After a string of underwhelming manhwas this one finally gave me some hope, but sadly misses the target of being a high quality work. The backstory and the general story outline are actually pretty good here. The whole story of the Oracle and how the Emperor was pushed into being a warmonger since he was a small kid, how the heroine could see the future and how she tries to manipulate the situation to save her own country was promising and notch above the typical fantasy fare. However, a problem that plagues many other manhwas reared it's ugly head even here - namely, what genre are you? What does this manhwa want to be? Is it a high fantasy action manhwa? A romance manhwa? A slice of life? Court intrigue drama? Considering it has only 60 chapters, too much stuff was crammed here, and everything suffers since there isn't enough room to breathe. The worldbuinding feels too thin, the court intrigue frankly never pans out properly, and the romance is given to us in specs, which for what is originally a romance isekai is not nearly enough.

If this was a jumbled mess with no coherent story, none the wiser and you could just peg it for a low quality work, but as I noted, this manhwa has a pretty solid background and some excellent plot points. While it does manage to steer itself to a happy ending, not one aspect gets the comeuppance it deserves. I wanted to know more about the world, and when Charlie was in the Empire and playing court politics, I also expected so much more nuance and complexity in such interactions. We just get a not fully unexpected but not particularly thrilling antagonist and that was that! Game over!

THe art was a bit misleading. While this can be categorizes as a shojou, this should gave been a full pledges josei, and the art should have followed suit. This simple, colorful art indicates something with less depth than this manhwa has. And yes, Casikaff is a low tier yandere. Unlike many other manhwa ML who are merely possessive but not real yanderes, he is a full pledged yandere, but was obviously toned down for the manhwa. I imagine him being more hard core in the novel, but this semi-shojo-semi-josei can't really stomach such an extreme character. Too bad, I wanted to see him do morally dubious things and Charlie actually seeing the real him and doubting his methods. Charlie as a FL was okay, she wasn't an overt Mary Sue, but not top tier. The supporting cast was meh.

Overall, this is an okay manhwa, but IMHO needed 30 more chapters to sort everything out nicely. Now we have a overtly scattered plot crammed into too few chapters.

... Last updated on October 30th, 2023, 1:50am

And neither of them are communicating with each other OR her.

I'm screaming. This is hilariously bad.

the plot is uninteresting and one important character was missing for the end

Another overly possessive yandere like male lead. I happen to really love and seek that out in my fiction but if you find that crazy possessive, jealous type tedious this will probably be one you want to skip.

That being said i enjoy it. I think the art's pretty good. The plot is interesting and the female lead is capable and fierce. I mean she tries to literally fight god. That's kinda badass. It's also a fairly high fantasy setting and i enjoyed the world building. My only complaint is actually that there doesn't seem to be enough moments of meaningful romance. Mostly just possessiveness on the kings part and then the female lead trying to ease his anxiety. There's lots of love there but lacking in passion so it feels more empty. Considering I'm up to ch 57 out of 60 chapters that might be the sum of their whole romance which is pretty disappointing. Still if you like yandere male leads that are nice to their female leads (but at the end of the day are still yanderes of course) you'll find this an enjoyable read

Also not super sure what the last comment meant about the female lead. I didn't think she was ever really inappropriate or particularly affectionate to anyone besides the male lead.

... Last updated on September 13th, 2022, 2:28pm

Well ever seen a fl who says she likes the emperor (IT'S TITLED) has her eyes on her knight. The ML is good but the character of FL is way to trashy to read.

the ml sucks so bad I instantly dropped it and I’m not saying this based on the novel but from the manhwa he’s just rude and the one sided communication in the first few chapters is frustrating.

Status: ch.8
The premise seems promising to me. 8 chapters so far and the plot, pacing, storytelling are all good. FL isn't bland, and although other characters haven't had time to show their personalities yet, I think they have room to grow.
I have seen some comments dropping this series for "ML r*ped FL a couple times and abused her too". My opinion here is that, FL didn't suffer any of that. The abuse was the plot of the original novel, this is a "reincarnation" story, not a "going back in time" story. That and plus ML didn't abuse anyone in this timeline, the original plotline would likely not happen, and It's up to y'all to decide tho