I Am My Wife 2

If I could go back in time, if I could become a girl again, I would love you dearly. I know all your strengths, and I know all your weaknesses. I know even more the unknown, shining side of you, the you who, despite your pain and helplessness, faces the world with a smile. In those innocent years, you were like a lemon.

I spent two weeks watching My Wife 1 and 2. I really hoped for a peaceful ending for Ye Wen and Qiu Yi, but the endings were all just dreams... In my mind, the true ending of My Wife is still the moment when Ye Wen and Qiu Yi looked at the camera in My Wife 1.

Unlike the typical tearful tales of most transmigration stories, or the instant acceptance of light novel tropes, Ginniang's works after "The Medicine Girl" show a gradual shift towards a calmer and more detached portrayal of the protagonist's attitude towards their physiological changes. I wonder if this is a change in Ginniang's style, or a change in his own state of mind? I don't think I can know for sure, but as I followed and caught up on his works, what I often felt wasn't the joy brought by the plot itself, but rather the author's subtle transformation in his understanding of the world. This process, in my personal perception, is somewhat like some artists painting on a blackboard upside down, only to flip the entire image over at the last moment...

Even if you are useless, even if you have accomplished nothing, even if your life is a mess, even if you can no longer find the meaning of life, please remember that there will always be someone by your side who likes you and silently protects you.

I feel like this isn't healing, but rather causing depression.

In today's world where invincible protagonists and waifus are everywhere, it's truly rare to find such a refreshing and unique work. However, there are too few people who know how to cherish it. The current light novel market is increasingly becoming fast-food and geared towards younger readers. It prioritizes enjoyment and ease of understanding over depth, and those that don't require much thought are more popular. The reasons behind this are thought-provoking. At the same time, writing a book is not easy, and the road is full of obstacles. I hope that all authors who still adhere to their original intentions can reap the rewards commensurate with their efforts.

As a seasoned bookworm with ten years of reading experience, my assessment of *My Wife 2* is: a high-brow, niche novel. By "high-brow," I don't mean extremely specialized novels like *The Three-Body Problem*. *My Wife 2*'s "high" lies in its high starting point—to get into it, you need to have read at least a bit of all of Yin Niang's other novels. Yin Niang's novels form a series in themselves (the last series I encountered was probably Tomato's *Hongmeng* series?). Yin Niang's series of novels are interwoven into the main text, side stories, and even serve as a plot thread or foreshadowing in each book. The "high-brow" aspect is precisely because, "Hey, I've read all of Yin Niang's novels..."

Since its release, I've gradually started to care about the future of this book. Personally, I think it's much better written than Dong Zheng's popular works from the same period, although I haven't followed Dong Zheng's writing much, I have read some. Many of Dong Zheng's works deal with popular themes, but most are just wish-fulfillment stories, which can be off-putting. This book doesn't have the harem, invincible characters, or ambiguous romantic subplots; it's just realistic and ordinary daily life and the author's wild imagination. Of course, it's not just about mundane daily life and various imaginative scenarios. The first volume has already laid many foreshadowing elements, allowing for free imagination and further development among readers...

Honestly, the second part has more problems than the first. Let's start with the good points: there's significantly less filler and slice-of-life content compared to the first part, and the author's writing style remains consistently good. The bad points... The theme is unclear. It's supposed to be a slice-of-life youth novel, yet it's mixed with a lot of inexplicable elements. And it's supposed to be science fiction? Haha (; 一_一). The science fiction elements are completely incomplete, and the singularity plot is also very confusing. If you attribute all the illogical parts to dreams, then I have nothing more to say. Sending two level 1 characters with no experience to fight high-level maps—is this the level of execution the country has? I'm speechless. However, compared to the overall disorganization...

Watching both parts 1 and 2 at the same time almost made my head explode.