Despite the title, the FL is more of the typical isekai girl trying to survive than a villainess.
I really liked the lore with elemental mages, and the whole academy thing kind of felt like a college romance in a fantasy setting.
It is SO nice to have a Fl with her feet to the ground, teaching other characters healthier behavior!
The main couple was cute, the fact that they are sexually active makes for a more realistic relationship even if some of these scenes were confusing (nothing explicit so some panel are like what even is this body part supposed to be).
What really spoiled this webtoon for me is the pace. The progression between scenes and story arcs felt rushed or choppy. Sometimes I even wondered if I was missing panels or chapters but I don't think so. It also kind of felt like the author changed their mind on the overall story twice along the way.
The beginning is more of the typical isekai "how to keep the original story without dying". Then there is the whole monster hunt and "mystery" around the magic stones, which was cool but came and went out of nowhere. The end is about the main couple turning into villains, out of nowhere again, before an abrupt happy ending.
The side characters were nice but under explored. The secondary couple was supposed to be central the way they were introduced and yet one just disappeared from the last few chapters while the other is scarcely seen throughout the story and has his backstory and ending dropped in the end and covered in like 2 chapters.
I appreciate the fact that Raelle and Cassian did not get back together but it's sad that Raelle never knows why Cassian acted like that. It would have made more sense to have Cassian and Ishid's childhood and relationship brought up gradually throughout the story than dropped at the end like that.
Same for the emperor's obsession with weakness and mortality.
Also, why imply that there was something about the count not being Yunifer's biological father without even having a scene with them clearing things about that? Unless I missed that in which case please someone sends me a DM
Also there is never really a proper explanation on how the FL arrived in the world.
There is this scene where Yunifer was sick and crying for her family when in first year at the academy, sounds like when she just arrived in the world but that was never really explained.
And regarding her father, she could have made up some memory loss excuse or something.
Overall lots of potential, nice characters, interesting setting but despite the 87 chapters it felt too short and would have probably deserved more chapters for a smoother progression and a better wrap-up. I'm curious how much comes from it being adapted from a novel and how much were flaws actually kept from the novel.
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