I had high expectations for this one but I was very disappointed.
The premise was very promising. Mysterious murders to solve while being a child ? Sign me up !!
I expected schemes, political issues, influence and power struggles... But we only got a teaspoon of it 🙁
I don’t mind slow paced stories, because it helps exploring properly the different parts of an intricate plot, and because it allows us to understand better the different characters, their interactions and their relevance. But here, it had no contribution to the actual plot, it was like filler episodes. I didn’t mind it so much at first, thinking the plot would pick up later, but even after a time skip, it didn’t. Not only we were back to children plays, we also began to have strange mc involvements and it only got more and more confusing.
Why would she go sing in a small town dressed as a commoner ? S2 translations sure didn’t help but I had no idea what was going on and what the point of this was. Promoting folks songs to reduce the temple domination ? Yeah ok but what happened to your goal ? Didn’t you want to prevent your family’s murder ? What is going on ??
You will enjoy the first 90~ chapters if you like cute slices of life with a Mary Sue protagonist collecting fans, because yes the fl is the epitome of a Mary Sue. She’s cute, absolutely everyone loves her, and although she has the knowledge and behavior of an adult almost nobody questions it. The story has its moments so it isn’t awful per se, but don’t read it expecting an interesting character involved in a thrilling investigation with a lot of mind games and manipulation like I did.... The plot is all over the place unfortunately, especially after that time skip.
The art is beautiful though ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Edit : chapter 124 and I’m getting real bored. I think the author completely dismissed the original plot. Everyone is in love with the fl and it’s just pointless and ridiculous drama now, to the point where I wonder if the mc actually forgot that she was supposed to resolve her family MURDER. Argh I am so disappointed.
If you want to read something similar but much more interesting, check out In This Life, I'll Become the Head of the Family. The storytelling, the plot, the characters, the romance... everything is better.
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