Alright I just found and read this series in 30 minutes. I really liked it at the start, very interesting and the characters definitely grabbed my attention. The stuff about the guitar earrings and Liz’s ex were alright and I found the slave contract thing was funny enough as well. I was hooked on the series from the moment Liz was almost run over.
However, I feel that since the ex gf came back into the story, the quality has taken quite a dip. Liz is very frustrating to watch and her ex is just a manipulative piece of shit. It’s nearly impossible to sympathize with Liz at this point, and all the jokes in the comments about her having a meeting with Truck-Kun are proof of that. Not to mention that the plot became incredibly cliche and predictable the moment we found out what kind of character the ex is. It’s the same old character who did a terrible thing to their girlfriend, leaves their lives for a period of time, then expects to get back together with that same girlfriend the moment they show up again. All the while disregarding the impact of their terrible actions and using underhanded tactics to get what they want. I feel like I’ve seen this archetype a hundred times in romance/drama and at some point it just gets frustrating. The same thing goes for maki because while I still like her somewhat, the whole “constantly anxious over my relationship” archetype is annoying and pretty overused as well. The release schedule and lack of pages aren’t doing it any favours, but I’ll probably donate a bit to the official release just to see if they might give this series a couple more pages every three months.
I sincerely hope that the authors can turn this thing around and get me invested again. Have Liz do something to get me on her side again, have Maki grow a pair and confront Liz, and have the ex get told off and put in her place. I also hope that this series isn’t gonna be just 20 or so chapters because I would feel pretty cheated if over half the series was spent focusing on this ex gf stuff. Though I gotta say, it’s really not a good thing that I’m already prepping myself to feel frustrated at how this is gonna end lol. I’m gonna keep following this one and I’m gonna try to have some optimism, cause I was genuinely invested for the first 8 chapters or so.
last edited at Apr 22, 2021 6:23AM