I Am the Real One

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A prophecy foretold that the Grand Duke would only have one water elementalist born from him. Though she lacks her father's affection, Keira knows she’s destined for those powers. But after years of doing what was right and proper for a noble, she's executed after the conniving Cosette appears, claiming to be the Grand Duke's real daughter. But then—Keira wakes up with a newfound purpose: make changes, allies, and even friends before it's too late. Will it be enough before Cosette hatches her plot?

Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum

Official Translations:
English, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Thai, French, German
Japanese: Piccoma, Mechacomic

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

I Am the Real One (Novel) (Adapted From)

Associated Names

Actually, I Was the Real One

Actually, I'm the Real One

Chị đây mới là hàng thật nha cưng!

Die wahre Tochter bin ich

En realidad, yo era la verdadera

Eu sou a verdadeira

Gerçek Olan Bendim

La verdad es que soy la auténtica

La vraie, c'est moi !

Sasireun Naega Jinjjayeotda

Sesungguhnya, Akulah yang Asli

На самом деле, я была настоящей

Насправді, я була справжньою

Үнэндээ би жинхэнэ охин нь байсан

Իրականում ես իրականն էի

ฉันนี่แหละที่เป็นตัวจริง

事实上，我才是真的

其实我才是真的

其實我才是正牌千金

実は私が本物だった

真与假的精灵师少女

사실은 내가 진짜였다

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Latest Release(s)

c.94 by Mango Scans EN 2 years ago

c.44 by Speedcat 4 years ago

c.41-43 by Speedcat 4 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

150 Chapters + Prologue (Hiatus)
5 Volumes (Ongoing)

S1: 40 Chapters (1-40)
S2: 40 Chapters (41-80)
S3: 37 Chapters (81-117)
S4: 33 Chapters (118-150)
Side Stories: TBA

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User Rating

Average: 7.3 / 10.0 (201 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.17 / 10.0

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Last Updated

July 14th, 2025 4:14am PDT - 1 day ago

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Genre

Drama Fantasy Romance Shoujo
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Daum

Kakaopage

Yeondam

Serialized In (magazine)

Kakaopage (Kakao)

Kakao Webtoon (Daum)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Radish (Expired)

Tapas

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Weekly Pos #547

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Monthly Pos #1019

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3 Month Pos #1240

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6 Month Pos #1058

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Year Pos #833

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On 298 wish lists

On 98 completed lists

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slow boil, but gets really good

by Gene.Starwind
1 month ago

Rating: N/A

I started this on a whim and now, I can't wait for the rest of the story. It IS slow as molasses, at the beginning, but, if you stick with it, the story really begins to draw you in. The MC is Keira Parvis, daughter of a Duke. As it starts, she is being executed for being a bringer of disaster, which has not happened. As the blade remoes her head, she awakens in her old bed se real months before the main antagonist shows up.

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What is with the hype?

by HidaK
4 months ago

Rating: N/A

I'm like 30 chapters in and genuinely nothing has happened, like homegirl is supposed to be some master warrior and she doesn't even consider prioritising that in her escape plan? Like why are you tittering about when your death is imminent please have some urgency 😭

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Going Nowhere

by YanaseRyoko
1 year ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

This one started good but a lot of changes thanks to the artist, makes it boring, it only makes you lose time for nothing, I'm not even complaining about the romance plot because it wasn't my priority but definitely the mc doesn't deserve them, they're too much for her.. Now the actual plot goes nowhere is like running in circles. I'm so done.

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Characters Are Out Characters

by BATMAN THE GREATEST
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

Ok so the story is okay and the fl is sympathetic but she's simply dumb and a frustrating type of that which makes the sympathy turns into anger and frustration to the character instead i get it they want to do a introvert type but it's too much and because of a plothole that before her regression she was composed and slightly better than average but after her time travel she just don't know basic things about society they try explaining it by telling she never stepped outside but it doesn't make sense to be that dumb since she has learned so many etiquettes and knowledge since child hold but she can't manage to hold a conversation even for a second with other people and even trust strangers very easily and I am over 100 chapters and it's giving me some bad vibes in which I would prefer novel over if this is heading into the way I think it is and obviously I am talking about the romance interest in the novel there wasn't one but since it's manwa so it's maybe time to break out heart as over 98% of time when they add someone like knight and duke or prince whatever multiple love intrest it's the knight who we all ship because of his obvious knightly charm specially if he showed first with affection literally from first scenes the love interest knight and female lead chemistry matches the most but they never end up together despite having the best chemistry it's always turn out to somewhat bad type good looking whatever with blonde shit hair lead which I obviously hate I wish if they are adding love interest they better do Sir Joseph And Keira for the sake of not letting me go depress again therefore -
#SirJosephXKeira

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had me gritting my teeth just to start

by TiredandDeadInside
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

I've tried a couple of times to read this but each time was just so painful I have up. I finally got somewhere after skipping the entire first flashback AND second extended flashback. I'm so glad I did.

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"nothing happens ever" the manwha

by Gunthark
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

This started pretty good.
Not gonna lie I like the art, I like the reset button "I know the future and will change things" trope. I'm kind of a sucker for those stories.
And I had hope at first, for like the 40 first chapters.
I'm now on chap 94 and well...

This has turned into a very frustrating experience.
More details in spoilers as they imply basically telling you what happens up to 94.
But trust me, the title of my comment says it all.

Nothing is what happens.
It's a story about the usual mc that was wronged in her former life, and seeking "revenge" against the bad woman who took her place and destroyed the world.
I say "revenge" between "" because the mc doesn't really want to harm Cosette (the bad girl) she just wants to be recognized as the real daughter. So it's more that the mc is simply seeking for acknowledgement, and she doesn't know at first how bad Cosette is. Thinking she's a manipulated victim.

Anyways, it's quite good up to chapter 40 ish as what Cosette does is quite small, and the fact she never gets punished for it isn't too bad. It's setting up their relationship, it's fine.
The problem is, not punishing the evildoer in a story about changing the future and punishing the evildoer is something that keeps happening.

A couple chapters later we have an arc where they go serve at the church for a holy ritual. Where Cosette Starts a fire (my guess, it's never said directly, but it's a very convenient fire let's just say...) and Breaks the holy item used in the ritual to blame the MC and make things hard for her.
Mc handles it well, Cosette is seen as the true culprit, her personnal maid is taken from her... And the only punishment for Cosette is being sent to her room. Literally, house arrest, for destroying a holy item, neglecting her duty, putting shame on her family (given the father personality, that should have been death)

A bit later, MC in a decent bit of thinking, manages to figure out Cosette is in fact most likely a demon possessing a dead body. Author shows that as a big win. What happens ? Nothing at all. Literally nothing at all. No consequences or anything, and it's never mentioned again so far.
Cosette uses her demonic powers to attack MC. She doesn't notice. The protection earing that was supposed to alert the wizard helping her breaks, wizard isn't alerted. Nothing happens.

Later Cosette is somehow allowed to go to the important hunting tournament. Makes a scene there despite apparently being under surveillance. Nothing happens.

A dragon appears attacking the grounds. Cosette is obviously involved...
Nothing happens ? Ok that one I dunno, it's the latest chapters. But We're 3 days after the attack, nothing has happened to Cosette yet.

Oh and Father has regained some memories, clearly knows Cosette is on the demon's side now. And... Nothing has happened.

So far it looks a lot like a chinese manhua, trying to milk a 2000 chapters story that could have been solved in a hundred more satisfyingly.
Now I'm not going to say this is completely bad. It has good moments, the start is good, the art is decent.
And if you aren't bothered with the constant cliffhangers into nothing happens, you might have fun. Hence why I didn't rate it 1.

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One of my favorites

by MorganaReads
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I love this story and the art is amazing. Personally, I'm here for the revenge story and watching the FL get rid of the imposter, and that aspect of the plot has been progressing well. Also (aside from the FL's father) the character and world building is great too.
I don't get others frustrations about not knowing who the ML is. The romance isn't what the story is about, and whatever happens with the romance is secondary to the FL regaining her life back (although of course I'm rooting for one of the men over the other).

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Uh...

by Aroxie
4 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

I agree with a reviewer here where the story is dragging on and on over the same thing... like please get a move on already. The art is cute, but the back and forth between the unknown ML is such a drag. I find myself skipping so many chapters and still able to tell what’s going to happen next.

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A little bit boring, but there is hope

by glowtoads
4 years ago

Rating: N/A

It's nice to see a character who has suffered deeply in their first life just focus on being happy and enjoying what they can in their second, but I find it a bit... aimless. There isn't much direction nor drive to the story for a very long time, which makes it a drag to get through. There isn't much separating this from every other story in the genre.

But as of March 2021, the infamous Cosette has made her first appearance in Keira's second life, so it looks like things will pick up! Fingers crossed, I will stick with this for a bit longer.

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Fun

by noobzilla
4 years ago

Rating: N/A

I like it, if not solely because the ML is not obvious. Normally its the first guy the FL meets. But you can argue that she met 2 distinct MLs first depending on who you are shipping 😛

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