The villain is destined to die is a novel and manhwa villain with a unique dark theme and characters with human flaws. The series follows a gamer protagonist who is reincarnated into the body of Penelope Eckhart, the villain of the otome game she played. While similar villain stories like My Next Life as the Villainess focus on romance and lavishness with frivolous things, Villains are Destined to Die immediately plunges into the protagonist's more intense and desperate struggle for survival.
Penelope is calculating, and sometimes even cruel.in prioritizing her survival over her emotions. This sets her apart from a typical heroine, allowing Penelope to regain her villainous aura by focusing on self-preservation and even self-esteem, to the point where the reader is encouraged to cheer her on through her (well-deserved) verbal criticism of characters who have misjudged her.
Villains are Destined to Die is at the forefront of a wave of similar female villains with incredible human depth. This manhwa deserves an anime adaptationwas one of the first works to expand the scope of the genre and its ability to develop the personalities of its female protagonists.
This manhwa is not only extremely popular but also groundbreaking.
An Anime adaptation would bring this incredible story to an even wider audience.
Villains Are Destined to Die was a huge success on Tapas, and gained enough of a following to have the manhwa beautifully published and available in the ever-growing manga sections of bookstores like Barnes & Noble everywhere. Its loyal readership has proven that audiences are willing to embrace these colder characters with the same love and enthusiasm they have for other romance-focused characters and love interests in any otome isekai.
Villains Are Destined to Die's unique approach allows for more personality and flawed traits in its heroines, creating interesting and unique relationship developments and conflicts for the story to delve into. But even beyond its popularity and massive readership eager for an adaptation, this story deserved to be brought to life to expand the range of available villain anime.
Most anime about villains today focus heavily on romance and harem themes and feature main characters that are still largely modeled after heroines from other genres, such as the extremely kind Catarina Claes. Penelope Eckhart is a prime example of how a lot of manwas creates villains of unparalleled depth by deviating from those norms. Manhwa like this really deserve the chance to showcase these complex, flawed characters in anime adaptations.
Penelope Eckhart is a unique villain for the genre.
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While the general stereotypes are still present and there is a bit of a conventional heroine plot, the story is clear in Penelope's prioritization of completing one route. What's more, she is willing to be completely unpopular in her interactions with characters who she feels she cannot raise affection for and therefore do not serve her, as evidenced by her early interactions with her brother Reynold. Her blunt and almost ruthless willingness to defend herself makes for a strangely admirable, though her choices can also be frustrating.
By leaning into one The main character is completely human, flawed like Penelope. A man who undergoes tremendous growth throughout the story as he slowly learns to respect and trust his emotions, this manhwa directly challenges and subverts the idea of the villain.
The villain is destined to die gives readers a taste of some of the traits typically associated with the villain type in a new, desirable sense, and brings surprising nuance and depth. For these reasons manhwa villain deserves an anime adaptation and would add much needed diversity to existing works.