just sped through the chapters because I was getting confused as to why the art style seemed to change every milisecond per chapter AND was getting bored of the same old shit they be doing. Gonna read this again and give yall my opinion on it because, tbh, its interesting enough to read and stick around because I wanna see what happens to the blonde boi. (42)
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Ok, I just finished reading the whole manhwa and WOOO can I say that I love it. Albeit yes, there are a minimal amount of plotholes like the decisions of several characters that sometimes don’t make sense in the situation but that’s just about it. I love the dynamic portrayal of Ray, Jiskar, and the the two knights. The world building in itself needs more time to be understood but with the information given about it, I can say it does a great job answering questions I have about this particular historical timeline. The slow burn is also not too slow and fast for my liking, the utter desperation, arrogance, and confusion Ray shows each chapter is funny, interesting, yet pitiful to read. You would think that after seeing everything Ray has gone through, I would wish for him to escape, and yes I do, but what then? He has nothing other than the Palace of El Fascher and Jiskar. His slave parents wont do shit for him and claiming he reincarnated from a alleged dead prince is basically treason. Staying with Jiskar for months on end, despite the rocky meeting they had, its obv that both of them have fallen in love in a sense, they just dont realize it or would not rather say to secure the dignity of both of them. I hated Jiskar before but I kinda like him now, Ray is a quite the fellow but I also understand where hes coming from and seeing how his personality shows, I can guarantee I kinda relate to him, and the two knights with him all the time (I forgot their names) are pretty cool too, I love their dynamic and how they warmed up to Ray despite him being a mere slave. Anddd the Empress and Crown Price + the Count are also good antagonists yet their petty reasoning is what throws me off but hey, its realistic, I also like how we can start to see character development within the Crown Prince.
Anyways, the last two chapters were a whirlwind of angst. I mean, its basically a scandal that a mere concubine threatened to take the life of the Emperor, of course it leaves people speculating, gossiping, and worrying about the future of the kingdom regarding the decision they were to make on how to handle Ray. Jiskar is, rightfully, frustrated at the fact that not only is the person who has been close for months, maybe love, and own, has now been ousted as the person who committed treason and is making him the reason for people to believe in making him go bonkers. The council meeting proves this when the heads of the 3 main families and some other men have questioned the emperors sanity and decisions for the kingdom. Its practically sabotage and lies being piled onto each other but the mere fact is that Ray needs to die seeing as how he has the power to ruin the kingdom if he had the resources to do so. Now, Ray, like man, I get how he hesitated and I get why hes blaming himself when he couldve left, but again, what then? He wont be able to do shit after he leaves anyways so might as well have obeyed and keep putting up his petty slave image. But yeah, its sucks for him honestly now that hes been dropped by the only source that has protected him throughout the duration of his time in the kingdom, Jiskar. I also hate how we dont know how old he is but its obv hes a minor judging from the protrayal of his body and the trigger warnings put up on chapters, that being said, he got raped, tortured, and interrogated for information which obv befitting for a traitor and the treason he did, BUT GOD IT STILL SUCKS CUZ as readers, we wouldve wanted to see him healthy and staying by Jiskar’s side. Now the suprise here is that, White haired kinght and red haired knight’s talk about Ray suprised me because it never dawned on me if WHK would romantically like Ray out of all the people to pick from, but its still undetermined so lets leave it at that. Overall, even if its not the best bl manhwa out there, its pretty interesting and cool to read for spare time and fun. I hope to see how the story goes, just hoping it doesnt turn out to badly for everyone AND PLES GOD, no sad ending, everyone lives/no one dies typa shit. oh, also, idk if its just me but the art, yes pretty and crisp, but it always seems to change on different chapters, albeit they all have similar features, the face seems wonky or the facial features and face of certain characters change, its not really a concern but juts wanted to point it out. Maybe its because the author is still tryna find a permanent art style but who knows. Anyways, thats that, I hope future me comes back to read this and enjoy it like I did. (35)
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Two Empires, The Slave Of The Empire