I’m Cinderella’s Sister, but I’m Reluctantly Going to Marry the Prince

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When the prince arrives with a glass slipper in his hand, Cinderella elopes with the wizard right in front of him!
The prince couldn’t go back to the castle empty-handed and decided to take Cinderella’s not-mean step-sister and marry her.

This is the story of Cinderella’s step-sister, who has neither glass slippers nor a pumpkin carriage, who reluctantly ends up marrying the prince, and how she finds her own happiness.

Associated Names
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Cinderella’s Older Sister Reluctantly Marries the Prince ~The Substitute Princess’ Peaceful Life in the Detached Palace~
Shinderera no anedesuga, fuhon'inagara ōji to kekkon suru koto ni narimashita
シンデレラの姉ですが、不本意ながら王子と結婚することになりました
Related Series
Cinderella’s Older Sister Reluctantly Marries the Prince ~The Substitute Princess’ Peaceful Life in the Detached Palace~ (Spin-Off)
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Latest Release

Date Group Release
11/22/20 American Faux c1 part5
11/20/20 American Faux c1 part4
11/09/20 American Faux c1 part3
10/23/20 American Faux c1 part2
10/08/20 American Faux c1 part1
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ketchupblood
ketchupblood rated it
October 5, 2020
Status: --
I'll start by saying that the translation is nice.

The story is... fine. The prince fell in love (one-sidedly) with her sister and declared that he would marry her the very day that he found her... but the sister runs off and the prince takes our MC as his bride to save face, because that's a reasonable thing to do. So basically, she's forcibly married against her will and not once does he bother to even ask her opinion about it.

She's shunted off to a side palace where she happily waits... more>> for divorce but he comes by once and has her home cooking and falls in 'like' with her because he's an emotional idiot. Yada yada romance yada yada.

If you ignore the completely gross beginning, the story would be cute, but... it's still there. Not once does the narrative acknowledge that what he did to her (and was trying to do to her sister, tbh) was not ok. <<less
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OtomeAddict
OtomeAddict rated it
October 4, 2020
Status: c1 part2
Idk why people are such jerks about rating works with one chapter or so... One star? Really??? 😒

The translation quality is fairly nice and the formating is easy to read.

As for the story so far I like it. It's an interesting premise and the MC is likable from what little we've seen about her. She's pragmatic and her inner commentary is fun to read. In a comedy duo she would be the tsukkomi.

The prince is a highhanded jerk but it's kinda funny? I don't really like him since he is,... more>> as our MC observed, kinda obnoxious but he's not absolutely despicable so that's nice? <<less
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Victuuri Road
Victuuri Road rated it
October 17, 2020
Status: --
(っ´▽`) っ It was fun and quick to read. In the first half, I was hoping for a divorce and large alimony lol. But that final part kinda made up for it?

I feel pretty satisfied with the ending, even though we're kinda left hanging on some parts. I've read worse fics.

Nice translation! It's a one-shot, so don't expect a full out plot, world building, character development, etc.
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bakarutt
bakarutt rated it
November 20, 2020
Status: Completed
Cute oneshot. I really enjoyed the reason behind why her name kept being mistaken, but there wasn't enough buildup for it to have as big of an impact as I would prefer. That's what happens with short stories though.
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Smtha
Smtha rated it
October 16, 2020
Status: --
It’s a sweet very short story. Good to read.
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FreyjaVanadis
FreyjaVanadis rated it
October 11, 2022
Status: Completed
Cute, short and sweet - Ella ran off with the wizard who dressed her up for the single night on the town she wanted before they eloped, prince is a JERK (and the translator CONSTANTLY makes fun of him for it, which I ADORE), and Adelina is the epitome of the quiet introvert who sighs, puts on her big girl panties, does her research, and then makes the best of the situation the idiots around her have dumped her into. All she's missing is a group project where she's the... more>> only one doing anything. The twist with the name is cute, and it was a REALLY fast read. <<less
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chande
chande rated it
April 19, 2022
Status: Completed
Quite entertaining story but I didn't quite like the characters in it, particularly ML and Ella. I disliked ML because he was such a jerk in his first meeting with FL.

Spoiler

When ML couldn't get Ella's love, he forced FL to be Ella's substitute no matter how unwilling FL was.

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Ella was also no better. I mean, if she didn't intend to catch ML's attention, why attend the ball in the first place? Or, she should come with the wizard to the ball so ML wouldn't have any thought to her.
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Smolgurl
Smolgurl rated it
May 8, 2021
Status: --
It's a cute sweet story, and it's quick to read.
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Asphyxia778
Asphyxia778 rated it
December 4, 2021
Status: Completed
Short and quick. It's a perfect snack read. Will be over in a snap.

It's cute enough so yeah go try it
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Pimpabb
Pimpabb
March 18, 2021
Status: Completed
Sweet cute little story. I love both of MC and ML so muchhhhhh
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pansikoser
pansikoser rated it
February 9, 2021
Status: Completed
This really did deserve its serialization as a series 😂

The moment it was reveale of the twist it reminded me of Dwayne Jones books (au of Howls Moving Castle).
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bluce_cluce
bluce_cluce rated it
November 23, 2020
Status: c5
This was a very light and fun read!! From the first chapter, you can already tell that the story isn’t particularly substantial haha But it’s fine considering this is only a one shot that got split into diff parts.
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keikomushi
keikomushi rated it
October 15, 2020
Status: part5
Whilst I like the tone and premises of this series, the length constraints of this series resulted in a rushed ending that doesn't have enough of a sufficient payoff. There are also certain things that irked me, such as the romance between the two leads. Another example is as follows:

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Spoiler

Adelina having magic that created a barrier for her falling in love with the prince. Chapter 5 has a big reveal which simply requires the reader to just deal with it. This could have been avoided by the original author putting clues in that suggests Adelina unknowingly has magic. For example, show something strange about how her veggie patch grows.

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As mentioned in the spoiler above, the right amount of foreshadowing can provide a significant payoff for readers because they aren't simply required to just accept the outcome without good reason. <<less
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