I Shall Kill That Sweet Devil

Description

Chloe Garnache is an alluring trap for the emperor. After living a life full of abuse at the hands of her family, Chloe is finally freed from her torture by the grand duke, Kairos Ludwig. However, her days of getting taken advantage of are far from over. The only reason Kairos took her in is because of her beauty, which he plans to use in order to lure and kill the emperor. Chloe willingly follows Kairos’ orders, having fallen for his kind and gentle gestures. Unfortunately, her feelings are never returned, and she is met with a pitiful death once her task is fulfilled. But just when things seem to be over, Chloe awakens to find herself back before her life came spiraling down. And this time, she won’t be swayed by the sweet words of the devilish grand duke…

Original Novel:
KakaoPage, Bomtoon, Naver Series, Blice

Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum

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

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

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Associated Names

His Deadly Kindness

I Will Twist the Neck of a Friendly Little Bastard

I'll Twist the Neck of a Sweet Dog

I'll Wrench the Neck of Sweet Son of a B*tch

拧断那个温柔家伙的脖颈

私が愛した人は優しい悪魔でした

被豢养的玫瑰

다정한 개새끼의 목을 비틀었다

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TappyToon

Latest Release(s)

c.2-3 by Tappytoon 3 years ago

c.1 by Tappytoon 3 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

135 Chapters (Ongoing)

S1: 43 Chapters (1~43)
S2: 46 Chapters (44~89)
S3: 43 Chapters (90~132)
S3: 3 Chapters (132~ )

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User Rating

Average: 7.3 / 10.0 (52 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.92 / 10.0

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Last Updated

May 11th, 2025 6:10pm PDT - 2 months ago

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Genre

Drama Fantasy Josei Psychological Romance
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Author(s)

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Year

Original Publisher

Daum

KakaoPage

Nuontoon

Serialized In (magazine)

KakaoPage (KakaoPage)

Kakao Webtoon (Daum)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tappytoon

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #810

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Monthly Pos #1604

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3 Month Pos #2689

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6 Month Pos #3755

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Year Pos #4252

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List Stats

On 251 reading lists

On 182 wish lists

On 9 completed lists

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Masterpiece

by babyfevergirlie
1 year ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Oof. Incredible story

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Character-driven story

by Lokin
2 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

This is the story of a sheltered, naive, weak girl who is groomed to be a doll who eventually learns to find her footing. The pacing is a slow burn but the greater the payoff if you are willing to endure through it. It's a journey of self-discovery, angst, twists, and human relationships.

Pros

Facial expressions changes are nice when they go from extremely clean looking to repulsively contorted.
The main villain is such a Joker-tier madman that it makes it hard to pinpoint the next development.

Cons

Side characters other than the main villain and the main female lead are pretty standard and predictable in how it'll progress

... Last updated 2 years ago

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I LOVE IT

by okayishhese
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

it's eff'd up, its so great lol

The art of the characters' expressions especially?? MWAH

used to give it a 9, as I was iffy about the emperor already having a wife, but it's revealed later on that the emperor and empress are platonic pals and are in a political marriage or something + the empress also has her own lover

... Last updated 3 years ago

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it’s ok ig..

by boggleboggle29
3 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

I’ve only read up to chapter 10 for now. Depending on the future plot I say that this isn’t exactly my cup of tea but I’m reading just to see what happens next.

The premise starts with a young powerless girl named Chloe got taken in by a viscount’s family after her mother got beaten to death and was mistreated. Then some time later the silver hair guy (Kairos) who is a distant relative of the viscount came in and took Chloe in and burnt the viscount’s house down after that so I think basically the viscount’s family died (which is deserved considering how they treated Chloe like an animal). Anyway, Kairos groomed Chloe with the purpose of getting her to seduce the emperor. Which is super disgusting in my opinion because this piece of shit literally manipulated Chloe knowing well about her (romantic) feelings for him. And so she succeeded in the end.

I’m assuming that the emperor is the ML but I don’t like him. Reason why is because he slept with Chloe when during that time, he was married to the empress and this story world has a rule where men can only have one spouse. Like just imagine this story being the point of view of the empress. Her husband is sleeping with some woman just because she couldn’t conceive (thanks to someone). I mean, you can tell me that they don’t love each other or sh*t like that but it doesn’t quite sit right with me. Again, this is just my opinion.
Art is okay, not super pretty but just…okay

Not recommended if you are uncomfortable with the themes mentioned in this story. Otherwise you can read it because there’s going to be some revenge plot coming in

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This is JOSEI, I repeat this is JOSEI. It is not for children

by DarthSiha
4 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

So if the kiddos in the comment sections who don't understand what grooming is could stop reading, go back to their Mary-Sues and lay off their victim-blaming the FL, that be swell.

Actual review:
Very heavy topics that the author has so far done justice. A powerless girl getting used as a chess piece for morally corrupt nobles. She gets groomed by an older male relative from a young age on so don't expect this to be a feel-good story, even if the title implies she will eventually get revenge.
The art is really amazing, there are few stories in this genre that have "average" looking characters. Meaning the artists style can portray a spectrum of prettiness and not just "10/10 gods OR 0/10 comically ugly". So it's a breath of fresh air to see a "pretty female lead" who actually looks different from other female characters.

Looking forward to seeing more, but hopefully seeing less of the comments who think it's her own fault that she was groomed as a child...(seriously, wtf is wrong with y'all?)

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