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Reading about Lariensa was an innocent pastime, but Song Yiseul never imagined becoming personally entangled in her story. When she wakes up in a fictional world as Lariensa’s best friend Marilyn, she quickly realizes that her favorite novel’s star desperately needs her protection. The thing is, Lariensa is just a little too sweet for her own good, which makes her an easy target for master manipulators like Sibel Noma Kahn. As Lariensa’s loyal friend, it’s up to Marilyn to save her from the boy who will one day ruin her life. But Marilyn’s desperate attempts to circumvent Sibel only seem to pique his devilish curiosity. With the antagonist now suddenly interested in her, Marilyn sets out to foil Sibel's sinister plot to use her to get to Lariensa.
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Both are isekai where the protagonists kind of... distract... the original yandere antagonist of the story from their would-be love interest/victim... and are just kind of trying to survive the story... both are fun, funny with likeable protagonists that go on to have a close relationship the original protagonist of the story
After being reborn as a wealthy duchess's daughter, Yurenia Rohelio thought she’d live her days rolling in cash. Unfortunately, she’s also fated to die at the hands of her obsessive, villainous brother Lysandro! To secure a happy ending, Yurenia has little choice but to train her psychotic twin while he's still young so he doesn't become a villain! But just when she thinks her plan will bear fruit, she begins to realize that there is actually more to this dark story than meets the eye...
One day, Jade Kinsel finds herself in the world of the novel. She decides that, while she is here, she'd try and change the ending of her favorite character—Duke Dubless. Rather than the sad, underdog second-lead that loses out on the girl and eventually dies alone, Jade would find him his own match and let him meet an ending he truly deserves. She awaits the appearance of Minne, the main character and saintess that will get the ball rolling... But once the original novel begins, Jade notices that something is wrong—the story has changed its course!
Rosa remembers her past life. She remembers reading about the Helios Empire in a novel before dying suddenly in an accident. When she is reborn into that exact world as Rosa Veronica, she lives day to day and works hard to make ends meet until one day when someone from the Duke of Estella’s estate comes to fetch her. When she arrives and meets her biological father, her life is turned upside down once again as she’s forced to live the life of Rozenta Estella, the sole heir to the Estella estate and the only son of the Duke of Estella. Through the power of magical artifacts, she's able to live the life of Rozenta, a supporting male character from a novel she once read in a previous life. She decides to embrace this new life as the familiar narrative unfolds before her. Despite knowing the overall story and its characters, she's surprised that the male and female leads have not become the characters she's read about.
The moment Arcelia woke up and found herself in a fantasy novel, she knew she was in trouble. Owning the power of a truth seeker didn't make life easier for her, either. Forced to pay the debts of a person she trusted, she strikes a deal with Duke Kasius Arren Ambrose, the most powerful person in the empire. Only Arcelia can help him return to his dragon form by helping him find the "Piece of God", and he is the only one who can save her from the loan sharks. Arcelia knows she shouldn't mix business and pleasure, but how can she resist when the Duke is the cutest man she's ever met?!
Istina was just an ordinary high school girl until she got struck by lightning. Upon opening her eyes, she realizes that she has woken up inside her favorite novel. At first, she’s ecstatic that she’ll get to meet her favorite character, Laon, but her excitement quickly dies down when she gets a look at her reflection in a mirror. The beautiful little girl looking back at her, with red hair and purple eyes, is the bully who torments Laon relentlessly and makes his childhood a living hell. But mending her relationship with Laon isn’t the only thing Istina has to worry about. Laon is fated to die while protecting the female lead, but Istina isn’t about to let that happen, even if it means that she’ll have to get her hands dirty. Will Istina be able to tame the prickly swordmaster and change his ending at the same time?
I detest the cold yet when I woke up, I found myself reincarnated in the world of a novel as the wife of the Grand Duke of the North! But whyyy the North!? I tried to escape because honestly, it feels like I’m going to freeze to death, but each and every one of my escape attempts was in vain due to the Grand Duke! “It’s up to you to try and run or not, I’ll just catch you again and again.” Why do you keep obsessing over me when we’re supposed to be a bad couple according to the original story? I can’t live here because it’s too cold!
I woke up in the body of Charlotte Rania, an extra that was not even mentioned in the novel I had read. Because of that, I had thought that the cut-throat social world and politics were the worst I would have to deal with, but then I accidentally met a small child in the forest and saved him. Turns out the little boy is Theo, the younger brother of the Male Lead! When the little kid made a fuss that he wouldn’t go home, the male lead Carlyle Heinst, who was originally supposed to be in a contract marriage turned true love with the female lead, offers Charlotte this exact contract marriage… Can I kiss my peaceful life as an extra good-bye now?!
Adelaide Sergio never knew luxury until she was reborn as a wealthy count’s daughter. She was set to inherit the family estate, but her scheming sister’s sudden engagement has thrown everything off. With just two weeks to find a husband, Adele turns to the temple in search of a holy knight, only to find that their commander is the perfect man! He’s handsome, respectable… and completely uninterested. Can Adele win over the cold commander in time, or will the silver spoon be yanked from her mouth?
In a fantasy novel, I possessed the hidden younger sister of the Male Lead, ‘Astel’. While my brother Cassian is struggling for the revenge of the family, it’s my job to find and deal with the final Villain that has not been revealed even at the end of the original novel!!! In order to do that, I must first enter the Northern Duke Castle, where the family’s traitors are hiding. Somehow, I became an “imprint of companion” of Duke Anais, a beast of beast and a leading candidate for the final villain. Beside, “Please kiss me now, Astel.” In order to live, you’re required to have a daily skinship with your ‘imprint partner’. There was no such thing in the contents of the original story...