진이's manga / #historical(71)

-black knight x 3rd prince (x the 2nd prince of a rival kingdom who's also his cousin)

formerly rejected student turned office manager jihyuk x an unlucky in love office worker euigyeom -when they were in school euigyeom rejected jihyuk -time passes and euigyeom has a lot of abusive relationships, the most recent one being a secretly married man w/ a kid who had borrowed a ton of money from him -jihyuk had a glowup and euigyeom crushes on him immediately; turns out jihyuk is his new manager and is an ass -jihyuk uses this as an opportunity for revenge, and it works, but then he feels awful about it (as he should! also b/c ofc he still has feelings for euigyeom) (the kind of situation where he gets his revenge, but sees euigyeom upset and it hurts him too and he hates it) -things happen and they start dating for real -euigyeom takes care of his two adorable younger siblings (their parents died and the siblings live with their grandparents) -euigyeom's nasty ex comes back to threaten him but jihyuk pulls some strings (secretly) well and also beats him up (not secretly) and it ends up fine -there's a suuuuper cute historical side spinoff of black tiger!jihyuk and small-eared rabbit!euigyeom

-dia was og the hero who was raised to defeat/defeated the demon lord by a priest(?) who then killed her and everyone who knew her -10 yrs later she's reincarnated as an orphan in an "orphanage" that's just child trafficking -she gets bought by the leocardias, a duchy family, after dad+son recognize her superior magic abilities -she recognizes the duchess as a woman she knew in her past life -the leocardias actually lost their 3rd child after she was kidnapped and reported dead -dia remembers being kidnapped as an infant and using her magic to get her dropped at the orphanage -they all love her (mom/the head of the family, dad, twin sister/future head and twin brother age 14) -she starts kindergarten and makes friends -she meets reed, who is handsome and a little older than her, and is also the true heir to the empire/the ambassador for humanity(??) [this part was not translated well] -also the fugitive son of the dark rival duchy comes to stay w/ then and is initially sassy but after getting bonked on the head by dia during a duel his personality totally changes and he rly likes dia now(?) [translation is jank but i think he is actually also reincarnated and knew dia previously] -the dark duchy is collabing w/ the evil priest and have been buying up orphans and put monster-attracting magic in children's shoes wtf -dia reveals that she is the hero's reincarnation and her hero powers come back, but she still has a tiny body which is limiting

sultan x scheherazade -the sultan had gone bad after betrayal and only sleeps w/ virgins for one night, then executes them -sehara takes his sister's place and is found out, but tells a story to the sultan -the sultan allows him to live, and he eventually acts as the royal bard -sehara tells many stories across time and regions (some ancient, some modern) that always tie into a realization someone needs to have -so much happens: hx about the sultan's mother, the previous queen fatima and her betrayal, the sultan's brother and his betrayal, the crusaders, an eloping couple, etc -sehara gets by w/ his stories and charms as the sultan is cured of his madness -happy end -this was so unique and def had that 00's korean tragedy flavor to it but was ultimately not too tragic; loved all of sehara's stories (arabian, ancient greece, the gulf war, korean school, 3 kingdoms, etc.) and how they served to enlighten the other characters, it was done so well

-bianca og was married to count zachary de arno and was a cold villainish wife who spent on luxury items and wasn't close to the count -the count og died before bianca could have a child and bianca was kicked out and basically poor and hated until she died -also i think she cheated on the count maybe? with some dude named ferdinand who was just using her (also she had been told the count was cheating) -she comes back as herself at 18yo and decides that she rly needs to have the count's kid -she works to get closer to the count, though still acts like a noblewoman and thinks he has a mistress -zach has been cold to her since she hated him but now is warming up -she begins taking on responsibilities and finds talented people in arno to become lace artisans and a prodigy candle carver (in her og life she actually pioneered lace?) jic smth happens -she learns to ride a horse -she and zach get closer -they visit the capital and the 2nd prince has an unhealthy obsession w/ her (and the count) but like in a scheming way (like... stole her childhood portrait tho? ew) -bianca reuintes w/ her dad and bro, and her dad is still a pos tbh for what he did but ig it's an ok reunion (i still don't forgive him tho wtf) but now they're all on the same side -they encounter zach's brother, who threw him out when their dad died and is a shitty person -2nd prince also grabs bianca's hand while they're trying to leave and tries to insinuate himself -count is not having it and carries bianca back, then summons the 3 heads and tells them about jacob being a creep

-yeonjo's father was falsely accused of treason and killed by ml 5 yrs ago -since then yeonjo has been living as a slave and went to great lengths to care for his sick brother, who died anyways -yeonjo has been selling himself to a gov official, who really wants his affection -yeonjo decides to take revenge against ml, so he asks the gov official to get him a spot as a ct slave -it works, he meets ml, but ml is instantly drawn to him -also ml is the new gov and is there with the purpose to squash the clans, and the clans are conspiring against him but he knows -yeonjo is sent to be ml's attendant/a spy, but ml already knows but lets it happen since he likes yeojo's looks -yeonjo slaps him and tries to kill himself when ml tries to seduce him, getting himself sent to jail -the spy who sent him tries to kill him, but gets killed by ml who knew everything -ml also finds that he's the one who killed yeonjo's parents -yeonjo still wants revenge, but is also terrified of ml and can't force himself to be his lover (even tho he tries) -ml is slightly fascinated -the gov worker who has been helping/having sex w/ yeonjo comes back, and is going to try to help him -he pleads to ml, who says he will give yeonjo his freedom and give him over to 2ml -(basically ml wants yeonjo out of his sight before he falls for him)

cursed exiled young prince tasara x good-hearted pawn nara -a long time ago a spirit was betrayed by the human she loved (the emperor) so she cursed all of his descendants [honestly skipped over this part so] -ffw'd, the cursed kids are marked and usually killed immediately -tasara is marked and cursed, but allowed to live? [idk why i skipped it yikes] but his eyes are sealed -the temple and its worshippers all want him dead so [once again idk] -nara is sent by his father to serve tasara and secretly give him poison -also nara can see spirits -nara does it, and learns that tasara is indeed cursed and also murders a lot of people (who he and tasara can see have been possessed by spirits, but others can't) -nara begins to feel bad for tasara and stops poisoning him, eating the poised food himself instead -tasara gets sick from being poisoned by a different servant, and his curse goes wild and i think kills everyone or smth but [i didn't read it] -tasara feels hurt and betrayed by nara (obv) -ffw'd and nara has the chance to serve tasara again -tasara seems to have lost his memories and since nara's voice is damaged from poison he doesn't recognize him -tasara can read minds but since nara is always thinking about how much he likes tasara (lol) tasara doesn't realize the deception at first -whelp actually tasara has a split personality now and the curse part of tasara is still in love w/ /obsessed w/ nara -the other part eventually recognizes nara and wants him rly rly dead -it splits him apart until the two sides integrate into a new tasara, who has to learn to love nara anew -all the while the temple is actually being run by an evil spirit who wants tasara's cursed powers -shit happens, nara's sister gets possessed by tasara's curse and then the evil spirit -some lore stuff happens but [since i didn't read the first part idrk what it's about] -also there's some funny squirrel spirits and a helpful and powerful snake spirit who gets a lil side story with one of the priests -nara gets possessed by the evil spirit and tasara pretends to kill him to get it out -big fight happy end?

hm -twins aida (outgoing) and aisha (bookworm) -their father remarries sylvia, who has 3 sons carlo (little shit), nemo (coward), and sein (murderer) -sein was actually born to arthur, who used sylvia and impregnated her to take revenge on monto (her husband) for dismembering his hand -sein knows this b/c he found his mother's diary -their dad was abusing sein b/c he knew the truth, and eventually sein murdered him and set their house on fire -ffw'd and sylvia has remarried gwen (twins' father) -twins play pranks on carlo and nemo, but leave sein alone b/c he's handsome/nicer -when aisha does play a trick on sein he takes out a knife and permanently scars her hand wtf -aisha has been exchanging notes via book pages in the library w/ an unknown person (thought it was sein but his handwriting doesn't match; implied that it is actually sein but he writes w/ his left hand) -tells the person that she would like to take revenge, after which they don't send any more notes -sylvia gets gwen hooked on drugs and he deteriorates -also uh gwen had been possibly sexually abusing aida this whole time? aisha once caught them when they were younger but thought they were playing, and sein finds out the truth (that gwen was reading erotic books w/ aida) -implied that sein murders gwen by pushing him down the stairs -sylvia inherits some of the assets, but gwen had a will she didn't know about that gives 2/3s to the twins when then become adults -sylvia fires the head housekeeper and hires arthur (now going by george) -arthur claims he's back for sylvia and sein but sein does not believe him

master marquis x slave ein x young master colin -basically ein was formerly owned by max, a cousin of royalty, who became obsessed w/ him and sexually abused him -max's mom found out and gave ein a recommendation letter and let him go to another house, and sent max to a monestary -ein enters house howard, and forms a contract w/ the marquis to sell his body in exchange for his safety -colin, the marquis' secret half brother, is dropped off by his deadbeat mom and the marquis instructs ein to get close to him -he does, and colin forms a crush on him -colin goes away to the academy for 3 yrs and matures -time skip, colin comes back a man and is still in love w/ ein -ein is sti having sex w/ the marquis, but also falls in love w/ colin -the deal is that colin will debut and marry in exchange for ein's contract -ein and the marquis are also getting closer as the marquis lets down his walls a tiny tiny bit, but is confused by what he may feel for ein -colin debuts, and max shows up and can't control himself and kidnaps ein back -the half-brothers work w/ the prince and princess to get ein back