- #1
The issue with this web novel, as well as most japanese web novels with female protagonists in my personal opinion, seems like it has been written by a 15 year old. It is extremely disappointing because the premise of this story is interesting but it gets shot to hell by the mental ret*rdation of the characters and one-dimensional personalities. The MC is a mary-sue, which can be fine if the world-building are interesting and characters are likable. That unfortunately was not the case. I find myself skimming through the chapters. The villains are equally mentally deficient as well (I guess author has to bring down their IQ so that our Mary Sue and gang can defeat them easily) and worst, they are so annoying.Spoiler
Asahi especially gets on my last nerve. Author seems to have created her as a foil to MC. Villain Asahi is childishly selfish and uses her charm magic to manipulate others around her to love her, on the other hand Mary-sue MC is hated in the real world due to Asahi but now beloved in the fantasy world due to her innate goodness and fairy-attracting abilities. The problem is that the conflict between them is so weak. Asahi is obviously not a threat to MC who has unlimited magical powers and the support of the more powerful dragon kingdom. So what is the point of the conflict again?
[collapse]The side storyline with MC and Asahi is so contradicting. Author wants to portray Asahi as a selfish little girl that never grew up. We learnt that MC suffered a lot in the real world due to Asahi's actions and MC dislikes her. Now in the fantasy world, MC being a good girl with a heart of gold, decides to help Asahi since they used to be friends, but I am not sure what the author's intentions are? It is obviously not to reconcile the friendship as MC has kept repeating she does not like Asahi and does not want to be near her. It is also not about reforming the villain. The readers are not meant to like Asahi. Although she is not evil in nature, she is a IQ deficient character with zero redeeming qualities and seems to be unaware of the consequences to her actions. It seems to me that this side story is merely there for the purpose of author wanting to show how virtuous MC is. Look at how MC is saving the Asahi even though she does not deserve it. Omggg MC is such an angel. (Insert sarcasm here) The main storyline is of course the romance. But there is a problem, ML Jade is a huge snoozefest. He's a typical male lead who is cold and distant until he meets our Mary-sue MC, then he suddenly has a personality transplant and becomes gentle and adoring towards her. He likes her because they have compatible magic wave-length and a few chapters later after spending some time with MC, decides that he is in love with her. See what I mean about this being written by a 15-year-old? I guess that could be overlooked if ML is interesting but nope there is no buildup of his character and backstory. We know next to nothing about him, only that he is a ruler of a country and he's a cutie. You would expect a dragon demi-human to be exotic and fascinating but he is bland like plain oatmeal.This got on my nerves because it had the potential to be interesting. Even though I was bored, I kept on going because I really wanted to like it. I had to finally admit that this was a huge waste of my time and brain cells and dropped it at ch35.If you are interested in this novel, I suggest reading the manga instead. The manga artist did a great job in her illustrations and brought much-needed life and humor into the characters. I started out reading the manga and enjoyed it but the novel is a huge let-down.