope they do give some reason for it, like how the drama explained why Xu Yuling copied Shuyi and stole her interview. (Work place rivalry/comparsions and an opportunity in her career made her envious, doesn't justify what she did, but at least we know why she does it. The white lotus doesn't make that much sense because she basically basks in this lie that her uncle is Shi Yan to steal Shuyi's boyfriend and even after succeeding, she's still obsessed enough to try to rub it in, like you won?? Did you used to know MC, or did you just hate this random woman that much? Focus on succeeding in your lie rather then the ex-girlfriend??? I guessed it's likely jealously, she probably noticed MC was pretty, had a good job and a boyfriend so she was trying to feel better about herself by taking her man and lying about her family background so others would envy her) I do recommend the C-Drama if you want more plot and drama heavy, and if you want mostly comedy and romance, I'd suggest the manhua. Manhua does cut down or simplifies a lot of the events in the C-Drama. I will have to read the novel at some point.

I'm really glad this story lets the women stay united and vigilant. I'm so tired of reading stories where women are forced to go against each other and be dumb stereotypes for the sake of petty drama. I was worried when I first started reading, seeing the main wife, the caretaker, and the secretary that these women would be treated as typical "obstacles" that the MC had to go against. Thankfully, although they were introduced as "threats" and reasonably so, the author handled their characters so refreshingly nice. All the women in this story were not only quick to understand that that scum was NOT worth it and that their lives were in danger but were all working together (aside from the secretary, I'm just glad she escaped, although she wasn't a great person, she's not comparable to literal murderers.) Tired of these stories punishing women who aren't the main characters for the pettiest of things and enforcing women to constantly go against each other, I like how even if they didn't all trust/like each other at one point (and for pretty reasonable things too like MC having trust issues, her friend being pushed away, the wife being lied to, etc..) they still ended up all supporting one another and being worried for each other in the end. I love sisterhood when we can put aside our differences when faced with a common problem, it really reminded me of season 2 of Sx Education on Netflix where the girls in the show who were usually divided, could relate and even come together despite their differences to support their classmate who had gone through something traumatic. More stories need to stop forcing female antagonists and instead enpower healthy female dynamics.

No way, that's all it took for Kinjo to back down.. fair enough if he's trying to make a comeback in his career (probably too delusional to see that it ain't happening, at least not anytime soon) so he can't risk another controversy, especially one involving the police but like.. I'm imagining myself as a rich scumbag who lost a lot, I would've been like, "If I'm going down, you're all going down with me." Plus, I know he lost a lot of money from the scandal, but he still clearly has enough, especially since he gave a generous amount to Karin, just hire a hacker or smth Not to mention.. he literally JUST said he shouldn't trust Tamori, who he knew was an actor yet immediately trusted him after a few drinks.. I thought we had a villain character to ACTUALLY be afraid of, but he's just as stupid as Karin, all you have to do is stroke their ego, and they sell themselves out. Like, a part of me is glad this Kinjo drama has "concluded," but another part of me is so disappointed they didn't go far with it, it had a lot of potential since he felt like an actual threat compared to Karin, especially with how he figured out that Sumire and Aoi were related and her motives. Now it's back to Karin, who I'm honestly not even all that interested in anymore, her downfall has been dragged out long enough, doesn't help that almost every chapter, Sumire always says something like "in the end, I will completely finish you and we will both fall," like can we just get to it then..

EDIT: Oh LOL. The new chapter came out just after I wrote this and Sumire, in fact, did get to it. That was kinda satisfying.

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I'm not sure if someone has already mentioned this or if I'm being that type of person who states the obvious since I only began reading this recently.. but I definitely feel like Riko either knows what Kanae did or is capable of doing. The way she won't hestiate when it comes to bullying her other friends/classmates yet after the Ichika situation, I noticed she doesn't target Kanae anymore, if anything, she tries to always look good in front of her (defending her, remembering her favourite drink, praising her, etc...) She gave the advice about "reading the room," and the "types of girl" there are to Tomiko, and she often seems disturbed whenever Kanae gets physically angry (both when she fought Ichika and Tomiko.) If I am correct, I do like the detail that another character can sense someone unstable that they rather not cross or make an enemy out of. Seems she used Ichika to mask her sadist tendencies while taking Kanae lightly in the beginning, purposefully provoking Ichika into bullying Kanae, then began noticing warning signs in Kanae's response. It seemed that after Kanae grabbed Ichika and snapped, Riko completely backed off and used Ichika to take the fall.

I'm so SICK of these manhwas always cutting the MLs mullets MAN!! Let him keep it, he looked fine af with it Now he looks like every other ML

It makes total sense for a scumbag CEO to not go down and lose everything (his main source of wealth, status, reputation, relationships) without a fight, especially with his connections and money. But I won't hide that I'm a little irriated because we were so close to Sumire's revenge ending and now we got a new can of worms to deal with, not even sure how she will handle herself there if he finds out that it was her against him since rich people like to play dirty. Oh well, more drama, the better, but these cliffhangers will be the end of me (especially since it's still on-going on the original website and we are 3 chapters away from catching up..)

EDIT: So I guess the OG website just doesn't show the newest chapters for me. Had no idea it had more than to 92. And here I was, stressed that I'd have to take a hiatus and eventually reread to remember everything. Seems I stressed myself (and some others,) for nothing, sorry yall

All I can think she could mean rn is.. earlier in the story, Sumire mentioned how she wanted to use Kippei against Karin in her revenge as "best friend stealing her friend's man." I know her plans kept changing and adapting throughout, but in one of the recent chapters (ch 80,) she mentioned how she would be going down with Karin in the end.. does that mean she plans to publically expose her affair with Kippei, too, which would put all three of them in a bad position? (It would destroy Karin and Kippei's reputation, but it would also damage Sumire, who would look like a backstabbing friend in the public eye.. worse she was seen at matchmaking parties and with another man so people's view might see her as a gold-digger too.) I did wonder how she planned to let Karin find out about that, especially this late into the story. Another possible option is that she could just be referring to exposing her past identity. The chapters on here are nearly caught up to the original website, so hopefully, the story is nearing its end.

I didn't wanna be right about the blackmailer.. but to believe she actually chose to defend a man all because he said something nice to her ONCE is PMO. Everyone in the company KNOWS he has two scandals with infidelity and you STILL wanna defend him on some crazed "I know he's just a good person being misled," GOOD PEOPLE DON'T REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE!! I hate how many characters try to see Kippei as nice, he's a pushover which is the worst person to be in a relationship with, because he will cheat and he will cheat and he will cheat AGAIN! She really is so creepy, too, because let's say the ex-wife WASN'T FL, she was going to show up to her house and what.. harass a humiliated woman with her ex-husbands new affairs?? I get FL can relate with Shibata, but personally.. I can not STAND the type of person who's willing to hurt or harass others over some tiny validation. Add her to the list, let's get her dealt with.

Nah.. I liked Stella, but the latest chapter, she completely p*ssed me off. You have rumours that you play around with men.. your husband literally told you that as long as you stay by his side and play the faithful woman, they will die down.. and YOU STILL GO BOATING ALONE WITH ANOTHER MAN?? Her pettiness is stupid because it backfires on HER. I get why she's mad, she was kept in the dark about something concerning her reputation, but this... this ain't it. It would've been better if she had gone with the crown prince's fiance out of pettiness, going with another man after everyone knows you rejected a woman of high status despite knowing how society sees you and what your husband told you is like you BEGGING for drama. If a misunderstanding occurs from this, she's completely to blame because she could've avoided this. ML messed up, but at least he tried to communicate and make things right, FL is just doing the most. (Again, she's allowed to be angry, the issue is how she's handling her anger.)