The Mellow and Mysterious Life of an Exiled Villainess and a Reincarnated Baron Chapter v4125 Discussion

First of all, I came here to read it due to manga. I was dazzled by the idea of this manga and hoped to see a fun slice of life rom-com. What i've encountered sadly isn't what I was expecting.

First things first the atmosphere, it's silly, too much juvenile comedy that contrasts with some more serious moments but due to over the top amount of comedic elements that are juvenile to boot makes any dramatic event look limp.

Next, comedy is not only silly but quite "progressive". For example: Maniacs influencing some children to turn gay or fluid to be more precise. Basically MC (19) is the father, his adopted son (11) became sexually fluid due to one encounter and has confused feelings towards MC, In sodomite world it can be regarded comedy, for me it was over the top comedy. I thought it was just too much, I understand that author tries to make it more comedic and he tries to destroy all social barriers but there has to be a line where you should stop.

With what stated above you might already suspect what I'm going to tell next and that is: It's not slice of life rom-com It's COMEDY ADVENTURE FANTASY slice of life... rom..... Yes the romance ellement is almost non-existent, I know it's stated slow romance but I cannot even find words about how slow it is they don't have any progression physically whilst platonically they said everything. Why is that a problem? Because author over uses the classical "virg*n" energy troupe, they get too flustered, dense, denie and etc. there is also a problem of inconsistency due to that. For example in first chapters she was reading to lay with MC and remembering the dialogue they kinda had a normal one, no flusteredness or embracement but after that not only 0 progression but also immense shyness with un-healthy amount of romance blockers (sudden guests, sudden 3rd wheels and etc.).

Next the inconsistency part. As mentioned above author has a problem with it. It felt as if first chapter direction shifted completely towards new direction and due to that he changed their personalities a bit and their reactions. From more mature approach it became more like shounen/shoujo with classical lunacy that small children might find funny. There are things that author sweeps under the rug, for example at one point FMC decides to be proactive towards MC but somehow she forgets that endeavor.... and the story continues in unknown direction.

The problem stems from authors decisions to create the atmosphere of family. In essence they already verbally professed their interests, MC made romantic gestures but there were basically 0, face to face dialogues with FMC after those events. Romance stopped, they still didn't kiss up to chapter 125 and it has been 4 months of them living together. Even author notes through side characters that this is weird. Any progression is met with 3rd wheels and sudden guests who stop any progress. Neither MC nor FMC tries to advance much. One time MC had decided to kiss he was denied and partially because he has chosen the wrong place and time. Author teases and exploits pre dating atmosphere which annoys many people when overused. So I question author, why would you make the married? To reel the viewers due to shock moment and then continue the classical PRE DATING COM-ROM? If I see cheap tricks I start to dislike the author and his work.

Lastly, author's style. There 2 things and one of them is a bit subjective.

1. Author changes the character who narrates, basically quite often we see other characters who narrate. For example it goes in that order: MC, FMC and GRAY (they +/- the same) and other side characters. The problems stems from feeling that we are "forced" to read about characters that we don't have much interest in. For example Gray, his narrative and interactions are completely different and are mostly with other side character (Appricot) and kids. So you should expect 8th grader syndrome comedy all the time and his native thoughts about situations, while not so bad it becomes tiresome when amount of his screen time that HIGH. I find Gray the most uninteresting character, his naivety and intelligence takes deep dives for 11y old, he sometimes turn 6y old (it feels like that). Author has some troubling views on how 11y olds interact or understand the world. It's interesting to have one chapter that gives us his world view it's annoying when you have 2-3 chapters quite often. For example MC chapter 5, FMC 2-3, Gray 2-3, Side 1-2 and repeat. Sometimes MC has less chapters.
2. Too much thoughts. Imagine that AFTER EVERY FREAKING STATEMENT NARRATOR HAS THOUGHTS OVERSHADOWING HIS DIALOGUE SENTENCE. As an example:

-Hello Violet, looking good today

As I saw Violet approaching me, I could not notice how charming she was. She helps me a lot with lords work but I wish for more pleasant moments with her.

- Hello Lord Clo.

As she said hello to me I felt little warm and fuzzy feeling growing inside of me. Her charming smile and amber eyes reflect her inner beauty.

- Have you finished the patrol for today?

If I remember correctly, she was on patrol duty with Robot this morning. There were some reports in surroundings about increased monster activity. I find it strange, I don't remember any events in otome game about this. We should be more warry.

And that's the gist, it's like driving in suburbs with never ending speed humps on the road. Currently there 1600 chapters but I imagine with good editorial work this work can get it reduced to 400-600 chapters. TOO MUCH USELESS INFORMATION. Dialogue flow keeps being interrupted with inner thoughts of Narrator and narration IS 5 times bigger than the sentence that was stated.