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It took A WHILE before the ball got rolling and I'm little frustrated with where this story is going ngl. I'll give it a at least 15 more updates and see then.

It started off well enough and then around ch20 she started making me groan with annoyance (same with ML) and I was tired of her by ch 25. We're supposed to think THIS MC is the same MC who basically ran her kingdom!? I think the tf not,DROPPED

(Vague, non-specific review but it does mention some things)

It was an interesting premise, but it was poorly executed. Not even a "shut your brain off and enjoy " and more a "this shit doesn't even hold up against a stray thought."

They don't actually give the MC true struggles that last chapters upon chapters- everything is always neatly resolved within 3-5 chapters, minimal effort, no real lasting impacto onto the next issue. They're no mental or emotional growth,just a default sort of cleverness and stubbornness so it makes it hard to really root for her outside of the concept. Like, what her flaws? Her motivation outside of the ML? What friendships does she maintain? How does she interact with the religion in that world besides money? How does that work? When /where did she even get the chance to set up her first business adventure? That was far too fleshed out for just pocket change (and no, I'm not referencing her first legitimate one).

The ML is an prop a majority of the time, and doesn't really do much until the last third of the story where they try to hammer home that he's actually super smart, loyal,and hot and also super hot (did they also mention hot

Truly. Toxic lover x (turned) toxic lover. My god


ALSO POUR ONE OUT FOR MY 2ND MALE LEAD YOU WERE TOO SANE FOR THIS FAMILY

I held it in well with the fox,but I lost it with Toto and his human Genuine tears coming out

4/10

Genuinely, the only one wirh makes even a bit of sense are : MC (but he sucks at communicating with people of his home world), MC's mom (but she's not developed well ad a character) and the Green Beast (who's family was fridged).

I hate basically everyone else for being boring, sporadic, or I just don't connect with them well enough because of how crazy the plotline is before chapter 80 (crazy and is not very centralized). I doubly hate the Crimson Witch because she's so freaking annoying and doesn't really do anything for the story besides being a weird sort of Deus Ex Machina device /love interest person? Idk. I do my best to skip whenever she pops up becsuse she's Genuinely insufferable with her attitude and reaction to the MC's big reveal. Which sucks because her character could've been something amazing but the author can't write female characters well. :/

Plus, MC is a stupid mix of push over, OP,AND bland in arcs that coincidence with other characters (which I get to some extent but tf you mean MC is basically a fly on the wall when others interact with his universe???? HOW? WHY IT MAKES SO NO SENSE AS A CHARACTER WHO'S SUPPOSED TL BEBECOME A GUARDIAN OR WHATEVER-).

AND COOKING IS BARELY MENTIONED FOR SOME DAMN REASON DESPITE THE TITLE AND PREMISE -

There's more but it's a waste of time as is. Actually, chapter 30-80 could be condensed down to 10 tbh.

Anyone darker than copy paper gets done so dirty They all look so gray and ashy that it's jarring in comparison to everyone else who looks so... lively and polished. One or two characters? Fine. Undertone can be cool to olive-y (which is striking contrast to other people's warm tones) ,but EVERYONE? THEY JUST LOOK LIKE GRAY MEN?? GIMME SOME RED, SOME PINK, SOME YELLOW- this just tells*me* that the artist didn't bother using references at all or down right didn't care about the presentation of their darker skinned characters :/

Nobody really ever gave a fuck about him growing up, did they? The last few chapters were done well,and in character, but genuinely wtf . Definitely soured my perception of the duke AND duchess. Lowkey equal parts pitiful and enraging because nobody got what they they wanted /nobody really did what they should've out of PRIDE.

GENUINELY. ONLY RUEDIGER GREW SOMEWHAT STABLE AND THAT'S BECAUSE HE PARENTS DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT HIM!

Again. I get how it makes sense in-character (author did a really good job on showing how people are multifaceted and can be "ugly"),but I can stay made as a reader. Most well done piece of annoyance I have ever read. Double-damn for me though,because this was genuinely the only way I saw this playing out. I hate how perfect it was for this story.

9/10 story. Would recommend to anyone and everyone as is.

The art style gets some getting used to,but the characters have more fluidity and coherent proportioning towards the end of the work. Story wise,it's simply nice. Even the hidden secret thing later on was wrapped up with a bow.

The only thing I disagree with is the throw away chapter on corsets. Which. Fair. The author and artists seemed well versed in teas and their history,so I couldn't expect them to know *everything* about history. That wouldn't be fair to them as people and it really wouldn't make as much sense narratively from MC's end. Corset though, were generally very comfortable and support but they did fall out of favor after a wave of super-tight corsets (on purpose) from noble women wanting to achieve an exaggerated hour glass figure and general changes in fashion trends. And there was something truth to a Tea Gown helping the corner die down.

But it really wasn't nearly as bad as media (tv,movies, books, works like these) make it seem. And that's my one real gripe of this work.

Rodina, a Japanese woman in her previous life, is now a commoner who enters a contract marriage with nobleman Margrave Dirmik for money (women of this world have limited income). MC prepares herself for a beast, but it turns out her husband is conveniently-attractive by Japanese standards and is only ugly by his kingdom's standards. As such, the ML is constantly bewildered by MC's easy affection and willingness to interact with him.

A quiet love begins to bloom between MC and ML as they find their footing in a "real" marriage instead of a contract marriage between a bought, commoner bride and doubtful noble.