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First of all, let’s just talk about how rare romance series about people in their thirties are. We love to see it. Even though the way the characters react isn’t always befitting of someone that age (ex: being super embarrassed about “confessing” or kissing,) we love to see it regardless.
I love Jia’s character. She’s a bit of a tsun-tsun, but not annoyingly so. It’s a bit obvious that Mincheol likes her BIG TIME and always has. As a couple, there is a lot of awkwardness between them which makes for plenty of funny moments, but since they were childhood friends there’s a sweetness and ... nostalgia there.
The plot is really cute. It’s a bit obvious, but things progress at a pace that isn’t stifling or annoying. Too much of the comic focuses on the side couple who are very boring and basic. I don’t know why almost a third of the comic is being devoted to such a basic storyline. If it weren’t for the basic ass couple I’d give this web comic a 7 so far, but with the boring secondary storyline, it gets a 6 so far.

I would say this series does a great job following the web series and the art style is really similar. I was kind of concerned about them not depicting Raeliana’s inner monologue properly or showing how snarky and sarcastic she is, but they do a good job it. The characters’s dispositions are depicted very accurately. Especially that of Sir Adam (my favorite character). The OP is also done by MindaRyn who did the OP for season 2 of Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken, which is cool.
There are drawbacks to this series, however. A lot of the animation looks sparse or rushed. The CGI is ... especially bad. There is a ballroom scene where the CGI couples dancing in the background were so terribly mediocre looking that I couldn’t even focus on the plot. The pacing also seems a little off and slightly stilted. If they had put a little more time and budget into making this anime, it could have been more dynamic.

This being said, I’m still enjoying it so far. The drawbacks aren’t a dealbreaker for me. I’d recommend it to anyone who typically likes girl boss characters or interesting/slightly a-typical Isekais. It’s a little reverse haremy, but not grossly so.

Mild spoilers: This is yet another case of a good BL story that has been tainted by an abundance of unnecessary non-consensual sexual encounters. Basically, the ML is a huge fan of BJ Alex who is a famous cam boy and content streamer. They begin to have a sexual relationship on very unequal footing and BJ Alex takes to punishing him with rape whenever he’s feeling (needlessly) insecure about their relationship.
And yes, of course the relationship evolves into a loving one. That’s the entire point, right? The protagonist tames the bad boy. But why does BJ Alex have to be a rapist? Surely in ... this day and age there are LESS people who want to read about someone getting raped that the latter? Furthermore, the author of this Manhwa went on to write Jinx which I had to drop in the first few chapters because it has EVEN MORE rape than BJ Alex. Like why? Also, for what? The last 30% of the chapters are so damn cute. It really sucks that the author chose to make BJ Alex so completely un-redeemable in my eyes.
Anywho, I’m mad about it. The ML’s best friend, Chanwoo seemed to be the only one trying to hold BJ Alex accountable for being scum even though Chanwoo didn’t actually even know the worst of it. Thusly, Chanwoo is MVP.

Hi. Manga reader, here. I know that this series is pretty hyped so far, but I’m just here to voice some preliminary concerns about how things are going so far. On the surface, the adaptation seems fairly congruent with the manga, but I think what’s missing is the spirit or thought process behind the actions and conflict.

While it’s true that Yamada’s character was always kind of flat, even in the manga as he has some pretty major fathomable gaps in his character progression and development, Akane has always been pretty well developed. In the manga she is flighty and excitable just as depicted in ... the anime, but she is also super kind and understanding and THIS is what catches Yamada’s attention the most about Akane. She’s also very emotionally mature. She is always challenging herself to fight her own prejudices and insecurities. Actually, she’s pretty damn awesome. In the anime she’s kind of depicted as some pretty, hot ass mess charity case that Yamada ends up falling for because um… she hugged him when she was drunk, I guess? The manga shows a lot of Akane’s thought processes and reasoning. The anime just doesn’t care to follow through.

Anywho, maybe I’m jumping the gun and I’m needlessly worrying and things will get more progressively fleshed out as the anime progresses. I hope so. I think getting to know Akane is key to rooting for this couple. Having her be portrayed as spazzy, cute and pitiful really does the story no justice. She IS all those things, but she’s a lot more as well.