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Lady Rose Just Wants to Be a Commoner! (Manga) #3
レディローズは平民になりたい 3 [Lady Rose wa Heimin ni naritai 3]
シナリオを超えた物語が始まる。転生令嬢のお妃ルート脱出ストーリー第3巻
「俺と共に、この国と戦争を起こさねぇか?」。異国の王子ノランからの誘いでフィーの平民生活が終わりを告げる!? 誘いに乗っても断っても詰みな状況にフィーが出した答えは……やっぱりパン?
「俺と共に、この国と戦争を起こさねぇか?」。異国の王子ノランからの誘いでフィーの平民生活が終わりを告げる!? 誘いに乗っても断っても詰みな状況にフィーが出した答えは……やっぱりパン?
164 pages, Paperback
First published February 5, 2020
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June 14, 2023
Dropped today, read today. The afterword discussed the light novel and I CANT FIND IT, which is ANNOYING. Because I want to know who El is gosh darn it!
4, I don’t appreciate being teased, stars.
4, I don’t appreciate being teased, stars.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 18, 2023
Fii is free, but how long will that be? (The nice part of written word is being able to mispronounce in order to match my rhyme scheme) She keeps drawing the interest of suspicious, if handsome, men and getting ensnarled in the tangles of fate. But, as they say, it’s not paranoia if they’re really out to get you…
I’m going to be very blunt and say that at this stage of the game I am incredibly burnt out on all genres of isekai, but especially with peak villainess saturation as we are currently experiencing. I have kept a couple on retainer, but my eyes glaze over checking the weekly releases and seeing whatever variant is coming next.
So this volume starts off not especially different, with Fii disarming a situation with bread yet again, although the way that conversation plays out is even more ridiculous than it sounds. Who even mentions high treason in such casual tones?
Such is the genre. Fii charms Nolan and his aide, is entirely too unreserved around Mel, and remembers to pine for Nika while also going after Nancy in her spare time. Suitors and suitresses abound and, for all her seeming intelligence, Fii doesn’t think they’re interested.
It’s very unremarkable, if harmless, fluff about a woman making her way in life after escaping a dead end otome game route and in the moments where it’s just about said things it is very much of the ‘dime a dozen’ bloat the genre’s awash in.
But it isn’t just about those things and the other stuff is going far afield to some wild tangents that may not pay off, fool me once and all that, but sure don’t hurt in keeping this title stuck on my list of ongoings.
We’ve already explored the notion that something in this world might be fighting back against attempts by Fii to alter the ending of the narrative so she can be left to her own devices. That alone was an interesting notion (almost certainly this has been done, but it’s one of my first times with it).
This time, we get the idea put forth that somebody else might be messing with things, practically a personification of narrative fiat, and attempting to scuttle Fii’s efforts. Although the name leaves some broad hints (while also promising a Death Note crossover that I would kill to see), the suspect pool and situation quickly grows rather hefty.
So we get a lot of Fii second-guessing her choices and her friends/love interests and trying to clear them all with some rather spurious logic. It’s not exactly become a volume of Kindaichi, but it’s definitely more exciting this way and makes for a good plot.
While I don’t think she’s quite come at this from the right perspective - outside of the characters in the game, her worthless “perfect” brother has to be involved somehow - I was rather pleased to see that she doesn’t just skip somebody and say it could never be them. Especially since I thought they were going to with the most obvious suspect.
Now, I don’t love this plotline, necessarily, but it’s definitely given some life to what has otherwise become an all too typical version of events. The execution on all fronts is honestly a little iffy; there’s a mediocrity to the writing that I just don’t enjoy, whether down to the source material or the translation.
Still, I’m interested enough to stay open to the possibility of it disappointing me, rather than closing the book and just leaving Fii amidst her suite of suitors, so that has to count for something.
3.5 stars - I don’t feel this series has quite earned its stripes and I don’t know that it ever will. However, a mysterious reveal is a mysterious reveal and I do tend to enjoy them whether it’s Agatha Christie or Scooby-Doo, so I’ll play along for a while longer to see where things go.
I’m going to be very blunt and say that at this stage of the game I am incredibly burnt out on all genres of isekai, but especially with peak villainess saturation as we are currently experiencing. I have kept a couple on retainer, but my eyes glaze over checking the weekly releases and seeing whatever variant is coming next.
So this volume starts off not especially different, with Fii disarming a situation with bread yet again, although the way that conversation plays out is even more ridiculous than it sounds. Who even mentions high treason in such casual tones?
Such is the genre. Fii charms Nolan and his aide, is entirely too unreserved around Mel, and remembers to pine for Nika while also going after Nancy in her spare time. Suitors and suitresses abound and, for all her seeming intelligence, Fii doesn’t think they’re interested.
It’s very unremarkable, if harmless, fluff about a woman making her way in life after escaping a dead end otome game route and in the moments where it’s just about said things it is very much of the ‘dime a dozen’ bloat the genre’s awash in.
But it isn’t just about those things and the other stuff is going far afield to some wild tangents that may not pay off, fool me once and all that, but sure don’t hurt in keeping this title stuck on my list of ongoings.
We’ve already explored the notion that something in this world might be fighting back against attempts by Fii to alter the ending of the narrative so she can be left to her own devices. That alone was an interesting notion (almost certainly this has been done, but it’s one of my first times with it).
This time, we get the idea put forth that somebody else might be messing with things, practically a personification of narrative fiat, and attempting to scuttle Fii’s efforts. Although the name leaves some broad hints (while also promising a Death Note crossover that I would kill to see), the suspect pool and situation quickly grows rather hefty.
So we get a lot of Fii second-guessing her choices and her friends/love interests and trying to clear them all with some rather spurious logic. It’s not exactly become a volume of Kindaichi, but it’s definitely more exciting this way and makes for a good plot.
While I don’t think she’s quite come at this from the right perspective - outside of the characters in the game, her worthless “perfect” brother has to be involved somehow - I was rather pleased to see that she doesn’t just skip somebody and say it could never be them. Especially since I thought they were going to with the most obvious suspect.
Now, I don’t love this plotline, necessarily, but it’s definitely given some life to what has otherwise become an all too typical version of events. The execution on all fronts is honestly a little iffy; there’s a mediocrity to the writing that I just don’t enjoy, whether down to the source material or the translation.
Still, I’m interested enough to stay open to the possibility of it disappointing me, rather than closing the book and just leaving Fii amidst her suite of suitors, so that has to count for something.
3.5 stars - I don’t feel this series has quite earned its stripes and I don’t know that it ever will. However, a mysterious reveal is a mysterious reveal and I do tend to enjoy them whether it’s Agatha Christie or Scooby-Doo, so I’ll play along for a while longer to see where things go.
May 9, 2024
2.2*
April 14, 2025
I'm going to dub this one a victim of franchise middle syndrome. There is no specific arc for the volume. The chapters are relevant but disjointed serving as filler and setup for future events. The tonal issues still haven't worked themselves out. We haven't had time for Fii to enjoy her slice of life adventures as a commoner to build angst of losing them. She is always anxious, not sleeping, and still trying to play 4D chess contrary to what she says her goals are. In other words it is relying more on the text (and thoughts) than the images and current actions to filter things for the readers. While never trashy it is not gaining enough independence in the overstuffed isekai subgenre.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 8, 2025
Who is El? I’m so invested in this story, I think Nana and Ms. Michelle must know something because it’s still weird that Michelle gave her the week off the same week that Liliana collapsed. I do love Mel, Nika and Nolan. Nika is such a sweetheart and he cooked for Fii because she hadn’t been eating well.
June 23, 2023
Surprise, genre change!
Add a touch of intrigue and a possible conspiracy, and your classic isekai otome becomes the unexpected isekai mystery! 😆
Loving the story so far, can't wait for the next volume!
Add a touch of intrigue and a possible conspiracy, and your classic isekai otome becomes the unexpected isekai mystery! 😆
Loving the story so far, can't wait for the next volume!
February 22, 2024
The plot thickens. There appears to be another character named El that is pulling strings behind the scenes. Rose is still trying to avoid potential traps. At the same time, she wants to figure out who is El.
Onto the next volume!
Onto the next volume!
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