CAUTION: REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. This is probably one of the more popular shoujotype webtoons that exist but for me reading this webtoon made me want to bash my head against my desk with each passing chapter. Maybe Im in the extreme minority. Cue the nitpicking Honestly for me this webtoon was only good until maybe the second or third chapter and by good I mean interestingish. It went super downhill from there with some weird plotline about how the female lead meets the male lead while hes under the disguise of the head honcho of an informationgathering guild as she tries to find someone to marry. Theres a really strange law that didnt make any sense to me no matter how they explained it about how marrying a guy makes the girl more powerful and able to keep their land or some such. It was overly complicated and not explained well as with the rest of the stuff that follows. The author just wants all their readers to roll with it despite whatever ridiculous things they pull out of their butts. The whole time shes drooling over the head honcho dude without realizing that he slipped his actual deets in the mix and predictably she chooses him as her future husband cause hes so freaking hot as she constantly reminds us Way to go for not appearing shallow as hell female lead. I think all of femininity just wept a tear at your reckless decision that will supposedly impact your whole life if this werent completely fictional. But then again this is all makebelieve so only good things happen for her and she totally doesnt regret her decision and really falls in love with him. Why? Because hes so goddamn perfect Theres like nothing he cant do. Even when he breathes its more lovely than any other human being Err. Except theres one tinyyyyy problem. Hes also a rampaging killer and he needs to constantly take some weirdo drug thats in the form of a cigarette to calm him down. Supposedly this drug is so lethal a normal human would die just from licking it I kid you not. Okay then. Please explain to me why oh why doesnt she die if she touches his sweat? Apparently his saliva is also deadly since its infused with the toxic drug as well as his blood. Sweat is a byproduct of the body which is used to eliminate wastes Im sure his sweat must be toxic too. Unless hes so perfect he never sweats. I actually believe that might be the reason. I guess I explained this plot hole all by myself But I have another problem Why the hell is he allowed to exist? The king knows who he is and used him to take over the throne. The most logical move as king should be to execute this deadly killer in case he kills you too duh. Or imprison him or whatever. Instead he gets a promotion and is in charge of a small kingdom being bestowed with the title of Grand Duke. Thats just stupid. Everyone is clearly afraid of him so why are you making him a leader of the people? He doesnt even do any administrative work at all his new wife does everything. So what was he going to do if he hadnt married her die from death by being buried under mountains of paperwork? Aha I discovered the real strategy of the kings nonsensical move For a contractual marriage this went from zero to ten real quick. It didnt help that the female lead was already attracted to the male lead because hes so freaking perfect without a single flaw besides the killer thing but thats a minor issue. In fact he becomes less killery while shes around theyre like a match made in heaven They absolutely adore each other because Mary Sue Gary Stu for life She pretends she isnt falling for him with constant empty threats about raising alimony for touching her which is obviously impossible to even keep track of. Its one of the reasons why my forehead is red from the headdesking I was doing as I read this. They sleep in the same bed for gods sakes theyre going to be always touching either accidentally or on purpose. And please we all know that youre not going to divorce him after times up because where are you going to find such a flawless and handsome husband afterwards? This goes on for some time with nothing else happening so the author finally got bored of writing the same thing over and over. Theres a limit to how perfect two people can be after all. The story or lack thereof dug itself into a hole so deep it cant even get out of the endless repetitive cycle of mutual perfection and adoration. The author wrote themselves into a ditch apparently. Then they decided to go ultra magic on this story and now it barely makes any coherent sense from already not making much sense to begin with. In fact when they inserted the backstory of the male leads previous life it came out of nowhere and I had to scroll back and forth to make sure I was reading the same webtoon. Not only did the female lead reincarnate into this world from another world the male lead is also a reincarnation of a GOD. A god so strong he absorbed all the other gods except one who ran away. I have no idea how he died after becoming so powerful but nothing made sense after that. The end. Just kidding. Im still kind of lost right now but theres an absorbed god who also reincarnated and he wants to kill the male lead. The god who ran away hid her powers in the ground and wants to get them back to also kill the male lead. The female lead is concerned that the male lead is seeing dead people. The male lead doesnt remember anything about his previous life. Everything is messed up. I also have no sense of distance in this webtoon because theres supposed to be a bunch of small kingdoms or something and the male lead seems like he can teleport because he is always there whenever plot calls for it. One minute hes in the kings palace and another minute hes on the docks then the next minute hes at home watching his wife sleep. ...You know what this webtoon is basically Twilight. You heard me Except instead of vampires everyones a god. Shes a god hes a god the maid is a god and theres another random god wandering around somewhere. Maybe theres even more gods we dont know about He even watches her in her sleep like Edward does because thats so romantic. Theres so many parallels. He likes her because shes special in that being near her calms him down and Edward liked Bella because she intrigued him since he cant read her mind. Both the male lead and Edward can read minds. Both the male lead and Edward are deadly killers with superhuman strength. Theyre both so hot and completely perfect. Both of them randomly have a childhood friend of the female lead act as their rival love interest but you already know they have no chance of winning against the main love interest ahem. Both of them nearly killed their female leads in their first encounter because they almost went beserk. Both of the female leads are idiots and only love guys for their looks which is why theyre attracted to obviously dangerous men. Uhm but maybe at least Twilight had some conflict with the werewolves and evil vampires and some family drama on both sides of the leads families. I have no clue where this pile of steaming trash is trying to go. Why is that plot about the angry gods even interesting to follow through since obviously hes not a threat to the last god if he doesnt remember he killed the other gods? Its not like hes going to be killing his female leads head maid for no reason since he technically is her employer. Or maybe the conflict is that all the other gods are going to kill him but then they made a point somewhere back then that hes super OP so its not like thats a real concern. Its not like while in god limbo they got super strong enough to be able to take him on this time when they already lost by a huge margin the last time. The only remotely possible problem I see is that the female lead is going to accidentally absorb the male lead somehow but I dont even know if thats what theyre trying to hint at since the translation got wonky after the big celestial revelation. Lastly about the art. It is alright but if you look closely the artist is lazy at drawing everyone except the female lead. Only the female lead is carefully drawn with constantly changing hairstyles and clothing. Everyone else is just kinda bleh and sometimes the art quality can decrease a lot in a single chapter if it doesnt feature the female lead. The artist is also not that great at establishing shots or backgrounds and draws far too many headshots and characters from the waist up. Panelling is too simple and honestly its not even efficiently used as I will explain below. What really really irks me about this already headbangingly frustrating webtoon is the constant freaking gushing of how handsome the male love interest is in nearly every single chapter. Its like the author doesnt know what else to make the female lead say when shes thinking to herself. Shut up I am a reader and I have eyes so let me be the judge thank you very much. By the way with my very own two eyes that are in perfect working order I dont see him as that amazingly handsome that you feel the need to remind me every single time I see him. Saying hes handsome every other panel doesnt make him more handsome. Admiring his looks repeatedly doesnt increase his handsomeness. It also doesnt compensate for the fact that your art didnt completely capture how handsome he supposedly is. It also makes the female lead sound incredibly stupid and shallow which is worsened by the fact that everyone praises her for being smart. She sure doesnt sound or act smart. Basically this does nothing to advance anything plotwise and its a waste of panels and space that could have been used for something more worthwhile. The male lead also thinks to himself about how beautiful the female lead is quite often but not to the irritating extent the female lead does. Honestly A LOT of the chapters are just spent with the two characters praising the hell out of each other in their heads. They dont even say what theyre thinking to each other which makes it even more idiotic. We really dont need to know what theyre thinking 24/7. Actually I feel that this webtoon would be so much more interesting if we couldnt read what theyre thinking at all because it takes away the mystery of who the male lead is. When I first saw him I thought he was cool until I saw what hes internally monologuing then I lost all respect for him because hes just the male equivalent to the female lead. What happened to Show dont tell? I really detest it when authors think their readers are so stupid that everything unimportant needs to be spelled out for us instead of focusing on plot and writing actual conflicts that matter. You could just condense the entirety of the existing chapters to about 1/4 of what we have right now and you wouldnt miss much. Yeah just avoid this if youre a big fan of believable good storytelling with a cast of interesting characters. It utterly sucks in that department. Overall Breakdown: Characters: 5/10 Story: 0/10 Art: 6/10 Lore/Worldbuilding: 5/10 Enjoyment: 0/10
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