Top Villainess Manga Recommendations

Agyeogui Ending Jugeumppun

Also known as Villains Are Destined to Die.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance

This game’s got me obsessed! It’s like it’s taken over my life... wait—HARD MODE ACTIVATED. No-no-no-no-no! It has literally taken me and thrown me into the part of Penelope Eckhart. Love is easy as the heroine, but as the hated villainess, I’m trying very hard not to die… at the hands of my brothers… the prince… a fork… every possible ending is death! This world is stacked against me, but can my wits and insider game knowledge score the affection of these male characters? Or the reset button???



Tags: Female Protagonist , Villainess , Full Color , Isekai , Reincarnation , Tragedy , Ojou-sama , Adoption , Video Games , Bullying , Male Harem , Royal Affairs , Long Strip , Primarily Adult Cast , Estranged Family , Heterosexual , Magic , Yandere , Suicide , Slavery , Tsundere

Kakegurui

Also known as Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler -.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It's reading your opponent-the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling?

At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer. But when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she's gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like!



Tags: Gambling , Card Battle , Female Protagonist , School , Anti-Hero , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Poker , Death Game , Villainess , Drugs , Primarily Teen Cast , Twins , School Club , Ojou-sama , Slavery , Bullying , Idol , Yuri , Economics , Family Life , Shounen , Unrequited Love

Geu Angnyeoreul Josimhaseyo!

Also known as Beware the Villainess!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Sit back and take in this romantic tale of an angelic heroine and her devoted suitors as they vie for the depths of her love... or not. This story’s about to go through some edits! After an accident, a modern-day college student awakens as the story’s villainess, Melissa Foddebrat. She’s far from anyone’s favorite, but she IS the daughter of the duke. Determined to live it up, this new Melissa is doing things her way — antiquated society, be damned! All idiots, prepare to step aside or perish!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Villainess , Reincarnation , Full Color , Isekai , Meta , Heterosexual , Werewolf , Parody , Kemonomimi , Primarily Adult Cast , Magic , Butler , Mixed Gender Harem , Ojou-sama , Swordplay , Surreal Comedy , Maids , Male Harem , Bisexual , Royal Affairs , Shapeshifting , Long Strip , Love Triangle , Yandere , Yuri , Twins , LGBTQ+ Themes , Adoption , Gods , Work

Haruman Nega Doego Sipeo

Also known as Your Throne.

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

Tensions are brewing under the seemingly calm surface of the Vasilios Empire, a kingdom ruled by the Imperial Family and the Temple. Lady Medea Solon has lost her place next to Crown Prince Eros, but resolves to do whatever it will take to win back what's rightfully hers. Will she reclaim her throne?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Revenge , Foreign , Anti-Hero , Body Swapping , Survival , Super Power , Politics , Tragedy , Villainess , Full Color , Primarily Adult Cast , Royal Affairs , Conspiracy , Ojou-sama , Mythology , Gods , Philosophy , Love Triangle , Long Strip , Swordplay , Assassins , Religion , Heterosexual , Magic , Yandere , Kuudere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crime , Slavery , Acting , Adoption , Amnesia , Crossdressing , Battle Royale

Ibeon Saengeun Gajuga Doegetseumnida

Also known as I Shall Master this Family!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

The great Lombardi family was once at the top of the empire. After the death of its patriarch, the fate of the family and that of Firentia, born from a Lombardi and a peasant, fall to ruin at the hands of her useless and cruel cousins. But when she’s reincarnated as her seven-year-old self, she’ll work to protect the family’s honor, gain her grandpa Lulac’s favor, and prevent her own father’s death. In this lifetime, there’s only one way for her to win: become the head of their mighty household.



Tags: Royal Affairs , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Politics , Age Regression , Matriarchy , Kingdom Management , Long Strip , Full Color , Reincarnation , Time Manipulation , Bullying , Heterosexual , Ojou-sama , Coming of Age , Economics , Twins , Time Skip , Villainess , Delinquents , Class Struggle

Agnyeoneun Molaesigyeleul Doedollinda

Also known as The Villainess Turns the Hourglass.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance

Aria Roscent mercilessly bullied her stepsister Mielle and paid the ultimate price for her misdeeds—but not before Mielle revealed that she’d manipulated Aria into harassing Mielle in the first place! Instead of dying, Aria is sent back in time and gifted a strange hourglass with mysterious powers. Now, Aria’s just got one goal: to embrace her role of villainess and utterly destroy Mielle’s life!



Tags: Revenge , Female Protagonist , Villainess , Time Manipulation , Super Power , Full Color , Ojou-sama , Anti-Hero , Age Regression , Politics , Class Struggle , Coming of Age , Historical , Reincarnation , Economics , Royal Affairs , Magic , Long Strip , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Swordplay

Jaehon Hwanghu

Also known as The Remarried Empress.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Navier Ellie Trovi was an empress perfect in every way -- intelligent, courageous, and socially adept. She was kind to her subjects and devoted to her husband. Navier was perfectly content to live the rest of her days as the wise empress of the Eastern Empire. That is, until her husband brought home a mistress and demanded a divorce. “I accept this divorce… And I request an approval of my remarriage.” In a shocking twist, Navier remarries another emperor and retains her title and childhood dream as empress. But just how did everything unfold?



Tags: Royal Affairs , Female Protagonist , Full Color , Ojou-sama , Politics , Marriage , Long Strip , Primarily Adult Cast , Shapeshifting , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Love Triangle , Magic , Villainess , Unrequited Love , Arranged Marriage , Age Regression , Pregnancy , Animals , Family Life , Time Skip , Slavery , Kingdom Management , Prison , Fugitive , Suicide

Yeojuingongui Oppareul Jikineun Bangbeop

Also known as Roxana.

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Psychological , Romance

Kidnapping, murder, and risqué relationships! Within the scandalous pages of The Abysmal Flower, the downfall of Roxana Agrece's criminal family is already foretold. So when Cassis Pedelian, the heroine's older brother, is kidnapped by Roxana's father, she can either wait for the heroine's revenge... or take matters into her own hands, since Cassis is the key to her survival. But with deceitful characters on all sides, can Roxana and Cassis trust each other enough to bring down the brutal Agreces?



Tags: Villainess , Full Color , Revenge , Reincarnation , Sadism , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Body Horror , Foreign , Royal Affairs , Gore , Survival , Assassins , Ojou-sama , Anti-Hero , Heterosexual , Long Strip , Male Harem , Yandere , Time Skip , Tragedy , Family Life , Magic , Politics

Oegwauisa Elise

Also known as Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Jihyun is a master surgeon at the peak of her medical prowess. She’s made it her life’s mission to save lives in order to atone for the sins of her past life, but her dreams are cut short when her plane crashes in the middle of the Pacific. When Jihyun wakes up, she finds herself back in her first life as Elise de Clarence - the haughty nightmare of a girl who brought on her own tragic end. The new Elise, however, still has time to set things straight - with her newfound medical knowledge, the reformed Elise sets out to right the wrongs of her tragic first life!



Note: Chapter count includes a 13-chapter side story

Tags: Medicine , Female Protagonist , War , Full Color , Reincarnation , Isekai , Heterosexual , Royal Affairs , Love Triangle , Primarily Adult Cast , Pandemic , Villainess , Male Harem , Magic , Revenge , Suicide , Time Skip , Work

Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou.

Also known as I’m in Love with the Villainess.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

The story of a reincarnated gamer pursuing her villainous lady love at a fantasy girls’ academy!

Ordinary office worker Oohashi Rei has just woken up in the body of the protagonist of her favorite girls’ otome game, Revolution. To her delight, the first person to greet her is her favorite character, Claire Francois–who just so happens to be the main antagonist of the story. Now, Rei is determined to do what the game never allowed: romance Claire instead of one of the male leads. But how will her villainous lady love react to that?!



Tags: Yuri , Villainess , LGBTQ+ Themes , Isekai , Ojou-sama , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Medieval , Primarily Teen Cast , Magic , School , Politics , War , Maids , Bullying , Incest , Bisexual , Transgender , Crossdressing , Video Games , Class Struggle , Foreign , Reincarnation , Unrequited Love

Nampyeoneul Nae Pyeoneuro Mandeuneun Bangbeop

Also known as How to Win My Husband Over.

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

I thought I’d finally escaped my hellish life when I died in an airplane crash, but I fell into another nightmare when I awoke as Rudbeckia de Borgia, a minor villain from a historical novel destined to die at the hands of her husband, Iske van Omerta. Surviving with the dysfunctional Borgia family is hard enough, but now I have to marry the man who will kill me! Still, it’s okay, I just have to convince Iske, his family, and all his countrymen that I’m completely harmless! How hard can that be?



Tags: Full Color , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Marriage , Isekai , Suicide , Villainess , Demons , Royal Affairs , Long Strip , Arranged Marriage , Nudity , Love Triangle , Yandere , Dragons

Appa, Na I Gyeolhon An Hallaeyo!

Also known as Father, I Don't Want this Marriage.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Juvelian is a villainess so hated by everyone that even her lover and father leave her to die a pitiful death. Just as she’s about to face her fate, she gets the chance to change the course of her story. In order to avoid the tragic end she knows awaits her, she breaks up with her lover and gives up trying to win her father’s love. Instead, she focuses on using his wealth to enjoy her new life to its fullest! But while she prepares for her extravagant life as a lady, her father begins looking for her new suitor. Afraid that he’ll marry her off to the infamously unpredictable and stormy prince, she lands on a desperate solution: a dating contract. And the best candidate is none other than her father’s student.



Tags: Reincarnation , Isekai , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Manipulation , Royal Affairs , Fake Relationship , Full Color , Magic , Yandere , Villainess , Ojou-sama , Tsundere , Suicide , Kuudere , Arranged Marriage , Politics , Amnesia , Long Strip

Agnyeoneun Marionette

Also known as The Villainess is a Marionette.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

I woke up as Kayena Hill, the novel's villainess, praised as the greatest beauty in the empire. Who knew that her story would catch my attention because I was her in my past life? Destined for terrible ends, I've died twice—but I refuse to die a third time as a pawn in someone else's scheme. I’m no longer the vain and naïve princess. Now that I know how the story will unfold, I’ll turn the tables around and have everyone dancing to my tune. This time, I’ll be the one pulling the strings.



Note: Chapter count includes prologue.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Full Color , Villainess , Isekai , Reincarnation , Primarily Male Cast , Politics , Yandere , Ojou-sama , Maids , Magic , Historical , Tragedy , Chibi , Royal Affairs

Yangpanso Juingongui Anaero Saranamgi

Also known as This Villainess Wants a Divorce!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

We all hate the greedy villains hell-bent on sabotage. Enter Carnelia Easter, the awful secondary villainess of the romance I’m reading, who trapped the prince in marriage at the behest of the evil empress. I didn’t shed a tear when her head’s lopped off, but now I’m Carnelia! I gotta play this smart and convince him to divorce me instead! Still, between the prince, the empress, the heroine, the second prince, my terrible health... this story’s getting unpredictable. Will I survive after all?



Tags: Full Color , Isekai , Politics , Reincarnation , Primarily Adult Cast , Royal Affairs , Marriage , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Villainess , Historical , Foreign , Arranged Marriage , War , Parenthood

Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta...

Also known as My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

At the age of eight, Katarina, a girl of noble birth in another world, has an accident that unlocks her memories–of playing an otome game that’s exactly like the life she’s living now. There’s one problem: she realizes that she’s playing the role of the villainess, and only bad endings await her! What will it take for her to “break the game” and live a happy life?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Reincarnation , Villainess , Isekai , Josei , Medieval , Mixed Gender Harem , Time Skip , School , Parody , Magic , Royal Affairs , Bisexual , Twins , LGBTQ+ Themes , Super Power , Work

Angnyeoreul Jugyeo Jwo

Also known as Kill the Villainess.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Eris Miserian just wants to die. Being overworked and underappreciated in the real world wasn’t great, but living as the villainess in a romance novel is even worse. If Eris can die in the novel, she might be able to return to reality, but the story won’t let her. Desperate to escape a life as the protagonist’s tormentor, she sets off on a journey with the help of a witch, a knight, and a high priest. Can she find her way back to her friends and family, or is Eris doomed to a fictional future?



Note: Chapter count includes 6 side stories.

Tags: Villainess , Isekai , Full Color , Female Protagonist , Magic , Suicide , Anti-Hero , Royal Affairs , Long Strip , Primarily Adult Cast , Witch , Maids , Love Triangle , Tanned Skin

Agnyeoneun du Beon Sanda

Also known as The Villainess Lives Again.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

From childhood, Artezia Rosan's happiness was dependent on ensuring the success of her brother. As a master manipulator and schemer, she became his most valuable ally in seizing the empire’s throne. That’s exactly why her brother's betrayal cut so deeply when Artezia was imprisoned as punishment for all of her crimes. Soon after being rescued by Grand Duke Cedric Ebron, she vows to help him overthrow the cruel new emperor by sacrificing her own life with forbidden magic. Now waking up several years earlier back in time, she will forsake her own family to help Cedric at all costs. They say that blood is thicker than water, but can Artezia destroy her brother while her own romance blossoms amidst the chaos?



Tags: Full Color , Villainess , Politics , Female Protagonist , Kingdom Management , Historical , Ojou-sama , Estranged Family , Time Manipulation , Conspiracy , Heterosexual , Magic , Royal Affairs , Marriage , Parenthood

Wo! Tian Mìng Da Fanpai

Also known as I Am The Fated Villain.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

A transmigrator awoke in the world of martial arts and became the villain named Gu Changge. His goal is to harvest the luck of those called "the Son of Fate" in order to become the strongest. With the Sons of Fate as his deranged enemies, he changes the destiny of being a villain.



Tags: Cultivation , Anti-Hero , Female Harem , Wuxia , Martial Arts , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Magic , Isekai , Reincarnation , Villainess , Video Games , Primarily Adult Cast , Slavery , Spearplay , Dragons , Polyamorous

Namjuui Ibyangttari Doeeotseumnida

Also known as The Male Lead's Little Lion Daughter.

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

The handsome Duke Voreoti is the most terrifying man in the empire, with the coldest of demeanors and a gaze that can kill. But one day, he suddenly says that he wants to… adopt a child?! And that child is me?! After finding me at a shady orphanage, he whisked me away to his snowy palace without a second thought. Now I’m learning all the ways of the feared Voreoti family from his knights. However, things get dicey when the Duke becomes suspicious of my origins. With these fangs and jet black hair, perhaps we are more than just kindred spirits…



Tags: Female Protagonist , Family Life , Reincarnation , Full Color , Isekai , Adoption , Historical , Magic , Villainess , Torture , Heterosexual , Anti-Hero , Maids , Royal Affairs , Long Strip

Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Ura Boss desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen

Also known as Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss But I'm Not the Demon Lord.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

A college student finds herself resurrected as Eumiella, an evil daughter of the nobility in the world of an Otome RPG that she played in her previous life. In the RPG, Eumiella isn’t worth thinking about at first, but in the endgame content she returns as a hidden boss, complete with ridiculous stats that put her on par with even the game’s heroes.

After being essentially abandoned by her parents at their family domain, the flames of Eumiella’s former gamer soul are ignited, and she takes to leveling, and leveling, and leveling, until...at the time of enrolling in the Royal Academy, she discovers that she is level 99. Though she’d originally planned to live a peaceful and discreet life, the game’s heroine and her love interests suspect that Eumiella is in fact the infamous Demon Lord.

These ridiculous powers invite all manner of trials and tribulations.

So begins the fantasy tale of a most powerful, evil hidden boss (who wishes she could just live a life of peace and quiet).

Tags: Female Protagonist , School , Villainess , Isekai , Demons , Ojou-sama , Reincarnation , Magic , Kuudere , Josei , Male Protagonist , Dragons