After her mother’s death, village girl Miya Nakamura is sent to live in her father’s household, the noble Kounokura estate. Being an illegitimate child, she expects the worst from her new stepmother and stepsisters. However, while they look scary, Miya’s new family members immediately endear themselves to Miya and waste no time pampering and spoiling… Read More First Impression: My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Wicked
Elizabeth is the prince’s fiancée and pretty much the person who seems to keep the kingdom of Haldoria running: She does all the paperwork while he’s out partying, the people love her for the public good initiatives she carries out, the business she founded and manages is one of the top contributors to the nation’s… Read More First Impression: A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires
When, during their introduction, Bertia Ibil Noches tells her fiancé, the genius 10-year-old Prince Cecil Glo Alphasta, that she is a villainess who will “rip Your Highness and the heroine away from each other,” his response is one of interest and confusion more than incredulity or shock. He’s even further intrigued when Bertia explains herself:… Read More First Impression: An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess
Tiararose is a noble lady engaged to Prince Hartknights. The shock of seeing her fiancé with another woman causes her to collapse and regain memories of her past life. She realizes she’s the villainess in the world of an otome game she played, and it’s the day before the end of the game. Exactly as… Read More First Impression: The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom
The bells of St. Mark’s Square summon the multitude to witness a bloody public execution. Scarlett Castiel, a fiery woman in chains, faces the roaring crowd and curses it. But she changes her expression when Constance Grail, a young kid who has stumbled upon the scene, starts crying in compassion. The dead woman walking tells… Read More First Impression: The Holy Grail of Eris
When Konoha was in middle school, she wrote a story and named the heroine after herself. Now, a decade later, Konoha-author is an office worker who gets (as is tradition) isekai’d by our beloved Truck-kun. She reincarnates as Iana, the villainous younger sister of the lovely Konoha-story. See, Iana acquires this cursed book called The… Read More First Impression: The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess
Before our heroine Sclaret was born, she was engaged to the second prince, Kyle. She has prepared herself since she was little by subduing her love of “clobbering” people, as she says. Little does she know that when she meets Kyle for the first time, he will really wreak havoc on her patience and more.… Read More First Impression: May I Ask One Final Thing?
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