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 , Tragedy , Isekai , Estranged Family , Reincarnation , Ojou-sama , Adoption , Video Games , Bullying , Royal Affairs , Long Strip , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Harem , Heterosexual , Magic , Yandere , Suicide , Slavery , Tsundere , Unrequited Love , Espionage , Body Horror

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!



Note: Includes 52 extra chapters.

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

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 , Shounen , Economics , Yuri , Unrequited Love , Family Life

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

Otomege Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu

Also known as Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mecha , Romance

Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a particularly punishing dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table. But Leon has a secret weapon: he remembers everything from his past life, which includes a complete playthrough of the very game in which he is now trapped. Watch Leon spark a revolution to change this new world in order to fulfill his ultimate desire…of living a quiet, easy life in the countryside!



Note: Includes four extra chapters.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Isekai , Reincarnation , Anti-Hero , Female Harem , Matriarchy , Male Harem , Shounen , Artificial Intelligence , School , Boarding School , Villainess , Love Triangle , Ojou-sama , Video Games

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 , Reincarnation , Economics , Royal Affairs , Magic , Long Strip , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Swordplay

Haruman Nega Doego Sipeo

Also known as Your Throne.

Status: Releasing
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

Centuria

Also known as Centuria.

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

Sold into slavery by his own mother, Julian has known nothing but pain and brutality. All that changes when, aboard a slave ship, he experiences the kindness and the tender touch of a loving person for the first time. But fate has plans for Julian in the blood awakening of an ancient god who strikes a cruel bargain: an innocent life in exchange for extraordinary powers—ones he must use to protect a helpless baby in a cruel and violent world!



Tags: Found Family , Tragedy , Fugitive , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Adoption , Royal Affairs , Medieval , Gods , Shounen , Slavery , Necromancy , Time Skip , Gore , Anthropomorphism , Yuri , Villainess

Jaehon Hwanghu

Also known as The Remarried Empress.

Status: Finished
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 , Marriage , Full Color , Politics , Cheating , Shapeshifting , Ojou-sama , Heterosexual , Long Strip , Primarily Adult Cast , Unrequited Love , Arranged Marriage , Ensemble Cast , Love Triangle , Villainess , Age Regression , Pregnancy , Dissociative Identities , Magic , Kingdom Management , Animals , Family Life , Time Skip , Slavery , Fugitive , Suicide , Tanned Skin , Prison , Twins

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

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

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 13 side stories.

Tags: Medicine , Female Protagonist , War , Full Color , Reincarnation , Isekai , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Royal Affairs , 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 , Female Protagonist , Ojou-sama , Tsundere , Primarily Female Cast , Medieval , Primarily Teen Cast , Magic , School , Bisexual , War , Politics , Maids , Transgender , Incest , Class Struggle , Bullying , Reincarnation , Video Games , Foreign , Unrequited Love , Boarding School , Crossdressing , Heterosexual

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.



Note: Includes eight extra chapters.

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

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: Includes six extra chapters.

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

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: Includes one extra chapter.

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

Agdangui Appaleul Kkosyeola

Also known as Flirting with The Villain's Dad.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Ack! I'm trapped in this webnovel, "Brigitte Wants to be Happy!" No prob, I KNOW what's gonna happen so I'll just—wait. I'm not Brigitte? I'm her aunt, Princess Yerenika?! Uh-oh. I'm stuck 20 years before the main plot... and everyone in my generation ends up tragically dead! Her parents, dead. Me, dead. Villain's dad, King Euredian, dead. A-ha! That's the key. I just need to prevent the villain from being born... time to break out some seduction schemes and flirt like my life depends on it!



Chapter count include 19 side stories.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Gods , Kuudere , Villainess , Full Color , Reincarnation , Magic , Isekai , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Pregnancy , Male Protagonist , Royal Affairs , Parenthood , Necromancy , Chibi , Long Strip

Namjuui Ibyangttari Doeeotseumnida

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

Status: Releasing
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 , Adoption , Isekai , Historical , Magic , Villainess , Torture , Heterosexual , Anti-Hero , Maids , Royal Affairs , Long Strip

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 , Martial Arts , Female Harem , Wuxia , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Magic , Isekai , Reincarnation , Villainess , Video Games , Polyamorous , Primarily Adult Cast , Slavery , Spearplay , Dragons

Agnyeoneun du Beon Sanda

Also known as The Villainess Lives Again.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , 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: Villainess , Politics , Full Color , Female Protagonist , Kingdom Management , Ojou-sama , Estranged Family , Time Manipulation , Conspiracy , Royal Affairs , Magic , Heterosexual , Parenthood , Age Gap , Marriage