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I love that we're getting a little aside with every character to really drive home the idea that EVERYONE loves Iruma.
And another girl is added to Iruma's harem, let's gooooooooo.
Also, loving Lied's character growth through crossdressing.
I can't be the only person who kinda(really) hates it when characters get healed up all new, right? Like, it robs the story of tension and pretty much means that from here on out no one is in danger cause everything can be healed.
While death is not necessary for a good story, and not all stories/authors can write character deaths in a meaningful way, it still rubs me the wrong way when a conflict about a character's well being arises, then is immediately fixed.
I think it's ok in that case because she takes a huge toll on herself and could possibly die because of it so she could be in a situation where she can't help someone precious because she already healed someone else which could be quite interesting I think ^^
As Namliss mentioned, it will take a toll. I believe we will see later on how much it will cost and the complications around it. In order to safe one like that, Estelle will suffer quite bad I think...
If you remember it isn't just the toll however, the breed of a spiritualist itself is very rare and she's the only one. (Explained in previous chapters before she ended up with Alpha and them) Each time she uses her power, it's like losing part of herself/soul. Ultimately she is doing good, but she's slowly killing herself by using her powers like the previous ones before that disappeared.
especially with female leads because they need to stay pretty
Same goes with male leads, though not always. In the end, everyones gotta look pretty or else they have no right to be part of the story.
I agree, in this story specifically this trope is being used relatively well. And as you said, if the author chooses to do so she may end up in a dire position due to her limitations.
I guess I was speaking more in general about how health concerns are dealt with in these stories, especially with fantasy elements.
A lot of stories bend over backwards to avoid disabilities of any kind that can't be made "fashionable" or be part of a love story. A lot of mental illnesses are "fixed" by having the character be "cured with love" and physical disabilities are never treated like disabilities, just a new fashion piece. "Phantom limb? Chronic pain? What are those?"
And aside from being a ableist standpoint, it also means that no meaningful character, especially a character on the side of good, will die. It robs a lot of tension from scenes that should feel tense, or robs a lot of the relief you may feel at the end of the fight.
It just feels like such a cheap trick to use, and while healing powers are not bad in and of themselves, I find that many authors don't use it well.
its not always as important for male leads, they can have a scar or missing limb and he can still be the hero that slays the dragon, it gives them an edgier more mature vibe. from what I've seen the only times they use a scar or burn for female leads is to empathize how pitiful they are. most of these shoujo webtoons focus on above average conventionality attractive FL's, looks determine worth for woman (both today and in those types of Victorian style setting) and is often times the only thing empathized about her character aside from a good personality..
I genuinely loved this story, but I'm sadly getting bored and tired with these new chapters. My biggest gripe at this point is the fact that there's no real conflict.
The reason why I liked the first half so much was because there were so many problems for her to overcome; first, the awful maid who was pretty much trying to kill her, then the challenges of her living her dream of owning a tea shop, then her dealing with her negative reputation in high society, her rocky relationship with her husband, etc.
But now that all of those problems are resolved, we're just following her live her life and it's not that interesting. It's becoming a slice of life story, and while that's not a bad thing in and of itself, it's not doing a good job of entertaining me with this new story structure. She's not growing as a character and the plot feels like it's at a standstill. Interesting ideas are brought up and also instantly dropped; like her infertility, the scam shop, the poverty-stricken city, her curing scurvy, etc. It's so frustrating seeing all these concepts going nowhere!
It feels like for the last 10 or so chapters, nothing substantial has happened outside of her husband publically declaring his love for her, and even that really hasn't really done anything. It's obviously the setup for a conflict with the Prince, but I'm wishing it'd hurry up and just happen already. I'm finding that I'm rushing through the chapters where she goes on and on about tea and waiting for there to be a real conflict to start.
If the story doesn't hurry up and get going, I'm probably gonna drop this or shelf it until something interesting finally happens. For now, I think I'm gonna go back and reread the chapters I actually liked.
I’d rather it focus on her trying to get pregnant some more or just more focus on the ML and FL’s relationship. The business side of this manhwa always bored me (lol)
I’d rather spend more time to see if FL is infertile or just has a hard time getting pregnant.
Exactly! The fertility topic was so interesting because its such a huge and important topic. Especially for women of this time, and arguably, even now. But in the end, the author just wrapped it up with the whole love declaration and skirted around this infinitely more interesting topic for the sake of tea and love triangles.
The story could ask about the medical field of this world (they didn't know about vitamin C and scurvy), the treatment of women and their roles/identities in conjunction to childbirth and fertility, the possibility that the problem is with the husband and not her, adoption, childbirth after adoption, etc.
So many interesting topic and the author ran away. Its really disappointing and frustrating.
I kinda like it. It's like when you watch a Youtuber's Vlog and you basically just watch their life. I like how she's introducing new things, and we can basically follow her tea recipes
Volume 9 came out in December of 2025, now we wait....