finally catching up now that it's finished, and i wanted to say that i consider this to be the perfect example for this kind of story. it did almost everything right.
1. the main theme of the story (MC developing a good relationship with dad) was followed through. even until the end it's a major part of the story, the story didn't halfway turn into something completely different.
2. no surprise "this was actually a romance the whole time"! MC does not end up with dad or dad's knight or anything.. it really is just familial. even MC's ships (?) didn't get much focus in the story.
3. the family affection feels realistic and more satisfying because i can see the development. also, it doesn't feel flat, there is always development.
4. ymmv, but the story managed to avoid the common issue of "it was cute when MC was a kid, but now adult MC is sort of boring" by ending while MC was still young.
5. as above, the story didn't overstay its welcome. there was a plot, the plot happened, then the story ended.
6. compelling characters! MC and dad are supposed to be pretty, and the art does make them look pretty. MC is meant to be cute, and she is cute. MC is young, and MC in story is smart but still naive. characters make sense.
i feel like i wanted to make a better more objective list but instead i kept spacing out and thinking of the story. anyway my point is i think this manga is a perfect example of what this kind of story should be like.
I feel like Lucia's side of the story would fit perfectly in a toxic yuri version of the "I isekai'd and accidentally turned a character into a yandere for me!" trope. I know about the plot twist, but I feel like that twist would still work well in a toxic yuri setting. Maybe I'm just too desperate for yuri isekai that I'm seeing them with rose tinted glasses :')
Same here too but it can't be since both of them were in one body and believe me when i say i was SHOCKED, i fr saw that yuri trope coming in and oh my god....(︶︿︶)＝凸. Actually you know my first ship was the maid and mc but rn now i don't really care because KING gerald is the perfect husband(▰˘◡˘▰) one that we will never see in this generation of hyenas (￣へ￣）im really disappointed tho the ending was rushed i can see more plots coming like if both FL's soul is in one body WHAT ABOUT MC's REAL SOUL ? And where the hell did evil FL go just locked away in their mind?? Anyways I also wanted to see more of the NEW duke and duchessヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
Kinda similar story, it's not really yuri but original owner of the body totally obsessed with reincarnated girl..
Once they switch soul again cuz the girl fell into despair, the owner takes over and willing to do ANYTHING to make a better world for her
(She has a twisted villainous personality so she doesn't care about anyone but still pretending being kind just to care for the girl's image)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_one_within_the_villainess/