Manhwa female leads are arguably one of the hardest protagonists or antagonists to find. Most of them are portrayed as weak females, especially the protagonists, who are waiting for the male lead to come and rescue them without even trying to do anything. On the other hand, some Manhwa are famous for their iconic female leads who can save themselves when in a pinch.
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It’s always interesting to see a female lead go through many experiences and learn from past mistakes to develop her character throughout the Manhwa series. Additionally, it’s extremely satisfying when the female protagonists achieve the impossible and leave their mark on history.
4 Raeliana "Park Eunha, Rinko Hanasaki" McMillan
“The Case Of The Murdered Friend”
Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion | |
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Release Date | Sep 3, 2017 to Mar 22, 2021 |
Genres | Fantasy, Romance, Isekai, Reincarnation |
Status | Completed |
Creators | Milcha (Story), Gorae (Art) |
MyAnimeList Rating | 8.15 |
Park Eunha was murdered and reincarnated as Raeliana McMillan in the Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion Novel. Her destiny is to die at the hands of her fiancé, Francis Brooks. However, since Eunha is decisive and logical, she decides to change her fate by using the high status of Duke Noah Wynknight by offering him an engagement contract.
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Throughout the Manhwa, Raeliana's mind was always churning, constantly thinking of possibilities, solutions, and plans to do to save herself. Because she was always busy finding solutions and adapting to the world around her, she couldn't focus on Noah's feelings and her own. Raeliana prefers to find a logical solution to the sequence of events happening around her, and then think about all that is feelings’ related.
3 Pereshati "Pereshati Zahardt, Shasha" Lapileon
The Lapileons Rock
My In-Laws are Obsessed with Me | |
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Release Date | Nov 25, 2021 |
Genres | Fantasy, Romance, Time Travel |
Status | Ongoing |
Creators | Han, Yoonseol (Story), Seungu (Art) |
MyAnimeList Rating | 7.75 |
Pereshati Lapileon is just an average girl from a count’s family, who was killed by her 'loving family' so they could take care of her fortune. As she comes back to life, she questions her sanity and can’t pinpoint the reason why she got this chance. She wastes no time and starts plotting revenge against those who betrayed her.
To achieve what she wants, she needs a powerful alley and that is where Grand Duke Theodore's turn comes as she offers him a proposal. Unfortunately, she gets killed by him twice, one by mistake and the second to confirm his curiosity. Theodore accepts her marriage offer after Pereshati seems to be unaffected by The Curse of The Lapileons. Then both parties sign a one-year contract, where Sasha is guaranteed safety and the Duke can study her immunity to their Curse closely.
2 Angela
Prince Rayburn’s Stan
I Stan The Prince | |
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Release Date | Feb 17, 2020 |
Genres | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance |
Status | Ongoing |
Creators | Jukseon (Story & Art) |
MyAnimeList Rating | 7.36 |
Angela was an orphan who got sold at a young age for a mere 50,000 coins to a farm in I Stan The Prince Manhwa. After being accused of treason for writing The Prince in The Rose BL fanfic, she's kidnapped by Rayburn's twin sister. She asks Angela to write a sequel because somehow the story gave them a political advantage in the castle.
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Afraid to lose her life, Angela agrees to the royal request and stays inside the castle under the protection of the Espelindo siblings. With her inside the imperial grounds, her relationship with the prince blossoms into a sequence of heart-fluttering moments as she helps him rebuild his destroyed reputation.
1 Shuli Von Neuschwanstein
Youngest Marchioness
A Stepmother's Märchen | |
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Release Date | Jul 4, 2019 |
Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Time Travel |
Status | Ongoing |
Creators | Nyangi-wa Hyangsinnyo (Story), ORKA (Art) |
MyAnimeList Rating | 8.1 |
As a 14-year-old in A Stepmother's Märchen, Shuli was sold by her parents to Johannes von Neuschwanstein, who married her and left her responsible for the care of his four children; Jeremy, Elias, Leon, and Rachel. To protect his estate from the greed of his relatives, he 'educates' Shuli and entrusts her with control of the estate until his eldest is the lord of the Neuschwanstein household.
During her first life, she gets ambushed by bandits and gets disfigured by them to the point she is no longer recognizable. Afterward, she wakes up seven years before her tragic death. As she despairs over the possibility of having to begin all over again, she contemplates reliving her new beginning differently. Her second life is a rollercoaster ride where readers will witness the wholesome interactions of the family as they grow alongside each other.