Our lead awakens as a character who didn't exist in a dark otome game. The transcendentals are humans who have magical powers based on special bloodlines in the empires. As they use their powers, however, they become more unstable until they turn into a catastrophic disaster. The current emperor has put together monitoring and response teams but in a few years even that won't be enough. Most of the current generation of transcendentals will become obsessed with the female lead Adriana and destroy themselves battling for control of her. As Dahlia, our lady, decides to pretend to be naive and harmless while she collects some money and run away. Her first hurdle is surviving her brother Hikan and his awakening. As she grows attached she wonders if she can change the storyline, meanwhile the emperor discovers Dahlia's abilities to calm the magical fever and Second Prince Cedric falls in love. * * * * *----------* * * * *----------* * * * * This entry is composed of well trod tropes regarding esper novels, time looping, and not quite true isekai adventures. The characters are sympathetic for the most part despite their violence, coldness, or unusual choices. The manga follows the source material closely and I would have preferred some expectations to meet or overthrow. The setup volume is a little repetitive. The second adds in new characters and shenanigans. Then we build up the antagonist and explain the how events became this way. Then we try to give as many people happy endings as possible. There are a few quibbling issues that don't make sense or alter establish logic. I also thought the amnesia bit for our romance in the side stories was an odd choice. Still, it is a fine little ro-fan adventure if you don't mind the lack of originality.
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I love this story. All of the characters are great and fully fleshed, as is the romance. The main character's ability is unique in the fact that it's based off of her affection. Even though she can't fight and isn't a super genius, at least she can choose who to save. At the end when Aceras is complaining to her, I loved how she just let him have it. She suffered so much because of his selfishness.
Cedric is also a great ML! I love how he's so devoted and it feels like he actually loved Dalia. He never tries to tame her or keep her away from others. He wants her to be happy. I also quite like when the ML falls in love first and pursues the MC, so that was a bonus.
As for the actual story, it was good. The premise was interesting and though I disliked that the entire conflict was one whole man, it made sense in terms of how the world was set up.
My complaints are very few. I would have liked more romantic scenes between the main couple. We did get to see them fall in love, but I would have liked more. On that note, I would have liked more scenes of the MC with the other characters. After she conquered them, they kinda just disappeared. It would have been fun to see them hangout and get closer. Especially with the MC and her brother — I loved them! Finally, there were a few plot holes or things that didn't make logistical sense. They weren't big, but they were there.
Translation was great and the story was even better! I loved this so much. It's definitley my favorite romance novel of all time.
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