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Dec 4, 2025
“Anyone Can Beat the Original” or “You Think It's Easy Rewriting a Story?” starts like any other manga in this genre: a girl is reborn and realizes that she is now part of a book she once read. However, her character is supposed to die, so she does everything she can to prevent that – and so the story takes its course.
Honestly, that's all you need to know to understand what you're getting into here – but why should you read this manga over the hundreds of others that have a similar premise?
At the beginning, the unusual protagonist is particularly convincing. Not only did she
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grow up among the rich in “our” world and thus knows how to fight against the high society aristocracy, but she also has a rather cheeky and rebellious nature, which repeatedly maneuvers her into entertaining, often even laugh-out-loud funny situations. The whole thing is underscored by a subtly different art style, which is characterized above all by very expressive facial features. Here, faces are contorted in ways that would often be funny on their own.
However, the further the story progresses, the more the main idea behind this book comes to the fore: the story that the protagonist Eve is trying to change seems to be fighting back. Whether it's fate or something else, something seems to be forcing the world to make Eve die a cruel death in a tragedy. This was somewhat entertaining at first, but soon develops into an annoying quirk. Every time a plan seems to be working, something or someone says “NO” and something happens that ruins the plan – often in a way that seems absurd and inappropriate. Even though there are small successes along the way and it seems likely that the story will be changed through a thousand small alterations, it soon becomes quite frustrating.
That's why I enjoyed the manga less towards the end, which is why I'm only giving it 6 out of 10 stars.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Dec 3, 2025
I often like to start my reviews with a comparison of the manga/manhwa/etc. to food. And damn, today we're eating well, today we're eating at a three-star restaurant.
“The Greatest Estate Developer” is one of, if not the best manga/manhwa/manhua I have ever had the honor of reading. It is a work that builds on generic ideas and stories, but manages to bring out the charm of all these tropes like no other. You won't see any extraordinary scenes here, you won't read any stories that are one of a kind: instead, you'll be served the most generic pizza ever, and when you take a bite,
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you'll be on cloud nine. It's important to understand this if you want to understand why I and so many others found this manga so fantastic:
It may not be unusual, it may not have anything new to offer, but I don't know of any story that is as compelling as “The Greatest Estate Developer.” When there's a sad scene, you cry along with it; when there's a scary scene, you're afraid; when a scene is funny, you fall off your chair laughing. It doesn't matter if you've seen or heard it 50 times before, it doesn't matter how many slop isekai tried to tell similar or identical stories, characters, or situations before or after “The Greatest Estate Developer,” no other work has ever told all of this as well or as convincingly as “The Greatest Estate Developer.” Please understand this, because at first glance, this will otherwise seem like the most generic slop mush of all time.
With Chapter 210, the story of this masterpiece has come to an end. Even though there will be additional stories to supplement the manga, it's safe to say that the manga as a whole is complete. I have been reading this story for a long time, so I find it difficult to comment on the earlier chapters. Therefore, I would like to start by copying in a review that I wrote around Chapter 104, and later I will talk about my current impressions and the side stories.
"OLD" REVIEW:
I want to get the review of “The Greatest Estate Designer” out of the way quickly. Why? Because I've been thinking for two days about how to describe why I found this story so incredibly awesome.
It's about a young man who had to work hard his whole life. Although he had a good degree and was popular in the military, he was always exploited because of his successes. But one day, he wakes up with a hangover in the middle of the street and realizes that he is suddenly in the body of a nobleman who is the heir to a heavily indebted count—and that in a story he read recently. Can he now use his education and knowledge in construction to pull himself out of this mountain of debt, or will he fail because the nobleman has an incredibly bad reputation?
Personally, I have a soft spot for bastard protagonists who exploit others to achieve their goals and mercilessly destroy their enemies. And that's exactly what I enjoyed so much here. Someone owes him money for 520 years? No problem, he finds a necromancer to revive him so he can work off the debt. On top of that, we repeatedly get a glimpse of how tragic the story would actually be without him. He is and remains a bastard, but that only ever affects people who deserve it, while tragic heroes are saved by him. What's more, he doesn't fight much, instead defeating his opponents mentally or strategically. AND most importantly: he has the best facial features I've ever seen.
Is that something special? No. It's just damn entertaining, I really had fun and I just can't complain. 9 out of 10 stars.
"OLD" REVIEW END
Back to the present:
Around chapter 180, I updated my rating to 10 out of 10, because this manhwa just keeps getting better. Instead of slowing down—like so many series do after their initial climax—the story picks up twice as strong and impresses with both the best dialogue and facial expressions (sounds strange, but if you're reading the manga, you know what I mean) I've ever seen in any work. In this respect, the manhwa is a masterpiece that will probably never be surpassed.
Now comes the most important question: How do you end such a masterpiece? A story that doesn't lose steam even after hundreds of chapters? Apparently, the team behind the manhwa struggled with this too, because the ending isn't good. The biggest problem is that it feels rushed and there is no epilogue. Since it's THE END, I don't want to write too much about it here, but I can't help but note that a story as brilliant as “The Greatest Estate Developer” doesn't deserve to be cut short like this. It makes sense and concludes the main story, but it just rushes through most of the important points. Problems that plagued the manhwa for over 100 chapters are suddenly resolved in half a chapter. That's not good.
The lack of an epilogue is particularly painful because everything that is not directly related to the main story is completely missing. One can only hope that the side stories will make up for this – speaking of side stories.
Unfortunately, apart from the finale, the side stories are the weakest part of the entire work. They delve into scenes and details that are barely memorable and deal with characters or moments that were never really the focus. It would have been nice to have these additions if they had appeared in the respective chapters at the time. After the finale, however, they simply feel out of place, especially since the really important unanswered questions remain completely untouched.
In conclusion, it is with a surprisingly heavy heart that I can only give it a 9 out of 10. It is outrageous how quickly the ending was rushed through.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Dec 2, 2025
I haven't (fully) watched any anime for at least a year, because I just wasn't interested in slop isekai anymore... or rather, I was able to satisfy my hunger for slop isekai very well with manga and manhwa, which also didn't make me feel guilty when I just skimmed a page.
Due to fond memories of the first season of “Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill,” I am now returning to anime and find myself in a spiral of nostalgia that reminds me why I once loved anime.
Similar to the first season, the second season is not a masterpiece in any sense; it's
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okay to good, but the relaxed mood, cute characters, and atmosphere manage to transport you back to barbecues and campfires, which you almost miss, especially now in winter.
Admittedly, however, I would like to see a little more from the story. Relaxed travel no longer seems to be the focus here; instead, the camping group goes into dungeons or completes dangerous missions with ease. This makes the series seem more and more like an “op-protagonist” anime instead of a slice-of-life series, and as such, in my opinion, it doesn't really work. An easy fix for this would be for the protagonist to get into danger or at least for something exciting to happen that fits with the direction the series seems to be moving in, or by putting more focus on the travels again.
Granted, these are minor criticisms, because as long as you don't pay explicit attention to them or are not pointed them out, the series still manages to belong to the slice-of-life genre. So my criticism is almost more of a concern about a future in which this is no longer the case, because the focus shifts too much to the big, adventurous things instead of staying with the small, relaxed scenes that made the series so good.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Nov 30, 2025
After reading a few more chapters, i added a small edit with spoilers at the bottom of the review.
Being reborn into a book you’ve just read – in most stories, that seems like child’s play. Normally, the protagonist knows what will happen. But what if crucial information is missing? And what if the only way to uncover it is by risking your life?
The charm – if you can call it that – of "I Became the Tyrant's Dishonest Adviser" lies in the way the manhwa initially feels like a typical “girl is reborn into a book she knows and now has to survive” story.
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Time and time again you get exactly that familiar vibe… until something happens that completely disrupts the usual pattern. It seems the book the protagonist read hid something extremely important. Something that threatens her life – yet neither she nor the reader knows what it is.
Many familiar scenarios from this genre do appear: the protagonist saves someone who was supposed to die, or uses her knowledge to reconcile with the male lead. But every time, something goes terribly wrong, and events take a completely unexpected turn.
This wouldn’t be unusual – if the manhwa didn’t stubbornly refuse to reveal what exactly this mysterious hidden element is. Again and again, it seems like the protagonist is finally able to act like a typical heroine of this genre, but right before that can happen, everything falls apart and she has to improvise, talk her way out, or find some other way to survive.
On one hand, this structure makes the manhwa unique and more suspenseful than others that follow the genre formula more strictly. On the other hand, the story also becomes repetitive and at times frustrating. I – and probably other readers – expect a “normal” storyline and get pulled out of that expectation over and over again. At some point, I felt almost paranoid, unable to enjoy any scene properly. But that certain sense that only this genre provides is exactly what I love about this genre. In the end, I’m torn: should I praise how unusual and bold this manhwa is? Or complain about misleading expectations, because it lacks the typical genre feeling?
Admittedly, I haven’t even read 20 chapters yet. But the manhwa is so difficult to digest that I had to write down my thoughts before deciding whether I want to continue reading.
One big plus, though: the artwork so far is absolutely excellent.
Edit: Since I was initially quite interested in the unusual concept, I continued reading until chapter 44. However, I must admit that I have now lost all interest. Perhaps this is because the first chapters exhibited these strange shifts in tone and mood, but the manga/manhwa never really manages to capture the genres atmosphere I described. Nor does it succeed in introducing new elements that really captivate me and play a sufficiently important role to motivate me to continue reading.
For those who want to know what theme comes to the fore after this initial “fluctuation,” here is a brief explanation with minor spoilers:
- A strange love triangle develops between the protagonist and two men. However, she does not notice that both are in love with her, which quickly makes the corresponding scenes feel tiresome.
- The protagonist discovers that someone is pulling the strings behind the scenes and confronts this person. However, she seems astonishingly powerless—as does the emperor. It is never convincingly explained why they don't simply throw this character into the dungeon, take more direct action against them, or at least seriously focus on preventing them from destroying the country.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Nov 16, 2025
With only 30 chapters, the biggest criticism of “The Extra Wants to Escape From the Obsessive Male Lead” is that the manhwa is too short.
The story begins in a classic way: a woman is reborn as the villain of a book she read in “our” world and now wants to survive.
The twist: this book should be rated R. When the manhwa starts, the protagonist immediately says that there are some rituals involving sex in the book, and even though we don't get to see any of them , the manhwa also turns out to be aimed at adults, as it is unusually brutal and
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bloody for a story of this kind.
The man the protagonist has fake-married is particularly convincing, as he is portrayed as a psycho, just like his subordinates. Not only does the manhwa say that they are all crazy, but it also ensures that the reader is convinced that this house is not particularly nice—except to the protagonist, because she is the only one who is nice within this world, and so not only the master of the house but also the entire house falls for her. Only problem is that it's a forbidden love that would curse the head of the household and fake husband if it continues.
At the same time, there is a danger that one of the enemy noble houses will discover the secret of the protagonist and her fake husband – and here, too, it is made very clear that they are not squeamish. Because everything here is so convincingly brutal and bloody, I was really on the edge of my seat, simply because it felt as if failure would have real consequences.
Conclusion: If I could travel to the future, this is one of the first books I would have to read. 9 out of 10 potato points – not 10/10 because the manhwa still feels like it has only just begun, so I want to remain cautious in case it gets worse.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Nov 15, 2025
Only short review cause i can't be bothered to give my review more flesh on it's bones then the discussed manga gives his story, world and characters.
“The Villainess Just Wants to Live in Peace!” is a manga in the classic “woman reborn in the body of a villain from a book she read tries not to die” format. What is striking is that the work focuses very strongly on a single character whom the protagonist did something to. Everything else is pretty irrelevant or quickly becomes irrelevant. As a result, it often happens that you get excited about something new, but then it quickly fades
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into the background as the manga returns to the same old story. This is particularly frustrating because everything that has nothing to do with the protagonist and this one character is dealt with quickly or even skipped altogether. For example, at one point, ten years are simply skipped because the two did not see each other.
In summary, this story doesn't develop into the same old thing that would be indistinguishable from all other stories of this kind because it cuts out everything good and bad that goes beyond the relationship between the two characters mentioned. Even though I read all the chapters that are available, I can't recommend it because I was fooled the whole time by the scenes when it seemed that something more than just moments between the two could happen. 3 out of 10 potato points, because at least the story between the characters isn't completely disastrous.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Nov 9, 2025
No matter how often you eat frozen pizza, it always goes down well. Maybe you need to take a two-week break every now and then, and of course it will never taste fantastic. But it's always okay.
That's exactly how I feel about this type of manhwa/manga...
“Terminally-Ill Genius Dark Knight” is about a protagonist who knows he will die within the next two years – and lose all his memories and abilities in the process. So he decides to spend the rest of his time playing his favorite game until he drops. But when he starts his 27th run, death suddenly sets in – and he
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wakes up as the character he just created. The only problem is that in his final moments, he modeled this character after himself – also terminally ill.
This concept could be genuinely compelling. For instance, what if the protagonist only had 100 days to live and had to use his knowledge to beat the game within that time to find a cure? Perhaps this could even be implemented as a rogue-lite, with multiple attempts that build upon each other.
Unfortunately, none of that happens. Instead, “Terminally-Ill Genius Dark Knight” delivers one of the most generic isekai stories I've read in a long time. There are a few good moments that are better than “okay” and some weak scenes that I didn't like – but overall, the whole thing is like frozen pizza: solid, predictable, yet somehow quite enjoyable.
What's particularly striking is how flat all the characters seem. This is emphasized because the protagonist Nox constantly emphasizes how “complex” and “lively” the characters around him are – while the reader just thinks: Huh? Which characters does he mean?
Nevertheless, I had fun reading it – perhaps precisely because I haven't consumed anything like this in a long time. Therefore, I give it: 5 out of 10 potato points.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Oct 4, 2025
Reborn with the knowledge that your own father hates you and wants to kill you – what do you do?
The protagonist, Athanasia, decides to keep a low profile and one day flee the palace with jewellery. Unfortunately, she encounters her father, a tyrant and emperor, and is forced to play cute. Seemingly amused by her desperate attempts, he wants to see her more often.
‘Who Made Me a Princess’ is complete with 125 chapters – something that rarely happens and usually indicates that the author had to abandon the story for some reason. Here, however, it is truly complete, but unfortunately that still doesn't bode well.
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understand my problem, you first have to answer a question: Why would anyone read a story like this? In my opinion, you usually start reading it because you want to see the (cute) father-daughter dynamic. And that's exactly what this manhwa delivers for the first 50 (?) chapters.
But, unsurprisingly, a story has to be incorporated that isn't really interesting. What initially seems like one of many arcs to come, in which father and daughter grow closer while the emperor crushes envious nobles under his boots or destroys entire empires for his daughter, turns out to be an astonishingly lengthy and, as I said, rather boring story that I really didn't want to read. Honestly, it wasn't bad, but I just didn't want it. The manhwa promised me cute father-daughter dynamics and delivered them for over 50 chapters, so why on earth did it have to stop?!
In fact, the work ends after this story is completed. The ending seems well-rounded, but ultimately it gives the impression that it was simply cut off in the middle, when I wanted to read so much more about the father-daughter dynamic.
Conclusion: I can recommend this insofar as it is a fairly typical manhwa of its kind. Perhaps I am alone in my opinion, but unfortunately almost all manga/manhwa/manhua of this kind have the idiotic habit of incorporating a story after 50+ chapters and making it the linchpin of the work. Exceptions are rare and are among my absolute favourites (see, for example, The Beloved Little Princess). All in all, the characters here are still nice to watch, so I'm giving it 6 out of 10 potato points.
Edit: I have read that this was adapted from a light novel and as far as i understand it the original doesn't have this generic, boring and way to long final arc (or at least keeps it short) so maybe thats more worthwile to read.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Oct 3, 2025
Is there a moment in your life that ruined everything? One that you would give anything to undo if you could?
At a young age, the protagonist loses his parents in a terrible accident, only to be abused by his uncle afterwards. In the end, he works himself to near death in the hope of finding a new meaning in life, but the protagonist of this story gets a second chance when he also experiences a terrible accident and wakes up a few days before his parents died.
Let's start with my biggest criticism: ‘The Genius’ doesn't really seem genius. It is repeatedly hinted that the protagonist
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has special abilities, but that's all it is. Nothing but hints, which is why you find yourself wondering when exactly this ‘genius’ from the title will play a role.
But that's not exactly my biggest problem with the work; rather, it's that it can be found on all levels. There are repeated hints that there is something interesting that could perhaps play a bigger role in the future, but in all 43 chapters that I've been able to read so far, nothing is done with it. For example, at the beginning there are repeated hints that his rebirth has a special background, but after the reader is left with a cliffhanger, the subject soon disappears altogether.
That doesn't mean that ‘The Genius Wants To Be Ordinary!’ is bad – even if it's not good. This is partly because the characters are quite likeable, and even though there are only relaxed scenes and hardly any progress in any (overarching) story or action or humour or anything else, it's just enough to keep the reader engaged with the book.
And as frustrating as it was, part of the reason this book is so fascinating is because it opens up a few storylines – such as the background of rebirth – but then hardly pursues them. The questions ‘What is this actually about, what exactly does the manga want to tell and what does the protagonist want to achieve?’ do linger in your mind, and even if the lack of any answers can be frustrating, it's not frustrating enough to put the manhwa down.
Conclusion: There's a reason why this story isn't well known – even as a pure relaxation manga, it's only okay in the end, but if you like this kind of thing or are interested in the mystery surrounding the protagonist's abilities and rebirth, as well as others, then I can't advise against it, at least.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Sep 27, 2025
I briefly checked out ‘A Boy Raised by Gods Will Be The Strongest,’ but quickly gave up. Reason: This is a textbook good-guy story, with less depth than a puddle on the street and no rough edges, which makes it boring very quickly. If you like stories like this, then it might be for you, but as a story for a wider audience, especially those who have read manga before, this is just old ham that hasn't even been repackaged properly.
If you are still interested, let me summarize everything i kinda liked cause everything i disliked can be summarized into "thats so generic i have
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read it 9999 times already and i dont even like this trope".
- There are cute animals
- The artstyle isn't to bad, even if its kinda generic
Yeah thats it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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