Villains Are Destined to Die

Edit

What would you like to edit?

SynopsisBackgroundAlternative TitlesPictureChapters/VolumesPublishing DatesRelationsTypeExternal Links  

I now understood why this manhwa was soo highly rated..

Villain Are Destined To Die is your daily isekai manhwa where the mc is thrown into a game. MC is isekaid into the hard mode of an Otome game as of the main villain of the Normal mode but MC of Hard mode, even though she had completed the game in Normal mode, she soon discovered that everything is not as simple as it seems in normal mood.

First and foremost the story, plot writing nothing seems exceptional in the first half as the 1st half are more focus on the characters relations, personality, past etc. ... In the 2nd of the story is where the plot starts plotting about the world building, secrets of the world, secrets of the hard difficulty that wasn't shown in the normal difficulty and the secret of the Mc of the game......Solid 8/10

Characters in this are also goodly written, from the MC, ML to the sides. You could see the character growth from straight up douche to a decent guy, you could see the emotional growth as they try to mend their relationship, make it up for their past mistakes. The only minus in terms of character writing I could find is how funny it seems that some side character does a complete 180 change in like 4 chapters... overall 8/10 character writing.

On the last point, the art, it is beautiful to say the least, have seen better but still it beautifully conveys the mood, emotions nicely not just flat colors like some others... 8/10 for art

There are also a slight gripe that I personally find it stressful. The reason is because of the mc inner monologue with herself after getting help from any of the ML. For example, 1 of the ML helped mc with a thing, the normal reaction would be thankful or grateful but not this Mc, her 1st inner monologue would be a twisted version of the kindness she got. I understand why she's like this, but come on... not at every interaction with ML. That's all I gotta say.

Is it bad? hell no!
Is it the best? maybe.
Is it good? Yes! A solid 8/10

Haven't read the completed novel but I could guess what could happened, yeah... grey hair out.... Gold supremacy!!!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

I feel like this story had a lovely premise. I liked how the main character had a similar family situation to penny before she transmigrated. I couldn't handle the cruelty toward certain characters; humans by nature are hypocritical. I hate how she treats Eckles and barely acknowledges his existence. I understand her distain and whatnot from her previous experience when playing through the story via game.

I feel like a lot of penny's family tries over and over to make it up to her and it is never met with reciprocation. She is a tragic character archetype, but it just isn't consistent. Her only goal ... is to gain, and nothing less. She never really creates meaningful relationships, rather just transactional ones. I believe that the idea of the plot could have been so much more; maybe I am just too into "Happy endings."

If you like angst and feeling terrible for all of the characters, this may be your cup of tea

This Manhwa had an interesting premise, which it abandons by chapter 10? 15? 20? I don't exactly remember, but roughly around that time, the idea that the main character is in mortal danger from one wrong move is gone. It devolves into a character drama, the point of which is… I'm not exactly sure. The protagonist doesn't seem to care enough about anything to commit to any one goal. She doesn't fix Penelope's life and relationships, she doesn't vent out her frustration at the situation, she rarely talks to her main escape vehicle, that is Eckles. She lacks character, therefore not being a character.

“Penelope” ... fails at both kindness and manipulation. She is apparently so stoic as to not mentally crumble from being in mortal peril all the time, but she still chooses to yell at her brothers for being bastards to her. Why? I'm not sufficiently convinced she gives a damn about Penelope's life. Her only goal is apparently to get 100% favorability with a character to win, and she picks Eckles as her way to do so… and then forgets about him. There's one thing I can see her caring about, and that is to avoid the crown prince (even way after we as the audience know he isn't a danger to her). Aside from that ONE desire of hers, she has no actual motivations. Her inner mind is telling the reader otherwise, but I can see that she doesn't do anything of her own accord. She is forced into situations by circumstance or by literal quests telling her what to do. Never since the working class of Martinaise has the world seen such an inert person, unwilling to do the bare minimum to save her own life. Oh, and also I have to love the protagonist who falls face-first into being a manipulator, while not being able to read emotions WHILE HAVING A LITERAL INDICATOR OF LIKABILITY. Also, she is actually insane and has a slave, who she emotionally abuses. OF course, it's not even remotely framed as one of the most abhorrent acts of immorality man can commit.

Also, the rest of the characters are hit or miss. Flip a coin each time a character interaction happens to guess the quality of it. Also, they're supposed to want her dead, but they really don't. Also, also, when it comes to favorability for her brothers, it makes no sense, once it crosses into 20%, they are already madly in love with her (romantically, of course. This is East Asia, baby, if normal incest is commonplace, step-incest is super normal, apparently.) But while being in love with her, they still behave like dickbags. The pink haired gremlin at least stops at just insults and later on genuinely tries to understand her feelings. The other absolute hobgoblin straight up betrays her and almost lands her under an executioner's axe. Somehow, I am supposed to not hate this person.

Also x3, the pacing is shit. Penelope's very important birthday doesn't feel like a looming disaster if it didn't happen by chapter 50. It's chapter 124, the Third Season has ended, and it still hasn't happened. I don't know why I'm reading this.

Anyway, although I've listed all the negatives and all the reasons you shouldn't read this. I personally enjoy the plot progression and some character interactions. It's moderately fun. Like 5/10 barely above dropping it altogether fun.