My Dear Cold-Blooded King by lifelight - 110 episodes- ongoing
Kihara Mei is a peasant with a strong sense of justice. Her heroics caught the eye of the mysterious but dangerous Blood King. Nothing is what it seems inside the palace.
It has mature themes for 18+ only and with a trigger. This was a recommendation from my sister-in-law. She's the only person irl (excluding my family) who understands reverse harem as she is a fan too of Fushigi Yugi and Yona of the Dawn. She first recommended this to me in 2017 and again last year. As usual, I procrastinated and when I finally picked it up, I read it all in one night! It might have been a good thing that it took me years since it's so damn hard to wait now for a weekly chapter/episode but now I'm looking forward to literally waking up every Sunday morning (my timezone) to a new episode from MDCBK.
It is four flowers level with three guys but it really is about the two main guys. For the first time ever...in my whole existence...I feel so confused with who among the two is the end game. The creator successfully built up the two guys on equal footing. You will never know who she's really going to end up with and with each bump and nudge, my fickle heart is easily swayed. But the ONE is evident now and if switch to the other guy again I will now be pissed. My heart won't be able to take it anymore.
Meanwhile, the villain is...well evil but also good looking and with a good backstory. I'm thankful it was not pursued or I might fall for him too. The heroine being naked is such a cliche and in reverse harem western fiction/books, the guys always have a good reason why they find the FMC in her birthday suit. But I hate to admit that I like this overused cliche especially if the guy is geeky or really a gentleman. I guess I look forward to getting the reaction from these type of guys. Haha But the opposite happened here in MDCBK...okay I'm not going to elaborate further....
King incognito is another cliche but also done with a twist. In fact, there are too many plot twists reminiscent of soap operas that I think my mind will blow up if I try to super analyze it. So I just let it be. The thing that really draws me in is Kihara Mei's strong character and her chemistry with the two guys. The only thing I'm not happy with are the elements leading to make the other guy have a change of heart. I mean it felt so forced and out of character. It feels unfair after building up both guys equally then only to break the other guy.
King incognito is another cliche but also done with a twist. In fact, there are too many plot twists reminiscent of soap operas that I think my mind will blow up if I try to super analyze it. So I just let it be. The thing that really draws me in is Kihara Mei's strong character and her chemistry with the two guys. The only thing I'm not happy with are the elements leading to make the other guy have a change of heart. I mean it felt so forced and out of character. It feels unfair after building up both guys equally then only to break the other guy.
I don't know how to describe the art but I love it. It's like a mixture of harsh masculinity and delicate femininity. You can scroll the webtoon and the transition of the background art is so pretty. There's background music to some of the episodes too. I also enjoy reading top comments of the readers for every end of a episode and as well as blurbs from the artist. This is my first webtoon. I thought it was Korean but after I finished reading, I found out it was actually by an American artist. I found other reverse harem webtoons but I have not tried one yet after MDCBK. Oh yeah, you can also read it for free! You can purchase 4 episodes for fast pass.
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