Azamukare Seijo to Shugoryuu no Konyaku - Vol. 1 Ch. 3

[MangaDex]

 

[Gyuti]

Why is she like this, you know that they hate you and do not respect you

 

[Chaosrunewiz]

Thanks for the translation!

While I know exactly where this plot is going to go, and have seen a million like it, I'm a complete sucker for them.

 

[yoshiii]

Another dumb heroine. Tired of this trope, grow a fcking backbone.

 

[Darkshade13]

This is dumb. Everyone is dumb. But they have to be this way because that's how these stories go so nobody dares try anything different.

 

[Metalheadzaid]

This is dumb. Everyone is dumb. But they have to be this way because that's how these stories go so nobody dares try anything different.

A shoujo staple. We need dumb FL so that ML can rescue her at the last moment because then romance! I've always wondered why writers create series that are obvious trash fodder or basically the exact same tropes of previous ones, and my conclusion is even writers can phone it in like anyone else - it's just weird to me because writing isn't like working for a company making a game or art. Making a unique story that just LOOKS like a trope will sell even better than being generic.

 

[TheBigMonk]

Thanks for chapter, but fucking hell...
Stupid fucking shoujo tropes, smh.

 

[Darkshade13]

A shoujo staple. We need dumb FL so that ML can rescue her at the last moment because then romance! I've always wondered why writers create series that are obvious trash fodder or basically the exact same tropes of previous ones, and my conclusion is even writers can phone it in like anyone else - it's just weird to me because writing isn't like working for a company making a game or art. Making a unique story that just LOOKS like a trope will sell even better than being generic.

I think I've heard or read that part of it is that familiar trash sells better than risky creativity. Audiences in Japan want the comfort of "the exact same thing you've read before, but in setting X or with twist Y" where everything is the same. It's why the FL is dumb, and the villains are stupid idiots who lack foresight (seriously, they're gonna execute the FL? And then what? the whole reason they're angry is that her absence disrupted things because it meant the princess couldn't fake heal anyone. What the hell do you think happens when you kill the person doing the healing?)

 

[Amimikamoon]

On the one hand, yeah this is a dumb move and I was hoping for better after she just told the ML who she really was last chapter. On the other hand they do have her brother, and she knows they would probably beat/kill him if she didn't cooperate, so I can kind of understand why she would go back in that case.

Although it remains to be seen if the brother's gonna be an actual character going forward or if he's just gonna be a prop to facilitate these sorts of scenarios, lol

 

[JunHector]

Not going to be wonderful when you can't heal people like before. You're about to lose your golden goose.

 

[Yuyu_yusha]

This is so stupidly stupid moronicly moronic.
I am gonna drop this one. I pray godspeed to anyone who still continuing the journey.

 

[Scallywag96]

This issue: Fuck Around
Next issue: Find Out

 

[hullmat991]

This issue: Fuck Around
Next issue: Find Out

Nah the "find out" isn't going to happen for another 3 or 4 chapters minimum. That's on par with most titles like this.

 

[AMicrowave]

dragons are usually able to detect kin by the scent of their blood, i hope lev comes in and totally drops the bomb that philia is the kings real daughter, just to destroy lovettas sanity

 

[IvanDFakkov]

Lev mah boy, burn the country down. Leave the dumb king and princess last so they can see the consequence of their choices.

 

[NateVG]

I think I've heard or read that part of it is that familiar trash sells better than risky creativity. Audiences in Japan want the comfort of "the exact same thing you've read before, but in setting X or with twist Y" where everything is the same. It's why the FL is dumb, and the villains are stupid idiots who lack foresight (seriously, they're gonna execute the FL? And then what? the whole reason they're angry is that her absence disrupted things because it meant the princess couldn't fake heal anyone. What the hell do you think happens when you kill the person doing the healing?)

It's sad but true, you rarely ever see a shoujo manga with good plot and innovative idea, and while those kind of stories would receive overwhelmingly good reviews from us outside of Japan, they don't do that well in their own country half of the time.

Nowadays if you ask me to choose between Japan and Korea romance story I'd go with Korea 100% of the time, even if the manhwa has its own set of cliche, I'd argue they can execute it way better than JP most of the time. I'm currently just finished reading this romance manhwa and I am still hooked after over 100 chapters, now I look at this manga after 3 chapters and I was like "bruh tf is this "

 

[Metalheadzaid]

I think I've heard or read that part of it is that familiar trash sells better than risky creativity. Audiences in Japan want the comfort of "the exact same thing you've read before, but in setting X or with twist Y" where everything is the same. It's why the FL is dumb, and the villains are stupid idiots who lack foresight (seriously, they're gonna execute the FL? And then what? the whole reason they're angry is that her absence disrupted things because it meant the princess couldn't fake heal anyone. What the hell do you think happens when you kill the person doing the healing?)

Some of the best series are made by being unique, and others by taking an existing trope and then hollowing out the inside to make something completely different. On the outside it looks like the slop everyone likes, but as soon as they get into it they quickly realize it's something wholly unique and great.

I don't mind reusing basic concepts we've seen before, but I'm also a firm believer that simply following them completely is a losing strategy. Look at the highest rated series of manga inside a tag, and you'll find several that are like this. What presents as a generic series becomes something irreplaceable.

My favorite example is The One Within The Villainess - just completely destroys the villainess trope entirely outside of the very basic essence of the plot

 

[halcer]

thank you for the chapter!

 

[KoffeeStarZ0e]

idiot mc, why is so stupid ?

 

[NateVG]

Some of the best series are made by being unique, and others by taking an existing trope and then hollowing out the inside to make something completely different. On the outside it looks like the slop everyone likes, but as soon as they get into it they quickly realize it's something wholly unique and great.

I don't mind reusing basic concepts we've seen before, but I'm also a firm believer that simply following them completely is a losing strategy. Look at the highest rated series of manga inside a tag, and you'll find several that are like this. What presents as a generic series becomes something irreplaceable.

My favorite example is The One Within The Villainess - just completely destroys the villainess trope entirely outside of the very basic essence of the plot

Yeah it pretty much all comes down to the execution, every story doesn't have to be perfect or uniquely its own thing, the character we are following should have their own thoughts and motive, a "soul" you could say, since it's his/her story.

Your example captures that perfectly, the FML has her own way of thinking, motive and the will to move the story her way. "There is no smoke without fire" is a great quote when it comes to story writing, there's always something to fill in the plot holes in a story, the timing of when and where to fill that in is the author's choice, which is important for building a good story.

Spoiler: My rant on this manga

This manga in particular got all the smoke for 3 whole chapters and the only "fire" we've seen is just the fact that the FML was confirmed (by someone else mind you, not even her own family) to be a royal...which is equivalent to a spark at best.

It make you feel so frustrating that the FML in this manga is way too passive, them having her brother hostage is not a good justification for her to be such a damsel in distress. It's even worse when you realized the one who actually moved the story forward was that goofy ahh villainess of a fake princess and her father. Because guess who's coming for her rescue after this just so then she somehow get back to them for the second time because of her brother.