I genuinely love tropes that get subverted and my absolute favourites are devious or scheming and/or scamming MCs that are so chaotically good/neutral! We need more works like this one, where we’re reading a character who wants to throw the world into chaos and anarchy, simply because they had had enough. We also need more characters that get revenge or at least wreck everything in the process of it. It’s a breath of fresh air with the saturated goody two-shoes, morally good MCs.
The slapstick comedy is another aspect I genuinely enjoy. Our MC is selfish and self-serving and it’s aiding him to get ahead in life. Oftentimes, the MCs are forced to be “good people” or what (Asian) society (since manga/manhwa/manhua/webtoons are typically produced by Asian authors) deems as “good”. We see this stark difference in how the villains are usually placed better in life - either financially or in class/status, them being selfish and being ambitious to a fault; while MCs in these genres are taken for granted because they endure the pain and harassment simply because they are “good people”. Our MC here balances being self-serving while still valuing loyalties, albeit truly weighed on how much benefit he would receive. But I believe it is a step forward in a new wave of MC characteristics that more works should embrace.
I’m unsure of this manga. Of course, I wasn’t paying attention 100% of the time whilst reading it but, for starters, the cover art and the manga art differ slightly; especially the first few chapters. MC barely looked like the cover art and I couldn’t even discern the ML as his hair was more dynamic in the cover art than the manga. It also changed colour in the cover art a few chapters later, which further confused me.
As for the plot, it seems there are numerous things happening all at once, which baffles me how quickly things progress. Albeit, this may entirely be my lack of attention to the details.
I’m at chapter 21 and I would say it is decent, as compared to others, nothing problematic has been introduced as yet. However, the pacing is equally fast-paced yet slow; a confusing combination.
Overall, not such a waste of time, but if you prefer better pacing, this may fall short.
In case you stumbled upon this and wanted to read more chapters: https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/victoria_of_many_faces/.
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Readers,
Please don’t hate the Princess too much. Baal used basic psychology and manipulation to sway her.
TL;DR: Baal smort - he use good looks and opportunity to make Princess have doki doki moment for him. He be sad, idealistic, green flag revolutionary bf while secretly bad guy. His goal is last panel of chapter 451.
For starters, the chapter wherein she was attacked (staged by Baal), Baal prevented Iruma and Azz Azz’s attack from landing and he took spotlight by “saving the day”. The adrenaline generated from a life-or-death situation was transferred as a “romantic” feeling as Baal turned on the charm by using his ikemen looks.
The Princess was grateful that she was saved, horrified that such a situation had even happened and relieved that her knight in shining armour was someone good looking. Although a deity, who could be centuries old, she seemed to have been isolated from others or lived a very sheltered life. The first brush with society was something so unpredictable, something that elicited unknown emotions and Baal capitalised on that.
Baal created an opportunity, thwarted all attempts of saving the Princess so he could claim the opportunity he created then used his charms on an emotionally vulnerable, sheltered young lady. It’s the classic way to seduce sheltered ladies. He then played the part of concerned political leader while having his lackeys move in the shadows to bolster his position and grow his influence. With a few words and with no one suspecting him, he made a play for the Demon Lord position and well, we get the latest chapter.