Though I May Be a Villainess, I'll Show You I Can Obtain Happiness! - Vol. 11 Ch. 3 - The Revenge of a Certain VIllainess

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You know how some webtoons have a chapter 0 that more or less spoils some major events of the series as a preview? And then we read it anyways cause it works? That's what this feels like. I'd like to read this if it were stretched out over the course of a few volumes and then stopped when it needed to
 
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Echoing what others say, this would be good if it was longer.
 
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This is impressive in its originality. For one, sex, there's a lot of it here and it's almost unknown or some magical disney version of it in other works in this series. But it's the cruel grimdark kind right from the start. Implied rape, coercion, maybe even drugging, then there's the main couple who bang casually - not very romantic.

Then there's all the betrayals and twists and like Koshin said:
Interesting but that was not a story, that was a summary.

And it's true, in some ways. It was a summary...
A nice final mission report.

And in some ways I like it for that. The narrative more or less was, "two schemers gloat over fucking over their hated enemies after fucking". It could be a pitch for a slow-burn drama but as it is now it's a nice vertical slice where we can imagine how further the rabbit hole goes. How each of these people schemed, the minutae of their plans and what came before and after. And I think inviting that imagination makes this work extremely more interesting than other stories which didn't feel like a world with a cast.

This one still mostly feels like cardboard cut-outs, but it doesn't remove the possibility of depth. It's not a very good example of what you CAN do in an anthology work but damn if it isn't a strong batter hit.
 
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⬆️ Twice in a row I added this picture...⬆️

(First time was here, for those who are curious).

I really have no words about this chapter... Yet.
it took me forever to finally read it (mdex loading going bonkers), the gif kinda work there hahaha
 
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Oooooh loved this one! Well done revenge, everybody is happy, heroine and villainess are not friends, but friendly...

Thank you for you translation! :D
 
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Oh wow I love this one so much.

That was such a delight to read especially knowing that although the count was too old to protect his family, he could still protect the mother and young girl who looks like his daughter by having them in his staff.

Goddamn, somewhere in the back of my head the baron's daughter becomes fl's sister in law BC thatd be cute but...wow. I'm so glad for all the characters in this one. They got such a great ending after suffering so badly for such a brutally long time at the hands of tyrannical royals and a backstabbing son in law.
 
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This felt like a good story, but a horrible story for a serialised anthology?

Also the last second "I was actually a prince" is a major turn off... in general. Give us commoners thst are actually commoners.
 
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This would've been better if this was a full-fledged series instead of a one shot. So many things happening in the background, it relies too much on the "tell" part, it's hard to sympathize with these characters who are supposedly badass.
 
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This would've been better if this was a full-fledged series instead of a one shot. So many things happening in the background, it relies too much on the "tell" part, it's hard to sympathize with these characters who are supposedly badass.
I feel like we're supposed to sympathize with these characters because they were fucked over, not because they're badass.
 
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See, that was a good story. Clever, inventive, and actually fit the "villainess" theme.
yep, this one is good, if i have to find a fault is that it could've been much better had it been 2 or 3 chapters to really get a taste of revenge on the prince and king, some torture scenes, some gloating, it was too glossed over.
 
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Sorry for the wait, it's easter
this chapter is just... I'm having quite a hard time translating, I had to triple check everything. out of topic, but Opera GX is genuinely terrible for uploading a chapter. It literally took me half an hour to upload this chapter and no, my internet is fine, I even tried using chrome and it works flawlessly. I literally don't know what's the problem with my GX
NP. thanks for the chapter!
 
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That's how you make a revenge.
If revenge is all you want there is no point in fulfilling it because it will just leave you empty inside once it finishes.
Plan your revenge and what you will do after it, don't make revenge the sole reason for your life but never forget it.
 
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this story has a lot of things it wanted to cover but in a oneshot like this, it can't be done in an effective method 😭 I wish there was more showing rather than telling us what happened
 
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This is mostly tell and not show. It's arguably the inferior way to tell this particular story. But then it meant to be oneshot. This could make a enjoyable serialization if the author know how to fill in all the "tell" part here.
 
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It is a good draft/summary, but man this is one that would be great being longer and showing the revenge proper. Like "The One Within The Villainess"
 

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