LOL, be they man or woman they never had a chance!ĭespite Bakarina's worries, this a Grade A fluffy shoujo. more> that reincarnated characters often get, she doesn't have the knowledge to re-create her world's technology here, she's not OP, she has no special gifts, all she has is her adorkable good nature. So Bakarina sets out to do everything she can to avoid destruction flags or, failing that, aim for the exile ending and prepare for it by leveling up her skills as.*drum roll*.a farmer. In the otome game, Katarina was a villainess who either gets killed (only one route led to this though) or exiled depending on the route taken. This is a nice short story of a female MC that gets reincarnated as the duke's daughter, Katarina Claes who'll forever be remembered as Bakarina. I would better use my time to read other more interesting novels. The MC was amusing and funny and a little bit silly (which got her bickname bakarina) but now she becomes extremely foolish and annoying. It has zero character development for the MC and very little happened for the other characters as well. The biggest flaw in this novel is that the author stretching the story too much but without giving a proper character development. more> it too far for creating the harem where every single character, man or woman, are made to fall in love with the MC. I know it is supposed to be a slice of life, however it is too much that it got boring, especially when the author is also pushing. However, since around the third volume, I already started to think that it is getting boring. I kept up reading it until the fourth volume. I thought it offered a very interesting plot. You don't know who to root for.Īt first I gave it a 5, because it is one of the earliest novel within this type of genre and set up. Plus, the characters in the harem all get about the same amount of screen time. When everyone is special, no one is really special. That's the thing with harems, and especially with a harem this big. If not for one or two pre-established details about them, I wouldn't be able to tell them apart.Īnd that's not to mention the romance, which is so shallow. After reading these four volumes, all of their personalities start to blend together. more> interactions with the female lead, but it turns questionable when all of the characters go through the same formula. I can forgive a few characters opening up and developing after a few. It comes off as unrealistic, as development is something slow. The other characters are given very little chapters to change and develop through the female lead and afterwards they don't seem to develop any further. This novel has a problem with character development as well, and not just with the MC. She's supposed to be clumsy and dim to the point of lovable, but with the repeated antics, it becomes increasingly annoying. This one's been taken over by the MC in a completely delightful subversion. If you're more into manipulative, cunning leads that win through schemes or tricks, then you should try to find the Katarina in the original otome.
Despite some of the darker plots at play, I still feel the whole series feels rather light and innocent, probably because we get to see the world from Katarina's eyes. The story is at times touching, comedic, and cute, but never loses its charm or the appeal of its protagonist as we watch her grow up and prosper. There are regular reaction chapters within the story that retell previous chapters from another POV, which can be slightly repetitive but /very/ worth reading to get a sense of the whole picture. It's still a *cough* battle *cough* to live and prosper in there.)
The charm lies in the fact that she never grasps the true (and beautiful) consequences of her actions as she goes about her life, just being herself (while trying not to die. more> on to see what she'll pull off next. Katarina (or perhaps the more aptly nicknamed Bakarina by fans) is the heart and soul of this series, the one that makes you want to read on and. *Coughs* That's right, this story is nothing less than an epic tale for survival of one girl and her council of advisors (all of which are herself, but that's just a minor detail) against a world that has it in for her. There is something inherently simple and sweet in this story even as the protagonist strives to fight for her life.