The Villainess Turns the Hourglass

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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

Here are my top Korean webcomics. I consider these the best manwhas atm but I will keep updating this list!

All of these are romance, but they're also either fantasy or isekai (or both) *.*

Expect themes of family, revenge, aristocracy, and/or reverse harems in most of these!

Finally, enjoy the beautiful colored art and interesting stories <3







Tags: Otome isekai / Best manwha / korean webtoons / strong female lead / fantasy manwha / reincarnation manwha / romance manwha / reincarnated / manwha recommendations / manwha recs

Part 1 on https://myanimelist.net/stacks/3284
Part 3 on https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6727
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)

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

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗲𝗸𝗮𝗶 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗵𝗮'𝘀 (´꒳`)
- 𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚠𝚑𝚊'𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 F𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎 L𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜
- 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕
- N𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢
- 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 & 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚝
- 𝙴𝚙𝚒𝚌 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚘 (¬‿¬ )
- 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚠𝚑𝚊'𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐

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 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8552
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

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/16896
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/27783
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/38594
Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51956

From action fantsy, romance, isekai, and thriller, they’re all in here. Some are manhwa I’ve lost track of and had to restart recently so it’s definitely been very fun to make this list. There aren’t in any sure order like always! Enjoy! (Currently adding explanations!)

Stories where the main character rebuilds their life (and sometimes gets revenge) after being abandoned/sold off/abused, often by their family.

Some common tropes:
- sold off in marriage in place of favorite child
- going back in time following a betrayal that resulted in death
- heroine//villainess reversal


Enjoy!

My absolute favorite fantasy romance manhwa so far. Most of these stories feature strong female leads.

A lot of these I have also read the novels for either to completion or near completion and I loved them as novels as well as manhwa. Usually novels give more details and personal storylines (since they're usually told from first person perspective). The novel romance scenes are usually more involved than their manhwa adaptations. So if you love any of these that started out as a novel, do check out the novel! Because you'll probably love it just as much if not more for the extra detail.

Two manhwa that MAL doesn't have listings for yet that I will add later:
1. Under the Oak Tree - The ultimate trash soap opera fantasy romance. Grab a bag of popcorn for this hot mess. It will not disappoint.
2. I Raised A Black Dragon - Super cute couple, fun fantasy / mystery story. Artwork is also cute.

Additional Notes: I personally adored the novel for "Return of the Female Knight" (aka "Return of Elena the Knight" manhwa). I've read the novel 5 times already. Maybe I'm too biased from reading the novel but I couldn't enjoy the manhwa. It is similar in tone to "From A Knight to a Lady". Personally, I like the themes in "Return of the Female Knight" (novel) better. So do check it out if you enjoyed "From A Knight to a Lady". It feels wrong of me not to include ROTFK on here but I just can't put it in a list titled "Best Manhwa".

This will be a list of Isekai Manhwa that I have been reading and loving it. This will be about characters that have been transported into another world that might be a novel or Webtoon comic.

"I'll Pay You Back Twice!"