Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 1

Looks absolutely stunning. I love black and white manga, but seeing all the colors and the glossy pages, it just works for a series like this. One of my favorite otome isekai for sure. Penelope is such a great protagonist to follow and always kills it with the drip.

Amazing series. So excited to own it in print.

Love the story great book artwork is nice. May need tissue while reading.

The description says that Penelope can’t speak unless she selects from the multiple choice list provided by the game. This almost made me give the book a pass, but ###### (spoiler censored) ######. So it all worked out. ;-) The full color artwork is excellent and the story line is more engaging than I anticipated. I’m enjoying this a lot and look forward to more.

It starts off as a typical fantasy manhwa where the protagonist is in the modern world and she playing a particular otome game. Rather than being hit by truck-kun, she is simply transported to the world as soon as she wakes up from the grueling nights of playing the seemingly impossible to beat game. She assumes the role of the villain, Penelope Eckhart. She meets most of the target characters in the first volume with a preview of the other in the second volume. The intrigue comes as she soon realizes that she can likely die in this world and that there is no reset button like in the game. Now she has to reach100% affinity for one of the target characters in order to reach the ending that she could not achieve in hard mode. Penelope is a practical protagonist, who adjusts well to her surroundings by using her knowledge of the game. Typically, as a villainess she will have those that dislike her, but she uses the title well to assert herself. The art is simply stunning and as readers continue to read other volumes, it does not lose any of the beauty.

I'm assuming other reviews will include context about the storyline and plot. I'd just like to review the actual book itself. - if you're sitting on the fence about the physical edition (either as a first time reader or you've read it previously digitally) it's a very good size. The content gets through the meeting in the garden, and the layout of panels isn't too jarring (not too much white space or etc). Pages are not the thickest (in bright light colors and outlines of the page before will shine through) but it's very high gloss and nice to look at. The actual book has a decent amount of weight to it and is fairly tall, but shouldn't overtax your bookshelf. All in all if you've ever wanted to own it in print I'd highly recommend, it looks great.

So excited to finally get this and paperback!

Entirely a color paged book!!! That just explains how amazing it is because not all manga books do this. I have read this online so it was naturally colored but having it in person was such a shock that I was overjoyed that I could still appreciate the design and colors of the characters.

Wonderfull artwork and story building! Love it to read and couldn’t put it down.

enjoyable story, good quality.

História viciante, lindo traço, personagens interessantes, a protagonista tambem é otima, estou adorando! Já peguei o próximo para ler, muito bom

10/10

The protagonist and the character within the story is really well written, art style look fantastic(far better than manga and even most anime IMO lol). I haven't had a single moment within all the chapter of the currently 6 book where I felt bored, it is always so thrilling to see where the story goes on, what will the protagonist do? how will this effect bla bla bla.. you get my point. Highly recommend, even if you don't like this type of genre give it a try, as I said the story is really really well written to the point that this is considered as a masterpiece of a story in my opinion.