Two as One Princesses Chapter 270 Discussion

I stopped reading this novel after the first 12 chapters for more than 1 year.

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Because the first 12 chapters are really shocking, very heart-wrenching, filled with extreme violence that is very heinous, especially since the target of violence is a small child around 5 years old. This of course made my heart go into deep shock.

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I recommend readers not to read the first 12 chapters. But after a few years, I see the rating of this novel is quite good, what the heck?

Yeah, I finally know the meaning of 'poor princesses' is indeed built on the premise of the misfortune experienced by the MC during the first 12 chapters. After that, practically the life of MC and her little sister got better gradually. Spoiler

Apart from the first 12 chapters which were terrible and unacceptable to conscience and common sense,

[collapse]I'm quite interested in how the author describes the adventure in the fantasy world closer to the dark reality, instead of being optimistic like mainstream isekai novels. For example:

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How you shouldn't help just anyone selflessly. The MC helped people who were almost killed by monsters but instead the people who were helped turned traitorous until they almost sold the MC. Truly a terrible picture but not infrequently in real life it can happen. Therefore, it would not be strange for the MC's top priority to be her little sister's safety above all else.

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Broadly speaking, the MC here is rational, realistic, steadfast, very affectionate and overprotective towards her little sister and only wants to care a little about her environment as far as is needed to a minimum. In other words, MC doesn't like to meddle in other people's business.

The world development is also quite interesting. There are monsters, hunters (or adventurers?), magic, feudal society, with various discriminations that are common in caste society.

I'm also quite interested in how the author here describes how the advantages and disadvantages of beautiful girls are. Unlike what most people say, "social justice only applies to good looking people." Precisely because the MC and her younger sister are very beautiful, Spoiler

they get terrible discrimination treatment such as being bullied by dirty men, being the subject of kidnapping and other ill treatment. Obviously the life of beautiful girls is not easy, even beauty itself is closer to a 'curse' or misfortune, instead of benefiting especially if you live in a dark and cruel world.

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I'm particularly interested in the relationship between the MC and her younger sister. The genre so far is shoujo ai and there hasn't been any deviation leading to yuri. According to the MC, her relationship with her younger sister is not a romantic relationship even further, the MC considers romantic relationships to be fragile and easily shaken.

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But the relationship between MC and her younger sister can be called an irreplaceable special relationship where the two cannot be separated from each other, love each other, care for each other, protect each other, a source of happiness. This is understandable because they share one body with 2 souls. In particular, the MC herself can be a parent, guardian, sibling, partner for her younger sister. Hence their relationship is complementary and cannot be separated.

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No wonder throughout the story, the relationship between the MC and her younger sister becomes one of the plots that warms the heart and even makes the reader shed tears of emotion.

Overall, I quite enjoyed this novel. I give a rating of 4 out of 5. The rating could be higher if the author did not include the first 12 chapters that should not be read.