honestly, the story is pretty good. but I'm really tired of FL that are so insecure and full of hatred that they misconstrue, twist and diminish the things other say or do bc they couldn't possibly be sincere about their affection for her.
she's so insecure she makes other out to be liars, flatterers, insincere douchebags that joke about feelings and are close to her out of pity.
Gouve probably never had a family life dhat stripped all of that confidemce and self love....growing up im rhat it becomes hard to believ your someone worth loving....it takes time before you can fully believe wjat people are telljng you...sometimes rhat deeling nevee goes away. Esepcially somethjng like that during your formative years. Where we learn to have develop, exactly why tje other daughter is a monster, cause she recejved too much in 'love'
the story is really cute, but so many of her culinary inventions would already exist, even in primitive forms, in most of medieval Europe, the model for this world.
it's so common for cooking isekai to use the "that didn't exist in this world and the mc invented it, what a genius" model for things that definitely did exist. like why is the bread always hard? even whole wheat bread with no yeast is soft when you first bake it. why doesnt sweets, let alone cake exist? primitive cake was first made in ancient Egypt by adding honey to bread. like yes honey is extremely rare in this world, but why do they act like the eat honey directly with a spoon instead of using it as an ingredient, before chihiro invents sweets. that makes no sense. not to mention the fact that "primitive" sweets where invented way before refined sugar was, just by using honey, fruits or sweet vegetables as a sweetener.
idk, but at some point, the way they make the culinary worlds of cooking isekais so primitive is racist at worst or lazy writing and lack of research at best.
tho the story is adorable, i can't help but think about that everytime she "invents" something new











seems fun lol