Sorry. I am a masochist (in terms of things I end up reading) and usually pick up shoujo for two reasons:
- I'm in the mood for good shoujo. And/Or...
- I'm in the mood for bad horrific "romantic" shoujo, that's so rage-inducing, I just have to react to it.
Most of the time, I can tell whether it's one or the other. But the true gems are the ones that I have no clue about whether they're gonna be good, or painfully bad. The in-betweens are easy enough to forget so I have no problems with those.
But this one. Man, this one, I just have to agree that it must be a gag-manga. I'm sorry, I just couldn't take anything seriously, and I ended up enjoying it in the beginning, not for the romance, or even the smut (if it can even be called that), but just the sheer idiocy involved.
My reaction in the beginning mostly was, WTH is this?! Hahahaha this has to be a joke, right?!?
Do not take this seriously, people. You're gonna give yourself an aneurism. Chapter 1 practically shows (literally and figuratively) the heroine having a screw loose. Like, literally, an actual screw rolls onto the floor and she gets a friggin' fan-girl nosebleed upon meeting the male lead.
CHAPTER 1
She uses her genius inventing skills mostly to find a way to make Hajime-kuuun, love of her life, prince and beloved knight-in-shining-dark-armour fall in love with her. (This is, in no way, a good thing if you really think about it, because consent is important people, but, what the hell, it's not meant to be taken seriously.)
Said inventions mostly fail because we find out, surprise surprise that the male lead has always been in love with her all along. This "misunderstanding" is resolved quickly enough with--drum-roll please--the power of true love and true love's kiss
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What happens next, you ask? Well, they're in an established relationship that seems to be going nowhere, for reasons.
Although I tried my best not to take it seriously after the beginning, where we're supposed to get really into the story, the humour is pretty hit-miss-miss-major miss like what even-miss-hit-hit-miss.
Got tired of it, because, I couldn't get invested enough in the story. I got too tired of having to keep myself from eye-rolling like a champ.
Hmm, I guess it can be perceived as "sweet" at certain parts, moments which get wrecked almost immediately by the hit-miss humour.
The plot is driven mostly by random gag devices (basically making fun of the many many many shoujo cliches) used to try and break them apart.