Sugar ❀'s manga / #royalty(52)

P: When I opened my eyes I had become the duchess. But something isn’t right. I went as far as becoming a character but I’m just a duchess in name that gets mistreated by the maids and ignored by her husband. What a crappy life! Gosh, I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ll just quietly enjoy my tea, was what I thought. “Can you prepare tea for me again next time?” Something’s gone wrong with my cold husband! O: This is very interesting! It's so disgusting to see how they previously treated Chloe. But tbh the orig Chloe wasn't good - timid af and doesn't take the blame for her mistakes. C31 Damn, Alphonse's past was saddening. The body proportions are kinda bothering me - Chloe's torso is way too skinny. Again I don't really like this Mary Sue bs... f/102

P: The day I lost my boyfriend to my best friend, I fell into the Han River by mistake. And when I woke up, I became a famous duke's daughter named Chartiana Altizer Cailon - who's known as the villain!? "I've already chosen my empress, and you're just pawn." "I will be the empress of the Empire." My fate was also determined the moment I was appointed as the next empress candidate by Regina. Regina has two candidates, Irene, who is the lover of the Crown Prince and me, Chartiana. To protect my beloved family from the court's evil schemes, I cannot help but become the evil villain and win the position of Empress. To be happy with the people I love, I became the antagonist. O: This is amazing. Obviously there are plotholes e.g. Satiana (Chartiana) not bringing the emergency bracelet on her trip intentionally even though the West isn't totally safe, how Satiana didn't suspect the 2 short-haired ladies in waiting to be spies (even though it's very obvious that they're insignificant background characters). It's awesome to see Satiana kick Irene's ass. Lol, good thing she isn't that smart. It's nice to see the crown prince's (Leofred) gradual change of attitude towards her. It's interesting how he blushed sometimes when he was with her, e.g. when they met each other in the library. Does he actually secretly like her? I think I remember him asking Kayledin about his experience at the party. I wonder if Kayledin (Cailedin) is in love with her? So many questions. Love the MC. She's sick. She clearly can stand up for herself and scheme, and she's also smart and beautiful. Didn't expect Leofred to be so... forward in C82. C84-86 were very interesting, how we could see Leofred's perspective and thoughts. 5 --> 4 Kinda lost interest later, partially because of the shit translation quality.

P: CrystalAris: This girl died and ended up in another story as a 'villain' but she's not really villainous she's more lady like and with her knowledge of our modern day society she plans to improve her Fief. O: This is awesome. The art is nice. Sometimes it can get boring, but it's interesting to learn about taxes and stuff. Yuri and Ed and their friends are disgusting af. They're so oblivious and spoilt. Ed literally is shit, he can't argue for his life, so he just screams to try and make up for this incompetency. Yuri is so oblivious, and doesn't consider the harms of what she is doing. I'm glad how Bern changed after seeing what Iris has done for the Azuta conglomerate. The thoughts from the translating team are very fun and relatable to read. I can't believe that Dean is the 1st prince. It's a bit annoying/unsettling that most stuff seems to go well for Iris (she's like a Mary Sue)- she just takes ideas/products from Earth and implements them into this world. How does she even have all this knowledge to do so e.g. making chocolate? She's basically the equivalent of male MC's in fantasy novels. However, after the huge inconvenience with the church, this is no longer the case. It's so satisfying to see the Pope and the 2nd queen Ellia get rekt so hard. The cover doesn't do this manga justice imo.

P: Violette, a proud and beautiful daughter of a duke, commits a crime out of jealousy towards her half-sister. Convicted, Violet faces her own heart with sincerity in a prison cell and regrets her sin. Then time rewinds to a turning point—to her first meeting with Maryjun one year ago. Violette makes a decision. She will not make mistakes this time. Without committing a crime and bothering anyone, she will live an ordinary, plain and inconspicuous life...! However, incidents contrary to Violette's expectations occur one after another...?! O: Satisfying art. Seems interesting. I can't really bring myself to ship Violette and Claudia together. Yulan x Violette ftw. Seems a bit cliche, but I'm still interested. Violette's father is such a piece of shit, not even bothering to care about his 1st daughter Violette, discriminating against her. Damn Vio looks so fine I wouldn't mind if she was actually a guy... -C11.1 Wait... WHAT Yulan also came back from the past?!?! -C11.2

P: Tiararose was supposed to be disengaged and exiled from the country. “This was the Otome game I had played!” She realized on the day before the story’s ending??……. Shall I wait for the judgment? But, I did not do anything too cruel……. Thinking so, the ending continues. But, during the judgement??something that was not possible in the game happened. The neighboring crown prince courted the villainous daughter Tiararose. O: Again a bit cliche, but none-the-less still a good read. So cute and nice art! The original otome game MC Akira is such a bitch. Is she another person who reincarnated into this world and previously knew about how this was a game? She mentioned once about how things aren't going according to the game. Yeah she is. She fangirled over Aqua in C11, and for a second I thought she was friendly, but NO. She planned on putting Tiara into a coma using lightning power like WTF?! Tiararose doesn't deserve to be called a villainess. It's not her fault that she's protective of her fiancé Hartknight and lectures Akira for her impudence. She didn't do anything especially bad towards Akira in the past to warrant being banished by Hartknight. Thank god Aquasteed came in and saved the day. Aquasteed and Tiararose are so adorable together, it really warms my heart whenever they are around each other :') It's nice to see how Hartknight realised that he erred, but I don't really want to see him again. I especially don't want to see that bitch Akira again, but I KNOW for certain she will come and ruin their relationship. Let her go - Passenger, really suits Hartknight, only realising he loves her after rejecting her -_- Aqua is such a sweet guy ;-; Ok later on Akari wasn't too bad, she cheered Tiara on to win against the sequel's heroine.

P: Marie used to be a useless maid. But when she helps care for a prisoner, he asks her for her wish, which is to be a capable person. She tends to get dreams, which allow her to become a master of whatever the MCs of the dreams did. She is actually the last princess of the Cloran bloodline, Morina, but she hid away as the current crown prince (Rial?) has a lot of blood on his hands, killing all the Cloran family apart from her. This was only because she escaped from his notice (she lived a poor life, not in the castle). It seems that her main love interest is the crown prince, and the love rival is the Imperial Guards captain Kiel. O: This seems promising. But I don't really like the ML. He just creeps me out how he kills so easily... even though I haven't seen him kill anyone yet, but he has a notorious past. Imo it seems a bit too convenient how she manages to recall the right "dreams" for the right circumstances, but still is interesting. It's awesome how the author's art significantly looks much nicer, compared with Doctor Elise. Rial and Kiel are handsome but it is frustrating how I KNOW Kiel won't stand a chance b/c it's obvious he ain't gonna be with Marie. f/50 Imma put this on hold, idk if I really like this Mary Sue bs.

P: The day before 35-year old otaku lady Ryouko Hayakawa's birthday, she met her end by way of a traffic accident????or at least, she was supposed to. But when she opened her eyes, she found herself in a fantasy world. What's more, she had reincarnated as the blond-haired, blue-eyed seventh prince, Herscherik! Fully enjoying a leisurely prince life free from worldly cares as a prince, Herscherik finds the king of this great country despised by retainers and officials alike, with corruption running rampant; quite the unpleasant state of affairs. Realizing this at a mere 3-years of age, in order to save the country Herscherik will have to rely on the "office worker" skills and "conman ability" from their previous life and take action! O: This seems promising! Can't wait for more! So hyped! Very interesting, especially how this story is about a girl reincarnating as a guy. Lol can't help but ship Hersch x Kuro later on when Hersch goes up haha... so sad how it's not a shounen ai ;-;

P: Ibelina finds herself transported into the world of a novel, as a maid of the duke Alejandro. In the past, she felt sad for Alejandro as he loved a woman, but later she fell in love with the prince. Alejandro is 13 years old, and has a curse resulting in a weak body and having blurry vision. He is afraid of being betrayed, but slowly warms up to Ibelina. Ibelina is 17 years old. O: This looks promising! Ahhh can't wait until we see older Alejandro, he looks so gorgeous. It's a bit annoying how dense the MC can be lol... she doesn't know why Alejandro sometimes acts weird towards her (he loves her without being directly aware of it) At the same time though I kinda get it. She's 18, he's 14, he isn't a potential love interest in her eyes. I don't like the king. I also don't quite like the head maid Elaine, but I do get where she's coming from. Alejandro behaves inappropriately without the knowledge of doing so. He needs to learn more about the society's rules and expectations. I like how Ale let her go, even if she's under Liliana's surveillance. It's nice how Ibee actually rejected Ale, it really makes the plot progress. This is kinda boring and cliche ngl. Elenora is creepy af... I didn't expect her to be a yandere. On hold b/c I lost interest f/83

P: Lucia, the sixteenth princess of the kingdom, has seen her future through a strange dream. But it was a vivid nightmare of a terrible marriage that continues to haunt her. To change her dreadful fate, she suggests a contract marriage to Duke Hugo Taran, a well-known womanizer. Can this setup break Lucia from her fate? Or will her choice lead down a path even she couldn't foresee?! Based on the hit novel. O: This is pretty good. I didn't expect the sex scenes... (thrust).... The art isn't really to my taste, but it doesn't detract form the manhwa too much. I don't like the eyes and the mouths are quite small. I'm very curious about how their relationship develops. Yikes the Taran bloodline is all about incest (C43) Overall, nice read except the "action" scenes make me feel so uncomfortable. C89 - Damian is so damn cute wtf TT MUST PROTECT HIM. f/100

P: Avoid the BAD END! That's the goal of the villainess in this plot-twisting story!! She has been reborn into the world of an otome game as the villainess, Irene. Using her memories of her former life, she recognizes flags indicating she's en-route to the bad end, so she makes a plan to conquer the last boss (the evil king Claude), make him her lover, and see if she can open up a new route! O: This seems promising. Very interesting how Lilia and Aileen (Irene) both retain memories from previous lives... Lilia is such a bitch... and I also hate the Cedric. Claude is so handsome and cute how his emotions cause his surroundings to change e.g.flowers blooming when he's happy! I wish there was more... This was sweet :)