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I might be a bit too early so the chapters might've not been uploaded properly but pacing is a bit rushed. I clicked because the cover reminded me of "Accidental Love" but eh.. not a fan of this type of misunderstanding troupe that causes characters to dislike each other, probably just not the kind of story for me.

People are pointing out misogyny of the siblings hating their stepmother and stepsister more than their father as if that wasn't the norm until only less than 100 years ago when feminists fought for women to be seen and be equals. Like YES, in a historical based story, the characters will naturally display hatred towards a female over a male. Is it fair, hell no but people need to remember we are a modern audience consuming media based decades ago, what is right now won't have been right then and the author adding these themes doesn't make them sexist but immersed. It isn't really as shocking as yall are making it out to be. The siblings probably do hate their father, but he's a man and worse.. a king, an extreme figure of authority where even breathing wrong in his presence would be seen as an act of treason worth taking someone's life over. Already were men the head/leaders of the house, by doubting them, you were disobedient and seen as going against them and the whole house which was one of the worst sins one could've committed back then, try even criticizing a King and less have been alive to tell the tale. If the siblings wish to keep their lives or live unpunished, they won't dare speak ill of the King, it would be like speaking ill of the bible in a church. The nicest/respectful way of criticizing a man in that time period was saying he was bewitched or spellbound, especially considering how much authority the female lead's mother had considering her gender, the siblings hating her is pretty realistic for the time period. (Obviously, not realistic to us who live in the modern day and aren't conditioned to believe women are below men and should act/behave a certain way.) The female lead is the easiest way they can vent their frustrations with their father and stepmother since 1, she's a woman, 2, she has the least authority out of everyone else in her family and has the least impact on their father, 3 she ended up turning out like her mother which fuelled them more of a reason to not like her. (I do agree its dumb that they hated her either way, damned if you do, damned if you don't but I think Ayla was too young and tramuatized to understand at the time, I think if present her met past Thalia before she changed, she would've been more nicer/polite. But again, gotta remember time period, illegitimate children were DESPISED back then so them hating/blaming her again is sadly realistic.)

I really hate people who click on a story where the title mentions "VILLAINESS" and shocker, the main character... is a villainess?! You people are so used to the "misunderstood" troupe where the so-called "villainess" was actually a good innocent saint, and her becoming "evil" is only her getting justice/revenge. Like no, we finally have a character who is flawed like an actual villainess, and you guys are mad. I'm not saying people have to like Aria, but it's funny when people start criticizing her doing "mean/evil" things when she was never a saint? She only shaped an innocent image to avoid her name always being tied to bad incidents that led to her dying but she never fully became a good person, only learned to be more considerate and re-learned how to trust some people after she spent her first life being used. Seeing Mielle fangirls go ballistic at Aria for killing Mielle when that was always the goal was so weird because what.. was Aria supposed to forgive the face that pushed her to her death and even mocked her seconds before it? Mielle was no better, if you hate Aria for what she did to Mielle, then hate Mielle too, because they were both manipulated, but both still did awful things to each other. How about you guys stop reading "villainess" stories if you can't handle an actual villainess. (Again, I don't mind if you don't like Aria due to actual criticism, but not liking her for not being a good person when the title literally calls her a villainess, is so silly, it's like complaining about there being romance in a romance story, it's obviously not for you so why did you click on it )

Fuhhhhhhhh, the character design is pretty af!!! It's reminding me of Genshin Impact and Twisted Wonderland merged together, not sure about the plot yet though..

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