After I Became the Dark Princess, My Knightly Big Sister Punished Me

The Dark Princess expansion has reached its finale (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ It's ready to watch.

If I only considered the beginning, I would give it a high score of 9.5. However, the later parts disappointed me greatly. The beginning was very interesting and readable, depicting the adorable journey of a little princess. But the later parts became a formulaic, repetitive monster-slaying and leveling-up route, accompanied by tedious feminist themes (or rather, the repetitive and tiresome rape ending), making it increasingly boring to read. Overall, the novel can be described as a mediocre read: tasteless but not worth discarding.

I hate the part where the Sword Queen is humiliated the most. While I enjoy fan service, this kind of treatment disgusts me. It's one thing to humiliate the Heavenly Emperor after his defeat, but this is wrong. The entire plot focuses on the Queen's kindness, and the ending humiliates her, giving readers a feeling that good deeds don't get rewarded. This is very upsetting. At the beginning, everyone was confused about the Heavenly Emperor's character, which was very unpleasant. The Queen has let everyone down. A true king at that level wouldn't allow his people to fail for such a reason, even for the sake of his daughter's life...

The plot is decent, but the romance is awful. The female lead, Hiyone, is essentially no different from a scumbag, chauvinistic man. Despite having a wife, Yukino, he seduces the Dark Princess, then develops an inexplicably strong possessiveness towards her, forbidding her from even hugging someone else, while he himself is seen kissing and hugging other women without considering the Princess's feelings. Meanwhile, the Princess has absolutely no principles when it comes to Hiyone, willingly becoming a mistress or a backup option. Hiyone's favoritism towards Yukino is off the charts, yet the Princess still foolishly loves Hiyone. The only redeeming quality of this book is the occasional small fan service.

I spent some time reading through all the existing chapters, and overall it's a decent work. In terms of writing style, the author's writing level is good, the sentences are fluent, but the vocabulary is limited, often using the same adjective to express the same type of sentence, and there are quite a few typos. Regarding the story content, I felt it lacked freshness. Basically, the story follows two inevitable cycles: <...→ The female protagonist wants to become stronger → finds an experience pack (clean realm mountain soldiers, primordial beads, spring water, etc.) → Encounters a bottleneck → seeks a breakthrough opportunity → reaches a peak → new stage → the female protagonist wants to become stronger → finds an experience pack → ...> And <...→ Discovers the top powerhouse in this region → diligently levels up → ...>

The earlier parts, where the protagonist is "trained" by his senior, do fit the theme. However, when it comes to his mother, one of the five most powerful beings in the divine realm, she's completely oblivious to the fact that her subordinates shouldn't pose a significant threat, which is utterly baffling. Then, because of this subordinate's betrayal, the protagonist and senior are used as hostages to force her to surrender. Immediately afterward, the mother surrenders and has her power drained by the enemy. Afterward, she's neither killed nor crippled, but forced to publicly "marry" the enemy naked (with the protagonist and senior naked as part of the dowry). After the marriage, the protagonist and senior are forced to watch their mother being raped and even have to serve the enemy by "doing" her! This is truly...

If the intention was to motivate the protagonist to become stronger, this wasn't the necessary arrangement. This is already a major flaw. I'm a newbie, and while the beginning of the book seemed good, I kept reading until that part that really disgusted me. I admit I have a bit of a germaphobia, but I don't believe anyone could find this part interesting or anything like that. My language might be a bit harsh, but I genuinely can't understand the author's purpose in creating this scene. After reading that part, I became completely depressed!! (Everyone around me thinks I'm crazy, that reading a novel has made me depressed.) My tolerance is quite low; my fragile heart is shattered.

This book has so many flaws, I don't even know where to begin. First, the Fallen Angel armor can be peeled off with your bare hands. Isn't that equipment second only to divine gear? Second, the protagonist is from this world, right? So here's the problem: in the early chapters, during his plan to work on the female lead, the protagonist devised a ridiculous plan without any information about her. Author, go read *The Undead King*! Third, honestly, the characters in your book are terrible. Take the protagonist, for example—you can call him stupid, dumb, or even a masochist, and he'll never admit it. Look at the characters in *Fox Spirit Matchmaker*, they're all great. Unlike your characters...

Overall, the plot was pretty good. Although the final boss fight felt a bit forced, the ending was still satisfying. And it wouldn't be good if it ended like this. Please, author, keep updating the slice-of-life series with more exciting and delightful chapters. For example, something like xxx running away, or the reappearance of Kuroti's soul—a pleasant surprise! I really enjoy slice-of-life stories with surprises. I hope the author will consider this and keep updating! (^W^)/

Seeing the title, I didn't think too much of it. It's just a pairing, right? How could I get hooked? I was so naive! And then... Wait, what is this?! I don't usually have any particular feelings about yuri (girls' love) stuff, so why is my heart racing? I guess I'm still a long way from being an expert. Overall, I like the world-building, the content is quite rich, and the character development is good. Some people say certain parts are one-sided/extreme, but I don't see it that way. I think that's precisely the characteristic of this work; there's nothing wrong with that. Hmm, occasional typos are understandable; readers can use their imagination, but it would be good to fix them when you have time...