The Antagonist's Pet

Description

Blessed with the face of an angel, young Sasha Tartt knows a life-altering secret: in this romance novel where she’s just a side character, she’s the only one who knows the true ending! When the antagonist of the story takes a particular liking to her, she must make a decision: help the clever and beautiful Rebecca find a happy ending, or side with the sweet-natured protagonist to ensure her own survival? On top of that, Sasha has to juggle the affections of her bespectacled love interest and tame a dragon boy! Can Sasha learn new tricks to win the hearts of these main characters?

(Note: This centres a bisexual love triangle)

Original Webtoon:
Daum, KakaoPage

Official Translations:
English: Manta, Tapas, Tappytoon
S.Chinese: BiliBili, KuaiKan
Others: French, Japanese, Russian, Thai

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

The Antagonist's Pet (Novel) (Adapted From)

Associated Names

Akujo no Pet

Akujo no Petto

Angnyeoui Aewandongmul

Antagonist's Pet

Evil Woman's Pet

La favorite de l'héritière

La mascota de la villana

The Pet of the Villainess

Thú cưng của nữ phụ độc ác

Питомец злодейки

นางเอกหลบไป! ทีมนางร้ายจะเดิน

悪女のペット

毒皇妃也有可愛閨蜜？

毒皇妃也有可爱闺蜜？

穿越成贵族的宠物

악녀의 애완동물

Groups Scanlating

N/A

Latest Release(s)

N/A

Status in Country of Origin

104 Chapters + 13 Side Story (Complete)

S1: 50 Chapters (1~50)
S2: 54 Chapters (51~104)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

1 topics, 1 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.4 / 10.0 (188 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.25 / 10.0

14%

18%

22%

16%

Last Updated

October 2nd, 2025 2:12am PDT - 2 weeks ago

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Genre

Drama Fantasy Romance Shoujo
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Category Recommendations

I Became the Squirrel That Saves the Villain

Oshi no Shuuchakushin wo Namete Ita

I'll Protect You, Daddy!

I Became the Young Villain's Sister-in-Law

I Was Doted on After Raising the Final Boss Duke's Nephew

Recommendations

N/A

Author(s)

Harnenn

Artist(s)

Seobo

Year

2019

Original Publisher

Daum

DNC Webtoon

Kakao

Serialized In (magazine)

KakaoPage (Kakao)

Kakao Webtoon (Daum)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Manta

Pocket Comics (Defunct)

Tapas

Tappytoon

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #705

(+2)

Monthly Pos #1940 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3087

(-371)

6 Month Pos #4372

(-267)

Year Pos #5818

(+375)

List Stats

On 476 reading lists

On 203 wish lists

On 305 completed lists

On 53 unfinished lists

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No, the main leads don't cheat

4 years ago

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Meh

by teranell
10 months ago

Rating: N/A

Started out with classic tropes. It ended weird though. I feel like the main character breaks character sometimes (especially towards the end) and they claim she is nicer/better than her behavior reflects. Also the romance is weird/awkward.

I don't get how she fell for the guy she did. Would have been better if she ended up with the dragon and glasses guy ended up with rebecca. The dragon is represented as a kid but it is suggested that he can choose the age that he shows up as in the extra chapters so I don't think that matters.

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by Onism
1 year ago

Rating: N/A

Got bored and started skipping and skimming chapters after like 50-60 chapters. Got to the end to see if things would turn around but…uh no. Pretty predictable ending.

⚜️ TROPES/Themes

Criticises original story she reincarnated in
Dotted on dby noblewomen (like a pet. Reference to title)
Low stakes
Finds another transmigrator
The original FL is acting suspicious trope
GL story (heavily implied. Not outright said)
Feeling little chemistry between FL & Arth
First prince is an incompetent cheater
🛡️Illegitimate 2nd prince famed in battle (Payne)
The original, fighting against destiny
A strategically instigated fight for throne

🎀 Sasha Tartt (FL)

bright, adoring, gives off a cutesy vibe sometimes
talkative. Good as putting on a face.
opportunistic parents
abusive original parents. People pleaser

♟️ Rebecca Aertsen (original villainess/love interest)

raised to be perfect as next crown Princess
kind, ambitious. Barrier of sexism in world.
training in swordsmanship (earnt skill)
close with FL (personally, more of a love interest than ML)

🐉 Naska (later love interest)

apathetic decades old dragon in body of child
prideful, brash, uncaring. Sweet tooth.
unknowing and confused by human customs
development: learns to care for humans

📚 Arth Klein (love interest)

personal aid to first prince
usually reserved. Oddly confident flirting with FL
scheming. Plays people like pawns.
rags to riches backstory

🌻 Lilith May (original FL)

escaping abusive parent
falls in love with 2nd prince, Payne

CONTENT WARNINGS
Toxic relationships, Colourism (eg, a character exclaiming how they weren’t going to show their face because of how horrible they look because they got a tan. Equating pale skin to purity of character), infidelity (flirting/pursuing while with a fiancé), verbal abuse, parental abuse ( Memory), sexism (eg. Assumptions about a woman’s moral character because they’re openly promiscuous), a bit of underlying fat phobia (eg. Suggesting someone has to ‘work off’ their food), violence, classism, emotional manipulation (mention. Threatening to kill oneself if the other person doesn’t return their affections), restricted eating (forced by parent), underlying racism (depicting an empire based on middle eastern countries and traditions as more prone to violence, greedy and eager to ‘invade’ other’s lands), assassination, suicide, slavery, bullying, starvation

... Last updated 1 year ago

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It felt fake

by catwoman1994
2 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

It felt like she didn't like the main guy and they just got together because they were good friends. It never got any deeper. She had better chemistry with the dragon..... cute story definitely not a romance 😮💨

... Last updated 2 years ago

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Where to read the novel?

by Rose226
3 years ago

Rating: N/A

I absolutely loved this series, probably one of my favorites despite my disappointment with the ending. However, my main reason for commenting was because I wanted to know if anyone knew where I can read the actual novel for this? Or does it not have one? No matter how hard I search I can't find it.

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Should've been a GL

by TheHouseAlwaysWins
3 years ago

Rating: N/A

I think this work was an absolutely fascinating setup. Right from the start we see that the MC has a massive fatal flaw- She is a suckup that allows people to emotionally offload onto her to elevate her social status. I do love how the author doesn't immediately condemn this behaviour, and as pieces of Sasha's past are revealed the author examines why Sasha has adopted this behaviour and she acknowledges and tries to shift her unhealthy behaviours.

I do love her relationship with Rebecca. No, it's not healthy, but it is realistic. Rebecca is in love with Sasha- and it is taken pretty seriously. Sasha encouraged her to think about what she wanted in life- and what she wants she cannot have within the constraints of the society she lives in. Sasha reads as a bisexual woman who is too emotionally repressed herself to understand that, and isn't really emotionally available for a relationship.

Frankly, while I went into reading this expecting a fluffy romance, I didn't really read it for the romance at all, but for the individual struggles of all of the characters straining against the rules society has set for them- chains they never would have even acknowledged if it weren't for Sasha- who came from outside of the box.

This was a fantastic read for anyone who wants well fleshed out characters with flaws that are treated seriously and not immediately solved or glossed over.

... Last updated 3 years ago

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Fun read but unsatisfying ending

by potatohunter0
3 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

Characters = 7/10
Ending = 2/10
I loved the characters and setting going into this one. However, the further in I got the more disappointed I was when loads of prior plot hooks went unused and ultimately the series ended about as generic and unsatisfying as it could've. The story spends a lot of time fleshing out characters inner issues in the later third of the work but ultimately does not resolve them at all; it ended up being a lot of bloated build up that never arrived at a conclusion.

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Better than other stories, but not the best either

by MorganaReads
4 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

First off, the author is another author ignorant of brown cultures to the point of racism when they describe the neighboring country that is a "threat", which is based on middle eastern nations. So that ended up ruining this story for me.
The plot overall is cute and fluffy, literally. The FL wins people over by being cute and non threatening. Sometimes, it works a little too well on their enemies and therefore seems unbelievable. And, as others have mentioned, some of the pairings at the end didn't make sense, especially the FL lead's sudden love for the person she ends up with rather than feelings of a friend.

However, it was nice seeing annoying people get their just desserts and overall was a cute fun read.

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absolutely not worth it

by gloriousmangalover
4 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

considering the high ratings, i feel like i should give it another go. but i dropped it after two chapters.

so here’s the thing: whenever i have a manhwa i read that just doesn’t impress within the first few chapters, i try to skim ahead a bit to see if it solves any issues i saw from the beginning. here are my notations for this one:

the beginning:

blatant colorism
obvious yuri bait which is incontestably annoying not really for the lack of possibility of a wlw relationship (though that is true), but bc it’s clear the author doesn’t treat wlw relationships as equal to f-m ones. just not worth hailing 100+ ch of a predictable plot with an incredibly flat uninspiring line.
fl isn’t a villain, she’s a side character (?) fl (?) idk it’s unexplained, the writing is jumpy, the translation poor. she feels flat, maybe she develops but i don’t want to stick around to see. there is nothing enticing or interesting about the plot but at least the fl isn’t a villainess
was reading for green haired, long haired ml. very unimpressive entrance. no immediate characterization. no introduction yet of magic system but unneeded frankly, im just not interested
poorly written villains (the noble people) with no characterization other than “evil”
the art is dreadful and plain and ordinary. very uninspiring colors, lazy drawing of her death oml, and lack of depth in every character design. lots of missing backgrounds, very little effort put in

the end:

art barely improves
writing is just as shit. character development seems to be there, but still flat characters and poor narration
still very much yuri bait. 😐
ml still unimpressive.

overall: 1/10 just no. large, impermissible systemic problems combined with an awful boring plot and terrible art? not worth 100+ ch of that shit

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In short

by connectedwizzard
4 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

Why did the shitz author tease that maybe she gone end up bi-. Like the forced prince relationship? Why?

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Should have gone Yuri route

by Daedalus679
4 years ago

Rating: N/A

I like these characters but not who they end up with, there's just little chemistry there. And I just feel bad for Naska he deserves better. Had some really good plot though and I like the main girl.

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