They Say I Was Born a King's Daughter

[sketchy333]

I tried to read this since its premise was similar to "Suddenly Became a Princess" and "Daughter of the Emperor" and I found those two webtoons (particularly the former) to be fun to read. The premise of a modern-day (Earth-dwelling) female MC being reincarnated into a fantasy, pseudo-17th century Western world with a father who threatens her life provides enough tension and drama on its own. But in this webtoon, there's an additional "gimmick" that everyone, and I mean everyone, prioritizes men above women in a deeply sexist society. The reason for this being that women cannot hold any magical powers without the need for magic stones (save for one princess being an exception). Magic basically runs this world, giving it all the advantages of our modern technology. I've read up to 20 chapters and I think I've seen enough to say that this webtoon SUCKS.

Look, I'm not against stories that discuss misogyny and sexism because there's some really good way to look at and explore culturally-perceived differences between sexes. But this webtoon thus far has provided very, very, very little in the way of smartly discussing and addressing the sexism it purposefully implemented just to make the MC's life harder. I can buy men being favored because they have a hereditary affinity for magic, but the author acts as if humans are incapable of any kind of achievement without the help of inborn skills and abilities. The way the king, the princes (excluding the eldest), the ML, and pretty much every single male character shown in the first 20 chapters are so immensely unlikable, it's like an achievement in its own right. The complete and utter lack of empathy in these men goes beyond belief and there isn't even a shred of sympathy in those bones. The MC is not super likable either, in the sense that you don't feel drawn to her because of her personality. You root for her because of the extremely poor circumstances she's in, and the pity it elicits. The world building itself is pretty poor and I can't help but cringe at the horrendously clashing aesthetics of modern-day tech and skyscrapers against the frilly and very scattered fashion sensibilities.

Maybe it gets better when the MC is older and doesn't have to rely on the flimsy generosity of her male family members. Maybe she'll actually get the chance to make some real changes in that world. But I don't want to wait for 20+ chapters in order to see that happen. Seeing such a skewed and unjust treatment of the MC with no salvation in clear view is enough to make me despise this title and its author. IMO the best course of action would have been to gloss over these earlier years through simple exposition. At least I won't have to see the MC be treated like a mutt by her supposedly cherished and close brothers. 😶😶😶

 

[BonFkingBon]

The story's description is fantastic, while the actual story is completely deceptive. One would expect the main character to actually define her position as a female to the sexist kingdom and use her role(princess) and newfound power/ability to change the laws. But she doesn't. She does the same thing as her past self, and that's to woo men with her kissing their ass constantly. It's a perfectly fine skill to have, except it yields no significant result. She does this to survive, and now she's just a female MC surrounded by complete assholes. I would say the reason WHY I tried reading this story is because she's put into a difficult situation to live in. But what's the point when she's all bark but no bite? There is no challenge she faces. She's constantly loved and saved by men (remember, not because she's different, but because she kisses their ass) and grumbles about poor her being treated like a mutt by her brothers. I bet out of nowhere, the author's gonna write in how MC changed the law "No hitting women" by asking her daddy. Convenient. Hell, even typical and generic shoujo mangas could do better. At least the MCs actually have the balls to fight back.
Oh, and the art sucks. It sucks so bad. Like how the MC sucks dem balls 24/7
All this rant is coming from someone that have read up to 100+ chapters. There's absolutely no point to this story. Frankly, it's embarrassing how this piece of dung got popular in the first place.

 

[dysperwithaperiod]

@BonFkingBon i’m both shocked and impressed at how you broke down the main problems with this thing.

 

[Alcine_68]

If u want more read on bato.to

 

[hlebets]

Trash

 

[mitsuki48]

This is one of the crappiest manhwas I've wasted my time on. I read up to chapter 60 (so far there's a bajillion chapters) thinking that SOMETHING was going to happen in the awful plot.

It's not good when I am rooting for the rival girls/enemies of the story. The MC is awful...she admits in her past life she was shunned by other women because she was using her looks and "charming" men for gifts and such, but then in this new life she goes around doing the exact same thing. Every single male character is terrible, ESPECIALLY her family. The youngest brother is a selfish ass, her middle brother is arrogant, her oldest brother is the least offensive out of everyone but only because he's barely in the story. Her father has ZERO personality, which is sad because he's the main point of the story. The "romantic interest" of this is NOWHERE near interesting.

60 chapters in...no one changes for the better. No one does anything. It's just this girl sucking up to her family so she isn't treated like trash like the other women. There's an effing chapter where she discovers women that are made into slaves and she sucks up to her brother to get them food because she feels bad, but literally the next chapter, everything is forgotten and she's back to thinking about that bland romantic interest.

To top it all off, the art is AWFUL. I've read mangas where the art sucks but the story is really good but in this one, both story and art equally suck.

Instead of reading this crap, if you like this genre, please read "Who made me a Princess", and "I am a Child of this House", and "The Emperor's Daughter". They are all better in story and art than this BS.

 

[Unforgiven]

Was she reborn is Saudi Arabia or something?

 

[blipBloop]

This authorw is really good at making me wanting to beat the shit out of not just the MC but the male cast as well

 

[xBITExMEx]

Just a quick question..why isn’t there any English chapters. I swear the last chapter I read was here and in English?

 

[josmaker2mk]

i began reading this crap totally bored while i was in the bus. Even though it is pure garbage, it was fun because i realized that i am able to understand portuguese quite well (i read basically the chapters in that language that were uploaded here)

However, i must say that i find kind of surprising that this thing is so popular, since i cant find a single good thing about it. The plot is terrible....everything. Poorly developed, full of inconsistencies, and with no reason. The characters have no charm, personality , empathy (or intelligence). I tend to be quite critical with manwhas in general, but the impresion that i have.... is that this one have been written by a korean nationalist-idiot .

So, to the dropped list.

 

[Another_Astartes]

I hate it.

 

[111grace11111]

Well while everyone’s shitting on this, I actually like it. Yes, she’s treated like garbage and has to slowly try get them on her side, but that’s a decent development as far as plot goes. Some commenters literally sound salty that she was attractive in her last life lmao if you’re ugly no need to take it out on this comic 🤡 . I find this sexist society setting to be a much better alternative to simply transmigrating and beating the shit out of the villainess rival like all the other novels. The author isn’t supporting sexism. It’s just difficult to always prioritise that theme because what people want is romance and feel good moments.

 

[Asustado]

@xBITExMEx three possible reasons.

1. You read it somewhere else (eg. The official English link)

2. A while ago several scanlators pulled out of Mangadex for a plethora of reasons.

3. The people who scanlated it removed it due to the official English version.

 

[nebureader]

I really wish at the very least if we won't get uploads, please at least update us notifying us when new chapters are out

 

[theilikepie]

I just found out this was written by a dude. Now the "nice plain guy was the tru love the pretty hot gurlll all along" makes more sense. I really thought this was written by a self hating women. Eh. At least its not as bad as if it were I guess

Im betting 90 bux dude was rejected by a women and wrote this in anger.

If youre reading his in hopes anything would change for women dont bother. Literally nothing changes and in fact id say it gets even worse. But if you're machoist and like to torture yourself go right ahead and read it till the end

You'll pray that literally everyone on the planet perishes by a stray meteriote

 

[athenavi]

Thrash story + trash plot + trash art.
Yep. Triple combo here🤡

 

[polly81186]

Hooooooo boy. I read this years ago and, somehow, liked it enough to read pretty far into the story. I reached to her being in her late teens and

Spoiler

attending a special high school or something.

All I gotta say is that, if you wish for a progressive female lead that actually works towards her goals instead of lying to herself and making excuses then this is NOT for you. The FL doesn’t change her behavior from her last life at all. She charms the menfolk around her and tells herself that she’s gonna work towards women’s suffrage but she doesn’t even try to learn the laws to attempt to at least change or circumvent them. If anything, she only made herself the exception to the laws by becoming a swooning maiden who calls for her brothers or father when in trouble.

This is the most pacifistic FL I have ever seen. Now I know why I always got this annoyed feeling back when I was reading this, the FL doesn’t even TRY to make progress on her goals.

Spoiler

So a secret olden language appeared and it turns out to be Korean which she can understand perfectly

, whoop de doo she’s still as useful as a rock on the side of the road. She doesn’t study the government structure, she doesn’t speak up for women’s rights, she doesn’t point out the wrongs in their systems so that they can be fixed, she’s not even really working towards anything. Like she can become an official/advisor of some kind or a teacher or heck even a figurehead in a revolutionary movement. But no, all she does is bat her eyelashes and laments on her oh-so-terrible rebirth. And did she even love her past husband??? Every time she brings him up it’s like she’s speaking of some sort of achievement, it’s like she thinks she should get a medal for being with someone who had less to offer than her rich admirers.

I get that the settings were harsh and it makes sense for her to try to charm her family into giving her more leeway, but after doing that she makes absolutely no progress on anything else. She stonewalls herself and all of her potential growth by being happy with what little she’s managed. She cries and whines that if she pushes too far she’ll get killed, well tough luck sugar lumps!! The males of the royal family adore you, that’s basically all that you achieved after all, so it’s entirely unlikely that they’ll even think of harming a hair on your little, daft head. And no one ever makes any significant changes without taking risks and facing up to hard challenges; like the saying goes: pressure makes diamonds. The FL is too scared of stepping outside of this safe little circle that she drew for herself and continues to lie to herself by thinking that she’s making a dent in the world’s views of women.

This story had so much potential and all of it was wasted.

 

[Wilhelm_Stenvall]

Does anyone have bleach? I need to drink it to forget the first few chapters of this trash

 

[wKEIKOw]

Makes me soo angry that she lets her family treat her like that... she should atleast stand up for women's rights instead worrying about her past love life, and change the world. All the men are sexist it makes me want to draw myself in the f*cking manga and beat the sh*t out them..

 

[theilikepie]

Man I hope everyone's gets aids and die. Yea even the gender traitor MC

I wish I could forget this ever existed. But nope. This trash was somehow tagged ad josei and I read it