College Student Empress
I’m a Villainous Daughter, so I’m going to keep the Last Boss
The Duchess with an Empty Soul
hard to remember some parts, but she basically lived and died and reincarnated some years earlier before she got engaged to this evil guy using her for her powers. also her cousin is dating that guy secretly and manipulating the whole thing for his own status in society. she proposes to a duke to marry her instead. he is very expressionless.
I've Become the Villainous Empress of a Novel
the OG one i read from korea. best for powerful fl. i mean how can you beat empress. but the ml is kinda meh? idk will have to see more and it's hard for him to be better than her so meh is understandable to a degree. girl gets into novel. she is the empress who is slated to get killed by her close knight. she stops this and then gets everyone on her side again. she was being drugged and that's why she went crazy for 2 years (or was that just her excuse?). she gets the knight to trust her again. got her magician who always loved her back. got this smart guy as her secretary. and slowly getting the other nobles to come around. she had actually just recently united the empire before she went crazy. so she receives a petition about some corrupt nobles. goes there and does a lot of posturing before capturing all of them. then she decides to take away the system where noble titles are inherited. instead they are given based on merit and trust from the empress herself. now there is soon a ball and she is inviting all the nobles here. some of her closest aides were sent away when she was crazy and another guy was doing as he liked in her place. 2 of them came to meet her and one is a girl who is suspiciously chipper and one is a weak kinda sickly guy. fl suspects the girl is acting too positive after 2 years in exile. and turns out suspicion is right cuz real girl is being held captive by her crazy father and he sent a look alike in daughter's place. daughter acting obedient for now while in her heart she still supports fl. now they have a ball with the nobles and stuff. ml and 2nd-ml worked together to get her a special stone necklace.
As You Wish, Prince
super good, good pacing until the end when it started to drag suuuper slow and they started making dumb unrealistic moves! love the male lead, the drama wasn't too hard to overcome (until the end), and fl has good personality. too bad did not like character design of fl.
Survive as the Hero's Wife
ch88 this is the OG isekai korean webtoon i read that basically formed my opinion of the genre i guess. basically she is reincarnated as child? and she grows up with the male lead. he's very hated by his stepmother, the current empress. she kind of does everything to hurt him. but fl marries male lead and they love each other a lot. male lead often sent on missions to battle and stuff cuz empress wants to kill him off. female lead at castle takes over a lot of his duties as a good wife to support husband. also she gets some allies now to plot against the empress. and empress has this one servant guy who seems to kinda be on fl's side but he also reports stuff to empress so it's unsure right now.
Virtues of the Villainess
ch 33, waiting for eng raws. SO GOOD!! ginger is so funny and confident and genuine and kind. leading prince is also handsome dark and affectionate. not too many dumb side characters and it's nice they have an ally. finished it. it was cute. ginger is a dummy, but i guess it's fine cuz the story is simple and straightforward as well.
A Villain Is A Good Match For A Tyrant