So 1/2 prince started out like an average manga (or manhua) to me, classic storyline about an online world where the protagonist would eventually triumph all and complete the game; Although I was still thinking of dropping it 4 chapters In, I still kept going- maybe the bishies played an important role...- and I'm glad I did! The characters developed and we learnt about them and faced their problems along side with them. I found myself laughing several times and really enjoying reading It.
Although most of the story was within the game, It seemed to me that throughout the book the author was still deciding when to properly involve the real world with second life. S/he kept randomly throwing in chapters in the real world with Feng Lan finding her odd squad members and trying best to act like she didn't know them. Although in a genderbend mang- MANHUA you would need to have these sort of problems but they seemed too randomly scattered around to me. Anyway as the plot progressed we met new characters and I really developed a connection with them. By the time the whole 'Self aware NPC' came along the plot started to go downhill.
At the beginning I was okay with Kenshin and Sunshine but the Dictator of life and all his cronies just got a bit annoying. After we thought the battle was over and price or Feng Lan died, they began the battle in the REAL world. And thats where the manhua dropped. Suddenly we met all our favorite bishies in real life! It was an interesting chapter getting to know all of the characters all over again but one that i would have not desired. Everyone then knew prince was a girl and 'ops!' thought the author 'I forgot to add the romance in!'. Then there became an overload of 'Which one? Gui or Wicked' and because the author DID add a bit of romantic feeling during the book of Gui and Wicked liking prince but s/he didn't give her a opinion, making me feel that she shouldn't have ended up with anyone. But the author didn't listen to my shriek of 'DOOOOOONNNNN'TTTTT', and for some reason she ended up with Gui.
Although I wasn't pleased with this 'what i though was the ending', i would have still accepted it and wouldn't have to write a review to rant about the REAL end of it. In three pages it had been ten years. Three pages just saying 'HE MARRIED HER, SHE MARRIED HIM, THEY WENT TO EXPLORE THE WORLD, THEY ARE STILL IN THE GAME, BLAH BLAH BLAH' NO! WHY! WHY DID IT HAVE TO END LIKE THAT! After a get up and shout and stomp around my room O got back in to bed to finish the... WHY ARE THERE MORE CHAPTERS! YOU'VE ALREADY STOMPED ON THE STORYLINE, JUST STOP IT! But after that i still (reluctantly) carried on. A story about their kids in second life trying to figure out whats what... are you serious? It finishes like this?! Well i haven't finished the whole manhua yet so ill see how it REALLY ends but i still recommend it because although i'm feeling so much anger and pain, i thoroughly enjoyed it (except the end)- Also the art is absolutely amazing!
