@TheOrigArcade said it best. Taking what he said for granted:
The priorities are important. Do you want Mitsu to have the regret that his family emergency brought his club down from winning, or do you want the friend group to not be broken up? Is the mission more important, or the friends...
Good premise, great art, weak plot. I hope the series stays alive long enough for the author to grow and deepen the characters and the intrigue.
Thank you for the update! I still enjoyed it.
That chain of evidence was awesome. It was nice to have an overly skeptical enemy to see how well prepared the MC was. I'm glad the Dowager didn't let them deny knowledge of the people who gave the book to our Princess, since it was dragging on long enough. Cliffhangers or not, I enjoy the...
Guilty until proven innocent. Well, the Wife of the King seems to be the one in charge, so she makes the rules. At least, the attack on our Princess originates in her faction, and she somehow is running the trial.
Whatever. Fight on, Princess!
Youko has a wonderful one track mind. Whatever task her sister gives her, she goes after.
Unfortunately for Youko, her sister is not just, but only justice's great ally.
@Purplelibraryguy doubted the power of our Ally of Justice. You don't need to trigger her rants to unleash her power on the world.
Agreed @ch0si. The triangle is even better, because it started off subverted with only the childhood friend imagining it!
@GreenAardvark. Two reasons, by the standards of the world, he is distressingly ugly. He first started wearing it when he visited a town that attacked him when he wasn't masked (they attacked him because he was an ugly foreigner who couldn't speak the language and had manna that dwarfed the...
Story set out to what it wanted to do, did it, did it well, and did it convincingly.
It didn't end the way I first wanted it to, but the ending flowed from the personality of the characters, so I am satisfied.
I like the story so far. Gran is set up as an antagonist (with an unaware MC), and his exploiting the kind MC makes her seem more likable. The struggle builds conflict for the next few chapters.
Her will power is disappointingly low, but it is the first chapter.