WARNING SPOILERS

mahoutofu September 3, 2025 2:25 pm

SO from what I could find this novel turns into a sh!tshow lol.

"If you want to fall in love with a lovely romance story only to feel completely betrayed by the last two volumes, this is it.

Everything was going well—beautiful development between the leads, heartfelt and fun moments, the duke discovering her true identity as a reader from another world, and their mutual love confession. But then... it all goes downhill.

Out of nowhere, Anri falls into an identity crisis. Despite having a loving husband, a luxurious life, and happiness within reach, she decides to leave everything behind to live as a man and go to university. This breaks the duke’s heart.

She’s incredibly indecisive throughout the story. First, she wants a happily-ever-after with the duke. Then she wants to “create her own story” and walks away. Later, when she learns the duke has been killed, she regrets it all and suddenly wants to be with him again. But it’s too late—his dream of being a good husband and father is gone because he's dead.

So what does she do? She contacts the author of the book and resets the story back to their first carriage encounter. Everything is rushed: they get engaged in two days, meet each other's families, and hop on a ship to France. That’s it. No wedding, no closure for the villain, no explanation for the murdered prince (twice!), the duke’s staff, or whether they have kids. Just… “Let’s sail off to a new adventure” and The End .

Many readers on Korean and English forums were upset. It seems like even the author didn’t know what to do after abandoning the romance and derailing all the characters, so she slapped on a rushed, incomplete ending."

The conflict about Anri not wanting to be “just a wife” was hinted at from early on, so her desire to pursue higher education had some foundation. But since women couldn’t attend university, she ends up leaving Edwin, disguises herself as a man, and goes to study.

The issue is that Anri never communicates with Edwin—despite the fact that he probably would’ve supported her and even worked to reform the laws to give women access to education. As a duchess, she had real power to start social change, but instead, she selfishly chooses to leave everything behind and turns to Erze, the villainess, for help."

That said, some manhwa fans still hope for a better outcome. The artist has already made several changes in the adaptation, so there's a chance the ending might be reworked.

Responses
    natsuhi September 3, 2025 2:53 pm

    Thank you!!! I just stop reading when it gets to the good part. What a shitshow at the end

    Mel September 3, 2025 4:18 pm

    Thank you for this. I'm dropping it.

    OMEGA September 3, 2025 5:02 pm

    NOOOOOO AHHHHHHH

    Yanh-San September 4, 2025 8:35 am

    WTF welp can't be help #-.-)

    YellowLeaves September 4, 2025 3:57 pm

    Guys chill. Let’s all have hope for the manhwa artist to completely avoid that massive F and improve it to a W. Hopefully….( ̄∇ ̄")

    4ki September 4, 2025 7:45 pm

    I actually love the twist but it could've been done some much better... It sounds like the author just gave up and did whatever just to finish the story

    Yiss September 5, 2025 11:11 am

    Thank you for the information, this helps a lot (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ

    amadeusbb September 6, 2025 3:33 pm

    WHATTT??? WTF

    Kawaiineko❤namjoon September 7, 2025 2:59 am

    Oh my gosh nooo I was excited for this. Now your telling me it's going to go this downhill.

    RonannB:) September 7, 2025 4:02 am

    God, let's hope...

    Beau September 8, 2025 1:45 am

    Does that mean she never gets the actual best couple, William and Euni together??

    mahoutofu September 9, 2025 4:15 pm
    Does that mean she never gets the actual best couple, William and Euni together?? Beau

    tbh I didn't read any spoilers about them specifically so I am not sure, but from the spoiler I posted above I can say is that both William and the Duke d!e before she turns back time so even if they did get together it ended in a tragedy. And even after she turned back time and did a redo there was never "any explanation for the murdered prince" and they just elope to france so I am assuming that if they did get together after she went back in time it was off screen...?

    mahoutofu September 9, 2025 4:21 pm
    tbh I didn't read any spoilers about them specifically so I am not sure, but from the spoiler I posted above I can say is that both William and the Duke d!e before she turns back time so even if they did get to... mahoutofu

    also since there was "no closure for the villain" and "no explanation for his death" it's possible that Wiliiam might get murdered AGAIN!! for the third time (OGNOVEL TL, CURRENT TL, and REDO TL) bc they didn't even bother explaining why he died or helped solve the situation before leaving haha...but again these are just assumptions of mine based off the spoiler I posted...

    Beau September 9, 2025 9:47 pm
    also since there was "no closure for the villain" and "no explanation for his death" it's possible that Wiliiam might get murdered AGAIN!! for the third time (OGNOVEL TL, CURRENT TL, and REDO TL) bc they didn't... mahoutofu

    *throws book*

    then what's the POINT

    Kawaiineko❤namjoon September 9, 2025 11:28 pm
    also since there was "no closure for the villain" and "no explanation for his death" it's possible that Wiliiam might get murdered AGAIN!! for the third time (OGNOVEL TL, CURRENT TL, and REDO TL) bc they didn't... mahoutofu

    ... Ngl. I was so into the crown Prince and eunice more than the main.

    mahoutofu September 9, 2025 11:58 pm
    *throws book*then what's the POINT Beau

    In the KN comments people ask about William's ending and someone even comments: "The ending is unsatisfying, so it makes me curious about what happens next. (It's a bit disappointing that the endings for the supporting characters aren't revealed.)" So yeah pretty sure they got completely forgotten/cast aside haha...

    mahoutofu September 9, 2025 11:59 pm
    ... Ngl. I was so into the crown Prince and eunice more than the main. Kawaiineko❤namjoon

    In the KN comments people ask about William's ending and someone even comments: "The ending is unsatisfying, so it makes me curious about what happens next. (It's a bit disappointing that the endings for the supporting characters aren't revealed.)" So yeah pretty sure they got completely forgotten/cast aside haha...but who knows apparently there has been some changed from the novel in the manwha so maybe things will get better?

    Kawaiineko❤namjoon September 10, 2025 12:54 am
    In the KN comments people ask about William's ending and someone even comments: "The ending is unsatisfying, so it makes me curious about what happens next. (It's a bit disappointing that the endings for the su... mahoutofu

    I hope they continue with the changes.