Villains are destined to die is a novel and Wicked manhwa With uniquely dark themes and humanly flawed characters. It follows a gamer protagonist who is reborn in the body of Penelope Eckhart, the villainous character in the otome game she played. While similar villain stories like My next life as the sickness Focus on romance and be generous with fluff, Villains are destined to die Dives right into a more gritty and desperate struggle for survival of his main character.
Penelope is calculating, and sometimes even cruelIn prioritizing your survival over feelings. This makes her far from the typical heroine, allowing Penelope to reclaim the aura of a villain as one focused on self-preservation and even self-esteem, to the extent the reader is encouraged to cheer her on through (much-deserved) verbal lashings. To characters, who created them wrongly.
Villains are destined to die Was at the forefront of a wave of similar villain heroines with incredible human depth. This manhwa deserves to be brought to life in an anime adaptationAs one of the first to expand the scope of the genre and the potential characteristics of its heroines.
The manhwa isn’t just massively popular, it’s groundbreaking
An anime adaptation would bring this incredible story to an even larger audience
Villains are destined to die was a standout success on Tapas, and has achieved enough of a following to have the manhwa beautifully published and readily available in the ever-growing manga sections of bookstores like Barnes & Noble everywhere. His loyal reader base proved the audience’s willingness to embrace the colder characters with the same love and fervor they do other romance-focused characters and love interests in any otome iskai.
The unique approach of Villains are destined to die Allows for a wide range of personalities and flawed traits in heroines, which creates interesting and unique relationship developments and conflicts for the story to delve into. But even apart from its popularity and large reader base eager for an adaptation, the story Deserves to be brought to life to expand the scope of wild anime available.
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The majority of current villain anime places a heavy focus on romance and harem tropes and features protagonists who still largely follow the heroine model of other genres, such as the extremely well-rounded Katarina class. Penelope Eckhart is a prime example of the way so many Manhwas create villains with unparalleled depth By diverting from the norms. Manhwas like this really deserve a chance to showcase the complex, flawed characters in anime adaptations.
Penelope Eckhart is a unique villain for the genre
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Although common tropes are still present and there is a bit of the usual heroine plot armor, the story is stark in Penelope’s single-minded prioritization of completing a route. More than that, she is willing to be downright unlikable in interactions with characters she feels she cannot strike an affection score with and thus do not serve her, evidenced by her initial interactions with her brother Reynold. Her willingness to be blunt and almost cruel when defending herself instills a strange admiration, though her choices can also be frustrating.
By leaning into a Completely human, flawed protagonist like Penelope Who experiences tremendous growth over the course of the story in slowly learning to respect and trust her feelings, the manhwa more directly challenges and subverts the idea of ​​the villain character himself.
Villains are destined to die Exposing the reader to some of the traits typically associated with the villain type of character in a new, desirable connotation, it offers incredible nuance and depth. For these reasons the US Wicked manhwa is more than deserving of an anime adaptation, and would add some much needed variety to what is currently available.