🎲 Roulette Review: Maria the Telepathic Animal Healer
5.5/10 “Mid” – Come for the animals, stay for… confusing decisions?
- 🔗 Title & Link: Maria the Telepathic Animal Healer
- 📚 Chapters: 50 (Complete)
- 🖌️ Artist/Studio: BANABAS / Soy Media
- 🎨 Genres: Isekai • Romance • Fantasy • Shoujo • Transmigration • Historical
- 📅 Publication: 2023–2024
- 📖 Language: Official English (Pocket Comics)
🐱 What’s It About?
After dying in the most shoujo way possible (getting hit by a truck while saving a stray cat), a modern-day vet is reincarnated into Maria Lwelin—a young girl in the Larson Empire who can hear animals’ thoughts. She sets her sights on becoming a vet again in this new world. When she heals a royal panther, the Prince asks her to stay at the palace—but it’s really just an excuse to keep her close.
🐰 From Rom-Com to Rollercoaster
It starts sweet: soft animal moments, a kind mother, and village life. But quickly turns dramatic—kidnapping, poison, attempted murder, and somehow… forgiveness for all. Her jealous sister nearly gets her killed, but Maria forgives her. She’s poisoned, but still sips tea with the culprit. Meanwhile, the Prince is clueless about love and emotionally distant, yet somehow ends up as her happily ever after.
🎀 Pros & Cons
💖 Pros
- 🌸 Sweet, wholesome beginning with animal bonding
- 🎨 Soft, clean art style with pastel tones
- 📚 Only 50 chapters—quick binge potential
💔 Cons
- 🔮 Vague healing logic (herbs + vibes = cure?)
- 😐 Male lead is bland and slightly possessive
- 🦦 Misleading title—barely features animals after ch. 26
- 🤦♀️ MC forgives poisoners and kidnappers instantly
- 🏃♀️ Abrupt ending with no emotional payoff
🐕🦺 Final Thoughts
Maria the Telepathic Animal Healer is cute on the outside but hollow on the inside. It had the ingredients for a heartwarming fantasy: animal telepathy, second-chance life, herbal healing… but never commits to any of them. It’s a basic story that tries to be deep but ends up feeling rushed, emotionally confusing, and sometimes absurd.
🐾 Would I read it again? No, but I did pet my cat after reading it.
🧃 Read if you like: telepathic animal girls, soft art, and low-stakes palace romance.
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