straight romance with likable leads

I've seen my fair share of boring mary sues and unlikable female leads who make all the wrong decisions. So, to spare you the pain of reading clichéd stories with irritating characters, here is a list of romance webtoons/mangas with endearing, unique or admirable female leads that you can't help but root for.
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Seduce the Villain's Father

 9.6(395 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): 달슬,비아
Genre(s): Romance / Webtoons / Fantasy / Shoujo

Female lead wakes up in the body of a side character and must make the ML fall in love with her so that he doesn’t father that world’s villain.

24 05,2020

The Youngest Princess

 9.5(340 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Saha,Doldae
Genre(s): Fantasy / Romance / Webtoons

World’s most powerful mage reincarnates into the body of the prophesied third child of the empire and wins the hearts of her cold father and brothers. I love stories where they dote on the protagonist lmao

24 05,2020

As You Wish, Prince

 9.4(256 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Mokgamgi,Antstudio
Genre(s): Webtoons / Fantasy / Romance

Author is forcibly kidnapped and taken into her own novel’s world. She falls in love with the villain she wrote.

24 05,2020

Lucia

 9.5(301 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Skye,Taruvi
Genre(s): Drama / Fantasy / Historical / Romance / Webtoons /

Forgotten princess can foresee the future and tries to change her terrible fate by marrying a powerful duke.

24 05,2020

My Beautiful World

 9.1(197 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Maru
Genre(s): Comedy / Romance / School Life / Shoujo / Drama / Webtoons

FL has the power to see when people have ill intentions. She distrusts everyone because she’s afraid they’ll turn on her. Then she meets a heavily scarred man who makes her dark world a little bit brighter.

31 05,2020

Live or Not

 9.4(595 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Goeun
Genre(s): Comedy / Romance / Shoujo / Supernatural / webtoons

Ngl this was drawn out and sometimes the characters were indecisive or made frustrating decisions, BUT I loved the ending and the character development. The story is about a proud, bitter old couple who fight day and night until they fall into a well and turn back into their 17-year-old selves.

14 06,2020

Sincerely: i Became a Duke’s Maid

 9.3(272 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Roha, Joo A-ra
Genre(s): Fantasy / Romance / Shoujo / Webtoons / historical

Isekai
Girl feels pity for the second male interest who lived a pitiful life from birth to death. She wakes up as his maid and promises to take care of him as a sweet side character until he eventually falls for the female lead. The plan goes well, except he falls for her instead.

19 06,2020

The Villainess Reverses the Hourglass

 9.6(471 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): 산소비
Genre(s): Fantasy / Romance / Webtoons

Cunning villainess turns back time to expose her "saintly" step-sister for her misdeeds and to ruin her family's reputation.

19 06,2020

I Choose the Emperor Ending

 9.3(150 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Kim suo, jaradog
Genre(s): Webtoons / Fantasy / Romance / gender bender

Scientist/Inventor creates a historical fictional world centered around her male protagonist and enters it via virtual reality. However, she becomes trapped in this world and has to survive as a female slave armed with only her wits. She worms her way into her protagonist's castle as their trusty innovator.

19 06,2020

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