That's pretty much my only gripe with the story. It could have been told either 100% without reincarnation elements, or give them to a secondary character watching from the background and show their confused expressions.It's not bad, but I can't help but think that this shouldn't have been a reincarnation story. Pretty much everything her past-life memories tell her is pointless, and could easily have had a more interesting explanation without them
The double edged sword here is that technically things are not going the way she wants, as her goal is to set up her sister to be the main character while also protecting her from the harm she would have had to endure. The smart thing about this approach is that there would predictably be consequences for removing the adversity that would have made sister into a heroine. The dumb part about it is the degree to which MC fails to realize that by overcoming all those challenges herself, she is tripping all the flags and making herself into the heroine. Nevermind the 'oblivious harem builder' trope normally reserved for guys.overrated story thought i accidentally found a masterpiece with that high rating but its the same trophe other stories have nothing unique just a girl that went through emo phase and became the strongest in the world and everything basically goes her way cause shes "smart" and "strong" lmao
the story is fine, it's got plenty of tropes but I got one big gripe that only the fella above me mentioned.
there's a trend in this story where she's supposed to be this hyper powerful swordmaster master of the battlefield king of monster hunting but pretty much every single time the story has her face up against a marginally "tough" monster all of a sudden she's not strong enough, it's too tough, she might not survive bla bla bla and every time it ends up just being a lame narrative excuse for a fukkin' guy to show up and help her out. Like if they're gonna spend so much time making her out to be this tough-as-nails mary sue swordmaster then she should act like it during the actual fighting scenes i think.
Perfect example of the author wanting to make a "strong independent" female mc without actually knowing how to do that without defaulting to pathetic maiden in distress stereotypes. what a waste of a perfectly good muscle fem mc design.
also just like homie here says, this attitude extends into the rest of the story. she's supposed to be this charismatic badass lady as shown in the earlier chapters but the literal minute they put her in a noble's house she becomes waaay more meek and demure like the minute the setting changed to that, the author was tripping over themselves to take all that unique characterization and throw it out the window.The story is perfectly passable, good even depending on what you're looking for.
I was dissapointed though because the promises that were set up werent fulfilled.
For some reason, the story wants to portray Kashumir as both incredibly competent and as a delicate flower that must be looked after. Thats the whiplash between the earlier and later chapters essentially.
I was expecting Kashumir, because she has been fighting for her and her sisters life since she was a kid, to be confident and assertive, but shes silent and reactive, like a typical heroine.
I suppose there could be statement about trauma being made here; but Kashumir doesnt seem to regret what she did at all nor is she haunted by it. The one thing she really wanted was a family? Which is a little confusing in how its handled.
Theres more to say here; but honestly I just wanna go read something else now