Mandragora tte Baretara Toubatsu desu ka?: Hana no Majo no Hohoemi wa Kanchigai no Tane o Maku - Ch. 11.1

[MangaDex]

 

[WaffleSekai]

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[themadskull]

Honestly I still not getting the thing about Japan loving those type of characters: " Arrogant and Violent Pretty Boyo" and being so extremely popular there, i know is a country's gimmick, but still...

 

[quicksilvir]

He is completely right but also has ensured that his subject will take almost any action to not let him confirm that theory.

A literal "I won't harm you if you're a benign monster" would get you a long way you dummy.

 

[VooXoo]

Honestly I still not getting the thing about Japan loving those type of characters: " Arrogant and Violent Pretty Boyo" and being so extremely popular there, i know is a country's gimmick, but still...

Is the same country that had tsundere like top type of heroine around for more than a decade, thankfully is healing from that cliche, a guy that is a prick is nothing compared to that.

 

[Mister_Susan]

I knew there would be some additional cultural context to giving him a mana potion – but it was a pleasant surprise to have it be "Have some warm milk for your travels home, kiddo" rather than the "I offer you this potion made from my own mana, drinking it means we're married now" I expected.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

Honestly I still not getting the thing about Japan loving those type of characters: " Arrogant and Violent Pretty Boyo" and being so extremely popular there, i know is a country's gimmick, but still...

These aren't specific to japanese literature, but appear in pretty much all media targeted at women.
Like, villainess stories are full of them, as well as that literotica thing

 

[TrapCard113]

Honestly I still not getting the thing about Japan loving those type of characters: " Arrogant and Violent Pretty Boyo" and being so extremely popular there, i know is a country's gimmick, but still...

"I can fix him" types are nearly as told as writing.

 

[rabidfish]

These aren't specific to japanese literature, but appear in pretty much all media targeted at women.
Like, villainess stories are full of them, as well as that literotica thing

its called hybristophillia

 

[GipoScribantino]

Not a big fan of giving her love rivals, the knight is enough.

 

[n3na3]

pooh yay witch gave him a little stress ball to squeeze

 

[ninkek]

Mc is playing tic tac toe but everyone is interpreting it as hyperdimensional chess.

 

[bowser_communist]

Mc is playing tic tac toe but everyone is interpreting it as hyperdimensional chess.

The inner workings of my mind are completely incomprehensible to yours

(I am very dumb)

 

[OWMWO]

500 years and still have MOMMY ISSUE.

"I can fix him" types are nearly as told as writing.

"I can KID him."

 

[xEternalSoul]

Not a big fan of giving her love rivals, the knight is enough.

More like her kid instead of lover, but then again he might be an enjoyer of MILF supremacy

 

[icantnotthink]

Honestly I still not getting the thing about Japan loving those type of characters: " Arrogant and Violent Pretty Boyo" and being so extremely popular there, i know is a country's gimmick, but still...

It's gap moe, pretty much. And it exists time immemorial. Think about how many romance novels are guy who is a stern and ruthless man, but through his love of her and her kindness, he opens up his heart and his softness.

Its in pretty much every culture to some degree, for romance stuff

 

[Zhangar]

Honestly I still not getting the thing about Japan loving those type of characters: " Arrogant and Violent Pretty Boyo" and being so extremely popular there, i know is a country's gimmick, but still...

"Not a doormat" is almost certainly part of the appeal.

 

[SuperBigMac]

I knew there would be some additional cultural context to giving him a mana potion – but it was a pleasant surprise to have it be "Have some warm milk for your travels home, kiddo" rather than the "I offer you this potion made from my own mana, drinking it means we're married now" I expected.

Agreed! I'm so burnt out on the "this basic act of decency means we're married now" BS, and I haven't read/watched an isekai with that in at least 3 years? lmao, crazy how long a pet peeve can fester.

 

[fishbsicuit13]

Not a big fan of giving her love rivals, the knight is enough.

I’m seeing them more as “vague threats with suppressed backstories that others see as romantic” than straight-up romantic options.

 

[w4nzxtxgrgn]

She never indicates she's a demon, but she's not even trying to deny it either. I hate misunderstanding-based plotting, and this is really bugging me.