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Accomplishments of the Duke’s Daughter (Manga) #7
Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter (Manga) Vol. 7
THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY
While Iris secretly prepares for civil war, Dida, one of her closest allies, challenges her: does she really have the stomach for battle? As Iris ponders Dida’s question, an old foe shows up looking to join forces. Can Iris use this turn of events to her advantage, or is she walking into a trap?
While Iris secretly prepares for civil war, Dida, one of her closest allies, challenges her: does she really have the stomach for battle? As Iris ponders Dida’s question, an old foe shows up looking to join forces. Can Iris use this turn of events to her advantage, or is she walking into a trap?
178 pages, Paperback
Published December 22, 2020
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March 22, 2021
Situations are interesting; characters are flat. This whole volume was people sitting around talking.
March 3, 2021
It's probably a sign of how mediocre this story is that I was more interested in the brief flashback about Iris' parents. It's still good enough to keep reading, though, especially now that "Dean" is coming to some important realizations.
May 8, 2021
3.5 stars. This was a lot more background and resolution than set-up or action, and I still enjoy this wordy, political and economic manga.
December 27, 2023
Why would Alfred want to get rid of neutral families? He is going to need support to take the throne. It is one thing to get rid of your opposition, but neutral parties should be turned into allies.
The big confrontation with Dida about war was very dramatic, but senseless. Iris is already in charge of the lives of her people. Holding their lives means that she does hold their deaths to some extent. If she makes wrong decisions, her people could starve to death or live such hard lives, that they die, young, or get injured frequently. Any position of power holds some measure of responsibility. If they do end up going to war, why would she be giving the orders? Wouldn’t her father come back to take charge if there was a Civil War? Whether defending or on the offensive, lives will be at risk. There is no question of whether she can make a decision or not – she has to. Regardless of her feelings, if war comes she cannot remain out of it, simply by making no decision.
Yuri is stupid to drop someone so obviously when they become useless to her. It just shows her true face. Better to cry and pretend she can’t see him due to her own reputation or some nonsense. Making enemies always ends in trouble later. However, it makes no sense that all Van’s friends also turn on him unless they are ALL users. And his plan for revenge? He never considered that it was screwy to ask for her help after his crap? After his dad tried to destroy her?
Then you have Dorssen. Seriously, how are these kids this stupid when their parents are supposed to be very savvy, intelligent, loyal people? He actually said directly that rumors are the best way find out about a person’s character? And thought that “bullying” warranted exile? Rudy wasn’t wrong when he said he would be no loss to the kingdom.
The king sounds like the biggest idiot of all. His beloved wife is murdered, probably by his concubine, but he ignores that and somehow decides to try to kill his children? And then he loses the will to live and becomes bedridden, leaving his murderous concubine to just rule the kingdom. How does that even make sense? I see that Edward takes after his dad.
Once again, the setup is weird. Alfred alludes to it being his fathers fault for letting love dictate his marriage. But he didn’t marry a commoner, he married the daughter of a count, which is not much lower in rank than the concubine’s marquisette family. The biggest problem is marrying that scary woman as a concubine. Alfred shouldn’t worry about being like his dad - Iris is from a ducal family that is loyal to the throne, and he just needs to avoid polygamy.
The big confrontation with Dida about war was very dramatic, but senseless. Iris is already in charge of the lives of her people. Holding their lives means that she does hold their deaths to some extent. If she makes wrong decisions, her people could starve to death or live such hard lives, that they die, young, or get injured frequently. Any position of power holds some measure of responsibility. If they do end up going to war, why would she be giving the orders? Wouldn’t her father come back to take charge if there was a Civil War? Whether defending or on the offensive, lives will be at risk. There is no question of whether she can make a decision or not – she has to. Regardless of her feelings, if war comes she cannot remain out of it, simply by making no decision.
Yuri is stupid to drop someone so obviously when they become useless to her. It just shows her true face. Better to cry and pretend she can’t see him due to her own reputation or some nonsense. Making enemies always ends in trouble later. However, it makes no sense that all Van’s friends also turn on him unless they are ALL users. And his plan for revenge? He never considered that it was screwy to ask for her help after his crap? After his dad tried to destroy her?
Then you have Dorssen. Seriously, how are these kids this stupid when their parents are supposed to be very savvy, intelligent, loyal people? He actually said directly that rumors are the best way find out about a person’s character? And thought that “bullying” warranted exile? Rudy wasn’t wrong when he said he would be no loss to the kingdom.
The king sounds like the biggest idiot of all. His beloved wife is murdered, probably by his concubine, but he ignores that and somehow decides to try to kill his children? And then he loses the will to live and becomes bedridden, leaving his murderous concubine to just rule the kingdom. How does that even make sense? I see that Edward takes after his dad.
Once again, the setup is weird. Alfred alludes to it being his fathers fault for letting love dictate his marriage. But he didn’t marry a commoner, he married the daughter of a count, which is not much lower in rank than the concubine’s marquisette family. The biggest problem is marrying that scary woman as a concubine. Alfred shouldn’t worry about being like his dad - Iris is from a ducal family that is loyal to the throne, and he just needs to avoid polygamy.
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April 27, 2024
**apr 2024**
read until: chapter 65 (uncompleted)
iris used to believe that as acting leader, she can’t show her vulnerability to her people, especially the ones working closely with her. but when she doesn’t waver during difficult times, her closest allies are worried about her, concerned that she’s carrying too much on her shoulders. iris is, in fact, shouldering a huge responsibility as leader of her domain; many people’s lives are at stake when she comes up with policies, improvements, and changes. slowly though, it seems like iris is allowing others see another side of her that’s more uncertain and scared.
another thing is, i liked the pacing of the story. even from the start, months and years passed by within chapters as iris is slowly building up her corporation and speeding past all the preparation work was great. however, this doesn’t mean that there’s any compromise on the relationship building which i think is highly important for this manga since iris needs the trust and honesty between her and her people/allies to work in the reader’s mind. i didn’t feel like anything was rushed unnecessarily at all.
read until: chapter 65 (uncompleted)
iris used to believe that as acting leader, she can’t show her vulnerability to her people, especially the ones working closely with her. but when she doesn’t waver during difficult times, her closest allies are worried about her, concerned that she’s carrying too much on her shoulders. iris is, in fact, shouldering a huge responsibility as leader of her domain; many people’s lives are at stake when she comes up with policies, improvements, and changes. slowly though, it seems like iris is allowing others see another side of her that’s more uncertain and scared.
another thing is, i liked the pacing of the story. even from the start, months and years passed by within chapters as iris is slowly building up her corporation and speeding past all the preparation work was great. however, this doesn’t mean that there’s any compromise on the relationship building which i think is highly important for this manga since iris needs the trust and honesty between her and her people/allies to work in the reader’s mind. i didn’t feel like anything was rushed unnecessarily at all.
November 29, 2021
Wow, Dean, for all of his covert espionage super-secret spy stuff, he's kinda dense when it comes to interpersonal relationships. At least his genius little sister makes up for it.
Now that I know Merellis, Iris's mom, wanted to be a soldier but couldn't, because stereotypical gender norms strike again, I really hope that she still know how to kick butt and we get to see her in action!
I'm also interested with the whole civil war aspect of the plot and all the subterfuge that's going on. It's not 'thriller' level, but it is definitely enough to keep me interested and wanting to find out what is going to happen next.
Now that I know Merellis, Iris's mom, wanted to be a soldier but couldn't, because stereotypical gender norms strike again, I really hope that she still know how to kick butt and we get to see her in action!
I'm also interested with the whole civil war aspect of the plot and all the subterfuge that's going on. It's not 'thriller' level, but it is definitely enough to keep me interested and wanting to find out what is going to happen next.
April 28, 2021
The story continues, this time mostly by looking back on the previous part through the eyes of the prince. It gives us some insight in his plans and motivation. It ends with a chapter or two on Iris, her and her mother's motivation and a bit of plotting. War is looming, can Iris prevent it?
If you like character development and political plotting, you will like this part. If you are more here for domain development and research, less so. I really like the series and looking forward to the next part.
If you like character development and political plotting, you will like this part. If you are more here for domain development and research, less so. I really like the series and looking forward to the next part.
March 4, 2024
In the 7th volume of the manga, readers get a rare glimpse of Iris’ fragility. Her love for her people, as well as for a certain man, Dean, has made her vulnerable in many ways. Iris’ strength as a domain ruler is put into question as the potential for civil war looms ahead.
The greatest threat to the kingdom continues to be civil war, with the factions splitting further as the cruelties and corruption of the Church is revealed. Iris has to play her cards carefully, placing spies and moving pawns to ensure the Armelia domain loses none of its power.
The greatest threat to the kingdom continues to be civil war, with the factions splitting further as the cruelties and corruption of the Church is revealed. Iris has to play her cards carefully, placing spies and moving pawns to ensure the Armelia domain loses none of its power.
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January 1, 2024
There aren't any huge events in this volume, though things continue to move at a fast pace and the whispers of war are getting louder. Iris is still buckled in for the ride and determined to make the best of things. The side story here focuses on Milo, who we see very little of overall in the story. As usual, he's ferreting out all sorts of information for Alfred to use, which in turn helped Iris rather significantly when it came to the church.
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October 26, 2024
I feel more confused then before I read this book. This seems to jump all over the place and was hard to keep up. I enjoyed the last book so I don't know what happened. But for context this book was just table conversations from new to old characters. Pretty boring.
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October 26, 2024I feel more confused then before I read this book. This seems to jump all over the place and was hard to keep up. I enjoyed the last book so I don't know what happened. But for context this book was just table conversations from new to old characters. Pretty boring.
March 6, 2021
See review of Volume One.
November 3, 2021
In this volume, we get a glimpse of the story of Iris’ parents which has a light novel on its own. Planning to also read that one since I’m curious to know her parents’ backstory.
December 12, 2021
I am so excited for the next volume! I love reading about the political drama
January 2, 2023
This volume made me so happy I just love this so much right now.
January 25, 2024
✨️drama✨️
July 28, 2024
moving the plot along but feels like filler
September 25, 2024
3.75/5
June 26, 2021
Rating: 3.50/5.00 Stars
January 1, 2021
With every volume this series keeps getting better. The political maneuvering in this volume is insane.
May 14, 2021
After the upheaval with the church, it was the start of the larger affairs of things and drawing Iris into the warring factions of the court.
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