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A review by halcyonuncoil
악역의 엔딩은 죽음뿐 1 by 수월, 권겨을
4.0
Okay buckle up because this is a phenomenal plot hidden under layers of isekai, otome game clichés, bad translations (yes trust me, all of them), and whump.
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Basic Premise- a girl with a bad past with her family finally leaves the house and gets her own apartment. While trying to fit in at school (college, high school isekai plots are getting overwhelmingly common) she gets introduced to an otome game. But upon finding a secret ending she realizes she has to beat the entire game in Hard Mode in order to unlock it without spending ~100 USD. Finding a bit of herself in the FL of Hard Mode she spends all night trying to avoid dying (a more and more frequent occurrence) and actually finish even a single route.
Having fallen asleep while playing what else could happen but to wake up as the FL of Hard Mode- the Villainess Penelope Eckhart.
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Meet our LIs-
Callisto- Crown Prince, known as a 'barbarian' and considered to be blood thirsty but only with the Normal Mode FL to give him attention and love he will become sweet and gentle
Eckles (or Eclipse depending on translation)- A(n ex?) slave from the neighboring kingdom who now trains as a knight with the FL's family
Winter (Vinter? translations are inconsistent)- A mysterious magic-using marquis that brings the Normal Mode FL back to her home after being missing for about ten years (plus?). The easiest route to follow.
Reynard (Leonard?)- The second eldest brother of the Normal Mode FL, not a romance route but a family bonding route
Derrick- The elder brother of the Normal Mode FL, not a romance route but a family bonding route.
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Now, I fully entirely enjoyed this book, it had plot twists and lots of whump (my weakness...) and a female main character that I all together enjoyed reading about. However, there are some SERIOUS translation issues to the point that chapters 120~200 were almost unintelligible and the MLs all had some weird variation to the spelling of their name at least once, so reading it in English may be hard to do.
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Basic Premise- a girl with a bad past with her family finally leaves the house and gets her own apartment. While trying to fit in at school (college, high school isekai plots are getting overwhelmingly common) she gets introduced to an otome game. But upon finding a secret ending she realizes she has to beat the entire game in Hard Mode in order to unlock it without spending ~100 USD. Finding a bit of herself in the FL of Hard Mode she spends all night trying to avoid dying (a more and more frequent occurrence) and actually finish even a single route.
Having fallen asleep while playing what else could happen but to wake up as the FL of Hard Mode- the Villainess Penelope Eckhart.
--
Meet our LIs-
Callisto- Crown Prince, known as a 'barbarian' and considered to be blood thirsty but only with the Normal Mode FL to give him attention and love he will become sweet and gentle
Eckles (or Eclipse depending on translation)- A(n ex?) slave from the neighboring kingdom who now trains as a knight with the FL's family
Winter (Vinter? translations are inconsistent)- A mysterious magic-using marquis that brings the Normal Mode FL back to her home after being missing for about ten years (plus?). The easiest route to follow.
Reynard (Leonard?)- The second eldest brother of the Normal Mode FL, not a romance route but a family bonding route
Derrick- The elder brother of the Normal Mode FL, not a romance route but a family bonding route.
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Now, I fully entirely enjoyed this book, it had plot twists and lots of whump (my weakness...) and a female main character that I all together enjoyed reading about. However, there are some SERIOUS translation issues to the point that chapters 120~200 were almost unintelligible and the MLs all had some weird variation to the spelling of their name at least once, so reading it in English may be hard to do.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse