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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 ‘My Gently Raised Beast’ or ‘I Stan the Prince’ 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 1 ♡
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6622

Hope you enjoy :3

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 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8552
favs 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8553
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 1 on https://myanimelist.net/stacks/3284
Part 2 on https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5964
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)

It was so difficult to find the manhwa I like that My Anime List even had, lmfao! I thought they had more of a selection but I guess not. It makes sense though, this is a Anime and Manga site mostly? This list is just a selection of some isekai romance manhwa’s. I hope you find something new, I did put a solid two hours into this list. (Explanations Coming Soon)

"I'll Pay You Back Twice!"

manhwa about main character who reverse time or reincarnation to novel/game/ other character (PART 3)

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

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9140
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/16896
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/27783
Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51956

A compilation of FLs with silver or white hair. Might dash in a few grey ones somewhere because why not?

🤍 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭? 𝐍𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐!
➡️ https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39193

🤍 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 ⬇️
➡️ https://myanimelist.net/stacks/13743
➡️ https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39061

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞- 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨! 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐋-𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫-𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 ツ
🌸 𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐒𝟏 | https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15011
🌸 𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐒𝟐 | https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39047
💜 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐋𝐄 | https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39044

🤍 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐀𝐋, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞- 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭!
☁️ May I Ask for One Final Thing?
☁️ Neyra's Dragon
☁️ Rewriting My Dark Past
☁️ Duchess's Lo-Fi Coffeehouse

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

A collection of manhwas where the male lead is a wizard / mage / magician / master of the tower. I tried very hard to find ones that are actually magicians and not royalty doing magic on the side. Mostly otome isekai.

😈 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬? 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 '𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝!
➡️ [ LINK SOON ]


🌙 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐀𝐋, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞- 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭!
✨ Crimson Karma
✨ Daughter of the Archmage
✨ I Will Politely Decline The Male Lead
✨ My Dear Aster
✨ The Evil Lady Will Change


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

of course this would all be hella messed up in reality, please call the police and get a restraining order or something if your partner is ever this insanely possessive over you. but in the world of fiction, let us just enjoy these messed up, psychotic, handsome men 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

note: there are countless series with yandere MLs out there, so this list is just full of ones i actually enjoyed and would recommend to others

i also have a spotify playlist for dark romance: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1K22SLBmjJLUQlnPoiwg8l?si=e8699ae6cf8f4b21

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more that's not listed on MAL:

Under the Oak Tree [상수리나무 아래] - manhwa; josei
• yandere rating: ★★★★☆ 4/5
• "I'll cut off a head for every bruise I find on you... *sees her scraped knee* This just sealed their death sentence."
• extremely overprotective and possessive; incredibly hot-tempered
• will kill anyone who harms even a single hair on her
• the art is chef's kiss!!! i'd also recommend the novel this was adapted from if you wanna read the full smut scenes that weren't included in the manhwa
• tags: historical, drama, fantasy


Chaotic Nights [폭야] - manhwa; josei
• yandere rating: ★★★★★ 5/5
• "Should I pluck out your eyes and tongue? It might be better to cut off your private parts and feed them to the dogs... because you're recklessly passionate about something that belongs to me."
• kills others without mercy and hesitation just to have her
• the series is rather new so i don't have more to say about him for the time being
• tags: historical/korean period era, drama, smut 🔞


I’m In Trouble Because The Emperor Thinks I’m Terminally Ill [황제가 나를 시한부라고 생각해서 곤란하다] - manhwa; shoujo
• yandere rating: ★★★☆☆ 3/5
• "Please don't leave me... No matter, even death cannot take you away from me."
• will literally lock her up to keep her with him
• tags: historical, fantasy


A Kind Goblin's Bird [상냥한 도깨비의 새] - manhwa; josei
• yandere rating: ★★★★☆ 4/5
• "Did he lay his hands on you? Did you cry a lot? I will cut out his tongue, and gouge out his eyes."
• it was love at first sight for him- the moment he laid eyes on her, he was prepared to risk it all
• goes on a killing and torturing rampage to eliminate anyone who has ever hurt her. zero mercy, he won't grant them an easy death; he wants them to suffer as much as possible
• FL is one of those weak and naive types which i would normally hate but it's valid for her case because of her abusive upbringing and she's just really struggling with ptsd. there's a moment where she's able to fight back and i'm proud of her for it
• ending felt kind of rushed and unsatisfying, wish there was like an epilogue or something :/
• tags: historical/korean period era, angst, drama, smut 🔞


I'm Dating A Psychopath - webtoon; josei
• yandere rating: ★★★★★ 5/5
• self-explanatory title lol
• tags: thriller, drama


The Yandere Magician Can Only Love The Statue Maiden [ヤンデレ魔法使いは石造乙女しか愛せない] - manga; josei
• yandere rating: ★★★★★ 5/5
• "I'll make her need me... with every fiber of her being... for eternity."
• the age gap in this one is different because they meet when she is 24 and he is 12, and then later on he becomes 32 while she's still 24, so... it's up to you whether you feel comfortable with that or not. but i can guarantee that FL is not a groomer and had no romantic feelings towards ML when he was still a kid!
• he's got very valid reasons for becoming as obsessed as he is with FL tho ;-;
• yes he's a yandere but he's a good boi i swear
• ...all the good deeds he did just so he could build FL's vision of paradise for her to live comfortably and happily in... ahh love
• tags: historical, fantasy, age gap, angst, drama, smut 🔞


The Beast Within [야수의 성] - manhwa; josei
• yandere rating: ★★★★★ 5/5
• "I love when she cries like she wouldn't know what to do without me. More. I need more. I need her to be so delusional she doesn't realise she's living in hell on earth. But I will be there with her. Forever."
• warning: DUMB FL but delicious smut
• another tall, dark and handsome yandere with glowing golden eyes
• and i know i said the FL is dumb af but you know what... i'd gladly reduce myself to a brainless doll for this toxic man any day bc just look at him
• has plot but i'm just here for the smut if i'm honest
• tags: historical, fantasy, smut 🔞


The Bondservant [집착은 다정하고 집요하게] - manhwa; josei
• yandere rating: ★★★★★ 5/5
• "Maybe I ought to kill him... Maybe I could sell him off. Or maybe I could give him a low dose of a lethal poison to make him insane."
• he has black hair and glowing red eyes- exactly what i'd expect to see as a visual representation of the perfect yandere ML
• FL is actually equally as obsessed with him; guess it's what trauma bonding does to the both of them
• a yandere couple that's willing to kill to protect each other <3
• tags: historical, fantasy, drama


Forbidden Odd Melody [금수별곡] - manhwa; josei
• yandere rating: ★★★★★ 5/5
• "I'm going to put something much more precious in this cage, so it can never escape."
• a beautiful murderous tiger man i am very much attracted to
• i could stare at his face forever
• very protective over his little fox lady
• tags: historical/korean period era, fantasy, drama, tiger!ML x fox!FL, smut 🔞


In The Doghouse [황궁의 정원에는 개가 산다] - manhwa; josei
• yandere rating: ★★★☆☆ 3/5
• "Should I have them killed? Command it and it shall be done. As for the charges... well, we can always fabricate something. Who was the one who offended my master?"
• ML is secretly a super masochist and falls in love with FL because he witnessed her reprimanding her shitty family one time and it gave him a boner bc he wished she would hit/yell at him the same way HAHAHA
• but despite being a submissive boi begging to be stepped on by his beloved, he will not hesitate to kill anyone who disrespects or hurts her
• FL IS SO FUNNY IN THIS; she didn't know about S&M play and BDSM stuff before knowing the prince so her reactions to his masochism are hilarious
• she's constantly battling her inner thoughts, going from 'are you for real right now, you enjoy this?? what is wrong with you' to 'omg he has a face of an angel tho <3'
• tags: historical, royalty, BDSM/S&M, femdom, comedy, smut 🔞

A list of Manhwas that have “villain” (or something similar to it) in the title.
*There is a separate stack for “villainess”.
**This includes only the top 50 read “villain” title Manhwas.

A list of Manhwas that finished in August 2024.


Updated: 01/04/2025