This seems a lot like a Manager Kim or Lookism manga, but I though it would be different...it was my error....
The thing is that she was a general (or a leader) and a part of the palace harem and even though it was used as an incentive to show how "different " she is it doesn't help the story: first a general or at least a savior of the country would know how to lead, manage soldiers, strategies, etc: and a woman in a Harem had to know how to be devious, cunning, how to survive not only the plans from other women but their hole families, and they would have to politically. But this character does none of that, its more like smash good, Wrecked Ralf without its plot and it just falls flat, because they remind you a lot about how great she was as the savior of a nation and as a woman in the harem (because I think they implied she survived years in there), but none of those plans or strategies are reflected in the way she resolved conflict.
It seems like one of those mangas that are great as a premise, are good at the beginning and have an outline of a story but they dont go further than an outline to flush the story and so the story goes off the rails as time goes on...and they just want to use the number of chapters as a way to get views instead of an actual story. She acts impulsive and like a child and it would be ok...until you remember that she is a grown woman (who went through war and politically intrigue) in a teenagers body.
I am irked by the fact that Arke is used mainly as a plot device to make Iris look better. It reminds me of those Isekai stories where a villainess is suddenly loved by her family because its not her, its actually someone else in her body.
So far we haven't seen anything from her point of view or how she has progressed for the first 40 chapters (and although I haven't read the rest I dont think it will change). So we know nothing of her except to know how different and more capable Iris is compared to Arke, and I am so tired of this. It would have been better to show how she is good at her own things,that Iris is not, or lacks to reach. Until now we only know she is good with books "like her father" but in what area does she excell in that.
Most of the people that Iris meet are along the lines of; I should have realized that you where not her because obviously she is annoying, or she is the most evil shit so you are obviously not her, I am sorry for treating you like I would treat her (valid of she personally did something to you but in the story it said a lot of shit was invented by the newspapers, so why...).
The dad and her grandfather are glad to have her but it looks like they are replacing her, even if they say no, they are glad to have things in common with a stranger (because they are, even if they are family) more than with the girl they raised wrong (it seems that in the manga they alude to her being like that because of her surroundings).
I get it but it also sounds like she was a decent if not good person but then she was screwed over and she had a mental breakdown.
You are right, it was mentioned that as a little girl she was nice and sweet. Which makes me confused because she spiraled through years of depression and anger until she ran away. But the point about raising that I wanted to make (which I am seeing a pattern with not explaining well these last few days, so I should sleep more) is that everyone saw the changes but instead of doing it like "Jesus there is something wrong with my family member because they are acting strange", they compared her to a sister no one knows (not really) and everyone acts as of she was a fucking monster of a human being for having a break down. Instead of the father and grandfather being aware of things (they have power) they played this ignorance game and then got surprised.
P.S. I dont know if I make sense anymore, I think I over explained somethings but if I dont answer back right now I may never do.
No, no, I understand what you mean,
It sounded like in the story there was too many misunderstandings between them. Don’t get me wrong, I really want a few more arcs with Arke in them, but they mentioned how her father and grandfather would try to ask the situation but Arke would break down and lash out more because she was still hurt by things, so they’d end up getting nowhere and just believe what they heard from others. It’s a fundamental flaw in how they approached each other as family members. If they approached her with more patience and quietness then they’d probably have gotten a lot farther, but her father and grandfather are pretty intense people where her mother is a lot more lax. She also didn’t have anything to go off of but the memories she had of her and newspapers that she wasn’t going to believe anyways considering her own past. I think the arc they’re starting rn is really nice since Iris’ mindset towards Arke is mostly familial love and the rest is empathy. She doesn’t pity her or think she’s in the wrong at all, I hope it’ll be a long one. Sadly the artist takes on a lot of good projects that end up discontinued for a comic adaptation way down the line, so here’s hoping this one will last
Last I read from the manga, after a few years, he was going out with the Hawaiian girl, and he was happy working with the Mercenary group. But now...is it before they got together? Did they break up? Why do I get this ambiguous feeling that the new girl is important in more ways than one? If it is before they got together, then why not ask the mercenaries for help? Where are they?
I am beyond confused and I don't really like that. It would have been easy to put a "few years later" or "before the ending" title or something.
I hate this Trope that many action manhwa writers make with women; using women to either make a character soft or to help move the plot towards something, especially when they make characters dumber because of that.
Yuna was likable in the beginning, she wanted to grow, to be stronger, and to help, but now she is just there to conveniently make Peter softer (take care of someone, get hurt for someone, etc.), and as a way to move things towards a certain direction (to show again and again how Peter could brake expectations).
I am more annoyed by Yuna because she was supposed to have had missions before, she advanced in weaponry, she accompanied and saw what Peter can do; she was meant to be a badass and now she is just there.
His friend from Glory is another thing too; she knew how to fight, she even fought Alapied, she is good with information and everything, but we have seen her less and less in action...it's like the author picked certain characters and won't pick up the female ones, except to be worried for Peter. Nathaniel was supposed to have been not only a doctor but a killer too. She was the same age as the sword apostle (forgot his name, sorry), and he can still fight without the undominant arm, but she was treated as this granny by everyone.
Is it just me...or does this chapter feel disjointed, like some pages are missing or something: first he said something about Daejun knowing his identity they kiss and it almost immediately cuts to his group members (there is talk about fanservise) and then the director talking about Sihyeon. I feel there was no smooth transaction between the scenes. So...is there something missing?
I get what your saying but the small talk that would’ve made the chapter more smooth would take up too much space, cause after they kiss daejun says he won’t do anything more,so to make the scene end and transition quickly that’s what they did. All I can say is the chapters are smaller, because there smaller scene are squashed down tooo
So the chapters get smaller because the small scenes get cut off? These guys may not know but we want longer chapters (๑•ㅂ•)و✧ https://tenor.com/es/view/atla-avatar-riot-prison-fire-gif-12860031 (jk)
I kind of get where the author is going, hear me out. The thing is that now a days BDSM is being portrayed more and more on mangas, especially BL, so I think that the author wanted to give BDSM fanservise, and these chapters came out. Was it done right? No, why?
Because in BDSM or in any kind of kinky play, you have to establish parameters; as long as your partner and YOU want to explore things that way it's fine, but when it's not, you can feel that your boundaries have been pushed out of your comfort zone in sex and that shouldn't happen.
If Ash had talked or/and done kinky or BDSM sex before, then these chapters would have been easier to swallow for the ones that fill uncomfortable right now. But Lyle's boundaries have been pushed before in Ash's alpha cycle (I forgot the word, my lord), and then they where pushed aside with a "well that's the way I am, I am sorry, I love you", and the whole thing repeated here. There was no talk of "I am sorry I pushed you into this, especially for a special moment, are you ok?", and that just made things worse for some readers.
Look, talk with your partner about kinky stuff and what they are fine with. Don't push them into selecting stuff and then use them as a way to punish, or to force them to talk to you... unless it has been established beforehand. Unless you have established what you are both comfortable with, don't just go into it blind.
I understand he wants to make him talk, but miscommunication has not advanced into communication. It just went to "I will force it out of you with uncomfortable sex."
P.S. I don't blame characters I blame authors who dont write things right. Jesus these authors.
Isn't that The thief (Shamtae ?) And the other guy?....
Damn, it has been so many chapters that I am not sure, and I don't remember their names right anymore.
(Chapter 125 ending)
Help I think so too
Out of nowhere but the art is really pretty; the colors are a good contrast, and the way the artist drew the female protagonist is like a 90s anime is so good.
Story wise, it's interesting between amnesia and the new school hierarchy... I am just waiting for everything to explode.
I love Mangago and the comments.
I was calmly reading the manga only to be hit with the comments about being unsatisfied about changing things, Mary Sue's, violence and thinks I didn't understand until I went back like 4 pages of comments.
To my understanding, things are like this (a summary of the comments); in the novel things where more violent than in the manga, with Karas' killing hostages left and right as if he where playing with toy soldiers, in the manga he hurt one and Abel stopped him.
Now, some people are saying that that is not true to the novel, other are saying that Abel is a Mary Sue because he stopped him from killing innocent people in the process (I think they dont understand who he stopped from killing), others are trying to explain why Karas is not an asshole (one with trauma but still an asshole, let's be truthfull) , and others are defending Abel, and then there is the occasional funny comments (The one about the Kissing Booth).
My two cents as a gossip column, guys it's a manga and a novel. The development is good in the novel I am sure, but I like Karas here; he is a cute asshole who tries, I am not saying maybe he isn't cute in the novel but I liked the fact he is tuned down. I am personally not stopping reading until he gets more violent, like in the novel (because I want something tamer for a change). In my opinion, Abel was stopping him from killing the hostages and it's all good because, most likely, in that scenario, I would also be a peasant. That one good Kissing Booth comment, if you read this, that was epic in its own way.
Is the white hair guy the emperor? One of the ones who helped to imprisoned Dan, and the one who trained the Blood Demon so that he could study their fight.