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So I just finished chapter 31 and i just realized (and love) that Jerry doesn't consider the crown prince a problem *BUT ALSO* doesn't consider him a love interest either lol. Like not once have we gotten him super flustered or had a "badump" (heartbeat) moment and really all there is is that Jerry considers him to be objectively handsome, it's not even his personal opinion, like just a fact lol.
Also when reading the guide he was pretty much just reminiscing about the fun memories and we don't even hear what kind of ending Jerry would have with him.
Also, I love that we pretty much get a chill gay MC. Most of these stories the mc is either "too gay" (you know what I mean, like not flamboyant but there's a type these authors seems to like for gay MC's) or the mc was originally painfully hetero and they spend the whole time absolutely freaking out that they're "forced" to be gay.
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I mean, it's not *bad* but it's also not *good*.
Nice for a first Manga of this topic but if you've already read a few of these kinds of Mangas this one comes off as very childish and the pacing is a bit off because everything is happening way too quickly. I mean it's a nice change from 200 chapters and no progress but still, there's gotta be balance.
I think she's been in her new world for less then a month and she's already basically got the love of the ML, made a pact with dwarves and faries when it hasn't been done in decades, also the two events she's been to she's basically left in the first 30 minutes.
Also she's lowkey done nothing to gain everyone's trust but somehow did so in basically a day and (as someone else mentioned it) it seems like she expects everyone to instantly treat her differently while she's simultaneously acknowledging that the previous Villain was... *a Villain*.
TBH she's coming off a bit like a Mary Sue self insert.
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It is going to turn out the dukes dialog was a glitch and he actually said he loved the MC?
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No not a glitch. He intentionally said that even though he doesn't mean it. The lord has changed x amount of times so he didn't trust the new lord. He intentionally does mean shit to test him. Think of the grand dukes as a bunch of kids/teenagers with a SHIT LOAD OF TRUST ISSUES AND BAGGAGE. They've all had to repeatedly go through betrayal and abandonment before these batch so they traumatized like fr fr.
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No not a glitch. He intentionally said that even though he doesn't mean it. The lord has changed x amount of times so he didn't trust the new lord. He intentionally does mean shit to test him. Think of the grand dukes as a bunch of kids/teenagers with a SHIT LOAD OF TRUST ISSUES AND BAGGAGE. They've all had to repeatedly go through betrayal and abandonment before this batch so they traumatized like fr fr.
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Honestly the pacing is pretty good so far. I hope it doesn't suddenly drag for another 60 chapters of no progession though. So many Villainess webtoon used to take for ever before she'd actually leave, but I've noticed the new thing is for them to leave right away, but then the whole divorce thing takes forever.
I freaking love when the chaser flips half way through like this. Anyone have any recommendations for more stories like this?