I really wanted to keep going with this story, but God the drama is needless and just drags. No one wants to communicate and someone still fall for each other and it's dumb. There's a good story here but it's covered by bad writing decisions.

This series is extremely well done! I'm really glad I took a chance and ignored the comments telling me not to read it. It does a great job of leading you to think this is a decent but somewhat standard isekai, then has a great twist a few chapters in that surprised me in the best way! There is even a decent amount of foreshadowing, so the twist is not just sprung out of nowhere. It comes from subverting expectations that this subgenre tends to encourage. They are not bad expectations - and when done well can be really fun - but it is really interesting to have this webtoon author recognize these tropes, make you think they're being done, then place something else there instead. A bit like how the love interests (and other things) are handled in "Miss Not-So-Sidekick."

This is a really interesting story, and after the twist it is revealed just how clever the author is. Please give this series a try on mangago

This isn't the typical fluff Isekai, where the FL always make best and most reasonable choice and everything magically works out, and I think a lot of people missed the point of the story, especially those piling on the FL once the ML's backstory is revealed. The whole point is to show that the world isn't black and white. There are rarely true villains or even true heroes. There is no undeniable right or wrong, so stop judging Durua so harshly.
Is the FL perfect? No, but how are readers taking the moral high ground and nitpicking that she approached the ML with false pretense of trying to save her own neck, especially when he admits to her face that he tried to mind control her? Also, she was straight forward with him, directly asking what he wanted from her and why he treated her the way she did. HE was the one who wasn't ready to explain, WHICH IS FINE, but she is not at fault for acting defensive and wary of him after how he has treated her.
Yes, the ML has a tragic backstory. Is he a villain? No, but his actions without that context (and even some with context) look manipulative, cold, and sociopathic. And originally, many readers side with the FL without that context, but then turn on her when they find out ML's childhood traumas EVEN THOUGH SHE HERSELF still does not know what the readers now do. Neither the argued age difference nor his past traumas means the FL or anyone is obligated to stick around when he tries to strip them of their self autonomy.

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If the story focused solely on the ML I'd have given it a higher rating as I find his story far more more entertaining then any of the other 3 characters.

Alice is annoying, simply not agreeing with her puts you on her blacklist. The FL is a hypocrite, she condemns others for the things they do or did when she was no different from all the other nobles who saw the ML as a child and wanted to take advantage of him, the only difference is she got away with it b.c he couldn't read her. The FL and Alice also have a bad habit of not respecting others choices, they whine about how the males won't tell them their secrets yet I don't hear Alice telling her friends about her past life, nor do I hear the FL telling her friends about reincarnation.

The entire book runs on miscommunication. Characters are trying to talk things through and people are either misunderstanding what they are being told or are being so emotional that the conversation breaks down. The ML's story is interesting and the author was smart to make the story follow him, I would recommend this book but I would warn that after 60 chapters none of the misunderstandings have been resolved.

dropped the incomprehensible fan translation(s?) a while back. the official translation is consistent and the story is okay, but i can't stay engaged. i think the mechanics of how the dual time periods are explored is where it loses me: not that i can understand it, i just don't care enough to keep reading.

As what the subject says, but it's readable since the FL is not the type you would hate

I can't un hide it that i was hate nocton but, i feel bad for him, it's like real life perspective
"You can change when a stranger who looks special comes to you, whether you realize it too late or not, you really thank that person for helping you out of the dark destiny of life, you changed me and made me realize that I should be human thing's..."
It's like Who wouldn't be a criminal or depressed if they had such a dark and bad destiny? Here the real villain is his mother who controls him and whatever, His mother did it for no reason, tortured him, destroyed his hope, the psycho mother also did the same to her other children, his mother had OCD.


That's the main reason why Nocton becomes the villain in life in the original novel, what is it? Yep, no one woke him up and helped him from the hardships of life like that duroa (mc and fl)did🥺😌


In this second life, i hope they misserable will be clear pls, i really feel bad for nocton, i was trying to hate him but i can't, I hate apathetic people But apparently he also has trust issues and doesn't have good communication skills, it's a natural thing for a very tough life like the one he faces.


Nocton is very lucky that God sent the soul of someone who uses the body of Duroa and made him know what love is...
Even in a world where there is no magic like Earth, there are people who have such a life,

I am very grateful to anyone who lives in darkness like Nocton experienced but you managed to find light in your life and still do good to live...

if you binge read it (instead of waiting weekly for new releases), the plot is A LOT less confusing. The only people I see who get confused about the story are people who have forgotten details from earlier chapters.

A decent read if you’re into otome isekai that isn’t all fancy dresses and tea party fluff.

they obviously lost the meaning when they turned the novel into a webtoon. it was all a mistake - the fact that I started reading this, the fact that this even exists

It's confusing and the plot gets annoying quite quickly