I Was the Perfect Lady, Now I’ll Be the Perfect Threat

Art_lapsa Translation Team Art_lapsa
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淑女の鑑やめました。時を逆行した公爵令嬢は、わがままな妹に振り回されないよう性格悪く生き延びます！
Ongoing Type Japanese
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Fantasy Josei Romance

"Die for me, dearest sister."Betrayed and killed by her cunning half-sister Muriel, noble lady Christina meets an untimely and bitter end—or so she thought.When she suddenly wakes up three years in the past, she finds herself with a second chance at life and vengeance.This time, she refuses to be the ideal noblewoman everyone expects.Teaming up with her fiancé, the sharp-witted Second Prince Iril, who is investigating strange incidents along the border, Christina prepares to fight back.She’s done playing the perfect lady—this time, she’ll survive with a wicked smile.

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Kinkaiser
Chapter 22

Why did they run away from the party though? Did they really need to "escape" from an old man (FL's father) being held down by guards because he was acting like a lunatic? The prince just saw his father collapse, and ran away?

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Miss Lara
Chapter 20

Uwahhh... how easily manipulated they are. Someone give scammers their info. Easy payday. It wouldn't happen to a nicer father-daughter pair.

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Kinkaiser
Chapter 20

Why does the king simply accept the future of the kingdom hinging on Duke O'Incompotent? The Duke that was recently censured because he tried to kidnap his own daughter and lied to the royal family? "I'll reveal that once...the time has come"? Screw that. Order him to tell you right goddamn now or he's being arrested for treason. This is not a time to showboat or trust lying morons.

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Reading and Reviewing

Despite dying and going back in time, the FML seems to be pretty casual about fixing things. She makes progress but slowly, she reacts as if her father's actions are new to her, and acts like her sister isn't going to kill everyone in a few years. There's no sense of urgency. Her thoughts are mild. Other leads would be traumatized or angry, desperate to avoid a bad end. But this lead treats this like it's a chore she's got to eventually get around to doing. This makes the story and characters feel dull. The manga is pretty average and an okay read but it could be so much better.

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Kinkaiser
Chapter 19

So FL now know the foreign noble has infiltrated her household and is creeping on her directly. Why isn't she more suspicious of him? Why isn't she considering he could be part of the conspiracy against her household from her previous life?


Also, did no one tell the king that his soon-to-be second daughter-in-law is making magic bracelets that can ward off the evil? Something that very clearly points towards her being the Saintess?

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Kinkaiser
Chapter 18

Two things I find frustrating:

  1. FL entered this timeline suspecting a conspiracy of some sort, and found out there was a supernatural evil at work. Yet she seems to have absolutely no care about keeping an eye out for the forces at work against her. Hey, remember how you met that weird foreign nobleman, and immediately clocked that the lady he was with was acting out of character? And then you discovered he lied to you about his kingdom? No, not suspicious at all? Too bad, because if you were at all wary and kept an eye out for suspicious individuals plotting against you and your family, you might have noticed more noble ladies are acting weirdly around him and he infiltrated your household.
  2. You've entirely accidentally discovered you have some kind of power to fight back the supernatural evil at work, and suddenly the Queen (and less suddenly, the King) are suffering from a mysterious non-infectious illness? I don't for sure that its part of the evil but, like, maybe just try praying at them, just to see if something happens.
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