The Emperor's Partner

Description

Shinju Lee's greatest regret was never being able to properly thank her sister for saving her life. On her deathbed, she makes a deal with a god to be reborn into a life where she can devote herself to her sister's wellbeing. And her prayers are seemingly answered! Reborn in a new world, Shinju's quest to find her sister's reincarnation begins. (Source: Tapas)

Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Ridibooks, Naver Series

Official Translations:
English, S.Chinese, French, Japanese, Thai

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Hwangjeui Ballyeo

Jodoh Kaisar

La compagne de l'empereur

La compañera del emperador

The Emperor's Companion

Спутница императора

บัลลังก์รักจักรพรรดิทมิฬ

皇帝の伴侶

皇帝的伴侣

황제의 반려

Groups Scanlating

N/A

Latest Release(s)

N/A

Status in Country of Origin

100 Chapters (Complete)

Main Story: 90 Chapters (01~ 90)
Side Stories: 10 Chapters (91~ 100)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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User Rating

Average: 6.1 / 10.0 (95 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.13 / 10.0

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16%

Last Updated

September 19th, 2025 10:18am PDT - 4 months ago

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Genre

Fantasy Romance Shoujo
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Epirus

Kakao

Serialized In (magazine)

KakaoPage (Kakao)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

BiliBili Comics (Defunct)

Copin Comics (Defunct)

Day Comics (Expired)

Lalatoon (Expired)

Lezhin US (Expired)

Pocket Comics (Expired)

Tapas

Tappytoon (Expired after October 31st, 2024)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #799 (+5)

Monthly Pos #1965 (-56)

3 Month Pos #3077 (-590)

6 Month Pos #4689 (-460)

Year Pos #5630 (-1216)

List Stats

On 393 reading lists

On 154 wish lists

On 156 completed lists

On 52 unfinished lists

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One point only for the art

by Maeeve
3 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

I can count on my hand the times I dropped a story. This is one. FL should have the intelligence and willpower of the CEO of a great company, but is dull and emotional like a preschooler. I usually like arrogant/cold male characters especially if they clash with the heroine, but this one - who should be a great conqueror who lead the empire to greatness trough great personal sacrifice - acts like an attention-needing teenager. The plot is unreasonable, the behaviour of people in power is nonsensical, the deity itself is idiotic (yes, I scrolled the end chapters just to see if it was worth continuing my struggle, it's still dumb af), some of the "powerful mysterious characters" are just decoration. I mean.. This manwha is just... nonsense. One point only for the art and the brother, who at least in the first chapters seems the only one in the story with a functioning brain.

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Annoying Female Lead

by DivaDiva
4 years ago

Rating: N/A

They need to put a slow romance tag on this. The Female lead really ruined the romance with the do I love him or not thing. She dragged it for soooo long I got bored and almost dropped it just because of how annoying she was.

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Missed Potential

by M1ndstorms
5 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

The story seems quite interesting at first with an interesting setup. However with the male lead keeps killing people left and right and then saying something vaguely nice to the female lead which causes her to almost immediately fall for him. Also the male lead seems to be overly possessive for no reason and being super hands on even though the FL from the other worlds perspective hasn't technically been alive or awake in the 20 years since she was born. By killing all these people he also keeps causing her to overexert herself using her powers to heal everyone so they don't die yet he keeps getting mad at her for doing so.

Both these characters feelings make no sense and makes it unbearable to read in the beginning. The plot seems like it would have been fun if it wasn't for the ML or the FLs "do i love him or do i not" attitude over a man who has murdered multiple people Infront of her and she has only known for a few days

... Last updated 5 years ago

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Only the art is good

by jingrl89
5 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

Art: 7.5/10 (very beautiful but it seems a bit phoned-in, because the character descriptions do not match what they were drawn as)
Characters: 2/10
Plot: 1/10

For the characters I give 1 point to the female lead’s little brother and 1 point for the male lead’s redemption (however unearned it was, he at least became more likable toward the end. We do get some explanation of his actions, but that doesn’t explain how he went from an immature bloodthirsty jerk to a decent person). The female lead is duller than dishwater and most of them end up with unexplained power-ups in the end. The timey-wimey previous lives thing is just confusing.

Like I’m all for happy endings but that ending was some chaotic bull. The main baddie was poorly fleshed out and might as well have been a footnote. The journey to defeat him was boring and nothing happens in the mountains. The female lead doesn’t really do anything. It’s her little brother and the male lead who do most of the legwork...

And they die because of it. But it’s all OK they get resurrected, because plot armor and oh Mr. Glasses Man was a dragon all along. Well Mr. Dragon-Glasses-Man, this whole manhua would’ve had no point if you were half as smart as the author claimed you were and you actually used your freaking powers. And don’t give me that cap that he just “didn’t trust humanity not to exploit him.” If he truly found his soul mate he should’ve done everything for her, but he didn’t.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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You should stick with it

by Trimutius
5 years ago

Rating: 9.5 / 10.0

While beginning puts people not in the best of lights, i recommend to stick with this one. It is not as straightforward as it looks at first sight. I like how characters have depth to them and some behavior which might seem stupid in the beginning actually has a deeper reason to it...

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Putting this on hold for now until maybe never

by Zurel
5 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

Good grief, that arrogant prick of an Emperor, the jerkface who isn't even that good looking and doesn't have any redeeming quality whatsoever. Your single-handedly ruin the story, you moron.

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Terrible.

by SeaElTea
5 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

The only good part is the art.

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Bad Characters, wonky plot

by panda360
5 years ago

Rating: N/A

The plot revolves around the protagonist, the pope, and the emperor. Neither of whom have any important tasks to perform on a daily basis. They have so much free time we get to explore the immaturity of both; a woman who lives a life previously and became a CEO, but fails to mature from a teenager; am emperor who conquered multiple lands and killed his way to the throne acts like a 12 year old.

Lastly the plot talks about oracles given by God must be followed. Well dear author, if God has so much power in this universe, all who betray the pope would have lost their holy power already.

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Wanted to like this

by theLettuceGarden04
6 years ago

Rating: N/A

I'm a fan of a sis-con and bro-con trope, but like someone else have already said, the main male lead ruins it. I also dropped this because of the male lead and the female lead. Like I wouldn't have a problem with the male lead and the female lead to fall for each other, but

I feel like the transition to the female lead falling for the male lead is too fast and gives me bad taste in my mouth. She is pretty much ignoring his violent ways far too soon.

What happened to her previous self? It was a much better character than her isekai self. Indeed it would be a better story without the male lead, where the female lead should focus on her sibling instead.

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The "emperor" is everything that is wrong in the Shoujo genre.

by Kotomine13
6 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

The art is good, the main character is fine (standard yet likeable) and the side characters do a good job of setting the environment with little details. So what's the problem?

The emperor. I despise violent/arrogant/pushy male leads like this one with a passion, especially when it makes no sense what he is doing. Many people dropped the manga early on and for good reason, the cliche "bad guy turn good" in Shoujo manga isn't going to work here. Of course, the story will start to push excuses and events to make them fall for each other as it is implying but the investment isn't worth the effort when the other partner is frustrating. It most certainly does not help at all when the female lead starts to become a vehicle to make excuses for the emperor by forcing romantic thoughts that don't make any sense at all.

The worst thing about it is that if you removed the emperor, you would actually have a good story but with his actions, it turns into a disaster. I don't know what the author was thinking but the damage is done. Even by the standards of other manga with emperors, this one sets a new low. As such, I give the verdict that it is worth a rating of 3 and I would advise you to not waste your time reading it as it simply isn't worth it. Much less, spending cash on it.

... Last updated 6 years ago

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