tldr it's a great plot with awesome development held back by the fact that it had to pretend to be an "isekai romance" during the first half. Also there's a lesbian. Love wins!
princess wars is a manhua that's a terrible isekai romance but a great survival fantasy with psychological undertones. the premise is that a ton of people who die are reincarnated into this fantasy game where princesses fight each other to marry a prince. Or that's what the story sells itself as; it gets a lot deeper and after a good hunk of chapters it starts to deviate, but the beginning is so tropey that it's hard to scrape through
this story starts off very black-and-white and most of the characters are very 2d. there's a typical 1bit villainess who gets thrown out after 20 chaps, nice side character who's meek and needs saving, yada yada yada every trope in the book.
but if u r strong enough to power through the shitshow first half, the plot is a diamond in the rough. there's politics, character development (they all turn 3d Woohoo!), gore, and everythinf is greyer than u think. everyone starts to break outside the boxes that they've been given by the game 🤞 after a certain point, every single element that was established during the first half is challenged and fleshed out. are the witches really bad? why is the game taking place? who are your real enemies? how badly do u want to win? the author describes the story as one with "bad women and bad men" and i totally agree haha.
Also there's so much character death it's great :1 These conflicts for worldbuilding are no joke
but the issue is that all the good stuff only happens after a huge hunk (around 80-90) of chapters. And that's the main gripe i have with this manhua: It takes a Pretty Long Time to get to the good stuff. Donmt get me wrong: 95% of the 80-90 chapters are important to character relationships and worldbuilding, but Mangey Mollicks is it really convoluted. This manhua would seriously be better if there wasn't any romance... but the great thing is that once plot twists are revealed u can reread with the twist in mind and
cry because they're all dead 😝😝
All in all... if u enjoy reading over 100 chaps of power struggles then i would recommend. If u like character development... updoot u should read! If u really need romance to like a story... don't read cuz the main relationship is pretty balls until ch 120 after both of the main characters develop and ponder their feelings for each other 💀
Also there's a lesbian. Did i mention there was a lesbian. Love WJNS 🗣️🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 SHE'S A PISCEESS