Gekai Kiara wa Shibou Furagu wo Yurusanai ~Shibito Darake no Scenario wa, Zense no Chishiki de Kaki Kaemasu~ - Ch. 4

[MangaDex]

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

Eeeeh.

That was shoddy writing.
The exposition scene was really half-hearted

 

[UdenEmpati]

Eeeeh.

That was shoddy writing.
The exposition scene was really half-hearted

"I know what's going to happen because I read the manga!"

"Wait, what is this half-baked performance?? How was I blindsided by events I knew would transpire???"

I may be biased in what I have to pull from, but usually surgeons are better at thinking and acting under pressure than this. Can't say I have much hope if she even has the benefit of knowing the big plot points up to now, but is still unable to even be proactive or react effectively to what's happening around her.

Also the prince seems weirdly "with it", almost to the point that he could also be an Isekai victim (that, or he's ridiculously clever to be able to see the events unfolding and act so decisively to insert himself and turn things to his advantage (which, given he's a prince, that actually makes a lot of sense given all the statecraft and political skill sets he'd have to develop, so never mind))

 

[Kaarme]

She was so easily pushed to a decision, just by whispering "Say yes" to her. It might have seemed like nothing but a way out of this current predicament, but in reality it was, of course, accepting a marriage proposal.

It seems to me Kiara's father shouldn't be so quick to abandon her. If he cares about appearances, how could he afford to do it? It would make him look extremely weak in the eyes of other nobles if he was quick to condemn his own daughter after random accusations by outsiders. It means in the future everyone and their fishing buddies would look down on him, trusting he wouldn't do anything in retaliation no matter how much others exploited him. In such circles, if you offer an inch, they will take a foot. Richard himself is an idiot for handling this whole thing like this, instead of peacefully trying to switch fiancées behind closed doors. He's spitting in the face of the family he's trying to form a union with. Federica might do just well being a fool, but Richard will find his life to be difficult with no brains.

 

[Elhao]

Author seems to want to speedrun the condemnation and reengagement plot. Probably just wanted to write a medicine fantasy isekai but villainess stories are so popular right now.

 

[Nerex]

All stats in MED, none in DEF

 

[UdenEmpati]

She was so easily pushed to a decision, just by whispering "Say yes" to her. It might have seemed like nothing but a way out of this current predicament, but in reality it was, of course, accepting a marriage proposal.

It seems to me Kiara's father shouldn't be so quick to abandon her. If he cares about appearances, how could he afford to do it? It would make him look extremely weak in the eyes of other nobles if he was quick to condemn his own daughter after random accusations by outsiders. It means in the future everyone and their fishing buddies would look down on him, trusting he wouldn't do anything in retaliation no matter how much others exploited him. In such circles, if you offer an inch, they will take a foot. Richard himself is an idiot for handling this whole thing like this, instead of peacefully trying to switch fiancées behind closed doors. He's spitting in the face of the family he's trying to form a union with. Federica might do just well being a fool, but Richard will find his life to be difficult with no brains.

her father is going to feel extra silly turning away so quickly now that she's engaged to the prince.

 

[ARealCoolGuy]

I wish she had defended herself a bit. One problem in these types of romances is that every problem the girl suffers from is immediately solved by the male love interest, and the woman is made out as being rather incompetent.
Having her at least getting a few verbal barbs in, and then having the prince come in to put a bow on the situation would have felt more satisfying.

 

[BlazingWaters]

This whole thing feels like a typical subpar or amateur Web (or Light, idk the original source's medium) Novel writer moment: focusing too much on getting the plot moving that you end up flubbing the plot/character's coherency and/or steep it too heavily in (poorly implemented to outright eyerolling) tropes. I'm confused as to what the hell made Kiara suddenly complacent - she went from going straight to a wounded victim who will likely die despite knowing it would arouse several questions, to wasting two weeks about "what to do" to prevent the manga's events transpiring? There's being cautious, and there's simply doing nothing, doubly so for someone who was initially a medical worker with experiences under tight pressures.

She didn't even need to be proactive about the "peaceful" annulment thing (which, really, is a simple "Richard I know you like my step-sisters and not me, so let's just swap the roles now"), wouldn't building up rapport with the father and some of the other servants suffice? She already mentioned that the thing that kickstarted the OG FMC's melodramatic turnovers was her father dying, which she prevented. I dunno about it completely fixing everything, but there would at least be some level of pushback during this whole outburst from Richard by the dad and every other servant calling out how bullshit the lies are from how she's been behaving amicably and dutifully.

I dunno, the more I think about this, the more weary I am of the following chapters' writing quality. At least the art is still on point, mostly.

 

[halcer]

a damsel in distress, saved by a prince yet again lol. the condemnation scene is still somewhat amusing

 

[Hicleric]

There's speed running, and then there's skipping the race entirely

 

[taerkitty]

Real time attacking the speedrun.

 

[3turtlesinacoat]

Perfect opportunity to make a confident and competent female character, squandered to make her a blushing damsel in distress. I really shouodnt be suprised.