The Tyrant Wants to Be Good

Description

Nothing was ever handed to Dorothea Millanaire. No attention, no love, no power. So she decided to take them for herself… with her sword! She accepts her fate when she is executed for being a bloodthirsty tyrant, only to wake up... as a child?! This is her second chance. She must not repeat history. She must be good.

Original Novel:
Chapters, Volumes

Original Webtoon:
Naver Webtoon, Naver Series

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

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

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Associated Names

A tirana quer viver honestamente

La tirana quiere tener una buena vida

La tryanne veut vivre vertueusement

Pokgunnimeun Chakage Salgo Sipeo

Sang Tiran ingin hidup dengan jujur

The Tyrant Wants To Live A Good Life

The Tyrant Wants to Live a Virtuous Life

The Tyrant Wants to Live Honestly

Tiran ingin menjadi baik

Tyrant Wants a Better Life

Тиранка бажає жити чесно

الطاغية يريد ان يعيش بصدق

เกิดใหม่คราวนี้ ขอเป็นคนดีดูสักครั้ง

暴君女帝想要善良地活著

暴君想要善良地活着

暴君様は優しくなりたい

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Latest Release(s)

c.129 + Afterword (end) by LINE Webtoon 1 month ago

c.128 by LINE Webtoon 1 month ago

c.127 by LINE Webtoon 2 months ago

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Status in Country of Origin

129 Chapters + Review (Complete)

S1: 60 Chapters + Special + Review (1~60)
S2: 60 Chapters (61~120)
Side Stories: 9 Chapters (121~129) + Review

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

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User Rating

Average: 7.6 / 10.0 (134 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.36 / 10.0

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Last Updated

October 28th, 2025 5:16pm PDT - 1 month ago

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Genre

Drama Fantasy Romance Shoujo
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Ram Write

Artist(s)

KAKON

Year

2022

Original Publisher

Naver

Too Need Entertainment

Serialized In (magazine)

Naver Webtoon (Naver)

Naver Series (Naver)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

LINE Webtoon

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #242

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Monthly Pos #283

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3 Month Pos #168

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6 Month Pos #123

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Year Pos #100

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Started out fine but then meh

by starrymisty
2 weeks ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

I enjoyed Dorothea's characters arc and the complexities of her emotions and past. It's a very new thing to have the main character struggle with being good in an isekai like this I believe. Aside from that I got bored and dropped at Chapter 85. Skipped to the end to see the children. It's funny how these artists don't know how genetics work. Think it's just switching the parents' eye and hair colors, huh.

I wasn't convinced by the romance either. I didn't necessarily have second male lead syndrome, but I could understand a romance between Theon and Dorothea more than she with Ethan. Ethan fell in love with her because she figured out his habit of laughing at the other nobles?? Ok, so they thought they were similar but how does that lead to sacrificing everything for the other person. Whatever. The siblings were the best thing about this. Stefan too. Absolutely adore Raymond. May Karnon never find peace in his afterlife I hope his wife scorns him. When she finds out how he treated their daughter I'm sure she would divorce and beat the crap outta him. He sent presents to make up for all that he did :( too bad so sad get outta here.

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well

by LazyM0nday
10 months ago

Rating: N/A

Not sure why but the white haired ml looks so fkn creepy.

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I think the one thing we all can agree on…

by kakimochi
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

…is that the Karnon the Emperor is

a terrible, terrible person and is irredeemable with the way he treats his daughter. I’ve only read until chapter 20 so-far, and one thing I don’t like about Dorothea is how she treats her brother. ! I can kind of forgive her for being mean to him out of jealousy (everything is handed to him just because he’s the Crown Prince), but he has done nothing but be nice to her… genuinely. She’s just so mean to him for no real reason. Yeah, he’s clingy when they’re kids, but he really does seem to care for her. Idk if something changes later in the story, but it doesn’t sit right with me that he tries so hard to be liked by her and earn her favor and all she does is treat him like a nuisance. She’s trying so hard to be good in this life; how does she not see that not being an asshole to her brother is a good way to accomplish that goal?

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Pretty good

by MatrixM
2 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Reviewde @ch47

For a large part of the beginning I was wondering if this was just suffering-porn cos the main character doesn't follow the trend of Return/time-travel stories. She doesn't suddenly have a happy/advantaged life after a life of misery, she's still...miserably and pitiable and I feel so bad for her after she returns to the past.

My main criticism would be the character of Ethan. The story would be better without him and whenever he's on screen it's just frustrating. He arouses no positive emotion in me as a reader. Which is unfortunate because he's in like half the story so far.

this ESPECIALLY sucks because it looks Ethan is supposed to be the male lead. He's literally infuriating but this would mean I'm going to have to see more of him and idk if I'll bother keep reading if I have to go through that

also I feel like there are too many time-skips. Her political and abused life must mean that there's notable event in those skips of time, surely? But we don't see as much happening as I'd expect.

I normally give more detailed reviews/comments lately. but I'm really not feeling it today.

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Low satisfaction

by MaZzAx
3 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

So, it's a really well crafted story with strong characters. The only reason I can't give it a 10 is that it's so unbelievably frustrating. Of course everything can't always be sunshine and rainbows but I think I might go insane if the main character doesn't get at least a little bit of justice soon.
Perhaps the most frustrating character of all is her brother, which is weird because he's not even mean. He's nice, but I hate him. Maybe if you read this, have a more satisfying webcomic ready on the side to cleanse your palate afterwards.

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