corpaaa's manga / #Strong Female Lead(28)

Last Read: 54 Art is beautiful & story is compelling. More political games than romance atm. BUT I find it difficult to remember what happened the past week so I'll wait for more chapters to pile up Recap: -FL was princess, then modern Korean, then the princess again -Previously, she was a foolish girl who was used by her bro, the prince, & had an obsessive love for ML, a duke. After bro became emperor, he married her off to a man who abused & killed her. Their younger half-bro eventually rebelled & took the throne -In this life, she will gain power & get people on her side so she can escape the palace -She makes the og heroine her lady-in-waiting & tries to set her up with ML, but ML has feelings her now that her frivolous personality has become serious & intelligent -Slowly, she replaces the prince's people with ones she can trust & gains the favor of the emperor, her father. -The emperor loved a concubine & had a son with her, but she has no power. To help her bro gain more favor with their father, she suggests their maternal fam to "adopt" the concubine. FL also starts to form a relationship with that half-bro -The prince's aide, Evans, is suspicious of her & arranges to have her kidnapped. He uses her previous husband to do so. He meets with a guild (?) to keep that guy quiet, but finds that Duke Heinrich runs it. Heinrich is another possible heir to the throne, of more distant royal blood. He was made a possible heir to protect the concubine & her son bc he is from her fam. He is constantly scheming but hasn't made big moves yet Spoilers: -Emperor hates prince bc he is actually a product of the empress' affair with ML's father. So, prince & ML share a father (duke). Prince & FL share a mother (empress). FL & half-bro share a father (emperor). -FL changes her plan to taking the emperor's seat bc prince kills her nanny to have her to himself. Nanny was like her mom. Although she pitied her bro due to his terrible childhood & bc he has never received love, she can't forgive him for that -Bro will be exiled & she will be empress. She receives regular updates about him. They were negative at first, but start to turn around during the side stories. She will give the throne to half-bro when he becomes an adult. -She has kids & lives happily as a duchess with ML

Last Read: 19 Better translation on mangak2 Adorable slice-of-life of a stubborn & kind farmer girl winning over the hearts of the empire's most powerful people Spoilerbelow Not really romance, although her & emperor will end up tg, it's not the focus of the story The plot is repetitive. Someone will dislike her & try to "bring her down", but she'll win them over. That's where its more slice-of-life bc its rly just happy vibes all around ML is curious about the girl who won over the 4 most powerful knights. He goes undercover as a knight to "discover her weakness" but ends up helping her with any issue she has. They have lots of cute moments of caring for each other. He's smitten pretty early but won't admit it to himself. His identity is a secret until late in the story. He's scared to admit who he is bc she talks about how she hates the emperor for trying to drive her out & causing a magical storm to destroy her plants Grand Duchess is his cousin but in love with him. He only treats her as a little sister. She sometimes messes w/ MC but it's bc of continued misunderstanding that emperor still hates her ("He hates her so she must be bad"). She was manipulated by her maid, but gets redeemed. Eventually goes out to start her own farm & be happy

Will start from beginning when finished

29- OH MY GOD I wanna know what happens next so bad hahah

A successful leading actress is isekai'd & plays the Northern Duke's lover in order to uncover the killer of his previous fiancé and have a change to return to her world. !!SPOILERS BELOW!! Main villain is trash crown prince. He was having an affair with og fiancé & she fell in love bc she was very lonely. She slowly started to realize she was just his plaything. After getting pregnant, she fully realizes his insanity & gets killed by the prince's order. She wrote a letter revealing his crimes & he goes on trial in ch 162. He had an inferiority complex about ML and is a psycho who kills mercilessly & preys on women. He even tries to rap3 FL at some point. In about ch 120, he kidnaps FL but ML goes bezerk & gets her back. The castle guards accused him of treason but he continued to run away with her. He makes a lame joke to calm her down, they kiss, and she thinks ML is a crazy bastard who would start a war just to get her back. Yeah he's awkward but falls in love with her so hard. There will be an assassination attempt on the way to the capitol. They try to drown her in the bath but ML saves her. She's super scared & asks ML if she can sleep on the right side of the bed so she can cuddle him. She asks him to train her to defend herself & they practice all night. Everyone misunderstands that they're getting down & dirty bc they are grunting all night & she's so tired the next day lol. She eventually becomes pretty competent with a sword. Predictably, the clingy maid is a spy for another family. Lionel (brown hair) likes the duke but isn't actually a bad person. She said those things about FL dying as a warning, not a threat. She used to be maid of the Queen & personally witnessed the crown prince's gross actions. Rosalyn (blonde) is actually in love with the crown prince. She's delusional. She believes she will die at his hands but is pretty ok with that. She thinks the other women he sleeps with (he would sleep with her in the morning and og fiancé at lunch) were unimportant but she is the one who will always be next to him. She even helps him lure women bc in her eyes, they're just playthings to use while she's the one deserving of eventually becoming queen. She's aiming for the duke so she can help prince destroy the duchy. First kiss occurs in ch 99. He needed her help putting on his hunting attire & they get nervous bc she's touching his bare chest. Before the hunt, women give a 'kiss of luck' on the forehead to the man they want to win. She's about to give him one, but the prince intervenes & she has to give him one. ML gets jealous. She gives ML one, but he's not satisfied, so she starts kissing all over his face then on the lips. ML is stunned & she starts to walk away satisfied but then he grabs her & kisses her deeply. The spectators watch in shock. There's other instances of jealousy with the prince like when he asks her to dance. FL is clueless about ML's feelings for a while bc she just thinks he got better at acting. Main story ends at ch 166. The royal family was dethroned & FL is now the ruler. Idk how that happened lol. FL had previously asked ML to pick a star out of the sky for her when she was drunk. He gifts her a rainbow-like jewel that 'fell from the sky' aka a meteor and proposes. There are 15 extra chapters. The will have 1 son & 1 daughter. Daughter becomes next ruler & son is the next duke. The only other transmigrator who lived was the genius inventor who made the communication bracelet. Their descendants will continue to patrol the area looking for new people.

Exceptional. Storytelling, art, and characters are all superb. Maybe the best I've ever read. Some pages are messed up here, though

A well-written story that subverts many of the genre tropes yet still manages to be cheesy. Many of these stories start with a badass FL, or she very quickly changes personalities. Here, you can see her steady & significant character growth, and how both the FL & ML are changing each other. The plot twist was quite unexpected, but did slightly remind me of fan fiction that I used to read as a teenager lol... Each character has their own defined personality and direction. I really liked how they avoided making the ogFL one-dimensional. Overall- the plot, progression of each character, and romance were all executed well. My only big critique would be that the ending felt rushed. I think it could have been longer & more in-depth. The buildup fell a little flat because it just went from one thing to another so quickly at the end & things weren't fully explained (but you could get the overall points of it). Still, I liked a lot because it was unique & fun