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ᴴᵉˡˡᵒ, ᵈᵃʳˡⁱⁿᵍ! ˢʰᵉᵃ ⁱˢ ⁿᵒʷ ˡⁱᵛᵉ, ᵗʰᵃⁿᵏˢ ᶠᵒʳ ʷᵃⁱᵗⁱⁿᵍ ♡

ᵀʳⁱᵍᵍᵉʳ ᵂᵃʳⁿⁱⁿᵍˢ

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││Since the manhwa contains

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││gore and other elements

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││eg. Death, I advise that

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││you proceed with caution

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ˢᵖᵒⁱˡᵉʳ ᵂᵃʳⁿⁱⁿᵍˢ

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││Another thing before you

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││read this review, please be

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││aware that there are mild

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││spoilers (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*.ﾟ

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ᴹᵃⁿʰʷᵃ ᵀⁱᵗˡᵉˢ

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:spades: Roxana

♤ A Way to Protect the Female

Lead’s Brother

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ₛᵤₘₘₐᵣy

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A modern woman transmigrates

into the body of Roxana Agriche,

from a 19+ novel she had read.

She worked her way up to

survive within the

Agriche family, which was full

of siblings competing with each

other and death flags everywhere.

Then one day, her father,

Lante Agriche, kidnapped the

heir of the Blue Pedelian family,

Cassis Pedelian. Knowing that

this would like to be the female

lead annihilation of the Agriche

family, Roxana secretly assists

Cassis. She hopes that he will

return the favour— her survival.

And ultimately, she wishes to

destroy her father (mainly) and

the entire Agriche (or

Agrece) family.

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ˢᵉᵗᵗⁱⁿᵍ

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I am uncertain as to which

historical period in history

to link this to, considering

that the outfits do not match.

For now, it is considered modern

with inspiration drawn

from the historical periods.

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ᶠⁱᵛᵉ ᶠᵃᵐⁱˡⁱᵉˢ

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:spades: Black Agrece/Agriche - This

is Roxana's family. Her family

has hands involved in all sorts

of crimes, e.g. Murder, fraud

& theft, and illegal activities,

e.g. Drugs and poison and ruled

the underground world. No one

knows how they haven't

gotten caught yet.

♤ Blue Pedalian/Pedelian: This

is the og fl and ml's family.

Basically, this family is

virtuous and righteous—

the complete opposite of the

Black Agrece/Agriche family.

Hence why the two are at

odds with each other.

:spades: Gold Vertium - not much

is mentioned about them)

♤ White Fipellion - not much is

mentioned, other than

the one of the og male lead

possessing the ability to

control and tame all sorts of evil

creatures in the previous novel

storyline.

:spades: Red Castro (not much is

mentioned).

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ᴬᵇᵒᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵉᵐᵃˡᵉ ᴸᵉᵃᵈ, ᴹᵃˡᵉ ᴸᵉᵃᵈ, ᴴᵉʳ ᶠᵃᵐⁱˡʸ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ ᵗʰⁱⁿᵍˢ

ᵀʰᵉ ᴬᵍʳⁱᶜʰᵉ ᶠᵃᵐⁱˡʸ ⁽ʷⁱᵈᵉ ˢᶜᵃˡᵉ⁾

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The Agriche family consists of

numerous children because

her father had ten wives.

Now, Roxana and her brother

were from the fourth wife.

Let's talk about the Agriche

family on a wider scale...

one born into this family

will follow a life of crime,

and it is stated that

they receive training

from early childhood, such

as practical skills (e.g. Fighting,

weaponry, etc.) or seduction.

Guess which one our Roxie

had to learn? Seduction

(in the novel, this was not

called "seduction"

but another word). My thoughts

on reading this... what is

wrong with them? You

cannot have a child learning

about "seduction"!

Practical activities are fine

and all... but this family is

messed up for real. Imagine

not having the option to be

a good person in this family . . .

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ᴸᵃⁿᵗᵉ ᴬᵍʳⁱᶜʰᵉ

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Next is the father, the root

of the present problem... is

this an animal farm? Farming

wives and children. Leave it to

Lante to "Catch them all and

have them depart from the

land of the living with trials

& tribulations". What a

"good" father. . . At least

He's good-looking.

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ᴬᶜʰⁱˡˡᵉ ᴬᵍʳⁱᶜʰᵉ ⁽ʳⁱᵖ⁾

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Because of this same

environment, she lost her

blood brother, Achille. To me,

Achille did not suit the life

he was born into, and his

ing was an escape because

this environment is a living

& breathing hell. By the way,

Achille seemed like a

sweetheart from what I've seen.

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ˢⁱᵉʳʳᵃ ᴬᵍʳⁱᶜʰᵉ

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Now, for her mother... an

extremely beautiful soul that

it made me wonder how Lante

managed to get her. She, too,

does not suit the Agriche family.

I feel bad for her, especially

when she lost her mind.

Regarding the mother and

her daughter, I feel like

Roxie does wish to protect

the only family she has left

but she does blame her for

her brother's ing. So yes,

she is cold to her.

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ᴼᵗʰᵉʳ ᴬᵍʳⁱᶜʰᵉ ˢⁱᵇˡⁱⁿᵍˢ

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││As it relates to her other

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││siblings (only three will

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││be mentioned, go read

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││for her other siblings):

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││Dion, Jeremy and

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││Charlotte

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ᶜʰᵃʳˡᵒᵗᵗᵉ ᴬᵍʳⁱᶜʰᵉ

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In the beginning, Charlotte was

observed as extremely violent

and spoiled/has entitlement

issues and anger issues.

No Spoilers for you here!

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ᴶᵉʳᵉᵐʸ ᴬᵍʳⁱᶜʰᵉ

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Jeremy, on the other hand,

is quite cunning and appreciates

his sister's attention;

he is also the og male

lead of the novel and

mentally damaged the og

female lead, resulting in

the ruin of the entire family.

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ᴰⁱᵒⁿ ᴬᵍʳⁱᶜʰᵉ

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Alas... Dion. This man. He is

handsome, crazy (common

Agriche family trait) and sometimes,

quiet. Furthermore, I believe

he loves his sister... umm...

romantically. I cannot

comprehend how you develop

affection for your sibling in

that manner. Rather, why

does it appear as if this is

becoming a trend these days,

where half-siblings,

step-siblings or adoptive

siblings view each other

romantically? I recall a

certain real-life family kept

it within the family, and

you know what they got?

Sickle cell disease ed

from one generation to the

next because there was no

diversity. But hey! At least

she found out about it and

Dion... well... is Dion.

Compared to Derrick*

(from "Villains are

Destined to Die"/"Death

is the Only Ending for a

Villainess"), Dion is better

but I still detest the

"sibling chemistry".

*If you do not know who Derrick

is, my other post will clarify

that later. But do

acknowledge that he is dirt.

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ᴼᵗʰᵉʳ ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵉⁿᵗˢ

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♤ I would also like to comment on

his other wives and siblings,

but that's for you to discover.

I can tell you that...

Maria is amazing!

(If you notice the changes

in the spellings of the names. . .

it is because they vary

based on the translation

you read. I use both to help you.)

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ᶜᵃˢˢⁱˢ ᴾᵉᵈᵉˡⁱᵃⁿ, ᴴᵉʳ ᴹᵃˡᵉ ᴸᵉᵃᵈ

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In the og novel, he was not

a part of the land of the

living. There's not much to

comment on, other than that

he is quite intelligent enough

to know how to survive or

manipulate people in a

good way. He definitely

keeps his promises. Honestly,

I never gravitated to him

or rather, I don't

since I read this a long time

ago. He isn't bad and quite

the looker (more pleasing to

the eyes than Dion—

I love Dion by the way).

He also was a gentleman

and I appreciate that.

Since it's on hiatus,

there's not much to say.

If you have differing

views, please let me know.

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ᴿᵒˣᵃⁿᵃ ᴬᵍʳⁱᶜʰᵉ, ᵗʰᵉ ⁱᶜᵒⁿ

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Ah... Roxana. The beautiful

Roxana. First of all, she is

aware of her beauty, and it

does work on people, for

example, the guards and

maybe Dion (since he has

eyes for her). Our girl is

smart and cunning. . .

MAGNIFICENT! The people

wanted a true villainess. . .

They got Roxie and Aria.

She is not your typical

transmigrated female lead,

who they are good and at times, may

possess a low IQ.

Roxie is not entirely

focused on the plot; in fact,

she uses the information for

her benefit. Her poison

butterflies "set the trend"

in the historical manhwa world;

at the time, every other

manhwa had some butterflies

in it so much that my

younger self got upset for

the lack of creativity.

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ᴿᵒˣᵃⁿᵃ'ˢ ᶜˡᵒˢᵉᵗ

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Let me show you. . . how much I

love her outfits! But I don't

have the confidence to wear them.

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ᵀʰᵉ ᴬʳᵗˢᵗʸˡᵉ

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It is a 10/10 for me! It does

improve as you go by, for

example. . .

Cassis was not handsome to

me at first. But he got better!

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ᶠⁱⁿᵃˡ ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵉⁿᵗˢ

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♤ Overall Rating: 9.5/10

If you like strong female leads,

villainess manhwa, beautiful

art and more, then I would highly

recommend. Please ensure that

you keep trigger warnings in mind.

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ᴬˡˡ ᶜʳᵉᵈⁱᵗ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᵉ ⁱᵐᵃᵍᵉˢ, ⁱⁿˢᵖⁱʳᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵈᵉᶜᵒʳ ᵇᵉˡᵒⁿᵍˢ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒʳⁱᵍⁱⁿᵃˡ ᶠᵒˡᵏˢ. ˢʰᵉᵃ ᵒⁿˡʸ ᵈⁱᵈ ᵃ ᶠᵉʷ ᵗᵒᵘᶜʰᵉˢ.