One thing most manwhas like these lack is a competent villain. Just look at the queen, she is cruel yes but she is not that good at being an enemy.
And that just makes this conflict lack the stakes and tension it needs. you know Tia is gonna win and the opposing side will just make a rash and dumb action.
(What the hell is a land measuring contest? That's their best counter point? Wtf.)
Overall a good read, I started reading it when it was just beginning and i enjoyed watching Tia grow up.
I agree but that's a problem with manwhas that give you the journey from being a kid and then growing up. There is far too much time on the hands of the protagonist. A very good writer could still make it work but usually it just turns into emotional circlejerk.
The queen was actually pretty scary very early into the story but for the last 1/3 of the manwha, we knew she is going to get humiliated and destroyed like an ant under a thumb.
I agree with you both. The last time I was stressed and crying was when Tia was trying to save her dad. And I thought her aunt and cousins will have bigger roles than they have, it’s a bit of a let down that they’ve become background characters. Anyway, Lombardi holding a power comparable to the emperor’s family is also a big factor with the stakes ad tension. Tia is a Mary Sue in this case, especially since her path is clear. At this point, it’s just a nice story with an obvious path. I hope it’s obvious enough that grandfather Lombardi doesn’t die, though.
Yes, but you’re forgetting that Tia is able to do all of this because she knows the future. Of course she’s a Mary Sue. She’s only able to get this far because she knew the events of the future and put in place the necessary measures to take down her enemies. In the past life, the Lombardis got owned by the Angenas.
Dunno man, the story is chopped.
The open ended ending and the rushed conflict really went off the rails with this one.
I like the drawings and designs tho