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Lady Rose Just Wants to Be a Commoner! (Manga) #2
Lady Rose Just Wants to Be a Commoner! (Manga) Volume 2
Life as a commoner isn’t cushy, but it was supposed to be peaceful—at least, that’s what Fii Crow had hoped for. Unfortunately, as the heroine of an otome game, the love interests have come a-knocking at her door one after another. But with a dauntless spirit, some fine acting, and the power of bread, Fii manages to fend off the heartthrob Prince Nicholas as well as her two-faced little brother Shade. Determined to stay out of the upper-crust life for good, Fii now enters a battle of wits against Melvin Crabitt, a suitor with an insatiable curiosity. Will she uncover the vital information she needs to protect her commoner life? Or will a trip down memory lane lead her to ruin?
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First published July 5, 2019
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March 22, 2023
I like this even more than the last one! We get some of Fii’s prior life back story and two new characters and maybe Spring is in the Air?!?
But. This was too short. MOR MONSTAR WANTS MOR!!
5, gotta have the next volume now, stars.
But. This was too short. MOR MONSTAR WANTS MOR!!
5, gotta have the next volume now, stars.
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May 9, 2024
2.2*
March 28, 2023
Fii and Mel face off over a question of questions, but Fii’s real truths lie buried in her past life. Of course, she’s also saddled with an “older brother” type in this world who’s got some feelings to sort through himself. But this is an otome game, so you’d best believe more men are going to man-sert themselves into this narrative.
This story is certainly very good, but it keeps stumbling just before it makes it to ‘great’, often with some strange narrative wobbles that keep hamstringing its intentions just when it’s getting going.
That face off between Fii and Mel is emblematic of this; it starts off fine, but it turns out that Fii’s running a series of manipulations to the whole thing that would make Light Yagami feel like somebody was trying too hard.
And it’s just to avoid somebody screwing with her life as a commoner! She’s got her reasons, as we’ll see, but the narrative, interesting as it is, feels like it has inflammations of melodrama as it goes along. It’s not that her reasons are bad, just how it’s being parcelled out that I didn’t quite gel with.
That dark core of truth buried in Fii’s past is really, really interesting and it involves being the ‘other child’ to a supernaturally amazing brother. Ironically, you could look at that as exactly what every sibling in an isekai has to go through when one of their own turns out to be reincarnated, but I digress.
Fii’s brother seemed to not be able to stop lording his status over her life, which makes her simmering hatred make perfect sense when you read it, but the extent of what’s going on feels entirely too nebulous. Is he stalking her? Did she really need to run away? The devil’s in the details, but said details are not being fleshed out.
It’s a wildly uneven volume that has the framework of true greatness, Fii’s reasons make her sharply more interesting than typical protagonists, but it has nothing to drape over it. It needs the sinew to join those bones and all the other metaphors I could be using.
The blossoming romance between Fii and Nika is also hobbled by their own cluelessness, which is admittedly par for the course (I do love how over all this Nika’s retainers appear to be) although the chapter where Fii is allowing his ministrations is some kind of masterclass in ridiculousness for that sort of thing. The art feels all over the place in this volume, but it does its best work with the funny bits.
Still, I’d rather it was trying all this than just a quagmire of mediocrity that was like every other isekai story going. Fii’s got a plan and a reason for the plan, that’s enough to keep things interesting, even as fate and her conscience keep getting in the way.
3.5 stars - no rounding for the way it all plays out. It’s like skipping stones - sometimes you can get amazing results and other times the whole thing just sinks under its own weight.
This story is certainly very good, but it keeps stumbling just before it makes it to ‘great’, often with some strange narrative wobbles that keep hamstringing its intentions just when it’s getting going.
That face off between Fii and Mel is emblematic of this; it starts off fine, but it turns out that Fii’s running a series of manipulations to the whole thing that would make Light Yagami feel like somebody was trying too hard.
And it’s just to avoid somebody screwing with her life as a commoner! She’s got her reasons, as we’ll see, but the narrative, interesting as it is, feels like it has inflammations of melodrama as it goes along. It’s not that her reasons are bad, just how it’s being parcelled out that I didn’t quite gel with.
That dark core of truth buried in Fii’s past is really, really interesting and it involves being the ‘other child’ to a supernaturally amazing brother. Ironically, you could look at that as exactly what every sibling in an isekai has to go through when one of their own turns out to be reincarnated, but I digress.
Fii’s brother seemed to not be able to stop lording his status over her life, which makes her simmering hatred make perfect sense when you read it, but the extent of what’s going on feels entirely too nebulous. Is he stalking her? Did she really need to run away? The devil’s in the details, but said details are not being fleshed out.
It’s a wildly uneven volume that has the framework of true greatness, Fii’s reasons make her sharply more interesting than typical protagonists, but it has nothing to drape over it. It needs the sinew to join those bones and all the other metaphors I could be using.
The blossoming romance between Fii and Nika is also hobbled by their own cluelessness, which is admittedly par for the course (I do love how over all this Nika’s retainers appear to be) although the chapter where Fii is allowing his ministrations is some kind of masterclass in ridiculousness for that sort of thing. The art feels all over the place in this volume, but it does its best work with the funny bits.
Still, I’d rather it was trying all this than just a quagmire of mediocrity that was like every other isekai story going. Fii’s got a plan and a reason for the plan, that’s enough to keep things interesting, even as fate and her conscience keep getting in the way.
3.5 stars - no rounding for the way it all plays out. It’s like skipping stones - sometimes you can get amazing results and other times the whole thing just sinks under its own weight.
September 11, 2025
I was baffled by her apparently traumatic back story. She had an outstanding older brother that overshadowed her in everything. She apparently hated him, and it’s unclear to me if he purposely messed with her life or if he had no idea and thought they were close. He took all her friends and even her boyfriends…no idea how, but that’s what happened. She eventually died because she bolted when seeing him, and ran in front of a truck. How pointless. I thought maybe he actually assaulted her and she was afraid of him, but it seems like it’s just her sense of inferiority that she never beat him in anything or stood up to him. But what is there to stand up against? A person has more talent and charisma than you, I’m not sure where to go from there except being happy with your own interests and not comparing yourself. Her desire to be a commoner stems from wanting to control her own fate, which she didn’t feel she had in the first life. IMO she did have this ability in the first life, but spent her entire life thinking of fate as a matter of comparison to her brother.
Then there was the story of the war she prevented - why exactly did the other country want to wage war after they had a plague and poor harvest? Why not start by trying to negotiate for aid, which her king would gladly give? It turns out that Nolan knew about the potential war and wanted it to happen. Wasn’t that 10 years ago? He looks similar in age to Rose, so why would he plot a war at that age? How could he predict plague and poor crops?
Then there was the story of the war she prevented - why exactly did the other country want to wage war after they had a plague and poor harvest? Why not start by trying to negotiate for aid, which her king would gladly give? It turns out that Nolan knew about the potential war and wanted it to happen. Wasn’t that 10 years ago? He looks similar in age to Rose, so why would he plot a war at that age? How could he predict plague and poor crops?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 23, 2023
A touch of intrigue and unique backside revealed
I like a story that gives me enough food for thought that I have to put it down and ruminate on it.
What would life be like to have your mental trauma file you to your next life? Would you be crippled by it or motivated to take charge and try to change your fate?
How does poor family dynamics influence our development and choices in life? Are we blind to how affect those around us? Is it possible that we are unknowingly entrapping someone we care about is a role or life not of they liking?
Learning a bit about Fii's backstory and character motivating was a feast for thought. I spent a good chunk of time pondering over the ramifications and possibly ways the story could diverge from that seed. It was interesting and adds just the right amount of savory to keep the story from being sickeningly sweet or under flavored.
Now that my metaphor has rob away with me I shall sign off and let you decide what to make of it 😆
I like a story that gives me enough food for thought that I have to put it down and ruminate on it.
What would life be like to have your mental trauma file you to your next life? Would you be crippled by it or motivated to take charge and try to change your fate?
How does poor family dynamics influence our development and choices in life? Are we blind to how affect those around us? Is it possible that we are unknowingly entrapping someone we care about is a role or life not of they liking?
Learning a bit about Fii's backstory and character motivating was a feast for thought. I spent a good chunk of time pondering over the ramifications and possibly ways the story could diverge from that seed. It was interesting and adds just the right amount of savory to keep the story from being sickeningly sweet or under flavored.
Now that my metaphor has rob away with me I shall sign off and let you decide what to make of it 😆
April 13, 2025
The intentions are good with this one but the execution has some flaws. There is a tonal mismatch between our protagonist's inferiority complex and lingering hatred from her first life and the silly antics it wants to her to have with her nun in training bestie and bread love. The stories we recap about her hiding her genius, playing a puppet at school for her goals, and sharing prophecies as a child would be more engaging not as flashbacks which gloss over the depth and details. It isn't that I don't like the narrative but wish it was showcased differently.
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September 8, 2025
I think Melvin is such a nice character, I think Nika and Melvin are my favorite love interests for now. I love that Fii really wants to continue her life as a commoner, even if her actual motive is because of her older brother in real life, she wants to do something that she wants and not because she’s forced to.
February 18, 2024
In this volume, you get to learn Rose's motivation behind becoming a commoner. She is driven not to live her life according to fate.
You also get to see the impact of her decision on other people. The volume ends with an interesting question from the price of a neighbouring kingdom.
You also get to see the impact of her decision on other people. The volume ends with an interesting question from the price of a neighbouring kingdom.
December 15, 2023
HARD PASS.
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