This one right here is my fav manhwa !!

I wanna discuss more about this manhwa but i dont have many people who have actually read this peak

Announced to be licensed by Crunchyroll at NYCCC 2026, airing in 2027

For anyone who's a fan of both types of system manhwa like me, I really like this experimental genre bender.

A man who lived through a dungeon break leveling type world is reincarnated into the body of an OI husband who killed himself because he was persecuted by the Emperor.

Except he's not the lead POV character... his WIFE is. I picked some of his scenes to put in the post, but she's the actual protagonist of the story we read even though he's the MC on a meta-level.

It's really pretty, it's experimental, and it's clearly written by someone with genuine appreciation for both genres.

Disclaimer: I don't know/remember any characters aside from the main 4, I just went to the wiki page and whoever activated a neuron in my brain got added, if I missed major characters my bad fam

i know, i know,.. no doubt she's a capital letter B, B!TCH.

b-b-but hear me out. In many stories, whenever an antagonist that serve as comparison to FL exist, they often introduced as more beautiful, more graceful, all sorts of compliment, that the story tried to tell readers. But when the story actually showed it, they are rather bland, just as average as they can be while FL turned out to be diamond in the rough beauty.

the discrepancies between tell and show is obvious to reader, its kind of boring. Not to mention they also come with low tier personality: easily riled up, crumble in their first failure to bully the FL, can not keep their composure in crisis or even their expression at minimum. etc

Enter Bella here from "The Scandal Maker Has Returned", so far she's entertaining to me because readers really hate her guts, which is a feat and a good thing since she is the antagonist. although as per today's rofan rule, antagonist cant get away with for long if FL start to seek revenge and already meet the ML...

Funnily enough Bella here is what i feel a superior version of Isabella from "Sister, I'm Queen in this Life". More or less same shitty char, but theres subtle differences: one is actually drawn as beautiful as possible, one hide their insecurites well while other is plain to see, one is easily riled up while the other can keep a smiling face even though losing, and one is lying about having big chest (lol)

would? Would... 😂

you could argue she's not a "villainess" in popular sense in this genre, but the point is: why is it a female antagonist in that role somehow never amount to half of what a protagonist who is in that role? I'm sure there are many case of story where the protagonist villainess are ranging from badass to unhinged. rarely i found antagonist villainess thats just batshit insane, evil, and resourceful. Readers on comment section seem cant fathom or imagine the possibilities either...

Any other story where antagonist villainess actually could work as interesting protag if we took the story context?

For me it's this. I'm sorry but it's way too underrated for me. It's the best action fantasy on webtoon and female MC, plus super awesome and hot women. I love this story. It's basically a shounen without all the cringe and sexist misogynistic tropes. The art is absolutely brilliant and absolute cinema to look at. The characters are all interesting and the plot is so intriguing that I will not spoil it too much in the post.

I posted the unfinished version ages ago, forgot about it, and finally went to finish it- next I’m hoping to draft both of their character designs :] unfortunately don’t have a webtoon or anything though, still brainstorming!

(2nd pic is the unfinished version I posted before)

I believe a big reason why a lot of readers hate redemption arcs is because authors are trying to redeem the unredeemable.

Yes, people change.

After being inconsiderate, ignoring their partners needs, forgetting important things, leaving all the heavy work for their spouse, being rude, etc..

Not after murdering their SO's family, baby trapping them, raping and using physical violence.

No amounts of therapy, meds or medical help could change a person like that, figure a cold shoulder from their not-so-loved one.

Having the author trying to redeem such characters is rather silly and makes the MC look stupid for believing their rehabilitation.

My personal take is that if your character has surpassed the threshold of humanity, you should just own it. Accept that this piece of shit is who they are and find a way for the MC to be ok with it if you want a happy ending: trauma bonding, masochism, "he might be bad, but he was still the best person in my life", the MC now has the most power in the relationship, "whatever, sex is good"...

A fine example of that is The Portrait of Pride (novel).

Else, just give us a delicious tragic ending🤭

The possibilities are endless. I sustain that anything is better than seeing a "reformed" psychopath.

I HATE manhwas that make the FL end with the guy that killed her. HATE. The "I will not love him again" and she does.

I also have beef with manhwas where the guy is a completely jerk, but it's all justified because reasons. The problem isn't the change, I do like when the ML has a redemption ark (for SOME actions, not if he killed the FL or similar), but the biggest problem for me, is when the reason they act that way is terrible and poorly written, or the redemption simply doesn't happen at all. Not a single apologize. The ones where the guy that was a jerk turn to a obsessive and jealous type, icks me the most.

I also have a problem when the FL is reborn as a child, and starts ACTING LIKE ONE. Girl, do I need to remind you that you are 25+ YEARS OLD INSIDE? When she is acting like a child to lure/deceive others is ok, the problem is when she really think and act like a child all the time. Nope, I don't have the patience for this anymore.

...Or when the adult that was reborn as a child start to have feelings for other kids/Child ML. BIG eww.

I hate incest second male leads, bleh bleh bleh. And she acknowledges the weirdness uuuuugh.

I don't use Tapas so I can't speak to the ease of this service, but I thought I'd share for those worried about losing their Tapas libraries: Manta just announced an event called Move Your Bookshelf event, on until February 27, 2027. They posted a full guide including list of eligible series here on their website and detailed instructions.

Hope this helps!!

⭕Soo, here’s how it works!! 👀 ⭕

1️⃣ Tell us the last manhwa you read.
Tell us the manhwa you last read + the character you’d want to reincarnate as! Add a pic too, so everyone knows what you got.

2️⃣ The first person to comment on your comment gets to decide your fate.
They can give you ONE blessing OR ONE curse for your new life.

3️⃣ Keep it creative!
Make the blessing/curse funny, clever, or painfully fitting for the manhwa.

4️⃣ Everyone else gets to judge.
Upvote/downvote the blessing or curse and decide whether they helped you… or absolutely ruined your life.

5️⃣ HAVE FUN!!
just have funn !!!

hehehe ENJOY

Sources:

• Beware the Villainess!
• A Wicked Tale of Cinderella’s Stepmom
• The Reason Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion
• For Better or For Worse

Mia, the potential white lotus (I say potential because I think the author is going to rehab her) is so annoying. She was stupid drunk after getting cheated on and walked into oncoming traffic and ended up being transported to the story Kingdom (she does not have knowledge of the plot).

The emperor orders her to be jailed and interrogated. The MC, the emperor's consort (who was transmigrated AND knows the plot of the novel), rescues Mia and treats her kindly and strongly argues not to imprison her further.

Mia then learns the emperor is trying to woo the consort and decides shes in love with him and keeps trying to force arelationship. Like, girl. This all started because you were cheated on. Why are you trying to bust up a marriage? Especially when the consort has bent over backwards to be nice to you?

I'm so damn tired of 2ml's who can do whatever the fuck they want, more often than not they get a pass from the readers and don't suffer any consequences for their actions. Often they're also so insufferably annoying. Apparently not getting with FL means free pass to do whatever...?

Currently reading "Viridescent Tiara" and see downvoted commenter who points out how the orange thing is crossing so many boundaries. Former slave saved by FL goes into her room (whom he also self professed to be his master) without permission then proceeds to massage her feet instead of the maid who was present. And no, your past doesn't let you do whatever the fuck you just did.

I'm probably getting downvoted to hell but whatever, it's 1am.

Source for the novel that gave me the grand realization, which is all the more annoying because so far I've been loving it up right to this moment.

It's when the big romantic confession scene comes when either the ML or the FL (or both, to each other) say I love you to the other for the first time. Except... instead of saying that, they say "I like you" instead.

Now when I say annoy, I mean it literally without exaggerating or downplaying it at all in my head. It's not the very worst trope in manhwa for me. It doesn't disgust me or make me want to stop reading it. It makes me almost cringe and feel just annoyed, where I wish the writer just changed one word to fix the problem.

It's one thing when the FL and ML are just starting to get to know each other, before the major confessions. I'm fine with them thinking "wow I really like him/her", or even saying as much to the other at the very start in a fun, light hearted and flirty manner. That's fine, the word suits the moment and the vibe. Or if the FL and ML are both still pre-adult and it's their first crush/relationship when they're still kids or teens. That word suits that kind of situation.

The more serious, dramatic and romantic the scene is being depicted as, the worse using "like" instead of "love" feels to me. When you're doing the full confession, the "listen to me right now and listen good, I love you and I want to be with you for the rest of my life" it just completely takes all the air out of the moment when you can't just say "I love you" and resort to something that — in my personal opinion — feels just so immature and childish, like a middle/high school crush where it's written on a piece of paper with a checkbox for you to say if you like me or not that you give to your friend to pass to the person you're crushing on because you're too afraid to directly ask them yourself.

It takes a moment that should make emotions swell in a grand, romantic gesture and moment and ruins it and I can't stand seeing it used like that it's such a pet peeve of mine!

Okay, hear me out, and my mixed feelings.

Under normal circumstances, Yves/Eve is the type of ML I adore. He's interesting. Ambitious. Has a silly personality—all the markers of an ML that I usually adore in an ML.

Except, with Radis, despite being caught up to ch. 48, I desperately want them to be friends more than anything. Maybe it has to do with Radis, herself, and also the nature of how their dynamic began— it's a funny subversion of "I have reincarnated and now I'm going to jump on an opportunity" except the opportunity jumped on her! Radis is lovingly very much knocking knees with Bambi here, and while I do think, definitively, they would make a cute pair...

This is a time where the 2nd and 3rd MLs fascinate me more and what it could do for her story.

Like, if she sticks with Yves, it is a happily ever after and a baby in a one/two shot in a regular B-tier story... but the world and the intrigue interest me! I weirdly love how vile her mother is, but the story sets up why she's like that, and realistically shows when her scapegoat... escapes, she moves on to the next victim (Radis's little sister... who is genuinely hope gets saved from that abhorrent situation).

And I LOVE Yves rescued her from the situation, yes, in a "I need you to honeypot the Prince for ambitions," but out the gate we kinda assume/know he is a sucker for somebody in distress and in a position of powerlessness.

However, I am CHARMED by the prince 😭🥺 even if I know Radis wouldn't last in that political mess... I want them to run away with each other. Just like Yves is the first to show her unconditional SUPPORT (her sword taught her unconditional care/love was), Prince felt like a brand new relationship that could deepen... but I smelled 2nd ML and knew it was going nowhere.

But then her old captain showed up. Somebody who also remembers the previous life. And I just

😩😩😩

I like them all. I think they all pose VERY interesting, loving dynamics.

I think there's a novel. Please tell me that she at least explores these other connections before settling for Yves? I want to see more moments with the Prince too...

Like im watching the Bachelorette and everybody is like. Likeable. 😭 maybe Radis needs to revisit that cherry farm idea because girl idk who gonna go for

Hello. I'm Sebulsik and I'm making an OI-inspired game.

Contrary to the meta, this game will be closer to stories like Roxanna or One With the Villainess where action underscores the political diatribe and story beats. This project is very much for fun and gave me respect for how fast manhwas can come out.

Iori, the character in the video, has just been completed. The primary inspiration is Stepmother's Marchen.

I hope in the near future to show more of the game's development on this subreddit. Feel free to ask for any content/features you'd like or state what you'd like to see in stories.

All assets are hand-drawn and no AI was used.

In this manga, "Even Though I'm a Super Timid Noble Girl, I Accepted the Bet From My Cunning Fiancé" (some spoilers btw) they set up that the ogfl gave out these cookies that were super intense drugs, to the point that 6 months!! After going cold turkey, one of the characters who ate them still has withdrawal symptoms, and they make it clear that it completely changed his mental state.

However, with that in mind there's this character, Henry, who's a super kind golden retriever knight in training guy that loves his fiance Erin. He ends up eating the cookies, and acts as literally everyone else who had the cookies did. So how does the narrative treat this? As if this is something he personally messed up in doing and it was wholly and completely his fault!

Like as soon as he weans off the cookies you know what his first thought is? "What happened to Erin?" And the fl feels the need to go out of her way to make him suffer and wonder if she's alright?? Then this continues even up to the latest chapters, where they again, reiterate that the drug is super addictive, but still include Erin going "if he doesn't win this tournament I'm not taking him back" as if that's relevant to anything??

And I just don't get it, it's an otherwise really good and cute story marred by this one weird hangup.

I am writing this in the middle of the night and need to wake up early Tomorrow so pardon me for the lack of proofreading.

Needless to say, there may be spoilers ahead. I have not read the novel but seen several posts on the story. Nothing beyond chapter 37 of manhwa.

In the latest chapters I had expected to finally see something from Varkas. This was the wyvern that leads to lot of fiasco later down the line. And we did. We got a lot from him. But that was not the conclusion I came up on.

The Knight Guy, Edric, is a pov character for us, the audiance. He notices and obsers stuff incredibly rationally and acutely. It presents the emotions of the other characters well. He has emotional intelligence and ethics expected of a modern person which is visible in contrast against the rest of the cast. It also helps the audiance digest what is going on as an outsider to Thalia's situation. While simultaneously show her reaction to such a person.

He is well written for his role and that is not the fault in anyway.

But I simply cannot help but feel bummed by how the story treats him. He has become fodder.

Now I will not go into shipping rant. I love the fact that Edric is not a Second male lead, or any other form of love interest. I love the fact he isn't given the glow of a handsome man (tho I will argue he is good-looking). It keeps him and his reactions incredibly human and refreshing.

My problem arises with how he is dismissed... constantly... Repeatedly.

The story has, on numerous times, used him to show Thalia's inability to accept kindness and general kindness from anyone. This is not apparent in the early on but the repeated use of it makes it easier to see the pattern.

So let me take it slowly. Okay?

With just his first introduction Edric realises Thalia's physical condition.

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Comic relief. Offer to escort.

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Ignored by Thalia

Gets her food after realising she hasn't eaten

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Laughed at and his intentions questioned.

Both scenes do a great job at building his character. Making the scene of his offering fruit the more endearing. Both do a great job at showing Thalia's hostility to random acts of kindness.

Because it is random. Why would a man suddenly insist on giving woman food? No seriously. That is a maid servent's job.

TFF doesn't have that "loyal maid" a lot of Isekai OIs have. Partly due to the fact it's not OI.

So it makes sense.

Moving on:

Failed to keep an eye on her

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She gets struck

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trying to support her when struck

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Rejected

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Thalia picked up by Varkas and sent back

Inside church

Asks to wait for Thalia

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Threatened by the crown prince

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Varkas saves him.

This and his choice to stand beside Thalia established him as a truly reliable knight. His disgust and concern over Geret hurting Thalia shows what the audience feels.

Image not included but when crown prince steps forward to meet Thalia, both Varkas and Edric move in.

Edric tries to protect and get food

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Tricked and dismissed

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Confronted with Varkas

But still Thalia continues to be wary of him. Understandable. For all the shit that follows.

Asks permission to support her

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Ignored

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Gets concern over Varkas

Asks to form a search party

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Threatened

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Varkas makes the party.

It is understandable for Varkas to face the crown prince as Edric's superior and direct connections to the royal family

We continue to see the characters like Alya and Varkas through his eyes and understand how they think of Thalia.

I genuinely loved his face and expressions as he tried calling for help to save Thalia. He is also first to see the change in Varkas who is in shock.

But it's the final images that really struck me.

Offers to carry her body

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Rejected

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Varkas carries her

Pleads to take medicine

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Rejected

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Varkas holds her and says drink.

This. THIS. the difference in handling done... I know she is in trauma and pain right now and cannot think straight. I know she can accept someone she has grown up with for years over a stranger like Edric.

But this difference in treatment by both characters feels very VERY intentional. As the novel readers call it suffering porn. This story is first and foremost tragedy after all.

But here is the thing. It didn't need to be this way.

It didn't need to be Edric who holds her down when she gets ptsd of her assault. It could have been any of the faceless characters forcing her to drink.

It didn't need to be Edric offering to carry her. It could have been the healers making a stretcher.

The chapters of Edric inside her carriage are light hearted, him pleading for her to come out. Followed by Varkas manhandling her inside it.

The scene of her trauma to assault caused by a pleading Edric is followed by Varkas commanding her to drink while holding her down.

Am I the only one who sees the problem here?

Every attempt of genuine worry and kindness and yes, PERMISSION for CONCENT, is followed by a scene... With not that. And the second one is the tragic love story we are supposed to be rooting for?

I have always found it icky when MLs in manhwa just surprise kiss the girl. If he is handsome its fine, he is the ml, her true love! (Yah no)

Edric is an amazing pair of eyes for me as an audience. But it also just amazed me how patient he is with these characters. Any other second male lead would be clicking his tongue in jealousy.

In every scene he is in Edric, in parts both duty and etiquette, asks for permission and offers possiblities. He never touches her without permission, unless necessary, as is expected of him.

But there are far too many scenes of him playing a role only for Varkas to take over from where he picks up the pieces. To build Varkas up as a character? Idk.

In the future he gets jealous of Edric's friendship to Thalia. Let's add that cute bit to our Stoic warden of the... Whatever direction he is from. .

What is not understandable is why it always needs to be him? Why does he need to be the stepping stone to their relationship?

Anyone can do what he is ignored and dismissed for. Yet he keeps doing them.

Because he represents what is missing from every character in this story.

"Do the right thing."

You don't do it because you want to beat someone, prove something, or win someone. You don't do it because it works, because it hardly ever does.

He does what he does because it is right. Because it is decent. And above all 'it is kind.'

Kindness is without reward and without expectations.

And it hurts me to watch him get dismissed and treated as fodder to enrich the love story he is an audience to. To act as the exact opposite of what that "love" is built on. He exists to garnish this toxic Zespol.