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Leehyun, the “Lightning Lord,” is one of the Twelve Apostles, the strongest Hunters in human history. He’s got fame, power, and glory… and he’s given it all up to become a web novelist. But a view from the top is pretty skewed, and Leehyun can’t seem to escape criticism of his writing being “unrealistic.” Luckily, Leehyun's got the perfect solution: he’ll just hide his power, join a low-ranked guild, and farm his team for inspiration! Easy-peasy, right?

After my grandmother's funeral, I woke up in the body of a noblewoman. Specifically, a woman who had died because she didn’t want to get married.The older brother of the man she was supposed to marry comes to me, threatening to pay off her debts, and my father is absolutely no help at all. On top of that, the shop is about to disappear, and the estate is falling apart. Just yesterday, I was a modern person finding small joys like sneaking a coffee from the break room or charging my phone at the office, but now I have to pay off debts and manage an estate. I tried to live a good life, just as the god had said when he gave me this chance… "I wonder if selling a few loaves of bread will really help you pay it back." "Don't worry, I'll pay it off." "If such a miracle happens." He turned to me, standing slightly askew with his arms crossed over his chest. Even in his anger, he looked astonishingly handsome. "If that miracle occurs, I'll kneel before you and kiss the top of your foot."Grandma said that good things come to those who live honestly, but my life ended in some car accident. Luckily, I was given a second chance to live an upright life! And so I found myself in the body of Everdeen Usher, a woman who fled home to avoid marrying into a ducal house. Wait, I’m a noble?! Oh crap, my fiancé’s older brother is demanding I pay back the dowry my useless father took! With all the odds against me, can I live an honest life and reach a different ending this time?

Thirty years ago, Lynn embarked on a quest to destroy the Orb of Evil, but she was betrayed and sacrificed by her companions to seal the orb. Now, she has woken up in the body of a young girl, only to find out that she was framed as a traitor and is now remembered as such in history. To make matters worse, the child whose body she's borrowing appears to have been traumatized by years of abuse. Lynn is determined to set the record straight... But first, she'll avenge this little girl!“Please die,” they said. Words from comrades she’d fought beside for a decade.“I’m sorry, Rin. For the sake of the world, you must be the one to die.”And as everything faded away, she felt it was truly the end.‘…Huh?’ Rin opened her eyes again. Thirty years had passed, and she’d awakened as the illegitimate child of the Tusrina family—now known as the Apostle of the Gods!===“You are an exceptional talent. It would be a waste to let you wither away here. Would you come with me?”Rin stared at the man holding out his hand. One of the four heroes celebrated by the world. The very one who’d betrayed her in her past life, now attempting to adopt her because she resembled his old comrade's swordsmanship.Are you insane? As if I'd ever let you adopt me!

Yoon Hee-woo, a devilish gay man with a slender physique and handsome face. He has always had an unsatisfactory sex life because of people who treat him like a liability, even though he is a top. But one day, he receives a suspicious app that can hypnotize him... Okay, feel free to step on these big, proud guys!

Returning student, Junseob, boasts in front of his juniors about dating the campus goddess, Seryeong. However, Seryeong's true identity unravels, revealing a cross-dressing man who, instead of playing along as Junseob's pretend girlfriend, demands a real relationship.

I was exhausted from reading the script all night and fell asleep, but it was about a kimchi fight, a secret birth, and an amnesia. I suddenly possessed Cha Ye-ryun, the villainous girl from the drama 'Flower of Ordeals', which is full of all kinds of absurd situations. "I will protect you, Cha Ye-ryun. If I can’t go back to reality even after the drama ends, then I will be you." Cha Ye-ryun only has one goal - avoiding her unfortunate ending where she has to spend the rest of her life in prison. Will she be able to overcome the unfortunate ending and escape the Flower of Ordeals?

Joohan is a devout deacon with a fiery personality, actively volunteering at an orphanage. Songmi, intrigued by Joohan and attending the church out of curiosity, discovers that he, who appeared more abstinent than others, is unexpectedly getting turned on while whipping himself...

Jichan the alpha is a director at a conglomerate run by his gang but must fight to keep his rivals from stealing his position. Just when he's desperate to produce results, he's offered a promising business deal by Eugene, the director of a famous pharmaceutical company. However, Jichan's hope turns to despair when Eugene kidnaps him and uses him as a test subject for a trait converter drug. Turned into an omega and confined against his will, Jichan is forced to submit to Eugene, a merciless alpha. But why is Eugene being strangely vengeful when they barely know each other? Note: Both 15+ and 19+ version exists.

I, Paresa Menzel, a money-grubbing handmaiden to the infamous Empress. I thought she was the ultimate villainess, but she's nothing more than a prickly cat?! But then I realized that there was a lot more to her than meets the eyes, so I wanted to help her. "If you are a spy disguised as a maid, I have no choice but to dispose of you." But I never expected to be noticed by the crown prince. It's bad enough that my heart flutters every time I see the face of the most beautiful one in the empire...! I know I seem suspicious, but my loyalty to the Empress is genuine!Paresa Menzel, lured by the promise of high pay, agrees to serve the empress who is known to be a cruel villainess. Anticipating evil incarnate, she instead finds a complex woman with hidden scars, which makes her solidify her vow to aid her. However, Paresa seems to be hiding something, which causes the crown prince to become suspicious of her. Though his captivating beauty unnerves her and challenges her resolve, Paresa's steadfast loyalty to the empress stands firm. Will her hidden past endanger them, or will it forge unexpected bonds in this dangerous game of deception and loyalty?

Bianca de Arno was a ruthless countess in the Kingdom of Sevran, infamous for being a wicked and selfish wife. While her husband, Count Zachary de Arno, bravely risked his life out on the battlefield, she sat at home and spent his money. It wasn’t until her final day that Bianca realized the error of her ways. Before she died, Bianca prayed for a second chance, swearing she would do better, and woke up in her 19-year-old body. With her second chance, Bianca starts to see everything in a new light... starting with her husband.Bianca de Blanchefort. The wife of Zachary de Arno, thrown out of Arno family after his death due to her self-indulgent, frivolous, and immoral behavior. She had nowhere to go, the Blanchefort family having already fallen to ruin, and was more or less kicked to a convent out in the border. A woman who ultimately met her end on a cold stone floor. A villainess with no honor: that was Bianca’s life before she went back in time.=== “Is this truly reality? Did I really travel back to the past?”This was neither a dream nor a hallucination. This feeling of hunger, fatigue, the vivid sense of everything around her… This was all real. If this was indeed reality… If God truly gave her one more precious chance…!‘I’m going to carry out a business. A marriage is a business in the end. Zachary’s child will be the perfect source of financial support. I’m sure my dowry will remain safe too. I won’t have to lose the Blanchefort or Arno territories to that damned viscount either.’Then whether it be through seduction or persuasion, she needed to give birth to her husband, Zachary’s child.“How much was my dowry exactly?”“400 calves, 900 pigs, 100 units of silverware, 300 rolls of silk, 2 crates of jewels, and a portion of a territory… Equivalent to a two-year budget for the Arno county.”“Don’t you think you should compensate for that?”Original Novel:R19: Joara, KakaoPage, RidiBooksR15: KakaoPage, Naver SeriesOriginal Webtoon:R19: Daum, KakaoPageR15: Daum, KakaoPageOfficial Translations:EnglishChinese (Simplified) / 汉语Chinese (Traditional) / 漢語French / FrançaisIndonesian / Bahasa IndonesiaJapanese / 日本語Thai / ภาษาไทย

With the unexplained emergence of dungeons came a relentless onslaught of monsters that overwhelmed humanity. Even the Awakened, humans with special abilities to fight monsters, couldn’t stop the destruction of the world. In the end, only Sungin Kim, the most powerful Awakened, was left standing. Upon his death, Sungin wakes up twenty years in the past as an unassuming high school student named Soohyun Kim. He’s not sure how or why he was brought back, but he does know this is his second chance to save the world and redeem himself as a hero.

Ant Studio collection of short romance stories which publish once a week. Currently 5 stories are lined up.

When the weak and unconfident Choi Yikyung first found out that he was a user, he thought he had finally hit the jackpot. In Yikyung’s mind, Necromancy seemed like the ultimate mix of cool and interesting. Back then, he had no idea that the Necromancer class was the weakest of them all! But as Yikyung enters the newly reopened Tower of Spirits in search of enhancement materials, he is sucked into a mysterious area of the dungeon where he encounters a frightening corpse. “Ding!” A quest window pops up, and it says… “You have made a pact with Seo Dawon, a vengeful spirit.” When tackling quests, it doesn’t hurt to have a companion or two, especially if one of them is the spirit of an ultra powerful and handsome young man. After all, “it’s dangerous to go alone”!Original Webtoon Official Simplified Chinese TranslationOfficial German TranslationOfficial French Translation

Dawoon's ordinary life is turned upside down when he is summoned into the Dungeon, where he must play a deadly game, outlasting dangerous monsters and life-threatening traps. To make matters worse, he's only a mere crafter with zero combat abilities. But after Dawoon falls into a trap and survives after a glitched reset, he's gained random but oddly helpful skills. He'll need to get creative to clear the game and return home, with a bloodthirsty assistant and an adorable ground squirrel along for the ride. Now that the rules no longer apply to him, what possibilities await in the tunnels below.

This action comedy follows the amnesic Kaleb Tanese, younger brother to the second king of Tanesia, as he runs against time to find the kidnapped holy lady and the stolen six star fragments and prevent the world from descending into another disastrous war. Along with two investigators who are after the truth of the kidnapping, and the captain of Tanesia's knights, he begins by trying to borrow the seventh star fragment, "Alkaid", which can be used to track down the other six.

When I opened my eyes I had become the duchess.But something isn’t right. I went as far as becoming a character but I’m just a duchess in name that gets mistreated by the maids and ignored by her husband. What a crappy life! Gosh, I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ll just quietly enjoy my tea, was what I thought.“Can you prepare tea for me again next time?”Something’s gone wrong with my cold husband!Original Webtoon: Daum, KakaoPageOfficial Translations:EnglishChinese (Simplified) / 汉语French / FrançaisIndonesian / Bahasa IndonesiaJapanese / 日本語Thai / ภาษาไทย

“I will reclaim the honor that was trampled beneath your feet.” After seven years of isolation, her unjust prison sentence finally comes to an end. April Lunos lost her parents and her family’s honor as the price for trying to punish the fiancé who betrayed her. Now, she is determined to take her revenge. But what awaits her beyond prison is not freedom… It is another fabricated accusation. “Arrest April Lunos. She is the prime suspect in the series of murders committed over the past three years.” A serial murder case… pinned on someone who spent those very years behind bars? Amid this absurd accusation, she comes face to face with Vijin Deus—the younger brother of her former fiancé and her childhood friend. Why has Vijin come to the estate? And can April clear her name and restore the spring her family once lost? Original Webtoon: Daum, KakaoPage

A child-soldier mage regains memories of a past life on the battlefield—and realizes this world is a novel with a doomed, apocalyptic ending. To avert it, the plan is simple: stick to the story’s “hero” and keep him alive. After some twists, the narrator sneaks into the duke’s household as the adopted youngest. One problem (actually three): the hero hates mages, the narrator is a deserter, and a messy mix-up has them living under a swapped-gender disguise. Now it’s constant tiptoeing to avoid being found out while plotting how to protect the hero… and somehow there’s always time for strawberry cake. A cozy, chaos-filled tale of a secretive “maknae” with a lot to hide.

Anriette may look like an average noble, but she's actually a human who's been transported into the world of her favorite novel, cursed by its author for writing fanfics critical of the original ending. And as Anriette, her fate is to be slain by the very male lead she wrote her fanfics about! Can she use her inside knowledge to craft the ending she always dreamed of for her favorite lead?She possessed the body of Anri Wentworth, the daughter of a family that was unjustly executed by the Male Lead. Duke Edwin Askar, the queen’s faithful dog… No, the decadent man who would become her lover and a sycophant.Just avoid the male lead and evade death!Then one day. The mare of the carriage she’s riding makes eye contact with the stallion of the carriage the male lead is riding…?The accidental carriage accident brings her face to face with Edwin.“How about we get married instead.”With determination dripping from his indifferent eyes, Edwin proposes a contract marriage to Anri…‘By the way, what about the queen?’

An arranged marriage tied her to a child groom eight years younger. A sudden accident ends everything—until she opens her eyes in a new body. Determined to erase the past and start over, she keeps her distance… until a chance encounter with the former husband, now a grown man acting strangely. “I never forgot you. Not for a single moment.” Ten years on, he still hasn’t let go. And the now-older ex warns, “Don’t forget that I’m watching you.” Her fresh start is suddenly under suspicion.

“You’ll get hurt if you’re close to him.” “I don’t know why he’s so unlucky.” “Yeonjae, I’m scared of you…” “Lee Yeonjae,” avoided by everyone as if just being near him beings misfortune. Even he thinks it’s weird. Why do bad things only happen around me? I wonder how it feels to live a life of being loved and not hurting those around me. But, was even wishing for that too much? —Bam!! After an accident, I woke up in a strange place facing a mysterious entity. “Strange. You should’ve died according to your fate, so why are you still alive?” One truth I learned after meeting that entity is, \[I can avoid misfortune if I act like someone else.] To survive, I have to become an actor.

I reincarnated as the younger sister of the male lead in a BL novel. She's a fragile sunfish whose life is in danger even from catching a cold. So, I took advantage of a childhood friend who has healing abilities. The problem is, that ability manifests through skinship. Anyway, it was only a matter of time before this little guy fell in love with the male protagonist, so I didn't worry for long. We held hands and I stole his first kiss... But then, Since when... "Lavie, you're beautiful." "Huh...?" "You should look outside. I couldn't stop myself when I saw you." "Akka, stop it." "If you keep getting nervous like that, it makes me wanna do it more." Why is the guy who should be with the male lead suddenly doing this to me?!

Did our runt Vanessa Blake encounter another god because yours abandoned you? May we, the lord of evil Belzebuth, tell you something interesting? Most humans seek your god when they end up meeting us. They seem to think their lord will save them and seeing their desperation never fails to make us laugh. That is because their god is just our other half. You may see your many reincarnations as a sign of your god’s disdain, but we feel you are beloved. Thus, we shall give you whatever you desire.

I possessed a supporting character in a reverse harem novel. A young concubine who, in the end, was driven to death for treason after begging for attention from the regnant empress who was the female lead, and doing wicked things to the male leads who were the concubines. Despite everything, the fortunate thing was that I possessed her right after entering the Imperial Palace. Even if everyone in the Imperial Palace were wary of me, they didn’t hate me yet.‘Let’s not be impudent, and be obedient.’I obstinately didn’t need nor have the mindset of trying to be loved by the Empress. Although the male leads who were the concubines were giving me glances, I could just lie flat. Since it wasn’t even a very difficult thing, I really did so. It was definitely like that, but–“Come to my bedchamber tonight. I’ll read you a fairy tale book!”“P-please don’t cry. I’ll give you this.”Just why is everyone’s attitude endlessly gentle? I couldn’t understand. And it was baffling.‘…I don’t need it though?’I wasn’t really a young kid lacking affection. And that gaze in which they looked at me as if I were the loveliest in the world was extremely uncomfortable. Just where would I use a fairy tale book that’s full of jewels and silk, and the magic pearl which is the Imperial family’s heirloom? Since it’s already been done, I just wish for everyone to get out of my palace.In the nation of Seora, Yehwa Aryun is the Empress Regnant, and her court is full of consorts with special powers. The newest member of the imperial court is 8-year-old Sanya Yeoran. And although she has no powers, Sanya actually has the mind of an adult who knows exactly what will happen in this fantasy world, because she already read about it in her past life. Thanks to that, she comes up with a plan to avoid her tragic execution: stay away from Yehwa and her jealous consorts at all costs!

I possessed a character in the novel I had been writing roughly for a year: A wicked woman who was destined to die horribly within the next two years. ‘Is this the price for making the readers suffer?’ Anyway, the male lead was suffering from rolling over like a hoop. For the welfare of my creation, the poor male lead, and for my survival, I got a job at the mansion as a maid. And now… “Lady Laria is the best, after all. I want you to be the mistress of the Blackwell Grand Duchy.” “Laria is the best!” “Laria, like my mother?” The whole family of the Grand Duke likes me. Even the Grand Duke is obsessed with me, performing all sorts of tricks… “The Lady and I are engaged.” Yes? Since when? “My children and I need Lady Sherwood. I have no intention of letting her go.” What’s wrong with everyone all of a sudden? I just worked for the welfare of the male lead.

After rescuing a little boy and obtaining a magic ring by chance, Adele is suddenly transported 10 years into the future as a high roller.She participates in the gambling tournament at Grand Master Rudy's request, and came to meet the Young Master Elfenheim, whose name, speech and appearance seem oddly familiar. What's this weird sense of deja vu?"I'm not sure if you've heard of this before, but the Young Master Elfenheim even went on a ship to find his first love using a pendulum as bait." "His first love?"On top of that, she apparently looks quite similar to the description of his first love?Original Webtoon Official Simplified Chinese Translation

TURN BACK THE SANDS OF TIME… The vile Aria Roscent is sentenced to execution for her cruel and vicious misdeeds against her angelic half sister, Mielle. Even Aria herself believes it’s what she deserves—until Mielle gleefully reveals that she was the true mastermind all along. The helpless Aria makes a final, fervent wish for a chance to redo everything just as the blade swings down…and snaps to attention at the dining room table as her fourteen-year-old self! Armed with knowledge of what’s to come, Aria’s ready to turn the tables on Mielle!(Source: Yen Press)Note:The Book version isn't available in Korean officially.

With the marriage of her prostitute mother to the Count, Aria’s status in society skyrocketed immediately. After leading a life of luxury, Aria unfairly meets death because of her sister Mielle’s schemes. And right before she dies, she sees an hourglass fall as if it were a fantasy. And just like that, she was miraculously brought back to the past.“I want to become a very elegant person, just like my sister, Mielle.”In order to face the villainess, she must become an even more wicked villainess. This was the new path Aria chose to take revenge on Mielle who murdered both her and her mother.After her lowly mother married a count, Aria enjoyed a life full of luxury while harassing her gentle stepsister Mielle. Several years later, Aria is about to be executed when Mielle reveals that she wickedly tricked Aria into building the bad reputation that ultimately brought her to the scaffold. Just as Aria desperately wishes she could change her fate, she sees a curious hourglass that takes her back into the past.Now, Aria can destroy Mielle by using her own tactics against her like a true villainess. The power of the hourglass is on her side...Can Aria take everything from Mielle, or will her actions change the past in ways she couldn't have imagined? Based on the hit novel.

"Only I can see the future in this deadly game."Yoon-Jae leads an empty life after his wife and daughter are brutally murdered. One day, his journal reveals one mysterious sentence: "You can see them again."Yoon-Jae is pulled into a parallel universe where everyone is a player in a lethal game, and the final survivor will be granted any wish.Desperate to be reunited with his family, will Yoon-Jae succeed in fighting his way in this hellish world to be the last one standing?Links:Original Webtoon Official Japanese TranslationOfficial Simplified Chinese Translation

After her lowly mother married a count, Aria enjoyed a life full of luxury while harassing her gentle stepsister Mielle. Several years later, Aria is about to be executed when Mielle reveals that she wickedly tricked Aria into building the bad reputation that ultimately brought her to the scaffold. Just as Aria desperately wishes she could change her fate, she sees a curious hourglass that takes her back into the past. Now, Aria can destroy Mielle by using her own tactics against her like a true villainess. The power of the hourglass is on her side...Can Aria take everything from Mielle, or will her actions change the past in ways she couldn't have imagined? Based on the hit novel. Original Novel: Kakaopage, Naver Series, Ridibooks Original Webtoon: Kakaopage, Daum Official Translations: English: Tappytoon, Tapas Other: French, German, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai

A story taking place after the events of Seven Knights 1. What happened to Seyn after her struggle against the demonic power contained within her body? With the curtains drawn, Seyn’s story now unfolds before you!

Korea's Top Star, Oh Yoon-Seo (Real name: Oh Jin-Shim) At the time when she was at the peak of her popularity, she had to retire due to rumors with a third-generation conglomerate spreading. "What can I do to be the female lead?!" "Law firm secretary, Me.th.od. Acting." My god, she has it all, beauty, body, and intelligence, but the one thing God didn't give her was, acting. \[The story that inspired the popular K-drama, Touch Your Heart.]

Ever since high school, Sang Hwa has had a crush on his seemingly perfect best friend, Ryuh Han. Feeling both inferior and lonely, he delved into Lessa, an MMO slowly declining in popularity and an escape from Ryuh Han. In game, he stumbled across newbie "Mighty Mirae" - real name Gwon Lee Gum - and the two become fast friends as "Idealize"/Sang Hwa helps to train him and invite him to his guild. Yet, Mirae hyung still remains a distant, mysterious person until they decide to meet in real life. "Idealize?" "Yes…? Uh, Mirae hyung?" No way, is this gangster really that hyung?!

The Skeleton Soldier is a meager but fiercely loyal fighter who serves to protect its master, Lady Succubus. Its dream of a peaceful life with her is shattered when they're both brutally murdered by a group of warriors one day. But what would’ve been a pathetic end to an unremarkable soul sparks a new beginning: when the Skeleton Soldier opens its eyes again, it has traveled back 20 years in time! "I must warn Lady Succubus of all the things to come!" But with no special combat skills and a history of failure and defeat, how can it stop the horrible events from unfolding again? Follow the Skeleton Soldier as it faces the most challenging quest of all — rewriting the ending to its own story.

A lifetime of hard work has finally paid off for Serin. She's got a nice apartment, a promotion at work, but something's missing. A piece of her that she's pushed away for so long that when it comes back, it beats faster and throbs harder than she could've ever imagined. Flings are for students and teenagers. She may be all grown up, but that doesn't mean she's ready for her first scandal. \[2nd Lezhin Comics Big Comic Contest Prize Winner.] Official Japanese translation: https://www.lezhin.jp/ja/comic/goldmiss

"If you wrote me, then you can give me the throne!" Yoonsoo is the successful author of a popular fantasy series. Just as she's about to start work on a new series, Imperial Prince Kyte Einzen, the worst villain she created has kidnapped her into the world of her own story?! Can she mold this nightmare into a story that will turn both their fates around? Based on the hit novel.

The great Lombardi family was once at the top of the empire. After the death of its patriarch, the fate of the family and that of Firentia, born from a Lombardi and a peasant, fall to ruin at the hands of her useless and cruel cousins. But when she’s reincarnated as her seven-year-old self, she’ll work to protect the family’s honor, gain her grandpa Lulac’s favor, and prevent her own father’s death. In this lifetime, there’s only one way for her to win: become the head of their mighty household.Source: TapasLinks:Alternative Official English - Tappytoon, Pocket Comics