Jabraille
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Short, sweet, adorable. The protagonists go through all the traditional "missed connections" and heartbreak fairly efficiently (you'll go "JUST TELL HIM" about 12 times, as opposed to the usual 256). Also (controversial opinion?) I don't think 5 years is a "huge" age gap. Anyway, it has my blessing.
ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE. I smiled, I teared up, I had Several Emotions At Once... This one touches on some serious topics, like equality between partners and people with past trauma navigating the difficulties of normal relationships. There are just enough characters that you can keep track of them all, and they're all distinct enough that you won't mix them up. The art is clean and beautiful. I highly recommend it!
ENDS ABRUPTLY but otherwise completely delightful. The main character is clever and upbeat, the main love-interest is strong and respectful, the supporting characters are reasonably distinct and often entertaining, and the story is interesting. I'm not deducting points for incompleteness because the main character has one other major advantage in gaining my favor, but I won't spoil it for you~
I devoured this book in one afternoon. The female lead is clever and ruthless, the male lead is actually NICE and isn't constantly intimidating or embarrassing her, and the supporting cast are interesting and unique enough that you're not constantly going "who's that character again??" The ending is a little abrupt (there are a couple of unresolved plot threads) but I'm glad it didn't drag out the story with meaningless tropes.
This story is way too long and all over the place. It hits every tired trope in the genre, then goes around borrowing tired tropes from OTHER genres. I spent a lot of time yelling at the male lead because he never EVER learns from his mistakes (another staple of the genre). All that said: it's beautifully drawn, the female lead is a brainy badass, and I would read 500 tropes and I would read 500 more just to see that Sue got past those 1000 tropes and won forevermore. đ
I love a story with a bright, brave, good-hearted female lead. The combination of her transmigrated status and the male lead's mind-reading ability makes for a lot of very interesting situations. They play off each other beautifully, face adversity as partners, and achieve a happy ending through their own efforts. The only issue I have with the art is that the horse models are TERRIBLE, but honestly that's more of a funny Easter egg than a problem.
ENDS ABRUPTLY but happily so I'm not complaining too much. The setting is just futuristic enough to be interesting but doesn't bog you down with technicalities. The characters are solid and distinctive. There are a LOT of loose ends, but even the abrupt ending is sweet and uplifting rather than hacky and saccharine.