Establish Boundaries Beforehand And Know That You Are Your Own Person.

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Ieyasu (7) is INDEED nasty in namecalling MC but he had some good (if not complicated) side of him. TBH not what I expect for the one who waits, but he did try to wore out MC's patience (and failed). Still, their backtaking episode was GOOD.

Hide (6) is Kind and Charming as usual, but I kind of know how he works; sometimes come off as manipulative off-screen. But for someone who made the cuckoo sing, his actions are understandable. And the best monent was how he responded to Inichiyo when he discovered who wrote that letter.

Nobu (5) is NOT easy if I were in MCs shoes, imagine being forced to marry just like that...and all because he wanted a cook? Haha. Nope. But it would have been better if MC made some a little bit more resistance to him (and see how Nobu goes about rhat in full measure). Anyways, knowing his character, the story did paint Nobu as such a very forceful "you will be my wife whether you like it or not" suitor.

SLBP Cuckoo Event Review

MC as the cuckoo in that famous samurai cuckoo saying… I definitely liked the premise of the event. And here’s what I thought of the contents, in increasing order of happiness!

Ieyasu’s story starts out on a bizarre note: when MC visits his temporary shop because of his random love letter, his goons capture her and Yahiko (poor Y gets rope burns…!), he proposes marriage sweetly, MC calls him out on his fake bullshit, and he reverts to his pissy, insulting self. The guy spends the next few weeks visiting MC’s restaurant, not eating anything, and calling MC stupid. And because MC’s a masochist and highly susceptible to reverse psychology, she works way harder to impress his picky palate than I personally would’ve… Eventually Ieyasu asks MC to move back with him, gets pissy when she doesn’t immediately accept, and disappears for months so that MC can wallow in angst, before coming back and sweeping her away.

…Ugh. WTF did I just read? Why did Ieyasu even like MC in the first place?! He claims he saw her working and instantly fell in love, but that’s BS and his motivations are unclear. And why did MC want to impress this rude idiot anyway? In this story Ieyasu deserves a punch to the face, not delicious food and true love. I hated it. Ieyasu fans may disagree, but I personally can’t stand his stupid “poison smile” right now. ^_^

Personal enjoyment: 1/10

In this story it’s clear that Hideyoshi’s been harboring a crush on MC for a while because she’s “cute and hardworking.” Giving Inichiyo an aneurysm with his flirty tactics is simply a plus for this charmer. MC’s shy, but he spends his days allowing himself to be friend zoned and being nice to her and helping with groceries and such. And making MC jealous with his perfumes handkerchieves and fixing women’s sandals, but hey, we always knew this guy was a rogue, lol. In the end, right before he gives up on MC forever, he realizes that MC’s jealousy stems from mutual feelings, and the story ends on a hopeful note (“Perhaps this doesn’t have to be the end of things just yet?”).

I thought H was pretty likeable in this event personally, but as with Ieyasu, I found his romantic motivations to be unclear. How was it possible he had a crush on MC if he’d never talked to her before? What made her so special, besides plot reasons?! In any case, I don’t love jealousy plots and the story itself was pretty simplistic imho, but H was sweet and I thought it wasn’t too bad overall.

Personal enjoyment: 5.5/10

Nobunaga’s ES starts out in a classically Nobunaga-ish fashion, with the guy demanding marriage from MC out of nowhere. And MC’s having none of it! He eventually reveals he actually wanted MC for her one-of-a-kind cooking skills, lmfao. Of course. This makes total sense 😂. Anyway, Nobunaga drags MC to hang out several times during his stay in Kyoto, and the pair eventually do grow genuine feeelings for each other over sugar-fueled dates. The guy comes back from a battle to rescue MC at a critical moment, confesses his final reason for wanting MC (“because I couldn’t think of dying and leaving you behind”), and everyone lives happily ever after.

Nobunaga is an absolute treat when he’s not hurting anyone with his ridiculous antics, and he was definitely in fine form in this story! He gives off strong YA novel love interest vibes with his stupid imperiousness (that MC doesn’t take seriously thank goodness), and I am A-ok with that, lol. I also liked how his motivations were clear throughout the entire story! Overall, I thought this ES was delightful to read and it was definitely my favorite of the lot.

Personal enjoyment: 9/10

All in all, I wouldn’t say this was my favorite event, but I came in with no expectations so from that perspective it could’ve been worse.

If you want another (more thirsty, lol) perspective you should check out @aedysa’s recap! I have no idea how to link on mobile though ^_^

Anyway, what did you all think of this event? :)

Requests are Open!

Request will close when all spots are filled!

We are doing this round of requests like the last time!

We are doing Prompt Only requests! You can choose from any of the prompts in this list or by clicking on the Prompt List link in the bio!

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Already at Ep 6 with Yasu Act 2 and I feel my heart is going to burst

Kojuro's Blushing Face

GOOD LORD !!😨😨😨!!

someone has waited their entire career to use this headline

A Kingdom of Justice and Sorrow.

Your Fantasy Book Title

I decided to be silly and make one of these.

Eye Color

Brown: A Court of Blue: A Throne of Green: A Tale of Gray: A Storm of Hazel: A Song of Other: A Kingdom of 

Zodiac

Aries: Flame and Taurus: Stone and Gemini: Passion and Cancer: Moons and Leo: Kings and Virgo: Queens and Libra: Justice and Scorpio: Poison and Sagittarius: Arrows and Capricorn: Ice and Aquarius: Stars and Pisces: Dreams and 

Favorite Color (of these options)

Black: Moonlight Purple: Royalty Blue: Sorrow Green: Thieves Yellow: Treachery Orange: Dragons Red: War White: Daylight 

(Mild Spoilers) Thug Life: 🐶&🙊

H: Want me to off your bully, bro?😎

I: WTF! MAN!?😨

(paused, and then thought that was actually a good idea…)

I: Fine, let’s do it.😡

I just re-read Kyoichiro's ES and his PoV story...but I couldn't shake the possibility that Hideyoshi might be THE ONE responsible Kyo got "detained" by Nobunaga.

...Long Post Below...

Do remember that Kyo is really careful with his thief identity (he is a former ninja after all) and the only time Kyo's identity was suspected by Nobunaga was AFTER Hideyoshi found him on the storehouse (at least in this ES. I still haven't done his MS, sorry). MC nor Suke wouldn't dare to let something slip about Kyo's "other life", perhaps Hide wouldn't unless he had a good reason...

...like using Kyo to ruin those monks to aid Nobunaga. But since the story implied Kyo refused that first offer (when Kyo busted the empty storehouse). Hide might have thought of a way to get Kyo in his plans, like slipping some rumors that Kyoichiro might be Ishikawa Goemon to get Nobunaga to act, thus entrapping Kyo in Kiyosu to make the cotton merchant at severe disadvantage.

"if something should happened outside while you are in here, you will be proven innocent" (-which also means "if nothing happens outside while you are here, you are guilty"-).

Sakuya went to Kyo's house and saw MC and judging by their conversation, Sakuya didn't expect MC to be there (or at least didn't expect that Kyo's "mistress" was the fugitive Tsuki MC). I was led to think Saku went to Kyo's house to assassinate MC but I believe it wasn't the case...So what was Saku doing in Kyo'shouse? Gathering evidence? Maybe. But we do not get to know his REAL reason being there because Hide intervened in an epic fashion.

Hideyoshi is not simple. He plans "two steps ahead" as Kyoichiro would put it. Hide might have "slipped" into Nobunaga about Kyo, he doesn't want him dead. While Nobunaga was busy with his entrapment scheme, Hide anticipated Nobu's methods. He prevented Sakuya from killing MC (or rather he stopped him from gathering evidence against Kyo) with his "presence" since Sakuya is supposedly a secret Oda ninja, therefore he can't act recklessly under Hideyoshi's watch.

In Kyo's pov, Hide used his weirdness and fixation to Kyo's crane to get him to give one to him, not because he want it to be a signal to MC about his predicament in Kiyosu. But in reality, Hide used it as a tool to get MC to act by being the supposed thief and steal something to clear Kyo's name.

So, Hideyoshi became Kyo's benefactor and became indebted to him. Because of this, Kyo ruined those corrupt monks which he would otherwise refuse to do under normal circumstances.

Kyo must have got a sense of Hide's motives as he forged the aliance with him not out of gratitude but only because he "does not want to be on Hideyoshi's bad side". And that statement, tells us something just how far and how "deep" HIDEYOSHI would go to achieve his goals.

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HOW QUICKLY THE HAWK BECOMES A DOVE WHEN FACED WITH THE BARREL OF A GUN