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As the title says, these are manga that focus on a female protagonist that seeks revenge. Whether fantasy or a modern setting, these center on blackened main characters who, after having their morals tainted, aim to exact revenge on those who wronged them. Unlike their male-protagonist counterpart, the female-centric stories tend to feature less gore, but they are not excluded from it.

Note: If a series had both a LN/novel and manga, then only the manga was included to allow space for more entries.

Revenge-centric with Male Protagonist Stack: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/1307

Here are my top Korean webcomics. I consider these the best manwhas atm but I will keep updating this list!

All of these are romance, but they're also either fantasy or isekai (or both) *.*

Expect themes of family, revenge, aristocracy, and/or reverse harems in most of these!

Finally, enjoy the beautiful colored art and interesting stories <3


Other recommendations that aren’t in MAL yet:
-The Golden Hair Wizard




Tags: Otome isekai / Best manwha / korean webtoons / strong female lead / fantasy manwha / reincarnation manwha / romance manwha / reincarnated / manwha recommendations / manwha recs

Part 2 on https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5964
Part 3 on https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6727
Part 4 on https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7910
Part 5 on https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9417

Otome Isekai is a sub-genre of Isekai where the main character(s) are in some way transported to another world that resembles an otome game...

It is essentially the girly version of the modern shounen isekai that goes in the direction of female wish fulfillment. Instead of stuck in an action game, she's stuck in a romance novel or romance game. It is almost always "died and reborn there" rather than the sort of "stuck" we see in Sword Art Online or the "teleported" we saw in the 90s.

—r/OtomeIsekai (credit to definition)

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗲𝗸𝗮𝗶 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗵𝗮'𝘀 (´꒳`)
- 𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚠𝚑𝚊'𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 F𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎 L𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜
- 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕
- N𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢
- 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 & 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚝
- 𝙴𝚙𝚒𝚌 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚘 (¬‿¬ )
- 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚠𝚑𝚊'𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐

Here I put some of the romance manhwas that I love and some even have a few similarities, types like Historical (Duke/Duchess, Prince/Princess, Empress/Emperor, King/Queen, Lady), Villainess/Villains, Family, Magic, and a few modern ones...

links to the rest:
favs 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8551
favs 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8553
favs 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8554
favs 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9566
favs 6 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/10454
favs 7 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/14386
favs 8 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/14989
favs 9 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/16432
favs 10 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21244

as protagonistas (os) desses manhwas, acordaram um dia e descobriram que haviam possuído um corpo de outra pessoa, em outro mundo, então tentam sobreviver e se adaptar a esse novo mundo

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9140
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/27783
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/38594
Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51956

Manhwas that in my opinion have a unique, beautiful and amazing drawing style and with splendid character designs.

faves

Manga (but mainly Manhwa) where the female lead goes through rehabilitation to reclaim what was once theirs or should be theirs in life either through reincarnation, time travel, recuperation, or simply by wandering into it accidentally.

Not on MAL
Depths of Malice
Vengeance from a Saint Full of Wounds
Why Would a Villainess Have Virtues?
Political Marriage With a Friendly Enemy
Abandoned Wife Has a New Husband
I Won't Pick Up The Trash I Threw Away Again

manhwa about main character who reverse time or reincarnation to novel/game/ other character (PART 2)

Notes: I have definitely watched/read the anime/manga that I give a rating
I will not give a rating below 5, Rating 5 for me = 1, >8 = recommended
if it's not good for me, the status "Dropped" and no rating

The compilation / interest stack for blonde female leads in manhwas, mostly otome isekai.

💛 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧? 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰!
➡️ https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40123?view_style=list

💛 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐀𝐋, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞- 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭!
🍯 The Golden-Haired Summoner
🍯 This Life, the Way I Want


𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: I do not guarantee the quality of the story. This is merely a compilation list. Happy reading! ☁️

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