Death Is The Only Ending For The Villain

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I’ve reincarnated as the reverse harem game’s villainess, the one and only adopted daughter of the ducal Eckart family.

But the difficulty just has to be the worst!

Everything I do will only lead me to death.

I must be paired with one of the main male characters from the heroine’s harem before the ‘real daughter’ of the duke family appears!

Two older brothers who always pick a fight with me on every little thing.

The insane crown prince whose route will always lead to my death.

‘I only see the heroine and no one else’s wizard, and also her loyal s*ave knight, too!

‘First, let’s take some of them which I see no hope in, out of the list!’

“I didn’t know my place up until now. From now on, I’ll live as quiet as a mouse so you wouldn’t care the slightest bit!

But why do their interests in me keep on rising every time I draw the line?!

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Death Is the Only Ending for the Villainess
DOEV
Villains Are Destined To Die
เป็นตัวร้ายก็ต้องตายเท่านั้น
恶役只有死亡结局
악역의 엔딩은 죽음뿐
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Arha
Arha rated it
April 14, 2020
Status: c31
I enjoy how flawed the protagonist is. She consistently fails to notice the good will others show her and to accept that the poor relationships she's had have often been partially her own fault. Everything is because of someone else and she's just an innocent victim. And you can see how this really makes things more difficult for her and causes her to read people wrong. She also isn't really a very good person to begin with, nor is she particularly bad, which makes her come across as very human.... more>> She doesn't want to save the world and heal all the wrongs of the world, she just wants to not die.

I'm bumping this up another star. The character and relationship writing is fantastic so far as I'm concerned. Everyone is at least a little in the wrong, some more so than others, and yet if you make the effort to understand them no one really comes across as being evil/irredeemable.

Though I admit I don't know what people see in Eclise. <<less
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chromaQ
chromaQ rated it
May 5, 2021
Status: Completed
This story was amazing, though the translations were inconsistent. It was easy to tell a lot of it was just straight machine translation with no editing at all, including dozens and dozens chapters with basic copy errors in every line.

But I muscled through it because the story, though muddled with bad translation, was still so good.

This story started out very typical for an isekai revenge story. A small, close setting in the household of the Duke. Just as the story was starting to feel stale, it shifted. The story grew,... more>> the world of the story grew. And kept growing and growing. Some of the characters we were getting tired of left the story for a while, and other characters became important.

The story demonstrated the "Show, don't tell" principle - we didn't just get "told" that new Penelope (I'll call her "Penny" for clarity) was growing and changing and moving on, moving beyond the house that original Penelope couldn't escape. Penny recognized that the original Penelope died in that house. I thought it was wonderful that Penny empathized deeply with Penelope, and held every person accountable for their treatment of Penelope, though Penelope was gone forever.

It was amazing to watch Penny grow beyond her fear that left her trapped in the story of the game, and stop caring so much about the affection and reputation scores of the male leads. By the end of the story we could see who Penny wanted to be, and watch Penny do exactly what SHE wanted to do. It was inspiring how Penny spoke her truth, and remembered to uphold original Penelope's truth, and ended relationships that were only dragging her down. New growth requires letting go of what weighs you down. Forgiveness is a gift from the giver, but not an obligation. And I really liked that. <<less
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Yun K.M
Yun K.M
March 25, 2022
Status: Completed
Many people pointed out that the MC is the real problem by the end of the novel and kind of have to agree. She is the only one that doesn't change because her arc has supposed to already end in her previous life. So all her supposed improvement was given to the real daughter instead. Making the story after the certain chapter ship to the viewer support the real daughter instead of the MC
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Gellyannoying
Gellyannoying rated it
November 28, 2020
Status: Completed
I just finished reading the whole story and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....

I'm broken hearted </3

Ofcourse! Im broken hearted because I want moreeeeeeeee.. haha

But in totally.. I was very emotional.. I cried but happy about the ending.

She deserved to be loved by Callisto.. And Callisto is our perfect man <3

You guys can read it at lightnovelworld. com for free. Enjoy!!!
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Lola.
Lola. rated it
October 29, 2020
Status: Completed
I’m debating myself whether to give 4 or 3, tbh 3.5 would have been better.

So I was baited by the manhwa, as I found the initial story to be intriguing. A villainess as the MC isnt new, but the game setting, how she already locked on one of the ML as her savior was refreshing. I also love the world of the game, so many interesting and almost harry potter like well thought layered storylines. But halfway through my interest waned because of the MC

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I really dislike her attitude toward her adopted family. By all means she is entitled to either get revenge or ignore them, what doesnt make sense to me is that I feel like she’s projecting her hate toward her past family into the duke family. Everything she does is a projection. As someone who always think that it’s only a game, weird how she cant differentiate her feeling from the alternate world and the game world.

Other thing that turns me off is her manipulation of Eclise. She destroyed him. And got the gall to be mad at him for betraying her (out of love or obsession rather). Who was the one intercepting his plot line and made him a mere s*ave without the opportunity to free himself? Who made constant promise to see him but often failed him? Eclise was an abused war prisoner turned s*ave who latched on the only person who showered him with kindness, Penelope was very manipulative of him. Always reiterating that he is important to him, showering him with gifts but also neglecting him. For her mistreatment of eclise, penelope should have suffered

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The only redeemable characters on this story is Callisto and his aide <<less
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Kshirley29
Kshirley29
October 22, 2020
Status: c1
Hi, I love this novel.

but I need some help. I cant find anywhere the update and I cant open any of the source in novelupdate.
if anyone can please let me know.

thank you
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parallelisabel
parallelisabel rated it
September 17, 2020
Status: Completed
  1. It started out so promising that I wanted to give it 5 stars. I liked the different personalities each character was given even penny's maid and the Duke's butler. But...
  2. It didn't really develop the characters.. they (characters) were altered to fit the story.
  3. Penny never forgave anyone (except her maid, to some extent, but she was a side character).
  4. Penny did whatever she wanted but complained she wasn't allowed to do what she wanted.
  5. It started out so entertaining though...<sigh> it seemed the story couldn't even decide its own setting. If not for the premise, the events became modern-day happenings of a petty entitled girl with no sympathy for others except for the prince.
  6. Too many to write: I don't know how to justify it; it was good but it was also bad
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Cryarc
Cryarc rated it
May 29, 2020
Status: c25
I liked the initial parts of the story, it's cliche but handled quite nicely. But after the introduction chapters are over, the quality goes downhill.

The introduction seemingly setting things up to be hard for the MC, but it goes away in less than 10 chapters. For those who knows how to read between the lines, rather than hard mode it's pretty clear that it's going to be the easy mode for her.

The MC on the other hand, keeps doing the worst thing possible for every situation but always gets away... more>> lightly due to plot armor. In a span of 20 chapters she should've died a few times due to her own ignorance of how to assess risks, which made me wonder if there's some screw loose in her brain.

The logic on the plot progression is so awkward if you ever tried to scrutiny even for a bit.

The only positive part I found is on the beginning, when she's initially became the villaines. On those few first interactions she acts smart and it seems challenging to survive. But after that, nope, she's dumb in irritating way since the author played it as if she's meant to be smart. I can appreciate dumb MCs as long as the author is aware of it, but in this case it's not. <<less
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stanningyou
stanningyou rated it
September 29, 2020
Status: c105
It is one of the best villainess novels that I have seen. The way it was written in Penelope's POV makes you really feel for her and feel sorry for her. There were a lot of times that I felt shaking with her and you would really go through the feeling of trauma with her. I didn't get that with any Villainess manhwa or novel, so this is saying a lot for it.

I'm still at c105 but so far...

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I can really see why the crown prince is the ML. The interactions with Penny was not forced. The chemistry they have and the story of how it came to be is the best among all the ML. If you're still early in the novel, you'll see soon why.

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I would honestly pay just to see this but I can't read korean. I only wish it would get translated or licensed soon. <<less
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Ettoine
Ettoine rated it
July 3, 2020
Status: c60
I don't doubt this is a good story and it has a really interesting premise and story introduction. I personally like the heroine, her backgrounds and the other characters... The events were good enough as well.

I wonder if this is just me but, the translation of the second group/person taking this story was a bit bad.

I've had a hard time understanding what I was reading especially because there were so many errors on the grammar level. Example

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"I'm going to hosting this hunt."

I'm going to host this hunt

"And underneath it sat people in strange clothes. It seemed to be royalty who had been in another country."

And underneath it sat people in strange clothes. They seem to be royalties from foreign countries.

Frankly speaking, I had a big wish that Eckliss would stop saying anything

Frankly speaking, I wish that Eckliss would stop talking or adding more fuel on the fire.

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I don't want to be a grammar Nazi and I'm very grateful to the translator but beyond verbs period mistake (past tense, future, etc) even the possessive adjectives and others, preposition, — are also not good. Some phrases also felt like translated with Google translate... Some phrases felt awkward or wrong to read.... Idk maybe it's just me

In short it was really hard to read. Now I have headache....

Still will recommend the story since its really good. <<less
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HentMas
HentMas rated it
March 10, 2022
Status: --
People completely missed the point and the character arch of Penelope huh?

We're shown over and over and over and over again how she WAS a push over BEFORE reincarnation.

AFTER reincarnation SHE BEGINS TO STAND UP FOR HERSELF

... more>> That's what was supposed to be conveyed trough the flashbacks of her original family treating her just as they were treating the replacement girl...

If there ever was a novel about "empowering" someone (regardless of gender) this is it...

And it shows the mistakes one can make when you close off your heart that way.

Just... go read it, don't listen to people complaining, they didn't understand the novel hahaha. <<less
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Ias_halfeld
Ias_halfeld rated it
December 22, 2021
Status: --
  1. Spoiler below. I'm very frustrated with this novel and the main cause is the protagonist. I started by loving her and the story about how she managed to turn her life around even though she was going through so much abuse.

    what made me hate her afterwards is the way she treats Eclise, I didn't want her to break up with he, but it still pisses me off the way she treated him because she literally destroyed him and used him and then when he cheated on she (because he had been brainwashed) she still acted like she was the victim and kept cursing him. The Eclise he already had a life of abuse before Penelope and he simply grabbed the first person who treated him well, when he learned that she was using his love, he started to get obsessed and fell into the abyss himself.

    Another thing that irritates me is that Penelope doesn't have any development, she starts treating people like objects and ends up treating them the same way, that is, she never got over her own traumas, even when people did everything to redeem themselves. The ending for me wasn't the least bit happy ending with Eclide in a mental breakdown because of the MC. To tell the truth, Eclise seems more pitiful than MC. Anyway, very disappointed in how he was abused and in the end the author wanted readers to see him as the real villain. (I'm also irritated by MC's hypocrisy in wanting to be treated with sincerity when she manipulates and uses everyone).

    Anyway, the protagonist made me hate this story, I really like anti-hero or villain characters, but there are things that for me don't.
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KuranFan
KuranFan rated it
December 19, 2020
Status: c231
This novel... Oh... The feelings I have for this novel.

I love it, I simply love it. How the MC is portrayed, how she deals with various situations and everything. I have to admit that I cried a lot reading this (it was hard not to after all she was through). I felt hate for some characters, too and even, if I completely agreed with everything she did, I can completely understand her. She was human, not perfect but, ironically, that made her even more perfect.

And another thing

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I hate the eldest brother the most. You son of a b*tch, deserve to rot in hell.

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Annnd

Spoiler

I love, love, love, love the ML. He is perfect for her.

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GrumpyMummy
GrumpyMummy rated it
November 14, 2020
Status: c108
I read this first from the manhwa and switched to the novel. The manhwa is too slow.

Anyway this started off quite good like some of the same genre novel about transmigration etc. The FL had the same problem like the villain. She was bullied and abused by her family.

It can be a lil uncomfortable for some reader.

This novel is really not worth my time and emotion because I find the girl is horrible. She talks about others, despise them but she herself doesn't seem to treat people sincerely.

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Her family started to change and treat her better but how she thinks them as a bad person.

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tomatoblush
tomatoblush rated it
August 8, 2020
Status: c170
I REALLLLLLYYYYYYYY LOVE THIS WEBNOVEL.

I don't know how to express it, but really if you have free time, read this. It has incredible characters development. From the most hated character into the lovable one. From the most annoying character, into the 'acceptable' one.

This novel really know how to stab me right in the feels.
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Ihartkimchi
Ihartkimchi rated it
May 10, 2020
Status: c34
(EDIT: so I was reading some reviews below and may I just remind everyone to PLEASE TURN ON YOUR SPOILER TAGS IN ORDER NOT TO SPOIL THE STORY FOR EVERYONE!!!

Also to new readers please thread carefully there are some spoilers in the comment tags)

Insanely good!!

... more>> If I have to describe this, I'd say that this is a psychological thriller with the death fatality of re:zero wrapped in a pretty otome romance packaging.

I truly felt for Penelope, the men in her former life are all tr*sh and just when she got out of that abusive household she got transmigrated to another universe that parallels the abuse she recieves in her real life. She really can't get a break.

Add to the fact that she has to thread carefully or else 1 wrong move can cause her death. She really has to romance a bunch of ML that she doesn't even want to be with but has to inorder to survive.

Absolutely brilliant read, makes me wish this is an actual otome that I can play!!

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jacqicen
jacqicen rated it
April 9, 2020
Status: c28
It's really GOOD!

So far, what made it different from other transmigration/isekai plot is in the early chapter the main character is bound by the 'game system'. Like a typical otome game, they only have 3 options to reply. She went through a lot of hardships! Even I've grown frustrated bcz of it but it was what makes it interesting thou. Totally Worth it..
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chicken_wings
chicken_wings
June 9, 2022
Status: c177
Ok before I start let me say I get everyones complaints about her forgiving too easily or not forgiving and not taking responsibility and that she should have ended up with someone else etc but I just wanted to share my opinion.

The first is about the whole too forgiving topic in I actually think she did end up holding quite a grudge and didn't forgive easily I skimmed some of the later chapters and I don't think people really understand forgiveness. She choose who to forgive and I thought that... more>> was fine.

The next thing is the whole not forgiving topic which I wanted to share my opinion of.

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. The first thing I wanted to say is yes ik about the brainwashed and yes ik about the curse, so does she and that does give reason for thier actions, but having reason for thier actions and having reason for forgiveness are two different things. I can tell that people writing comments have never been in a situation where they know someone did something bad to you not of thier reason, sure that let's u know it's not completely thier fault and they didn't mean it doesn't make it hurt any less. You have to know our MC was abused as Penelope and before and even if it's not thier fault a person can only take so many hits. Yes she used people but if u where in her situation u would too, she didn't treat them like real people cuz she didn't think of them as real people. To her they where game characters. It's like if u saw Naruto in ur room, u would think you where dreaming or that it's not real and people need to understand that concepts. Even reading now ik eldest bro is brainwashed but that doesn't make me feel less mad. Same with the the father and other brother with the curse. A reason for bad treatment doesn't make the bad treatment and it effects go away

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Next is the whole taking responsibility thing

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. Yes she is partially to blame for Eclise whole yandre thing and yes she could have handled it better but think about her emotions in that moment, her entire knowledge and opinions of someone she thought to be her escape suddenly fell apart. She was under alot of physical and pychological stress in that moment. She just wanted to go back home. Her life was getting better when it suddenly almost went backwards and she was back in a tr*sh situation. Plus if u found out someone thought about u like that u would be creeped out to. Idk about u but I would wanna get that person out of my life and stay as far away as possible. In situations like this u mist think of it from an insiders pov.

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Now let's talk about a love interest I loved

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. Vinter was great and def my go to till the hunting festival moment with Calisto. She lost faith in him after the whole testing her thing which I think is reasonable, he wanted to determine if she was a threat which was important to both his and the children's safety but at the same time I understand Penelope's reaction. Some she trusted betrayed her and she was already in a lot of stress, she definitely help a bit if an unessesary grudge but at the same time hey I can sorta understand. He was kind sweet and gentle, definitely a sweet man but not the one for Penelope. As much as I live him Calisto is a better fit personality than Vinter, thier dynamic was loads better and they just had more chemistry. I love Vinter too but it just wouldn't have worked out.

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Anyways I would recommend this it's good and a rollercoaster of emotions, I'm not much of a cryer (to the point where friends and family call me heartless) but I was almost crying at one point. It's definitely not for everyone but if u don't mind stories where not everyone gets a redemption and where not everyone is forgiven I would definitely recommend <<less
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TooFarToReality
TooFarToReality rated it
October 6, 2021
Status: --
I think the translation is quite bad but.. Still grateful for the translation.

I read this one last year.. So this was a pretty late review.

as far as I can remember, at the beginning the novel was superb.. But after it gets to the second arc (at least that’s what it feels like) it’s getting uncomfortable to read. I was close to complete the novel but I stopped as I caught up with the translation then.. Because it was not worth the wait..

i don’t like when I feel the horrible/unreasonable act... more>> of the MC that may come from the personality of the author too.. Seems like she wants to justify her action through her fiction character. This feeling surged from time to time while reading it.. <<less
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ShinyKurama
ShinyKurama
August 5, 2021
Status: --
I was really enjoying it but from chap 20 it became impossible, it is missing half of the chapters. I just cant imerse myself like this, whenever smth interesting is happening the chap ends and there is something else starting on the next chap and I am like 'what happened in the end?'.

So, if you have OCD like me, don't even start, it is literally agonizing

Ps.: Why is nobody talking about this? Do they fix it after?
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