I Became The Stepmother Of An Irrevocable Dark Family Chapter 42 Discussion

I'm in love with the daughter, little Rere. She's an adorable, tiny tsundere, and I love her relationship with MC. I also love MC's persistence and bravery to do the right thing and raise the daughter despite misgivings, whereas I know I would just leave. The story makes me excited to see the daughter's growth and her relationship development with MC.

I took away one star because the mystery of the story, surrounding a character, is executed in a way that is not enigmatic and simply confusing and convoluted.

The following are major spoilers.

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The center of the mystery is the character Luca, who apparently uses magic to manipulate the memories everyone in the manor so he can live there without question. But there is no excuse, no backstory, no hidden identity surrounding this character. He looks exactly like the ML with different color eyes, but is not suspected to be a relative. He dresses like a knight but doesn't perform a knight's duties. In the beginning he only appears when the Duke is gone, suggesting dual personality, but then he shows up at the same time as the Duke. And the MC just does a poor job of trying to figure it out, not even directly asking the Duke about this person's existence.

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I also don't like how characters' emotions would transition unnaturally.

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One day the daughter hates MC, the next day she decides she suddenly likes MC, in a tsundere way. One minute MC says she absolutely won't leave, and the next she's left because... honestly I can't pinpoint a substantial reason why, only that the Duke told her to leave in a sad rather than angry way. One minute the Duke stubbornly hates her and doesn't believe anything she says, no matter the evidence she piles, then she disappears he suddenly misses her and thinks she's right.

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But if you're willing to suspend belief for the mystery and sudden character changes, it's a good read and interesting story overall.