This is the slowest romance i've ever read. This is like if you put a piece of bread in a toaster and it took 3 hours to get cripsy but it doesn't. It just doesn't. Then you wait another 3 hours and maybe you'll have a little crunch. But if you're looking for that toast to be on the burnt side of crunch then my friend, you and I are gonna be waiting a long-ass time.... more>>

If you're here for the male yandere tag and looking to see some romance, I am sad to report it TAKES SO LONG and if you ask me,...... it's not really yandere, i'd define it as obsessive. And romance? Idk, idk this is was on the verge of hand holding and soft kisses on the cheek, there is no snu snu. There is no on the lips kissing. There is no SPICE. You want a spicy meal? Not here. No no.

But this shouldn't deter you from reading it. If you love infinite flow and a good mystery, I will suggest this wholeheartedly. I liked Chi Nan (the MC) and the ML for their story and that's why I rank this so high, I can't tell you more about this because tbh this is a story you need to jump in and let the author slowly introduce you to everything. I will say that even though there isn't much romance, the moments where they interact it feels like they can be the only two people in the room and truly focus on each other. <<less

This is very much the hate > love trope. MC wakes up in a novel he read where the 'uke' was someone the canon fodder... more>> he is impersonating, killed. He legit wakes up at a funeral for the  'uke' but pretends to start crying and saying the 'uke' confessed to him. Now everyone believes that the 'uke' was in love with MC. 'Uke' is actually our ML who is an evil spirit with a SPOILER* ghost eating curse on his back. * Him and the MC go about trying to kill each other for about 50 chapters, the romance doesn't really hit till chapter 60 and the ML doesn't realize he's in love till ~120 chapters into this. And EVEN THEN ITS STILL LIKE "How can I make MC suffer but still let him know i love him." I'm legit losing touch with these two because this is such a sharp relationship. No soft points. All daggers. I'm on chapter ~132....and it's getting kind of old having them try to make each other suffer. Also MC finds out that ML loves him and proceeds to mock him about it ANY CHANCE HE GETS. It makes sense, I would do the same thing too if someone killed me 18 times in my dreams.  <<less

This is grueling....... more>>

Hear me out. This story is about an abyss dragon who wakes up as a human. Now you would think a dragon, wise and age old, would be smart, and witty. That the mystery behind his human form would be interesting and shocking....and you'd be terribly wrong. 

I am dragging myself through thus thing chapter by chapter at this point because it's so God. Damn. Boring. 

And before you ask me, "Why aren't you just reading something else?" No. I refuse! I rarely come across yandere dragon stories. I love dragons, I love the concept of giant majestic lizards and their piles of gold (I'm a scientist that researches lizards, this is personal). 

Now onto the part you want to know: is the ml yandere? Yes. Yes he is. 

Does he also have the emotional complexity of a cardboard box? Yes. A soggy wet cardboard box. 

What about the MC? He's an op child. Literally, nothing is a challenge. Nothing in his life. You could argue with me and say "what about his estrus? What about him still being a human and not a dragon?" Buddy, the human dragon has spent the last 3 chapters eating chocolate parfaits and not realizing he is currently dating the ml. Idk what to tell u. He'll be fine. The plot won't allow him any discomfort. 

I -will- finish this story, out of integrity to my profession but this is by no means a good yandere story. This is just a soggy piece of cardboard presented like a chocolate parfait. I am so sick of this book when will it end??? <<less

I needed a minute to process this book....... more>>

Yes, I realize I never picked up v2 but v1 was a roadtrip. Like the kind where you think you're gonna be in a cushy hotel at the end of the trip only to end up in the middle of the woods in a log cabin wondering how the hell you ended up there (**book pun**).

Let me unpack before we get to the s'mores. First off, this sh*t is good. Like I enjoyed the MC, our prime minister Anderheim can get it, he's in it for blood. He is -ruthless- towards the people who f*cked over his daughter and we are there for it. I loved the pits that he led the main cast into and yes, most of the characters kinda dig their own pits, he just hands them the shovel, and it's wonderful. If you love schadenfreude, you're gonna love it here.

Our MC has chemistry with his daughter, the people he collaborates with (especially our High Priest), and the supporting cast are all wrapped around his finger. But I'm sure you're wondering, what about the ML?

I won't spoil too much, but I do want to mention that I found the chemistry between our MC and ML a bit lackluster. I feel like there should've been a bit more s*xual tension. The whole point of enemies to lovers is that I want my MC and ML to be ripping their throats out before actually doing the fun part, and sadly that didn't deliver as hard as I was expecting it to. That's mainly because our ML is also kinda.... boring? He's not very complex and he's also not getting in the way of our MC, just following along till the turning point is revealed and he falls headfirst for our MC... which... yeah.... great.... so we're not ripping each other's throats out beforehand?

I also had a small hope for the ML to be yandere, despite there being no tags for it.... this also wasn't the case.... he truly was just... there.

Our secondary pairing was much more interesting to follow if I'm being honest (Head Priest x ???, I won't reveal this for you). But if I'm being honest...I would've preferred Anderheim and the Head Priest ending up together, they just fit so well.

I'm sure you also saw the beastiality tag in there too, and this is a

Spoiler

I just don't get why it had to be there. Like there's other ways to get revenge on the villain of the story (the 'heroine') and her family. Not throwing them to a pit of wolves *literally* to get imp**gnated or sold off into s*avery. I felt like this felt too much like revenge p*rn and can really turn you away from reading the rest of the novel. In the end, I almost felt sorry for the 'heroine' and her family because the author didn't have to go that far.

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Overall, I only gave it four stars because it's still cringe to read in the 1st person no matter how good you articulate it and also the author seemed competent enough to write in third person but just chose not to, the beastiality tag, and also because the sauce and s*xual tension were just not there for me with the main pairing.

I'd recommend this to people who have gotten tired of the villainess reincarnation trope and want a different perspective on it and I thank the translators for their hard work because even though I wasn't a fan of the pairing's chemistry I still had a good time reading this. <<less