Un poquito tarde para hacer una propuesta formal, pero la voy a tomar.
Tuvieron que pasar por un montón de cosas pero tuvieron su respectivo final feliz. Me hubiera gustado más si no hubiera tenido un inicio tan poco consensuado.
This is so beautiful—I cried. Always dramatic, but kept on putting comedy on the sides, though. AND THE ART STYLE IS SO GORGEOUS!! I love it!! Was hoping to get a glimpse of Real Ripley in pseudo-Ripley's world though.
read until: chapter 84 + 15 spin off chapters [completed]
ripley isn’t the smartest main character that isekai-ed over, but she’s one of the female heroines that didn’t care about the past and rather, focused on her future with the love she is receiving from everyone in her new life. other than that, i really liked how old and new ripley interacted, even in the little time they had together. even though ripley is quite oblivious, she managed to create tight knit bonds with people around her, i especially liked her relationship with her maid, sylvia.
zeronis and ripley were so hilarious together. at first, all the tactics in the world wouldn’t stop zeronis from stopping the marriage. then, ripley finally accepted that this is happening, the romance was cute and funny. what a sweet pair. they really been through a lot with the other on their side. the trust and love that developed throughout was really heartwarming. it’s nice to see zeronis being so open and different towards ripley while ripley loves him. overall, it was a really sweet series.
I had a lot of fun with it!! It has such a fun and distinct art style, and it engages with the unique elements of a story that only an otome isekai could play with, rather then just being a romance fantasy that has an isekai slapped on top of it for the algo.
The ML is not a red flag or a green flag. His ass is the Italian flag. 33% green, 33% red, and 33% white flag of surrender (God I'd hate this if it happened in real life, but in fiction I'm eating it up I'll surrender to my trash brain). The FL is so stupid sometimes. god bless. But it felt like a very purposeful character choice, for better or for worse. I did have a lot of fun with some of her antics.
Would I recommend it? To somebody really familiar with the OI genre, absolutely! It's a fun romp. I don't think I'd recommend it to somebody unfamiliar with OI, though. The starting premise is inherently a bit dicey, and I think some of the stories best and most subtle themes work best when you're familiar with the trappings of the genre.
Este WebToon nos enseña cómo es posible alargar 6 volúmenes sin una trama coherente, donde los problemas se resuelven porque "Oh, qué despiste, olvide mirar aquí y voilà, todo lo pasado podría haberse resuelto mucho antes". También nos enseña que es mejor "vivir del cuento" (nunca mejor dicho) que resolver tus problemas de la vida real.
Hasta el romance, que es el género de esta historia, tiene una construcción regulera que da a pensar que la autora fue improvisando capítulos cada semana, en lugar de planificar desde el principio qué iba a hacer. Por todo esto, no podría recomendarlo.
Overall series review- 5 adorable cute * THIS WAS SO CUTE FUNNY & ADORABLE. It's a comfort read for a lot because of how lighthearted and funny this series was with adorable artwork and the character developments were so good I just swayed reading love it.
You can read The First Night with the Duke on Webtoons app. You get one free episode a day and 3 additional episodes a day if you watch an ad for each one. There’s about 100 episode in the series with 13 cute after the ending episodes. I kind of like to read web comics this way because I get a little treat each day, also I feel like watching ads kind of gives pay a little to the authors.
The first 3 volumes have been serialized in America and I’m happy about that! Sometimes it’s a good feeling to open an actual book and you can really get the look and feel for the graphics (which is the best part in comics).
The art style isn’t my favorite, I prefer realism with a lot of detail, but the sweet cartoon style isn’t bad either. It’s rather cute and you get the sweet feel for the series. The best part of the series for me is the leading lady, Ripley. I hate the orange (carrot) hair, but even she makes fun of her looks which I find amusing.
The story is what the title states, she spends the first night with the Duke, Zeronis, and everything kind of falls out of control or into place, depending on how you see it from that night. I really love the characters the creator created. Zeronis is the perfect side character to Ripley’s story. This is truly Ripley’s story. It’s about her falling into her favorite book world and the antics she goes through.
Ripley’s character is comical, lovable and strong. She’s one of my favorite leading ladies because of this. I love the way she presents herself and she truly doesn’t care what people think of her. I love that Zeronis never wavers and also has the heart eyes for Ripley. He’s simply cares for Ripley for who she is.
Overall, it’s a really good series to get sucked into. You can binge read everything in one go or like me, read a little a day to treat yourself to cuteness all the time until you finish the series.
Dios, qué hermoso final 😭💖 Debo confesar que al inicio los dibujos no me convencían, pero la historia me cautivó y no me soltó más! La ayudante de Ripley es uno de mis personajes favoritos porque le tira todo de una y es incondicional, todos merecemos alguien cercano que sea así 😭🔥🔥 El hecho que los invitara a los nenes a la boda, el que Zeronis siga celoso del amigo, la manera en que se llevan esos 2, uff, de las mejores parejas que tienen este tipo de historias. Lo mejor es que la verdadera Ripley no quiere volver asi que... Ni nos vimos reini(? Y, por supuesto, la escena que verdaderamente quebró mi alma fue verlo a él llorar cuando ella estaba comatosa. Denle un abrazo por favoooooor 😭
5 stars. Another tear jerker, Zeronis losing himself while Ripley was asleep was both terribly sad and low-key precious. He loves Ripley so much he genuinely couldn't do anything but be by her side while she slept. (Also little gardening boy was so cute) Ripley meeting Ripley was so sweet, their decision to fully switch lives was just so sweet and heartwarming. Roses' ending was oddly poetic which is unusual as usually the villainess dies but leaving her alive and crazy was different. My sweet couple are finally able to have their lovely wedding and ugh I love them so much!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Fun read, had such familiar vibes to Miss Not so Side-kick. I loved that manwhaa and so did this one as well. Overall good solid characters and light story line. It’s for the days when you are in mood for some light romance com sort of thing.