First time I was actually annoyed enough to write a review...
It starts off with a GREAT concept, it could have gone so far! The art style is amazing and the genderbending is -chefkiss- or at least was.
It becomes:
- Bullet Train Romance Building (There is no building, romance is just THERE)
- Female MC smiles? Everyone loves her.
- Incredibly shallow, empty words & actions.
- Forced themes to show how likeable the female MC is
- Forced drama plots that are incredibly empty and predictable
- Forgets its themes along the way
- Constantly exposing her gender when its meant to be secret.
- BADASS PROGENITOR VAMPIRE? Weak, does nothing.
- Strong choices of "baddies" but never used.
- Incredibly shallow and empty "Big Bad."
- Characters changing sides like it's damn dirty underwear.
- Oh, everyone wants to make FMC their bride.
It had its flaws from the first chapter, being slightly cringe and having odd themes at play (more like "Uh ok.."), with unexplainable events like "Random hot guy walks up and sucks on your bleeding finger" oh woops, that was meant to be a secret, guess I'll just make you my food now. But I can overlook the cringe as I still have a young maiden's heart, but what I couldn't overlook was the amount of moments I had to reread things because I thought I was skipping chapters or read things wrong due to how the pacing just skyrockets.
Don't get me started on the "big battle" scene, or the build-up if you will. SPOILER HERE
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How The DUCK did FMC go from emotionally rejecting MMC's Twin bro on every level and fighting for her love for MMC, to then being shown "hidden memories" from said twin and all of a sudden HATING MMC and even drawing a sword against him, and then letting MMC's twin bro embrace her? (Excuse me, didn't you just fight him off, and you don't know him from a bar of soap?) Only to then a few pages later, find out the hidden truth to that memory and now she is madly in love with MMC all over again after nearly sticking a sword through his damn neck????! And uh...yeah The Progenitor just casually having FMC's parent's on ice and MMC reviving them only for them to instantly recognize their 16/17 year old daughter and aren't surprised at all where they are, who they are with and what the heck is going on and the fact their daughter just got married seconds ago- This whole scene felt like a metaphorical acid trip.I LOVE romances, I love reading, and I loved the start of this...but somewhere along the line it went from page turner to me scowling and wondering "Wtf did I just read?" Should I have stopped? Yes, but I always finish what I started, and somehow...This manga made me angry by wasting such an amazing concept and saying "F**** it, let's rush it." As for the latest 2 chapters as of writing this, my brain must have blurred the transition because I am now thoroughly lost as to why MORE hot, new men have been added, and why she is winning them over by just smiling. Welp, at least the thirsty peeps who care little for story will enjoy a random hot wolf king, who is likely going to be the next romance interest of an already taken woman.
-sigh--
