idk how people cant see how Jiujin did that on porpouse so that the kids can be under the princess, like that poison bottle just came out at the right time XD.

Suddenly, Jiujin getting sandwormed has moved from the "crime against humanity" portion of my book to the "morally justified precaution" chapter.

This isn't a feel good moment where the protagonist gains an adoring slave that worships the ground they walk, nor is it a moment of complete dehumanization. Though brutal and gorey, the chapter ends with the enslaved woman taking things into her own hands and gaining agency in the story. She knows they can't be trusted so she drinks the poison to gain negotiating power. It's a move made from desperation, but it's a really great bit of characterization for someone who I had expected to be a background/one off character at best.

It is quite a power move to (begin to) liberate oneself with an act of ultimate submission.

idk how people cant see how Jiujin did that on porpouse so that the kids can be under the princess, like that poison bottle just came out at the right time XD.

An interesting theory. She did, however, murder a defenseless enslaved man earlier on -- was that part of the deception, too?

Alright here we go. I really like this development. Jiujin is a bandit by trade and will happily do anything to ensure her survival be that slaughtering defensless people who simply saw too much or as said above happening to drop the parasite flask right in front of them so they'll be forced to shift into trustworthy allies instead.

Meanwhile Lanze and yes that is her name it's never been used outside of the extra chapter that goes into their character design. Lanze is certainly willing to take advantage of those around her but sets a clear line between that and slaughter of innocents.

She wants to live not become the slavetrading bandits who destroyed her original tribe.

Oh, you know what, blondie? You can whistle as much as you want. Actually I think you should create a 7 minutes long symphony consisting only of whistling.

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Analogically, Lanse is Danaerys Targaryen, and Juijin is Jorah Mormont. In this essay I will

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This is an interesting development but now the art is throwing me off. Like this is not the art style I would expect for this type of murder and torture and coughing up blood.

ah it turns out the schemes run deeper than anyone realized. Very fun little twist to "redeem" jiujin without feeling cheap. She did just still kill that guy after all. He's just not who we thought.

ah it turns out the schemes run deeper than anyone realized. Very fun little twist to "redeem" jiujin without feeling cheap. She did just still kill that guy after all. He's just not who we thought.

Indeed. I wonder if the princess was actually administering the antidote against the worms to Jiujin with that kiss, only for the latter to lean way into it?

"Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with."
- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

ah it turns out the schemes run deeper than anyone realized. Very fun little twist to "redeem" jiujin without feeling cheap. She did just still kill that guy after all. He's just not who we thought.

and the agency of the enslaved people is maintained because even if she had planned to introduce the idea, it was the enslaved kids themselves who took the initiative.

My guess is that she is actually trying to slip the antidote in, but jiujin is going to deepen the kiss in order to reject the antidote to keep that worm in her

I love that the protagonists are actually fucked up, it's refreshing. Really enjoying this one.

The way she covered her face with her hand during the kiss was kind of hot, this is the type of censorship I prefer. I’m not really into effects like glowing lights or random overlays like butterflies.

I love that the protagonists are actually fucked up, it's refreshing. Really enjoying this one.

It's very Sal Jiang, isn't it? I kept thinking of Black & White the whole time!

page 7 bottom panel - the tangent from Jiujin's face to her finger's outline makes it seem like she has a tiny chin that I can' unsee, lol

art is still very pretty and refined as usual & hooray for the kiss! it's not even a trick or anything she just wanted to kiss her (unless...)

art is still very pretty and refined as usual

Also very half-assed when it comes to 3D elements as usual. Try to make sense of the shadows on page 11, or the little pyramid things.

As for the ending, I guess they have some sort of disguise magic (princess has big muscles) but can't change their voices?

Also very half-assed when it comes to 3D elements as usual. Try to make sense of the shadows on page 11, or the little pyramid things.

blatantly bad 3D backgrounds seem to be a common thing among long-strip webcomics (of a certain genre(?) or origin(?)) that I must've chosen to stop paying attention to them completely at some point.

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Also very half-assed when it comes to 3D elements as usual. Try to make sense of the shadows on page 11, or the little pyramid things.

blatantly bad 3D backgrounds seem to be a common thing among long-strip webcomics (of a certain genre(?) or origin(?)) that I must've chosen to stop paying attention to them completely at some point.

Yeah, badly deployed clip art or whatever seems pretty common in manhua now. Both of Chise's works, "please bully me" and "no way I'm giving you my mana" suffer. The latter has also had bad drawn art, like someone's legs just disappearing. "Bully" had a dinner scene where not only were photos of omurice being passed off as fancy food, but the contents of the table weren't consistent between panels.

Li's right hand is a left hand: https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_way_my_nemesis_looks_at_me_is_slowly_shifting_ch01#1

If you keep your eye on the wine bottle, first is says "150 ml", and then the label is upside down. https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/please_bully_me_miss_villainess_ch145#4

I don't really believe how Faye (the demon) is standing: https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/please_bully_me_miss_villainess_ch146#4

the attendants are cloned and the horse is a photo https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/unaware_his_majesty_is_a_girl_ch57#2

to be fair, big name manga isn't immune: girl has a drink in her head. https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/citrus_june_24_through_28#18

But I think most of the manhua I follow has bad art problems. I think Green Tea Bitch is okay, though.

Yeah, badly deployed clip art or whatever seems pretty common in manhua now.

darn you really cited your sources. personally these are not dealbreakers for me long as the main characters are illustrated in a style I enjoy, but try as I might to not notice them the egregiously done examples do still bother me sometime.

But I think most of the manhua I follow has bad art problems. I think Green Tea Bitch is okay, though.

GTB is my favorite yuri manhua ever and it's not even close :P

the backgrounds definitely have taken some shortcuts (if we were to define shortcut as in not hand-drawn) using models or photos perhaps with filters applied on them, but it never made me groan of just how jarring it looked the way some other webcomics' backgrounds have made me.

also I noticed that in manhuas there seem to be an inclination to draw every single frame of the main character as "sparkly" and as "flawless" as possible, to varying degrees of success (in my opinion). this manhua 'my heart is not a stone' is a pretty good example of it done well. GTB did no such thing but it's still quite easy to tell just how skilled the author is and the style's so ever charming.

There's "haha, I can see the artist taking shortcuts" like using assets, and then there's doing so badly, like the changing wine bottle label, or not trying to get the shadows somewhat consistent.

GTB is less ambitious, more like a colored manga, so more consistent. Though it did use assets for outside stuff: https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/that_time_i_was_blackmailed_by_the_classs_green_tea_bitch_ch55#2

But no obvious errors.