This manga had so much promise at the beginning and should have ended way over like 50 chapters ago. The Duchy arc with Nephero is the WORST arc to date. Not only did we have to:
-Put up with Nike's rape scene. And yes she was raped, he may not have penetrated her, but considering how her gown was pulled up all the way past her waist, you can bet your ass he at the very least had oral with her. He sure enjoyed sucking on her body. That was full blown sexual assault. Why did we have to read through that. The mangaka just did this to her own character for the shock value of it. After dozens and dozens of chapters involving multiple kidnappings this mangaka decides to up the stakes with sexual assault for the shock value of it to show how messed up this villain is and yet....
-We had to actually see Nike pull the EMPATHY card out for own rapist. Yeah if you were expecting her to hate him or anything well I just came from the spanish translation and that doesn't happen of course lmao. Im absolutely disgusted. Anything short of death for the bastard is letting him off lightly. And he even gets hurt over saving Nike and Levi from being hurt. Why give him that moment. And for this dumbass mangaka to have the nerve to draw Nike as still saying he was a good person, to still have Nike beg Levi to help him after he gets crushed like he deserved, that's too much. Jesus christ at least castrate the bastard.
-Nike apparently has little to no PTSD over the incident. What a fucking insult to sexual assault survivors. It's almost as if the mangaka wanted the cheap easy drama and brutality of a sexual assault scene without having to commit to the psychological after effects of the situation 🙃 🙃 🙃
The extent of how this mangaka wants Nike to be everything is ridiculous. She wants her to be powerful and magical. But not too powerful, still has to be easy to kidnap for cheap drama. She's also gotta be tough and plucky but have limitless kindness. She wants her to believe in good in everyone and that's her strongest quality. Pulling out compassion and empathy for her own rapist is what will really drive home the depths of her kindness apparently. She can be sad sometimes but she's the optimist and always has to say some inspiring short comment or speech that makes others feel better. Nike has to be the PERFECT heroine. She's not allowed to have moments where she grows and realizes she can't have that mindset with everyone so she will always be subject to the worst decision making and readers become increasingly frustrated with her even though it's not Nike's fault her mangaka is incompetent and completely inept at writing. Whether it's the story or characterization, Shiina Dai can somehow only keep writing arcs worst than the last ones. And it's a damn shame because there are good interesting characters here in this story yet they will never escape the reach of their mangaka's ineptitude.
Im so disappointed as to what this serious turned in to.
Yo hit me with the real sht.. is this manga a waste of time? I remember watching the anime and wanted the story to continue but it sounds like it's really, really bad later. I ain't here for politics, I would be here for romance and shii
