Bring the Love - Ch. 2

so she is a traditionally beautiful woman, but also over 180cm and much stronger than the average adult male. Yes, that makes sense, she totally wouldn't be like a blonde Arnold Schwarzenegger but without a penis.
 
@jdexo1 A woman can be that tall and strong without being an oiled, androgynous bodybuilder. MC should have some muscle definition under those dresses though, should we ever get to see it.

But really though, why are people far more ready to suspend their immersion in a story when a female character has prime protagonist characteristics like strength and fighting ability?

Are women only breasts and a pretty face, even in fiction where all people can be anything?
 
@AevaEl yes, exactly. Apparently women are only pretty face and tits even in loosely-based German Empire Germany. God forbid having a shoujo manga protagonist that has flaws.

A Brienne of Tarth-like character would've been much more amazing narratively, but I guess the author has to make her super hot lest the yandere ML doesn't even look at her. It's as if the author wants to have it both ways: Making the protagonist an empowered, no-need-no-man kinda woman who defies the societal standards of the times while at the same time having her being the typical damsel-in-distress pretty girl that needs saving; appease both the “progressive” women that are tired of the same cookie-cutter romance story and the girls that just want a typical one.
 
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From the synopsis, I also expected her to be more like Brienne of Tarth. But shojo must shojo...

It's a common issue in media and society. No one wants to pay attention to women unless they meet whatever criteria counts as beauty in that culture.

Tiring trope, but not going away anytime soon.
 
Ok I'm getting some mary sue vibes from this chapter. I hope I'm wrong but if this features a Mary sue and bad art I gotta jet
 
I mean I gotta give credit for making the ML disfigured

its kind weird tho, like I'm not used to the ML being ugly. Lol the dude looks like a mix between scarface and Todoroki from MHA
 

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