@Kaarme @timidhakana Yeah, the main problem is the time period is unclear. That's why it seems weird. The fake Chinese kingdom looks REALLY ancient.
That is at best the look of Ming dynasty or Early Qing, which is the 1600s. Maybe even older. Glass fishbowls and chocolate candies doesn't exist...
Fddffdd
On one hand I understand full well the writer wanting to write uwu romances because I would've done the same, but as a reader for some reason no matter how amazing and respectful and great the ML is, I don't ship it and I just want to see MC do her revenge and become an independent...
I have to say, I know it's just fantasy but the bits of modern stuff (glass fishbowl, chocolate, alcohol disinfectant) ruins the mood a bit for me. You can't keep saying "From the West" as an excuse for everything, because even "the West" is once upon a time not that advanced.
@thanghe 小蘭...
I still boggle about the chocolate thing. Does it really have that sort of effect, Lmao...
@Yori-chan I was surprised about Xiaojie too!! Apparently it really was the term used for courtesans in the Song Dynasty.
Well... I guess I can't fault the translators for preserving errors and just gripe at the author/creator for WHY BAD JAPANESE?!
For a shop/cafe/restaurant, you welcome someone with "irasshaimase", not "youkoso".
All the -kun honourifics really should've been -sama or -san.
Can't complain...
Izm glaf the friend finally gets it through that Sharina is not interested in the prince. It would be one thing if she is just herself all excited and fangirling, but she sounded like she's trying to make Sharina get equally hyped up together and it's rather annoying :/
@Esasaeriri You are never "too old" to be a geisha, not even if you're 40, 50, 60. There is a geisha named Kokin, for example, who is still performing and she's 98 years old.
Geisha often retire to marry, or just leave the profession to go do something else (e.g going to uni), but it would be...
Ah the goat cart.
I remember that was a real thing in Chinese history. It was the emperor Wu from the Jin dynasty.
Spreading salt and bamboo to lure the goats is a real tactic used by the concubines in his harem.
The artist canzt bear to ruin the ikemen dace or what
He was supposed to look "fat" because of the cotton and the towel, but he still mostly looks the same.