i think she didnt raise him just ordered him around when she sees fit <3
it would be funny if she was playing the pitiful mourning daughter card with the emperor to get a spare heir because her son is so useless
i like the implication that hikaru is frustrated by tsukasa BECAUSE she recognizes theyre similar "so why dont you care about inori as much as i do? dont you want her to win??"
i respect that the empress is a competent antagonist instead of a bumbling fool that couldn't pose a threat to the protagonist. i almost feel bad for her for having THAT crown prince as her son lol what a stain in her villainous career
see i had similar mindset before but then i realized "in general" is just not true. a lot of female authors writing romance also falls into the same trap male authors writing romance do. just look at the trend of harem stories. love interests falling in love with the protagonist easily, without...
you cant always tell the gender of the author from the story they write but it's safe to say you can tell when a story is meant to appeal to women when the male protagonist is THIS respectful to the girl he likes
might be a good idea to add what a dogi is in the tl note? at first i only found dog memes instead, turns out it's keikogi, those martial arts uniforms usually worn for judo/karate/etc
I'M SO CURIOUS ABOUT KIMBERLY
at the same time yeah i expected this from amelia, her approach to investigating her news is very Mean Girls' High School Bullying
10 out of 10
as usual this series is the only villainess story where they take the politics and scheming seriously instead of making it an easy wish fulfillment