I found the character growth of the female lead in the story to be quite realistic. When she first isekais into this world, she is overconfident and makes a lot of mistakes. The story is very much about her realizing her faults and growing as a person. While she does remain confident and sometimes overconfident, she learns to check herself and put more effort into researching issues before she acts on them (usually, but her failure to do so occasionally is also realistic).

I am also surprised by the vitriol towards the early weight loss arc. It's dismissive and incorrect to treat this like some sort of pro-eating disorder story. If anything, it's clear that the original owner of the body was the one with a eating disorder and used food to cope with her grief and depression to an unhealthy extent. Part of the reason for the FL's initial focus on losing weight is that she wants to improve her endurance, strength, and health and the actions she takes - eating more healthily and exercising - contribute to her losing weight, simple as that. Another reason for her focus on losing weight/gaining strength is that people around her don't take her seriously at her current weight, which is in line with the patriarchal society that she lives in. She even stops losing weight when she feels like she has reached a comfortable and healthy weight, even though other characters comment that she is so close to "being thin" and should lose a little more weight to get there. She brushes them off and tells them thay she is at a healthy weight and has no desire to "become thin" just because others want her to. She listens to her body and stops losing weight when she feels like she is strong and healthy. She also continues exercising throughout the story to show that her focus truly is on her health and not some misconceived notion of beauty. And at no point does the ML make comments about her "being beautiful now that she's thin" (which often occurs in other weight loss isekais). Her weight clearly doesn't impact his opinion of her, except when she gets /too thin/ because of the stress that she's under, which is when he shows concern. Overall, I found that the story had a very nontoxic approach to weight loss/gain and a good emphasis on feeling comfortable in your own body regardless of what others think.

Finally, I like the political intrigue and the overarching mystery of what will happen to the Elias family. I think the dynamic of the FL and ML is very fun, too. They tease, verbally spar, and test one another all while growing a strong mutual respect for each other.

the plot is cool, the plot is beautiful, but it's the same losing weight as ever.
"but she doesn't magically lose everything like the others" applause at least?
I even think that on the cover she is thinner

I really like this manhwa. The protagonist makes a lot of effort to be able to save her family. Her relationship with her sisters is good, they don't have an unnecessary rivalry, but learn to trust each other. The FL makes mistakes but learns from them. She decides to lose weight and learn how to fight, but when she obtains a reasonable weight she stops since she is not looking to be overly skinny. There is not insta-love. There is more of an interest that grows between them.

I don't know what story the others are reading, but this one doesn't seem to fat shame like others, such as the one where the FL takes a bath and the fat magically falls away. The FL spends the first season exercising and eating well to lose the weight. At one point she even says she doesn't plan to lose more because she feels good. And at the start she is not healthy. They clearly portray she is in a body that can barely walk up and down stairs.

So please don't think this one is fat shaming. It is one of the few that actually show weight loss as more than a one or two episode arc.

Other than that the plot has a lot of political intrigue and the ML is rather unique. He is arrogant but not a jerk.

The protagonist is incredibly stupid and arrogant and so is everyone else. This series gets the dubious honor of actually causing me to exclaim aloud in shock at the sheer inanity of some of the lines.

(For example, the protagonist tells the male lead a really uninspired story about some kid since she wants to convey her intent to work with him. His subordinate asks what tf she was on about, so the male lead tells him "This, too, is a way of proving herself. She is showing she has the ability to speak in metaphors, such as this one." )

The "heroine" is lauded as an intelligence network's protege because she does things like... read the news. I'm not even joking. Even worse, everyone is shocked and impressed at her news reading. She then responds to people who make dumb remarks by saying she's the heroine and they're just npcs and everyone will forget them in a chapter or two. (Guess what? I didn't forget them because of how stupidly you responded to them, you piece of trash protagonist.) Unless I'm forgetting something, it is the most appalling, cringe-inducing and infuriating female-lead series I have ever seen.

To its credit, for some reason, I keep reading it although I dropped it a few times in rage at some of the bullsh*t. Her family at least isn't as toxic as some but nothing about it is particularly noteworthy. Certainly not enough to make up for the trash content. The art is okay, though, but the protagonist's expression pisses me off by this point.

... Last updated on August 21st, 2021, 9:43pm

Rating: 4 (Bad)
Time of Review: Chapter 15 (Manta)
Favorite Aspect: Wonderful Art Style & Beautiful Lead
Lease Favorite Aspect: The Fat Shaming

The main character is so beautiful and I love her ingenuity, but the unabashed fat shaming is embarrassing and something the author should be ashamed of. I don't need to poorly rehash here why a plot device of the main character loosing weight for the reasons the author describes is terrible, as there are people out there who have explained it more eloquently than I ever could.

I honestly just wanted to write this review to gush about how pretty the main character is at the start of the story, I'm just so upset knowing that the author is not going to allow her to be fat and successful. NU seems to be an awesome artist dragged down by the authors negligence. I would not pay a penny to support this author, and the only reason I read as much as I have is that Manta is subscription based instead of per-chapter prices.

From chapter one we see a girl who calls other girls b*tches and is “not like the other girls.” Her life completely transforms when she rapidly looses an extremely unhealthy amount of weight and that is seen as a good thing. For a manga directed at teenage girls, this is extremely dangerous and promotes anorexia due to idolization of an extremely thin body. The main character sends extremely unhealthy messages to viewers beyond your typical annoying “not like other girls” heroine. The “comedy” tag is frustrating because the jokes are not funny, the series is just making fun of various people through use of trope characters and misogynistic jokes.

I see this sort of thing somewhat frequently in Manhua but I am disappointed to see it in a Manhwa. Also, this goes beyond typical small misogynistic jokes and makes that the entire concept of the story.

Just another one of many stories where a reincarnated rich girl wants to lose weight.

I'll read this but there is yet something interesting that piqued my interest, so I'll keep a watch on it.

I can with most certainty tell you that the name Elias is not a family name it's a first name...

... Last updated on May 24th, 2020, 1:53am