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The FL realizes she is the villianness of a cheesy novel and proceeds to also realize that the Fl of that novel is subjected to absolute degenerates. Cue her hilarious endevour to rescue the FL and picking up an absolutely adorable love interest that makes me not regret the furry fandom for once.

37/ Without spoiling too much: This is about someone who reincarnated into a cruel 19+ novel, where her villain-esque family kidnaps the FL's brother. She has to survive in a psychotic family, and eventually rescue said brother from his circumstances to survive. I could reread this a dozen times, man, and it's not even complete. While we're theoretically in just another "I reincarnated into this one novel and slayed"-story, this one has such a unique, dark vibe to it. This eerie twisted world vibe goes a long way and allows for a captivating atmosphere, which is only complimented by the fitting dialogue- not to mention the dope art. Theoretically, I could get mad that it's another story that forgets about the MC's character pre-reincarnation, but in this case, you understand why she doesn't choose to remind herself of that past, nor retain much of her "original" personality. Roxanne has given me my bisexual awakening, nuff said. The powers and cards she has at hand are well explained and the world overall is set up in a way that wants you to find out more. Roxanne doesn't feel like a Mary Sue either thanks to all of that, you stand on your toes when she's about to mess up or fail- again because you know and witnessed that the world she is in doesn't fuck with the standard moral booklet.

85/ Hilise is the illegitimate child of the Inoaden family and lived through 7 lives, where she is killed by her own family and experiences betrayal over and over again. You know her family is absolute dogshit when one of the popular tags is "trashy stupid family" and so on. The story starts in her 8th (or 7th? somewhere around that) jump back into the past and is the point where she snaps and stops giving a damn about everyone and everything. Her main focus is to find a way to stop the constant time reversals while slapping away the obstacles which stand in her way. Honestly, the drama here is good. But I feel like the number of reincarnations it took for Hilise to get to this point is a bit too much. Either that or it would've been better not to have her just remember every detail of all lives right from the start. It makes her look like an idiot, and that kind of starts to infect the rest of the plot. I felt so much "Why did this have to happen?"-energy when reading some parts, just asking myself why the hell she wasn't able to at least semi-calmly gtfa from her family at an earlier point. Anyway, the drama here is good. I feel Season 1 Hilise is playing up the slay sis vibes more (and maybe she's a tad inconsistent) than the Hilise after that. Now her duality and the struggle to keep her heart closed and cold are clearly shown off. The lore and world building are also interesting, though most of the time all that just doesn't feel like this takes place in a... place, if that makes sense. I don't have a clue where their mansions are located, nor the King's Palace or this counsil archive thing I forgot the name of. We don't get to see what is where in relation to one another. It's very unnoticable while reading but to me, personally, it makes my reader's perspective feel even slimmer than it already is. It's a tad discomforting for me, not gonna lie. Other than that everything from her last7 or so lives to future events seem to be planned out really well, can't wait for future chapters.