Mitsuki got that straight man inside as her thought process n its killing me yo
We still talk about you... come back the kids miss you....
I thought this was a cutesy-ish read until end of the first season... fawk me i guess its good if youre into the more uh complicated/messy genres
Holy ungrateful yall reading it for FREE (illegally) weekly plus bonus art every so often talkm bout some short ahh chapter
Throughout the entire read i had subconsciously compared this series to "How to Get My Husband on My Side" and "What it Means to be You" and though not as good compared to the series mentioned respectively, I still very much enjoyed this series and it brought real tears ! So if you enjoyed the series I compared it to i have no doubt you'll enjoy this one as well
SPOILER-RATING
Overall rating would be a solid 8/10. Good art, the translation is good, quality is good, the story, plot wise, for me was alright. Even though the read through was very enjoyable there were scenes I skipped because it felt like it had no need to actually be there, specifically that pink long haired villain (i forgot her name) backstory, I was not intrigued by her character NOR her motives (tldr spoiler she really didn't have one she was just bored) so I thought it was a bit of a drag to read through it. The climax also was not that good, it did not carry through the resentment and anger that was told/reminded constantly for the mc to her brother, Owen. It fell short when it came to killing him, because for how much hype he got throughout the story about being a mastermind and cunning and old manipulative basted, he got defeated in like 3 panels.
I also wish they went into more struggle with the mage that got brainwashed by Owen, we also dont really know how he got brainwashed or how the other two spirits for trapped to a contract with the Everettes family, among other details. These were all BRIEFLY mentioned (like one simple sentence worth of context) even though they were all major conflict points for the plot OH AND the other side characters (crown prince, jen the wind spirit guy, duke everette) were flat in terms of personalities, there barely had a motive or an actual trait that makes them more interesting (like the jen and crown prince guy were just 'silly, extroverted' people with no care in the world and nothing more) im bringing this up because the mentioned side characters are VITALS characters to the plot point for BOTH mc and ml, so it was a little disappointing for a 104 chapters series to have some flat characters. The romance DID carry the angst, how mc carried her emotions were really well expressed and justified so I think thats why thid story does carry that *gut punch* youre looking for.
I thought the ending-epilogue chapters were well done, I LOVED the fact that this wasnt like "What it Means to be You" in the regards that this main couple decided to take ACTUAL time off from each other to heal/work on themselves individually instead of just forgiving and forgetting everything.
Overall, its one of those series where you can sit down and enjoy it because as much as I am nitpicking on it right now, I was actually pretty on edge reading the whole thing BECAUSE of how well the mc's feelings were written
Thats all thank you for coming to my tedtalk
I think the teacher-student relationship here getting a little complaints on because their nature seem a lot more like friends is so unfair(?) Unfair is not really the word I'm looking for but i do think their relationship is SO SWEET.
Yeah I get that its not really common for this relationship for teachers and their students but I think Toki was also a younger teacher then so it was also easier to connect! Hell, im in college now and I'm still in contact with my sophomore year's math teacher!! We lowk treat each other like friends too (even when i was still in her class) and all and I just wanted to point that out because although its uncommon, but when it does occur its not a bad relationship! Its a really special connection you can have with a trusted adult esp one you admire/look up to.
Idk maybe I'm jus saying nonsense but I dont think its a bad thing/weird for their relationship. Especially when the character is now older AND they've been treating each other like this way back when (with respect ofc but ykwim) but thats just me
I like that his parents see him as a kid still despite his talent and maturity
