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騎士団長の息子は悪役令嬢を溺愛する
25
5
Finished
Jan 15, 2022 to Apr 27, 2024
6.3/10
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I picked up this series a few months ago by a random recommendation. The MC is a typical wage slave who gets thrown into an otome game as...usual. Following the typical plot of saving the villainess destined for doom. This story is very fast paced and skips a lot of details and development? Even in the first chapter, it just gets straight to the point and assumes we all know about the Isekai Wage Cucks at this point. It ended at chapter 25 for unknown reasons but I guess there isn't much to go from this point. The MC has already obtained his goal of securing peace with the villainessso early? So anything more from this point wouldn't make much sense. I don't see myself remembering this Isekai take, it's okay as it had potential.
"Alice, I'm breaking off my engagement to you!" are the words Echs, the son of the Knight Commander, remembers from his previous life. In the very place where the prince's engagement is about to be broken off, he remembers the exact same situation from his previous life in a dating sim game. Though clearly fale, the villainess is blamed together with another character. And when he saw the heroine sneakily smiling at him, he made up his mind. He wants to save his favorite villainess and make her his own. This is just a sweet story about a hero reincarnated as the son of a knight commander in a dating sim game who dotes on the villainess. (Source: MangaPlaza)
Isekai heroes are a mixed bag. They are blatant fantasy fulfillment, but it's the execution that matters most in that case. This manga adaptation is unfortunately mediocre in every sense, which I don't know if it's a flaw of the source material or of the mangaka adapting it. Perhaps because of that middling quality, it's something of a guide as to the errors that one should avoid in such isekai stories. Ex Lost, son of the knight commander of the Landry kingdom, suddenly recollects his past life and realizes he is now living in the world of an otome game. He awakened at the moment whenthe "villainness" (and Ex's childhood friend) Alice is publicly dumped by the prince, her betrothed. Ex instantly notices changes from the original scenario and realizes that the heroine Maria is also a reincarnator like himself, so he quickly acts to protect Alice (his favorite character from the game) and neutralize the situation by jumping to propose to Alice in front of the entire court. Luckily for him, Alice has had a crush on Ex since they were children, so the face-saving gesture aligns with what she wanted in the first place. In many ways, this manga is in an unseemly rush, sort of like the mangaka is saying that we all know how the isekai story will go. That's unfortunate, since I think a lot of characters would have benefited from being fleshed out more. Fitting for a romantic isekai, there's a lot of focus on the love Ex feels for Alice, but the problem is that it's not balanced well. Ex gushes over Alice twice or thrice a chapter, while the story challenges are given less attention. I get it, Alice is cute, the mangaka captures her adorableness quite well, but Ex is too busy insisting on quality time with Alice and complaining about the work that takes him away from Alice. That rather hurts the story, especially since Ex is not challenged often (if at all) in the conflicts of the tale. He lacks the charisma of someone like Arnold Hein from 7th Time Loop, so his victories are neither catharsis nor fun. This ultimately brings down the overall quality of the story since obsessing over the heroine the way Ex does is not as engaging for me as the plot elements which are glossed over. It's clear from the plot elements that this story got the ax, but it was inevitable, I suppose. I can't say it stands out from other romance isekai manga, so I can't say you haven't seen this before. If you like romance isekai, then you should read it, otherwise, just leave it for a lazy afternoon.
I honestly thought this was a fresh manga and thats why it had 25 chapters but boy was i wrong, with the guy literally accomplishing his goal in the first chapter i wasnt too surprised it was this short. But to be honest it wasn't that bad of a read and its short, but. They did kinda leave ALOT of lore unexplored, hell we havent even seen the main villain, but if it had continued on it would probaly be another manga at that point which i wouldnt mind if they made an sequel but guess that wont be happening. Its really short, sowhy not give it a try