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People are gonna disagree with me but I didn't like it.

I read it on and off over 2 months so that might have added to me feeling like this took too long to reach a conclusion but it's undeniable that this ended way too suddenly (72 chapters of struggling + 1-2ch for the ending = a waste of time), they didn't even answer what happened with the curse, you know the biggest keystone of the story? but unfortunately this is a common way for such manhwa to end.

As for the characters ? well I didn't like them or dislike them, they certainly weren't interesting or ... fun but I could relate, everybody just struggles hard, some really hard, and I can't say I enjoy watching people struggle without seeing them get a proper happy ending, sure all of them grow and/or their lives get better, but not that much.

Also the author thinks that leaving some really important lines at the end blank for the reader "to imagine" is a good thing, what a lazy *****.

As far as the plot goes, there really isn't much of it, the focus is the struggling, struggling with their own emotions and desires, struggling with the curse, struggling with relationships and even struggling with abuse. If all that sounds appealing to you then we can't be friends, I mean then you might like this story.

Actual title "Poor decisions and the suffering that result".

This is the kind of story where everybody (and I mean everybody) just suffers through most of it until some kind of conclusion is reached towards the end after which they live happily for a chapter or 2 and then it's over, and frankly I don't like stories like that, because of my Justice Sensitivity (just google "ADHD and Justice Sensitivity" if you want to know more).

The first half of the story was kinda boring, the mythology/story of the gods was crappy and the gods were pretty stupid, no smarter than your average "mud person".

The second half ... was pretty infuriating because of all the bad decisions but mostly because of the antagonist and the NTR (or NTR-like) elements.

So the whole thing was basically just a story about stupid gods, bad decisions and suffering, only after the end do we somehow get any happiness which of course is gone in a flash, hardly worth sitting through all that for such little payoff.

Also the story could have ended better and more satisfactorily and more believably if "the greatest female warrior" could actually kill the antagonist when he was distracted with his back to her instead of missing like an incompetent fool, what makes it worse is the the antagonists people are not close combat fighters, neither do they do any physical labor, so he should not have had any dogging skills. He also didn't suffer anywhere near enough to satisfy my anger.

Some of the writing was pretty well thought out though, it kept me constantly on edge (which some like, but I don't) and I didn't see some of the things coming until they were explained at the end, but how could I care about that after being pissed off so much ?
It also didn't help that I was not expecting this kind of story based on that description and cover.

Anyway, not recommended if you have ADHD, the rest of you should probably give it a shot.

I guess I'll have to be the first one Not to recommend this.

I liked that unlike most romance manga this pretty much started with their first kiss (rather than ending with it) and it showed their first time too, so it was more realistic in that way, but it was also slow and boring and by the end I didn't care at all.

Somewhere past the halfway point in the story there was this weird, unexplained (maybe forced), part where she started falling out of love with him, for no reason whatsoever, then after not seeing each other for 3 weeks she says stupid stuff like ... "being with you is exhausting" which resulted in them taking a break for 2-3 months.
I guess this was the author's lame attempt at adding a little drama to keep it interesting but instead this is where I stopped caring about her, because she turned into a stupid irrational character. Then in collage she puts everything he's ever given her in a box and hands it back to him, if that is not a clear break-up sign what is ? but no, she was just in pain (?) and wanted him to hold it for her (WTF?) Maybe I just don't get it, but this isn't my first or even 50th romance story...

Through some miracle I managed to read it until the end, but I regret it, nothing interesting ever happened.
There could have been some comedy, we got none.
There could have been more couples to make it more interesting, we got none.
Some interesting characters ? nope, none, not even the MC's.

It also introduces random relatives that we don't even get to learn their name and are pretty much gone the next page, while this is realistic there is a reason most stories don't do this.

This story also completely ignores the importance of calling each other by your first names (she never calls him by it).

The 2nd half also had so much repetitive sappy stuff, just saying how much she loves him and how thankful she is ... bla, bla bla, a million times over and in a million different ways, all meaningless at this point since it's not saying anything new.

So yeah, this story is realistic because just like real life couples, they are boring so nobody cares.

Oh and the artwork was also subpar.

I liked it in the beginning, I thought "finally a different, more mature/natural take on becoming a couple" and it almost happened, twice even, but of course they had to get interrupted, over and over again, which gets frustrating after a while.

I pretty much hated all the side characters, mostly because they interrupted them at the worst time possible, which is a grave sin that is not that far off from murder if you ask me, I mean you are killing the romance. (extreme view, I know, but interrupting a couple from confessing means that they might not get together and that means the kids ... they would've had are now as good as dead, and even if they do muster up the courage again to confess it will now be at a later date, which means they probably won't be the same kids born in the future, but I'm sure most people view that as a minor obstacle and don't give it a 2nd thought)

The 2nd reason I hated the side characters, well Rikka (the loli) in particular, is how much of a hypocrite she was, she (and her nosy friends) interrupt Makoto's confession and a couple months later tell him to hurry up and that he's a loser (for not confessing already), that just pissed me right off.

I also hated Sakuya's mom for secretly spying on them and for interrupting their first kiss, which would have made them a couple (in a very natural way), saying that they should not be doing that unless they are in a relationship... so how the f*ck are they supposed to be in a relationship if they can't kiss to confirm their feelings for each other ? another f*cking hypocrite.

Towards the middle I was defending Makoto for being called indecisive, a loser and a coward, when actually it was Sakuya who has all that, she kept giving contradictory signals, by making advances and then chickening out and shooting herself in the foot by saying "just kidding", if you wanna make a guy hate you and possibly all women then keep doing just that.

But by the end I just wanted Makoto to jump off a bridge, he got really stupid, indecisive and cowardly with all the "how do I express my feelings?" crap, and then like a true idiot he way overshoots, by basically proposing.

And of course this manga being so short, it pretty much ended right after, no side character development at all, no future plans/developments. I agree with what others said, that the author should have just let them become a couple naturally and then focus more on the things that come after, like all their firsts specially because ...

The art was pretty good though, you can tell it was drawn by a hentai artist.

Since nobody who completed this has written a review yet, allow me to give you my 2n cents worth.

The first 2 seasons were good, but the 5 year time skip between S2 and S3 could have been something better also the ending was kinda abrupt and no after/side stories, also this is a fairly short story so it can never get a very high rating.

The characters were good though, but the villains, well they were all kinda deranged, and since deranged people are not all there, they weren't very smart.

This "enemies" becoming lovers concept was nice though (although not that new/rare), but what I didn't ... like is the empress and her treasure hunt forcing them to stay together, it almost feels like she made it all up just to do that, also them whining that they failed, when all that happened is that they chickened out (I really wanted her to spit it out anyway), that left a very bad taste in my mouth, but it probably won't bother anyone that doesn't have the sense of justice of someone with ADD, so with that said I do recommend it.

I don't have 2 hours to write a review so excuse my briefness.

First lets list the negatives:
- harem (I only list it because this seems to bother some/most people)
- a few rare cases of degeneracy on the MC's part
- not enough depth
- not enough length
- rushed ending
- easy crafting

... Positives:
- harem, a real one, where the girls don't just fall in love with a no talent weakling for no reason, he also has to actually expend effort to win the over
- likeable MC, he's strong, upright, protective and caring (except when he goes full degenerate) maybe even smart
- likeable side characters that do actually grow a little and are not useless
- a fairly decent plot
- business/trade aspects
- unusually few things that annoyed me, frustrated me or had me skip forward. (no attempted r*pe, no kidnappings, no drama, for some that's boring I guess)

Like mentioned above there were a few cringe/degenerate moments, like screaming "I wanna f**k" constantly for 3 days while he trained with his mom, also a weak/abrupt ending that kept me from rating this any higher, plus the usual like not having enough depth and not taking things seriously enough, and also him crafting earthly items with too much ease, or maybe it wasn't easy but the author never went into much or any detail on at least half of them.

But the harem part was done right and almost in full, so that's pretty rare, you will probably only get better harem aspects in cultivation stories like Martial Peak (one of my favorites).

Anyway, I recommend it, it only takes 1-3 days to read the whole 12 volumes, it's an easy read, forgettable ? maybe, regrettable ? no, unless you hate harems, but with Harem being the main theme WTF are you even doing here ?

Well the middle was better than decent, but in the first 20 or so chapters everything felt like it took 5 times longer than it should (explaining things, finding solutions, etc.).

And the end, well it came too soon, and the big baddie for all he had to say (and considering what he was) sure disappeared fast.

Also who gets married without showing any kind of intimacy first ? I was disappointed in that.

And then there's the side stories, which are a 3rd of the entire thing and contain everything the main story was missing, like side character development and the actual romance part because the main ... story had none, it would be more accurate to call it an Action-Fantasy rather than Romance-Fantasy.

Normally most of that would've been in the main story, some might say it would've slowed down the pacing, but again, pacing is more of an issue in action stories than romance.

As for the side stories themselves, at least 3-4 of the 7 parts were probably not worth reading for various reasons like showing more negative than positive things, giving backstories to characters I didn't like, like Kartena.

Let's focus more on the positives, by far the thing that stood out most in this manga was the sound track... lol, just kidding, it was of course the artwork, simply excellent, traditional B&W manga art will forever be 2nd place from now on.
The gender role semi-reversal aspects were also kinda nice, I almost thought (hoped) it would go in different (more GL) direction.

I gave it a 7, but just barely, I mean if you judge it as a romance story then this is sorely lacking in further developments, I mean it ends at step 1.
But I guess this isn't really a romance manga, it's more about the MC and his way of life, it shows that you accomplish a lot with kindness and that it's a stronger motivator than any other behavior. I guess it's more of a comedy ? or maybe slice-of-life ?

Anyway, the story was good but it ended too early, but if it continued then it would have had to shift more if ... not entirely to romance, which would have be just fine with me, but some people really hate that.

His life hacks did get a bit old though and I don't even know how many of them are true, specially the pressure point ones.

I liked all the characters, although they didn't get much development, not even the MC, I mean we never even found out what his main job was or why his father isn't in the picture, which is kinda basic stuff, or even his age. The most development went into Mito-chan, she was definitely my favorite.

There were at least 3 things I didn't like about it, I don't wanna spoil anything, but I'll give you some clues, one had to do with permissions timing, the other with the rush to the airport and the last is lack of intimacy. There are some extras I couldn't find, maybe those would have fixed the last issue.

Anyway, it was a fun read, it's short so it will only take an afternoon to finish it, it was time well spent, so I recommend it, having the wrong expectations from it is the only way not to like it.

Also how the h*ll does this not have an anime adaptation ? specially with all the yakuza babysitting stuff being popular right now. This is right up that alley and it would make for a great anime, specially if the animation studio gave it a better/fuller ending.

(Sorry if this doesn't count as a proper review, but it has none right now, so my 2 cents should be better than nothing.)

Let's start with the obvious, it's short, but it's short not because it's full of love triangles (well there is one kinda) and misunderstandings.
But it is short because there is no side character development or other couples to follow (or too much MC development), it also doesn't follow the main couples romantic steps except for a very few firsts, and like most high-school romances it ends after their first kiss (you saw that coming from a mile away, so it's not a ... spoiler, right?), which is disappointing as always, but I have read stories where they don't even show that, so I can't complain.

There isn't anything all that new to experience either, the introvert-extrovert couple was probably the most distinct aspect of it (not that it hasn't been done before) and it could have been explored in much more detail and depth.

Jeez ... i'm not making it sound very good, but it's definitely worth reading, specially since it won't waste a lot of your time, like other higher volume count stories that reach the same conclusion and stopping point.
It never made me think "I could be reading/watching something better" while reading it, it also didn't have anything that annoyed me (well maybe for Takasago's reason for keeping his "big" secret), so it's an easy read.

Art is decent, pleasant but nothing special, it's also easy to follow along.

It was pretty good considering how short it was, but the ending was not thought out well and felt rushed, I don't wanna spoil anything, but there were at least 2 things that just don't add up or make sense. Like the author came up with it on the spot, wrote it down and never gave it a second thought.

The art was decent although not very detailed, the characters were likeable specially Lily, but there is almost no character development seeing how short it is, I don't even know why the side characters were given full names, the story was also entertaining.
If this ... was a normal length manga I might feel differently, but you can read this on a lunch break so there is no reason not to.