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My review will be pretty short since there aren't a lot of translated chapters. I recommend reading it yourself first if you wish to avoid any light spoilers.This is probably one of the first original novels that made the Otome game/Evil Villainess sub-genre so popular - and for good reason, too. There isn't much drama or seriousness, which I heavily prefer in these novels (and is a factor for my rating), but the world is being built up throughout the chapters. It's not trying to be more than what it is, and it shines in it's own comfortability with itself. The characters, both main and side, are all likable or at least understandable, and there's definitely going to be a focus on healthy friendships and relationships in latter chapters. Even the foolish crown prince has some redeeming qualities, though caricatures of his "s*upid prince" archetypes might bring back flashbacks and annoy readers familiar to this genre.There are two types of "Misunderstandings"-based novels: the ones that I want to throw into the ocean because of the characters' idiocy, and the ones I can relate to and laugh along with. This is the latter. While it's obviously unrealistic, their MC and her family have a charm to them (helped by their lack of obliviousness). I'm reading some of the raws, and while this isn't spellbounding especially since so many others have the same premise now, the execution and novelty when this first came out lands itself in my favorites list.There isn't much out right now, but I definitely recommend it if you want a calm, lighthearted novel with great execution.