@OkiStash me too, I avoid romance. I really like reading action/adventure/fantasy. Because most of time its just this dumb female leads who ends up with the cocky/rich male lead who is supposedly good looking. And of course, bland people will like this kind of story (Also don’t forget chinese manhuas where females ends up getting rape and develop feelings from the rapist)
But recently theres a current trend where the female lead tend to be much more mature in this isekai/victorian-ish/fantasy shoujo genre (in korean webtoons mostly)where they focus more on their self worth instead of trying to satisfy someone else’s desire. (You know the “I’ll live my life peacefully” title type of thing) They’re really reasonable, doesn’t consider “romance” easily (they don’t easily “love” the male lead because they try to focus more on the whole picture of their situation), practical, fights for themselves instead of being damsel in distress, and notice the importance within themselves rather than someone else's. It’s like a message of self love.
This type of isekai webtoons tells us that once we learn our lesson from the past, we need to improve not only ourselves, but the connection we made within everyone. That we need to move on and stay away from toxic people.
I don’t know if you know what I mean, but ya, I’m glad someone can understand my review of this webtoon. Even if my rant right now is out of place, I feel like I have to say this. ?
Sorry, I hope this won’t ruin your image of romance tag.