kazuchika okada

It's a beautiful sweet and light romance. A light read without any over the top drama.. except for that Okada gal and she is not given much screen time in this romantic drama. She's certified nutjob that everyone knows about so they no unnecessary doubts or misgivings. Apart from that the chemistry between Aru and Ryuu is cute and adorable yet sizzling hot at the same time. All the characters are well sketched and believable. I even liked Emi gal, though raised as a concubine the gal has self respect and I respect that. The galfriend bonding is something that should be praised. Not all gals are bitchy. So go Midori, Rin and Ara.

It started good but for a story that focuses more on human relationships I can't help but get effed by some of the emotional plot holes. Despite having good characters, I felt that they're all cardboard cutouts that were not indistinguishable from each other. They will act out of character just to fit the whims and plot of the story. Honestly, if you won't name whose talking, you'll just think it's one character rambling. They're only good because I like they're background, but not how they act. The MC's character design was complicated, you'd expect her to act like this but she'll act differently instead, these happen many times in the story until I reached halfway in the story to get an overall view of her personality and I'll just say I'm not a fan of her. She's spoiled, impulsive, inconsiderate and selfish. She's an amalgation of both good traits as strong, kind, bubbly and innocent and those negative things I just mentioned that her character felt bloated and jumbled. It's not like her character was an impossibility but she was just not charming to my eyes,even if we compare her to those common MC's here in webnovel. Compared to them she looked made with more effort but was not made for me to be likable.The story also falls flat because it spend more talking and planning while the actions were so rare to happen. Their romance was so quick and unbarred that I felt the author takes too many words or chapters when they can just put it in few chapters. If there were conflicts or even spice plots to at least put some challenge to their romance, it could have been good. Honestly, I was so excited reading this because it has both elements of romance and magic fighting as seen in the first chapters but I am now in chapter 170 , which is half of the book already, but it only got one exciting fight scene which was only one or two chapter long. he rest, was them talking about their engagement and them taking vacations. The amount of chapters given to take a side character, that Okada, was so many already and I felt it's an insult to ones writing if you only can milk this character to bring conflict to this story. She's like an ant and was being played extensively by gods. Who'd want to read about someone playing with an ant, an ant can't hurt you so what's the catch? Why are we spending so much chapter and time for this cannon fodder?You see, it had a great premise even though the more extensive it was, the more it could easily get convulated. But this genre, though unique in the east asia novel world. It's not, when compared to western countries. If we compare this to them, this book really fails in its execution. There are so many wasted plots and opportunities, the conflict was non-existent and the character was lacking. It could definitely use an editor.