That motherf#%ker in chapter 9 and 10.
He killed and cooked the dog.
I know they do that in China.
But f#ck this $h!t.
I read that it was dog meat they were cooking and held the hope it was a "faking it to hurt the protagonists". It seems it wasn't.
The baby's holding themselves up, the mother's revival and fast death, the servants dying (omited). Ok. It's fiction. Whatever.
The dog being murdered by a "noble", being cooked in the garden in an open fire, the prince taking a walk on what seems to be the duke's garden?
Well. The unacceptable thing is the dog being murdered.
(╬￣皿￣)凸
But up until now (ch 12) I found the story full of holes. Actually, more like barely thread of a story instead.
She came to a new body without the original memories, she knows shit about the life of the original owner. She doesn't even try to find out. Or what happened to the original. Or trying to pretendo to be the original.
Up until now her actions make absolutely no sense, and the only thing she cares about is pseudo romance.
I mean, it's fiction, but couldn't she think even for a second that she's in a different body and that body had a history or relationships?
She thinks of the prince loving the original protagonist and that she's in the way.
How about thinking that she stole that body and that whatever feelings sent on her direction aren't for her?
The last translation was almost unreadable.
Cringeworthy, convoluted and with speech/text bubbles one on top of the other.
If it was a joke, it really wasn't funny and was way too long.
Spoiler
The prince is a rude bipolar @sshole who convinces her to take a medicine in secret which he knows sh!t about, but obviously has side effects. And as a secret she can't even talk to the doctor about it. The cure? Physical contact. For people trying to not be together. Hum. Genius. Nevermind taking drugs can have dangerous and permanent side effects.
He doesn't care about her at all.
This history isn't omegaverse at all, so there is no need to tag, classify (or judge) it as one.
The buttler so far seems the only one who cares about her.
She is indecisive, has lots of contradictory behaviour and seems to be too easily swayed.
Her self preservation (the reason she tries to make the prince and heroine get together) is also sh#t.
The author is trying not to make the prince say explicitly he doesn't want her, or likes her or whatever - probably foreshadowing that to make a misunderstanding of her part.
To me? That doesn't fly at all. (〜￣△￣)〜
Why do people insist in posting already posted chapters?
When it's the official version, ok.
But so many repeated chapters (specially out of order) makes reading choppy.
But really, I know she is in her 30s, but most people in their 30s aren't that settled down.
If she were 50/60, ok.
Or of it were just her personality, then no matter her age.
But it's like they attribute all her "maturity/forethought/placidity" to her age.
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Those last chapters were barely legible.
Overall - James is a son of a bitch. Disgusting rapist, neglectful, egotistical, egocentric, and I hope he burns in hell. (╬￣皿￣)凸
Poor Olivia. That is a very classic symptom of abuse - she always tries, even unconsciously, to justify his actions. ╥﹏╥
That is a self protection mechanism. She blames herself, trying to find a way to emotionally connect or gain some form of control over his abusive behaviour.
That this story describes so clearly that, and shows her processing her trauma and fighting against that pathological way of thinking deserves respect and recognition.
Fighting! (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
Although there are many, many, MANY sex scenes, even MORE crying scenes and no progress on the plot... it's not a bad story.
There is no "vicious original female" or the not so subtle female hate that permeates most yaoi.
Just love and sexual preferences. The ogMC (Female) is a nice girl. She does have a face. She isn't a green tea btch just waiting an opportunity to pounce and reveal her nastiness. And there is no "the prince is mine/you are in the way/one-sided romance with the ML". Points for that.
The ML does somewhat understand consent (like no penetration without an explicit yes) but the MC has no idea what he wants. And since the beginning MC never said stop.
Normally he says "no more" which I'm starting to guess is another way sexuals say yes. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Overall, it's a nice story to read when bored.
"The ML does somewhat understand consent"
Well that didn't age well
He knows it exists, at least.
That's just even worse, when he then also ignores it. Can't even say it's ignorance
Yup.
I believe consent should always be clear and explicit, leaving no room for doubt. Yes or no. If yes, negotiation on what, how, when. If no, no and not at all.
Sadly, in most stories this is not clear to neither of the protagonists.
One says "No, wait, stop, it hurts when you *are this agressive*"
The other changes his approach to a less aggressive one.
So he says "No, wait, *not the tip*".
Clear? Not at all.
In my opinion? Mutual rape. After all, let's not forget the "Love potion" (if working) and all that.
Why so many freaking flowers on her dress?
I had read this manga before, but forgot and came to read again.
And I have to say, I'm amazed by my persistence to have read it at all the first time.
It isn't just fast paced. It goes on the speed of light with thrown in your face dialogue that can make even the most lovable cliche cringeworthy.
I love a good cliche. But the characters are so flat that there's not even the slightest emotional connection to the story.
I get the feeling that it's not the opponents getting stronger, but she is getting weaker and less capable.
She "solves" everything but still leaves the feeling she's getting rescued every single time. (￣∇￣")
right??? shes half spirit king or wtv and all of a sudden its like all these ppl are coming to her rescue or she cant defend herself from these ridiculous situations. and its like she hasnt improved any of her powers since she discovered she had them?