I read 125 villainess mangas and picked the top 3 unique ones for their deep world building and rich storytelling. Yep, there's currently 125 villainess mangas on the market. And I've read basically all of em, thence my review shan't be... 'unpropitious', shall we say?
Love villainess mangas? We love too! But there wasn't a lot of websites covering the best villainess mangas out there, so we decided to make our own. This list includes our top 3 favourite villainess mangas we keep returning to reread for the twenty secondth time! So, without further ado, let's get started!
Since a Saintess is Coming From Another World, I, the Hindrance Want to Disappear
Original: 異世界から聖女が来るようなので、邪魔者は消えようと思います
This manga is very unique because unlike other villainess mangas, here the protagonist tries to run away from the situation altogether. Our protagonist Felicia is married off to the Crown prince of a distant land. Shortly before departing to the foreign land, she regains back her memories and finds out she's a villainess of an otome game and her fiancé is in love with the saintess from another world and she will be executed! Hence, she decides to break off the engagement and live as a commoner.
The story falls onto the wholesome side with a bit of comedy in between. The crown prince is actually in love with Felicia. And the saintess is quite lovable (and on very good terms with our protagonist) and the author did a very good job making the saintess relatable with the protagonist. Overall, it's a cute love story between the Crown prince and our misunderstood protagonist with the story being 99% fluffy.
There Were Times When I Wished You Were Dead
Original: 네가 죽기를 바랄 때가 있었다
Toxic Relationships, Angst, Self-harm, you name it. There's isn't anything you won't find in this manhwa. The protagonist Yvonne is coerced into marrying the emperor of Croisen. The twist, however, is that the father of our beloved protagonist is the sworn enemy of the emperor, thus you guessed it, hatred. The manhwa goes from toxic relationships to "deceiving" to "feeling closer". The author did a good job justifying the actions of the characters in the story and there isn't a lot of plot holes, which usually isn't the case for stories with this level of angst.
The story is mostly centred around misunderstandings, and they give a good sense of tragic enjoyment when the misunderstandings shatter one by one. Overall, it's a good manhwa for people who want to enjoy a bittersweet happiness of misunderstandings and toxic relationships.
Love King and His Ornamental Queen
Original: 嫌われたいの～好色王の妃を全力で回避します
Fluffy manga again. The story is set in a world where Louise, our protagonist is successfully married to the person she loves the most, the King Alphonse. But Alphonse never loved her and over the course of 20 years had gotten himself a harem of 10 concubines, thus earning the name "Love King". Our protagonist, now in her 40s regrets her decision to marry Alphonse and before she knew it, the time rewinded to when she was 16 and still studied ar the Academy! This time around she'll do everything to make sure she doesn't get entangled with Alphonse once again. What everyone doesn't know is that the story is set in an otome game and Louise, our protagonist is the villainess of that said game.
The OG Heroine is dumb and our protagonist is the one messing up OG's meet-cutes and stealing the spotlight. The long strip (or webtoon? it's a Japanese Manhwa/Manhua) is a slice of life envolving Louise having fun with other characters in the game, including both male and female cast. If not for the villainess tag, this long strip could be classified as a slice-of-life manga because the interaction is this wholesome! The story does lack romance and the sad part is that the long strip was discontinued due to issues with the publisher. You will find the novel for free in Syosetu, which has 15 more chapters and fortunately does include some more wholesome moments but that's just it. But I think you'll greatly enjoy the story that has been released so far.
That's it from me! This article was a quite long for me to write. So, I hope you enjoyed it and I'll try to publish some Syosetu exclusive villainess novels next time. Until then, goodbye!
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1. Status: Japanese version manga completed. Unofficial English translation manga available upto 2nd Chapter. Novel available on Syosetu.
2. Status: Novel completed. Manhwa ongoing. Novel available for sale on Kakao.
3. Status: Novel and Long strip cancelled. Long strip had 31 chapters released before being cancelled. But all 31 chapters are available in English. Manga has 1 chapter but cancelled as well due to author's IP rights issue with the previous artist.
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