Having read literally a couple hundred isekai manhwa I have come to accept that finding a good one is like searching for a needle in a haystack. They just don’t come by often and it’s really a toxic relationship that I still continue to read them.
However this one is definitely one of the better ones out there. I saw a lot of complaints almost halfway into the story that the FL was insufferable and annoying and that’s usually one of the defining faults of a comic, but she was written well enough where I couldn’t even blame her actions. It was all justified although she made mistakes and that’s why we have character DEVELOPMENT, yes not all of our heroes are going to be perfect from the start. The odds were stacked up against her and it was not strange at all that she should be wary of the ML, and then as the mystery unfolds and they spend more time together to heal their relationship we start to sympathize with her even more.
Speaking of which, the mystery in this story is confusing and deserves a reread of earlier parts, but I really think that those are the best kinds of mysteries. The ones where you have to read it all over again to gain a new light. Not that the mystery was the golden touch of this story or that it compares to mystery story-telling legends, but it was enough to keep me engaged and there wasn’t enough information to guess what was truly going on. The female lead from the start was mistaken and unreliable as a narrator and so it was incredibly interesting to see my own point of view of the other characters as she learned more about them. All of the characters made mistakes, hence the title, and they fought and made up and proved that they weren’t just cardboard cutouts pretending to be human which is already rare enough in this genre.
I think people were also quick to forget to what the ML had done. And very understandably he had his reasons, but that doesn’t change how questionable his actions still were.
Thinking that you had manipulated someone for years, and then them finding out completely justifies why Durua was scared of Nocturne I mean come on. Not to mention that in her memories he had been cold and indifferent and why would she believe off of that that he cared about her? Suddenly turn around and say that she’s special to him and while they are making direct statements, they weren’t explaining anything and truly having a conversation to clear the air. Of course they misunderstood each other, Nocturne had no idea what was going on Durua’s side either!
But he apologized and made up for it and proved that everything he did was for her, and it would always be that way.
As for the romance which was obviously the star of the show; it was very sweet. You couldn’t help but root for them to trust each other, and then revisiting their childhood was so cute but also very sad. It was so gratifying to see Durua slowly start to regain her trust in Nocturne and acknowledge that she had always liked him and still did.
This should be more popular than it is.
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