Philomel the Fake - Vol. 1 Ch. 7

[MangaDex]

 

[comeonnow0]

... No. This was weird and kind of bad.

First, the stealing by all the maids, the knight, and the nanny. It came out of nowhere as a complete ass-pull to make it easier to get rid of them all. No buildup or anything. And for what? To... More easily get them out of the story? Why? She couldn't just change their opinions of her like she is doing with the emperor? The author had to kick them out of the story because... Why?

And then there's Philomel herself. A comment on chapter 6 phrased it well. She isn't a reincarnated person. She's still a 9-year-old child who just read a book. She doesn't have the maturity, life experience, or maturity of an adult. She is literally a child that just a few weeks ago was consistently skipping classes, disobeying rules, and throwing tantrums. And after she reads a book, she now acts with not only the mental maturity of an adult but also the wisdom to carry out a plan like this? This weird, probably unnecessary plan? Even though the plan is weird and unnecessary, it still is not befitting of a child.

She read a book and believes the book is a prediction of the future. I've met children who read books and think those books are about the future. They don't act like this. This is kind of bad.

 

[Shiirooooooooo]

... No. This was weird and kind of bad.

First, the stealing by all the maids, the knight, and the nanny. It came out of nowhere as a complete ass-pull to make it easier to get rid of them all. No buildup or anything. And for what? To... More easily get them out of the story? Why? She couldn't just change their opinions of her like she is doing with the emperor? The author had to kick them out of the story because... Why?

And then there's Philomel herself. A comment on chapter 6 phrased it well. She isn't a reincarnated person. She's still a 9-year-old child who just read a book. She doesn't have the maturity, life experience, or maturity of an adult. She is literally a child that just a few weeks ago was consistently skipping classes, disobeying rules, and throwing tantrums. And after she reads a book, she now acts with not only the mental maturity of an adult but also the wisdom to carry out a plan like this? This weird, probably unnecessary plan? Even though the plan is weird and unnecessary, it still is not befitting of a child.

She read a book and believes the book is a prediction of the future. I've met children who read books and think those books are about the future. They don't act like this. This is kind of bad.

I think if the book contains about the maid embezzlement its good plot patch, but I agree with you that it feels like we dont see any indication of embezzlement, especially when they complain about wages before, which could indicates that the nanny the one embezzle their wages.

and she isnt read just any book. she basically read a book about her own biography, I doubt any children in real life ever read a book that portrait their life so well to the point predicting the future.

I agree she mature so fast it felt like she change personality. but this is a kid who dream about getting executed by her own father and the only hope she has left crushed by her own cold father declaration. at this point, she cant trust anyone yet she want to live. and how to live? by trusting the book prophecy and make herself better. thats why her monologue on last 2 chapter gives impact to me. that young girl have to think how to survive on her own to the point of rapidly maturing her own brain. I usually read this kind of stuff on how to make assasin children. but seeing this trope on a mere fake princess sadden and excite me.

 

[sanglyon]

Good, all of them gone.

... No. This was weird and kind of bad.

First, the stealing by all the maids, the knight, and the nanny. It came out of nowhere as a complete ass-pull to make it easier to get rid of them all. No buildup or anything.

They would have been replaced anyway, stealing or not, since the new nanny noticed how poorly they did their job. Them being caught stealing is just the icing on the cake, and it's consistent with their behaviour anyways. Not everything needs to be "build up" and spoon fed to the reader.

And for what? To... More easily get them out of the story? Why? She couldn't just change their opinions of her like she is doing with the emperor? The author had to kick them out of the story because... Why?

Because the emperor is her father and the fucking emperor, who has power of life and death over her, and they are some servants that shit-talk her behind her back and have nothing to contribute to her survival? What sense does it makes to invest time and efforts into "changing the opinions" of employees that have so little empathy and integrity they despise a 9 years old girl and do a shit job, when they can easily be replaced?

 

[Zwamp]

So another story where the emperor have no clue what happens in his own palace, the mistreatment of his own daughter under his own nose.

Never forget, never forgive.