pluckaduck's manga / #josei(9)

wtf...i only supported her revenge bc i thought it was for her dead ex-bf...but it's revealed that she couldn't let go of her love for this human scum and cheated on her dead bf. that scum is also the reason she is so set on revenge. wtf. and she still loves him (ch 28). i am so utterly disappointed.

it seems real. there are even pictures.

this reads like a self-insert wattpad novel, starring a mc with no brains, and ml who obsessed over her for some reason. the plot isn't meandering, but the flow is very boring and stiff, so its' somewhat hard to read

ch20. it has a nice "nostalgic" vibe, but the dystopian vibes are minuscule. other than the gene terra floating above them, it doesn't really give off fantasy vibes. it's just a slice-of-life romance between two realtor collegues. i mean, there is obviously something wrong with the snake-like director and the fl's missing memories, but the romance is at the forefront here. and personally, it's kinda annoying that she's not really trying to recover her memories despite knowing she doesn't have them, and for what? bc she wants the ml to fall for her current her and not her past self? these emotions are preventing us from getting closer to the core of the plot. and i thought living in Kowloon was terrible. it's crowded, must not be hygienic, dangerous to live in bc of the lack of security and law, and filled with whorehouses, opium parlours, gangsters, etc. but maybe the dystopian aspect is about hiding the dark side to give this illusion that the Kowloon place an adequate place to live in so people won't want to leave...? kinda like 1894, except this place is actually pretty liveable and the main leads lives' arent bad. ch56. it's more interesting than i expected, but mostly about the mystery surrounding this new kowloon illusion and the clones and deceased people living in it. the aspect about the doubles is really downplayed, even seemed trivial, no? like im confused why doubles are living there, how they came to be, why arent the originals doing anything about it? tho, i am confused how people there can live their life nomally cuz based on the image, half of the buildings has been reduced to rubble. also, liking this repeated theme about dwelling in the past cuz of nostagia, not moving forward and change, not being your "absolute self". anyway, no romance yet. ml is still lingering in the past, but ngl the past reko is really an enigma. it must be so difficult for him and bizarre, bc she commited suicide.

most of the characters r so twisted. mc is a psychopath. thought she was just a vengeful woman living for revenge, that's why she's able to sleep with her enemies... but she's crazy she loves her deceased husband tho i don't think it was a pure love at all cuz she did cheat on him with his brother, and she's emotionally involved with 'makoto' for lack of a better word (bc that guy taught her programming and honed her skills). i thought makoto is the only normal guy in this series, but i wonder what's his connection to the other 'makoto' with the burnt scars. anyways, i only started reading this out of curiosity but was quickly immersed in the story like i don't know how this would end, probably bittersweet to straight tragedy, but this is just so good.

a cute and realistic story. id still choose financial stability over love tho, unfortunately.