Transmigrated Into A Tragic Romance Fantasy Chapter 57 Discussion

I rarely comment without completing, but one low ranking review is clearly unfair and overly radical in its interpretation: while higher ranking nobles certainly don't necessarily hold direct sway over non-vassals, most people will not go out of their way to insult a host---as departing when they wish you to remain would---if there is no pressing urgency to leave. To put it crudely: if e.g., you are at an acquaintance's birthday party, you don't say 'I am bored so I am f*cking off now' and then leave, instead you suggest that unfortunately something has come up so you hope they understand that you have to leave. Then if they are being reasonable you leave after they say 'I understand'. If they are unreasonable and moreover you know why they might want to be unreasonable, you might well stay a little longer...

To put it another way: from the perspective of polite discourse, the main character has already conveyed the key message by 1) expressing his intention to depart and 2) tactfully expressing regret as to his previous actions (in fact the actions of the character before transmigration). The failure of the female lead of the original story to accept this result is an expression of the fact that she has already passed the state of polite discourse and naturally sets up the subsequent developments as revealed in the chapters approaching 57. Spoiler

In particular it shows that she is intent on getting more than a tactful apology from the protagonist for the previous character's actions---be it revenge or a sincere apology---and as a salaryman he probably feels like it is easier to wait, possibly putting up with a little suffering, until she gives up or gets bored, rather than infuriate her further by running away from the situation. However as a reasonable individual he has no intent to cater to her little revenge farce, particularly when he is not actually the guilty party. The fact that things continue to get further out of hand is a) an expression of the fact that the female lead is a spoilt princess and b) a design of the author that is consistent with the widespread taste for obsessive regretful heroines. Hopefully we agree that the latter is a slightly implausible character set-up and that most of the lack of naturality follows from there.

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So far this one is actually quite promising. The main problem at the moment is that it feels like there is a clear lead heroine, and given her circumstances the transformation into an obsessive regretful harem member seems a little forced. Spoiler

That is the development of the original novel---a kind of mutual redemption flow---feels more natural than the excessive regret she is currently feeling: what she has done as of chapter 57 is rather petty but not really so unforgivable, especially given the perceived past history. Of course she has lost face for her house, but this should hardly be a severe point of condemnation from either the perspective of a romance or harem novel.

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