Side Characters Deserve Love Too

TheEpicGamer145 Feb 12, 2022

3

Weak And Pathetic FL So pathetic FL and the ML, I don't even want to talk about him. One of the most annoying characters. FL confesses to him every day but the ML considers her as an assasin. The FL is weak and can't even lie properly. She is obsessed with ML and tends to forget the important bits of the novel. Even though the ML treats her so harshly she just smiles and laughs it off. Just my personal opinion.

machiabeeli Mar 27, 2022

9

Starting to question my taste sometimes because I clearly feel different from most of the reviews on this app, but here I am with the spiciest thought I can think to offer: I think this is fun and a good read!  Sometimes, I'm willing to suspend my disbelief just to hear out the author and the story if I feel like it's not too ridiculous with how it's written. The FL in this manhwa was transported into her favorite novel, into the bedroom of her favorite character. The catch is that the ML can hear her thoughts only if she's fervently thinking and simping for him. It's not something she can control either - as long as the thoughts revolve around him and her adoration, he can hear them in his head. With that premise, the story begins.  Some people would say that she's very creepy because of how she acts around the ML. Clearly, this would be counted as sexual harassment right? If the situation was reversed and it was a man thinking about a woman in this way, it would no longer be humorous. I do agree with all of those points! They are all very valid and it makes sense why people couldn't push through with reading this. Personally, I found it passable because of how the novel addresses it. The FL originally didn't believe that she wasn't dreaming and that she was actually in the world she only read about before. Her actions didn't carry the same weight because she didn't know the truth about her situation. It's hard to control your thoughts. This isn't an excuse but an explanation. In the privacy of our heads, our train of thoughts often runs without any input from us and more often than not, we think of things before we can think of why we thought about them.  When the ML informed her about how it made him uncomfortable, she did her best to lessen the severity of her thoughts or to curb them away from the more disturbing or explicit aspects of it. This, to me, implied that she respects the limits that the ML has placed and was willing to accommodate them for his comfort. Those three points helped me see the FL in a better light than our first interaction with her and affirmed that she wasn't a bad person, just someone who is stanning aggressively. These don't excuse her actions however they serve as a starting point on how she can improve her behavior. With that out of the way, I think everything else was good. I like how fun she is when it comes to adapting to life in the novel - she picks up hard labor and is willing to learn what needs to be done without being too picky about it. She cross-dressed as a man to be close to the prince without being dead weight. Her optimistic attitude and her passion for life were fun to read about and added to her charm. Not to mention the art style of the manhwa was drawn well! The world that the author built came to life which each panel and I'm very thankful to the artist for doing such a great job. My favorite part is how expressions were drawn - they definitely knew what they were doing especially when it came to liven up the scene. The humor here is top notch. I think this is still a divisive manga and your enjoyment would largely depend on how well you can suspend your belief and your tolerance level for certain types of humor. Reviewed at Chapter 26.

skyenui May 30, 2022

9

I think this is hilarious. If you don't take it seriously, that is. This doesn't have a structured plot or anything resembling a storyline. The FL's entire focus is on the ML, and she daydreams about him 24/7. She's also a terrible liar, and it makes things hilarious for everyone: in one of the episodes she claimed that "God stans her". That is the level we're dealing with. If you try to read it as a serious manhwa, on the other hand, you won't have a good time because "Joe" or "Geumja Kim (?)" doesn't have single serious bone (or brain cell) in her entire body. I find the interactions to be hilarious and the misunderstandings are there to make things funny, not frustrating. Also, it makes sense the ML will be vary of her: she pops out of nowhere, has no background, talks weird sometimes, and has knowledge of things she shouldn't know about as a commoner (or an outsider). Honestly, every episode gives me a good laugh - a breath of fresh air after manhwas filled with backstabbing, complicated politics, drama for the sake of drama, and revenge plots. Don't get me wrong, I do love myself a good, serious revenge story, but it's important to laugh every once in a while too.