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As the title says, these are manga that focus on a female protagonist that seeks revenge. Whether fantasy or a modern setting, these center on blackened main characters who, after having their morals tainted, aim to exact revenge on those who wronged them. Unlike their male-protagonist counterpart, the female-centric stories tend to feature less gore, but they are not excluded from it.

Note: If a series had both a LN/novel and manga, then only the manga was included to allow space for more entries.

Revenge-centric with Male Protagonist Stack: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/1307

For the definition of Otome Isekai, please check out r/OtomeIsekai. PLEASE DM ME IF I MISSED ONE I AM ALSO REACHING THE MAX LIMIT OF 50 SERIES

You know the type -- Girl reincarnates or gets to relive her life, typically involving romance and medieval intrigue. There's a few that stray from that archetype on the list, but I thought they all fir well together into this category.

A collection of romantic fantasies set in the European Middle Ages.

Most of these stories are centred around strong female leads who are reincarnated or isekai’ed into another realm filled with magic.

Some of these stories such as ‘Roxana’ or ‘The Remarried Empress’ take a refreshing diverge from the rest as they do not include reincarnation or isekai and instead focus upon the time period or fantasy elements. Highly recommend these if you can’t tell ^^

If you liked this list please check out part 2 ♡ https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7914

Hope you enjoy :3

Part 1 on https://myanimelist.net/stacks/3284
Part 2 on https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5964
Part 4 on https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7910
Part 5 on https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9417

Otome Isekai is a sub-genre of Isekai where the main character(s) are in some way transported to another world that resembles an otome game...

It is essentially the girly version of the modern shounen isekai that goes in the direction of female wish fulfillment. Instead of stuck in an action game, she's stuck in a romance novel or romance game. It is almost always "died and reborn there" rather than the sort of "stuck" we see in Sword Art Online or the "teleported" we saw in the 90s.

—r/OtomeIsekai (credit to definition)

Here I put some of the romance manhwas that I love and some even have a few similarities, types like Historical (Duke/Duchess, Prince/Princess, Empress/Emperor, King/Queen, Lady), Villainess/Villains, Family, Magic, and a few modern ones...

links to the rest:
favs 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8551
favs 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8553
favs 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8554
favs 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9566
favs 6 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/10454
favs 7 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/14386
favs 8 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/14989
favs 9 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/16432
favs 10 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21244

Manga (but mainly Manhwa) where the female lead goes through rehabilitation to reclaim what was once theirs or should be theirs in life either through reincarnation, time travel, recuperation, or simply by wandering into it accidentally.

Stories with characters that jump back in time for a Second Chance and do things better in a Fantasy World Setting. This is for stories that go back in time while remaining in the same world, not another world. Also Regression/Regressor, Time Travel, Time Rewind, Revenge, Time Loop.

(PART 2) https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45231
(PART 3) https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50897

Protagonist is reborn as a baby in fantasy/isekai
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37356
Protagonist aims to protect lead character from bad endings in romance/fantasy
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37175
The side character is the Regressor/Isekai, the protagonist is not.
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45493

Mistreated/detested lead characters in fantasy/isekai
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/36917

Second Chance from a Bad Ending in Modern Setting
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55404

manhwa about main character who reverse time or reincarnation to novel/game/ other character (PART 2)

Notes: I have definitely watched/read the anime/manga that I give a rating
I will not give a rating below 5, Rating 5 for me = 1, >8 = recommended
if it's not good for me, the status "Dropped" and no rating

Your compilation stack of female leads with brown hair, part 1! Mostly otome isekai or OI-adjacent.

💛 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬. 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰!
➡️ https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40123

🌸 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞- 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐨! ツ
➡️ 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏 | https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15011
➡️ 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐 | https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39047


𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: I do not guarantee the quality of the story. This is merely a compilation list. Happy reading! ☁️

A list of Manhwas that finished in April 2024.


Updated: 12/15/2024

This is a list of action manhwa/manhua that have actual romance in them. I am not including titles where the ml and fl get married in the last chapter and basically have no interaction or titles where the fl shows up every 50 chapters because the author forgot about them. If you have suggestions to add to this list, add me as a friend and send me a message. This list is for all of us so any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Not on mal:

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