Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter

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When a young woman is killed in a traffic accident on her way home from work at a tax bureau, she suddenly finds herself transported to the world of the otome game she was playing the night before – but instead of the heroine, she’s been reincarnated as the villainess!

Using her knowledge of the game, “Iris” manages to avert personal disaster and decides to rebuild her life with her modern-day economic know-how. This is one mean girl who isn’t going to let her perceived reputation stop her from being a heroine!

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Accomplishments of the Duke’s Daughter
Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami
เกมรักศักดิ์ศรีบุตรีดยุก
公爵令嬢の嗜み
公爵千金的爱好
公爵家千金大小姐的爱好
Related Series
The Manual of a Duke’s Daughter (Spin-Off)
Common Sense of a Warrior (Prequel)
Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter (LN) (Light Novel)
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Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki (10)
Tensei Oujo wa Kyou mo Hata o Tatakioru (9)
I Reincarnated as a Noble Girl Villainess But Why Did It Turn Out This Way? (WN) (8)
Haunted Duke’s Daughter (7)
Okoborehime to Entaku no Kishi (5)
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12/03/16 Space c54 part2
12/03/16 Space c54 part1
11/19/16 Shiro Translation c53
11/11/16 Shiro Translation c52
11/06/16 Shiro Translation c51
09/17/16 Jynki’s TLs c50
09/06/16 Jynki’s TLs c49
08/24/16 Jynki’s TLs c48
08/17/16 Jynki’s TLs c47
08/12/16 Jynki’s TLs c46
08/07/16 Jynki’s TLs c45
08/05/16 Jynki’s TLs c44
04/28/16 Deso Translations v2c43
04/26/16 Deso Translations v2c42
04/26/16 Deso Translations v2c41
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Nume
Nume rated it
April 18, 2016
Status: --
Don’t let appearences fool you. This is not you usual otome game reincarnation story. No, this story is a giant “f*%# you” to the cliches of otome games reincarnation stories and otome games in general. The MC is the “villain”, but is kind, intelligent and caring, the “heroine” have dubious morals, and the “romantic interests” are giant self-centered fools. The whole “downfall of the villain” is a giant injustice. The message of the author is very clear: otome games stories are usually s*upid when confronted with reality.

Instead of a usual... more>> pink bubble story type, the author delivers us a story about public service, management and politics that makes you think that you are reading Game of Thrones if Tyrion was the MC. It is one of the best stories in this site and I cannot recomend it enough. <<less
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klickbait
klickbait rated it
April 3, 2020
Status: --
Really dont understand why people think this is a great read.

I admit the start was good basically just before she went back to her fief, it can still be considered good. But nope, it started crashing downhill afterwards.

The premise got me hooked. Oh, here's a villainess story about a noble lady able to represent herself in front of so many people and not get a bad ending (usually beheading, as villainess stories usually is→_→).

... more>> Then she went back to her safe zone and everyone just pampers her, saying "it's not your fault" "it's that scum prince" "Lady Irish is too kind and pure to be a villainess".

Yes people. Lady Irish is not a villainess. She is a misunderstood lady who loved too deeply and she can never do wrong. She is righteous and gracious. She is pure and magnanimous. She is a delicate lady who was cheated by her fiance. She is a flower wjo can melt the heart of others with just a smile. She is the virg*n mary able to heal all wounds.. Yeah... Lady Irish is a MARY SUE.

(Someone commented about her knowing so much despite being just an office lady and I actually agree. I actually searched about cocoa beans too, and there is a lot of steps in order to make a decent chocolate, so I cannot believe how she is able to do that.

Maybe she likes to bake, make chocolates, make essential products like shampoo, conditioner, makeup and perfume in her past life as well as a wide array of knowledge about making other products. I don't know. And I wont presume otherwise. Actually let me!!!! How the hell do you know all that?? Seriously?)

But seriously, there's a loy of unneccessary lines like explaining, doing that, saying this, which are really noy even important to the plot and just inserted there to make it seem like this is a story worth readimg all this bullshit. Decorations. Even the dialogues are boring.

Characters are bland, and just there to make us realize Irish is the goddess sent to earth. <<less
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caszandra6
caszandra6 rated it
May 23, 2016
Status: --
Interesting plot, more on government and economy which is uncommon for me, I like iris, the fact that she is selfless and goal oriented protagonist makes the story even more interesting. She reminds me of shuurei from saiunkoku monogatari
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Si Kucing
Si Kucing rated it
November 29, 2019
Status: --
Personaly, I like the how the story progress and the mc's ups and downs....... but the over praise for the MC made me sick..... I mean praising the MC is fine and all..... but in just the first 100 chapters I felt like..... ugh, again? Another praise? Not just how the other character overly praise her, the narratoves too, over praise or beautify her..... if it's once or twice then fine but realy? Almost each chapter? (Almost)......... there's also:

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MC call for 2 dida and ryle and ryle

MC said that she's going to state her response to dida question yesterday

Ryle jaws drop

MC state her response to dida question

Ryle (again) jaws drop

I'm not kidding there's only one sentence which is mc's statement that saperates Ryle two jaw droping..... I mean..... does he have loose jaw or something? Cuz that would've been better than the explanation of: MC amazes ryle so much thay he dropped his jaws not once but twice in less than a minute which again, overly praise the MC.....

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Honestly I would've give this novel 4 out of 5 if not for...... things i've stated above..... but the thing author did annoyed me and made me drop this novel a couple of time before I reached this latest chapter <<less
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WindaTiti
WindaTiti rated it
September 23, 2018
Status: c202
Oh my gawd, , this novel is really exciting XD, thankyou for your translation, I'm waiting for the next chapter XD.

But, suggestions from me are: please give tags to who is the speechs belong to... it really confused me, makes me wonder who conversates with who.... sometimes I lost, but still I can guess.

Then, the other suggestion is, , please give the an arrow to next chapter so we can directly continue to the next chapter...

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Otwentyfirst
Otwentyfirst rated it
August 28, 2018
Status: --
I've tried to get into the story several times but I inevitably lose interest. It just feels very dry and lackluster, making me feel like I'm reading a dictionary. It's a combination of the way the story is told and the characterizations itself; the story just feels really distant. It's like a subject matter with great potential being taught in very bland way by an incredibly boring professor. What could have been wonderful was completely ruined.
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makenai89
makenai89 rated it
October 2, 2016
Status: c50
Reviewed at c50, rated 4.

Common Sense of A Duke's Daughter is a very nice read. However, I wish it would go more forward at times. The way it develops right now, it is rather half-hearted, be it as an otome game-based novel or as domestic affairs-based novel, as well as the political maneuver around the MC.

Still, Common Sense presents a unique charm in the way a modern woman who was transported into the body of a supposed villain in an otome game faces her adversity (yes, she did face adversity).... more>> Also, the novel's characterization are "make sense" and relatable, be it on how the higher echelon of the country acts or how the s*upid youths make mistakes. <<less
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jjjupiter
jjjupiter rated it
June 10, 2020
Status: c263
I really love Iris and Dean's respect and love for each other!! There isn't too much romance but that is also why it feels so so so good when a little bit of it appears ^///^

My power couple ♡♡♡♡♡ thank you translator!!
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macy2
macy2 rated it
March 15, 2020
Status: c246
Well written and unique enough to be engaging. Hurdles are actually hurdles, villians are not one dimensional, no random harem, and the heroine isnt "fluffy".

However thats as far as it goes. This is ultimately made for light reading. There is a touch of romance but not too much. There is scheming but nothing wild. There is politics but not in depth. And that pretty much sums the entire book.

You will not be able to 'connect' with the heroine because honestly while plot develops and the character gets stronger; we dont... more>> know much about her, enough is given to know but not understand.

Supporting characters (heroine's allies specifically) are likable, but barely any growth is allocated to them. They remain one dimensional for the most part; faithfully paving the way for the heroine. Former antagonists, actually get more growth and development due the fact that they drive the plot.

The heroine is a Mary Sue and not at the same time. Her abilites and achievements are played off modestly enough, there is no emphasis of how good/intelligent she is, but thats because they all arent important. She uses ridiculous understanding of things in her former life (Taxes? No problem! With knowledge of it I can recreate a working financial/banking system for an entire population in one go! For a kingdom even!) to improve the fief and her finances, but in the ultimate story they play a tiny background character role.

However, if is a little annoying how everyone around her is perfect to support her.

Trusty righthand man? He's the mysterious Prince who loves you and will give up his crown for.

Mother? Perfect flower of society and the mysterious warrior who'll wage war for you.

Brother? Antagonist at first, but the perfect reliable, understanding, and supportive brother later on (good enough to be a prime minister) after FL changes his world views.

Garndfather? Even the crown fears his military might and he loves his granddaughter.

Personal maid? Please, try a highly educated, infiltration expert, combat vetern, loyal bodyguard. But oh, this was all nurtured by the love for the heroine after being picked off the street as a child.

And thats only the ones with significant screentime and roles. All I can say is that she has great fortuity of meeting the right people. She makes a education system; but is able to attract talented people in one gowith strong loyalty. When trouble appears, heroine is able to attract those willing to help out of the goodness of their hearts.

Im not trying to downplay the heroine's capabilities. Maybe its plot armor, but the author writes it in a way that isnt (or at least not so explicit). It's a type of luck to cross paths with people who can and willing to propel you forward.

In short its a novel that is, but isnt at the same time. Good pace and enough decisive action to satisfy, but developments are not deep and complex enough to make it a novel that you cant let go. <<less
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Tragically Rad
Tragically Rad rated it
March 22, 2018
Status: c101
It started out REALLY great, I was hooked! But lately... it just drags on and on. It has some forced, out of character moments that are unnecessary and painful to read. It is probably because the author has run out of material but wants more length. It interrupts the flow of the story. As commonly done with these type of novels, there are entire chapters showing the main character's thought process when the same decision could've taken a few sentences. It is really only there to justify how righteous the... more>> main character is. Will drop. <<less
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Kagamiya
Kagamiya rated it
July 20, 2016
Status: v2c43
All in all it is a good novel, with fresh idea and plot about social-politic and economy, not so cliche romance and enjoyable MC. But the most disappointing about this novel is the writing style that makes reader sometimes got confused, and there are too much skipping in it that the novel's potential cannot brought out.
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amelyn95
amelyn95 rated it
November 28, 2022
Status: v2c41
The first few months she got there, she managed to establish banks and schools, reform tax, create new food and cosmetic business, reconstruct roads and transportation?

Lmao if she was a seasoned finance and banking CEO in her past life then I can understand, but she was a young tax worker? And all these things need lots of time to establish, so I call it bullshit. I know this is fiction, but I cannot suspend my belief to this extend.

I read the ending... and it was absurd too

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Spoiler

ML, Dean came back from the grave. Turned out he was just injured, but he hides since everyone thought he died. He only came back at the last chapter to propose to her 🤮

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How is this acceptable at all. She wasn't mad even a little bit. I would at least punch him in the face <<less
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nanoyu072
nanoyu072 rated it
July 17, 2021
Status: c265
Just finished reading this and all I can say is that it's... pretty alright. A good novel to pass time with, especially since it's completed.

The novel really stresses the idea of woman empowerment, and mainly focuses around Iris' business ventures, inventions, and relationships instead of romance. Of course she gets REALLY lucky, and nobody questions how a sixteen year old could come up with so many inventions in quick succession, but that's just par for the course in this genre of novel. I did like how the author focused on... more>> her resolve and responsibility as a person in power, as well as her own genuine hope to protect her people.

There's some catharsis with the people who treated her poorly punished, and the ending is happy enough. <<less
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Lynkaster
Lynkaster rated it
July 28, 2020
Status: Completed
story : 4/5

characters : 3/5

world-building : 2/5

... more>> writing style : 3/5

a usual plot nowadays with a reincarnated otaku-OL into a villainess in the otome game she played before dying.

let's start with the good part : the story. it was pretty easy to guess what's going to happens pretty much each time but all in all, it wasn't such a bad plot and the ending was pretty fulfilling (to be honest, without the last 10 chapters, this novel would be classed as a waste of time tbh...)

For the characters... I'd say every single characters is pretty much 2D and no real character development was done. The author put quite a lot of characters but didn't used them in the end or just didn't used them fully for the plot making them extras for noth'. for exemple rheme (or something like that, the library girl) was at the same level as ryle, dida or tanya but she got 5 scenes and were useful 2 times to the MC... same with moneda and merida, same level of setting but almost never appeared and even when they do, it was to receive one random order. Many characters either just disappear, killed by the author or never mentioned again.
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divan was totally forgotten right ?

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world building : almost nothing. We just know that there's the kingdom where the story develops, the poor enemy kingdom in the north and the south-ish over-the-sea kingdom for trade. even in the main kingdom, we just know 2 territory are directly at the frontier with the north, our MC's territory is in the south-east besides the sea and the gramp's family on the other side of her territory separated by mountain. We don't know any numbers for the population, even when they talked about nation-scale war, it was pretty much a few hundreds to a few thoulsands at most...

the worst part is pretty much the writing style :

_the timeline between chapters isn't smooth, the dialogs are bland after the first 30-40 chapters.

_the author didn't explain much bout all the absurdity of the story

_after the mid-point, it seems like the author was just running without thinking about details

_the different pov are usually nice in a novel but it was almost the same as if the author just put everything in a 3rd person perspective

_over dramatization, way too much.

I don't know if it was the first novel from this author but it gave an amateurish feeling. I can only talked about the WN version though, maybe the LN doesn't have these same cons thanks to an editor.

in conclusion, not an amazing read, almost a waste of time if not for that ending. The setting was surreal with the MC surrounded by incredible talents she picked up and saved from the street when she was a child like catching pokemon and it could have been quite interesting if used properly but it wasn't.

3/5 meh <<less
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PardoilGhepardo
PardoilGhepardo rated it
August 22, 2018
Status: c10
The premise of this novel is quite good and has a lot of potential, however there are a lot of problems:

-The MC is just way too perfect and super intelligent, in other WN the protagonists are just s*upid and dense, but here we have the total opposit, with her knowledge from the real world she can solve every problem without any sort of struggle.

-The author skips a lot of details, for example: the MC has to visit her land to know what's going on, in the next chapter she tells... more>> us that she did it, but we don't know how, when and what happened while she was visiting.

-Another thing that I dislike about this novel is the army of capable servants that the MC has at her disposal. These servants are the poor children that she picked up in her childhood, they have no personalities and are just tools that the MC uses when in need. <<less
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Bunnypillow
Bunnypillow rated it
November 6, 2016
Status: c50
It's really unique and there's also a manga adaption on it! I love it, it's your usual MC recarnates into a different dimension, but I love how strong and clever she is. One my favorites!
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RandomComment
RandomComment rated it
May 3, 2016
Status: --
Whether its shoujo or whatever shouldnt deceive you. This is, hands down, the best isekai/reincarnation story. Its not like some others where the MC is just OP with cheats or reincarnates with knowledge of the worlds future (ie. Because its a game or whatever). Rather, the MC comes into the world as the villain, right when the good ending is reached. She then works hard and, though she does use IRL knowledge, the progress she makes and the success she achieves are due to her hard work. She is a... more>> very hard working, intelligent MC, at the same time entertaining. <<less
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7starkiller99
7starkiller99 rated it
March 14, 2022
Status: Completed
Not recommended to read/view.

Utterly brainless story where MC immediately has everything go her way, isn’t a villainess in any way shape or form, and has a scumbag disgusting male lead lurking around her. MC is easily manipulated by her family and others around her (especially the royal family) to do all sorts of work.

Not even worth a full written out review with all the moronic events that occur and how easily the significantly OOC MC wins everyone over and has her own servants. -900Quadrillion/10 A complete mess that ends even... more>> worse than it began. It makes beware the villainess look like a super genius story in comparison. <<less
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xg2x
xg2x rated it
November 24, 2021
Status: Completed
I don't think there's anything truly bad about this, though it's too bland?

I don't feel anything reading this, despite many elements it contain, not in awe at something new, not *badump* romantic moment, not the genius evil politic noble scheme, not the drama, not the wholesomeness, not the slice of life part, not the territory management, not the fantasy... I'm not even sure why I'm reading this so far, "I want to reach the end so I could stop reading this soon.." probably being my main motivation, if this is... more>> a singleplayer game, I would cheat-speedrun the crạp out of it to the ending.

And the most important is I have zero interest toward any characters which is very rare for me, even some trạsh novel sometimes have at least one interesting or decent character, there's no one here that caught my interest, in good or bad way, and that's kinda amazing.

The build-up conflict take forever and formed a confusing turn of event after event and then settled like it's nothing special, like Bam! whatever it's done. Also the ending feel kinda rushed.

Though I said all that, I can't really said that this is really awful to read, so complicated. <<less
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knjr
knjr rated it
July 13, 2021
Status: c82
I gave it the best chance that I could - unfortunately I find the story to be unengaging and for the most part, devoid of character emotion and connection. It just isn't for me.

I started reading this a while ago and made to chapter 20. The translator note warned that it didn't pick up until chapter eight, so I tried to trust them and kept going. I gave up in boredom at 20. I came back months later, hoping to give it a second chance. I made it to 82... more>> - and I think this is the end of me trying to give it any more chances.

Some of the reviews say there is no conflict and nothing goes wrong for the protagonist - that isn't true. She does start to face some large hurdles later on. I just... personally I like to read stories where characters connect to each other, or have some sort of emotional growth. The protagonist is surrounded by people who should be her friends, but I could only really tell you who three of them are, maybe, and two of them have the same job.

I was incredibly hopeful when she started to interact with her mother and grandfather
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and was even more excited when she began to speak to her brother, because there are bad feelings there, and they both had to confront that, which was interesting - but it almost immediately fizzled out and he only shows up 2/3 times for a few paragraphs in the total of the 80 chapters I read.

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but the moments of interaction are either so rare or are so dry that it just didn't matter any more.

I tried to keep going, but 80 chapters in... I just failed to connect to these characters. I wish they had connected to each other more. I was very excited by the premise but in the end this story was not for me. <<less
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