The Little Lady Behind the Scenes

Description

Julianne is as close to perfect as it gets: she’s got looks, talent, and smarts. The only problem is she has terrible taste in men! That’s why her little sister Lilianne is doing everything she can to make sure she doesn’t end up with the wrong guy. However, Julianne’s suitors are quickly catching on that the way to her heart is through Lilianne’s sweet tooth! How far will Lilianne go to set her sister up with the right man? Who will be the sweetest suitor?

Original Webtoon:
Daum, KakaoPage

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

Type

Manhwa

The Little Lady Behind the Scenes (Novel) (Alternate Version)

Associated Names

An Unseemly Lady

Biseonsilse Lady

La petite Lady tire les ficelles

Впливова леді

เลดี้จอมบงการ

レディは陰の実力者

不熟练的女士

姐姐的護花使者

幕后掌权者小姐

秘密控权的千金

비선실세 레이디

Groups Scanlating

Daddies Supremacy

Shimada Scans

Wicked Dragons Scans

Latest Release(s)

c.64 by Daddies Supremacy 2 years ago

c.63 by Daddies Supremacy 2 years ago

c.62 by Daddies Supremacy 2 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

121 Chapters + Prologue (Ongoing)

S1: 36 Chapters (1~36)
S2: 20 Chapters (37~56)
S3: 27 Chapters (57~83)
S4: 25 Chapters (84~108)
S5: 13 Chapters (Ongoing) 109~

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User Rating

Average: 7.4 / 10.0 (97 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.14 / 10.0

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Last Updated

June 8th, 2025 8:27am PDT - 6 days ago

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Genre

Fantasy Romance Shoujo
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Mung-i [Add]

Sunsaeng

Yehwon

Artist(s)

Year

2021

Original Publisher

Daon

Feelyeon

Kakao

Serialized In (magazine)

Kakaopage (Kakao)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tapas (Feb 10, 2022)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #767

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Monthly Pos #1292

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3 Month Pos #1756

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6 Month Pos #2120

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Year Pos #2398

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On 225 wish lists

On 7 completed lists

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Too immature—no, really

by applepeachpumkin
3 years ago

Rating: N/A

The MC was 20 years old in her previous life. She transmigrated into the 8-year-old little sister of a FML in a reverse harem novel and subsequently... her whole intellectual capabilities diminished?
This isn't a mere act that she puts on so the people around her won't get suspicious of an abrupt change in behavior. Even her thoughts sound like they come from a 4 year old. Not 8, but 4. I have a brother the same age and he doesn't act like that. Trust me, he ain't a tomboy, he used to love playing with my dolls and he'd occasionally throw hissy-fits but that was when he was, like, 4 years old. If he doesn't like something now, or can't have something, he deals with it and moves on.
The MC constantly thinks about sweets, wants sweets, complains about sweets, etc. If she doesn't get her sweets, her temper worsens. She bullies literal children because they annoy her (well hey, they're children. She is 20 years older than them. A year older than the legal drinking age in Korea. Again, this isn't a gimick, she thinks and acts like a child unironically.
I found it hilarious when she thought that one of the children needed to grow up when she herself needs to do just that. She acts like a baby and still humors herself as an adult.
I cannot find any of this cute when the MC is four years older than me.

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How old was she in her previous life?

by Yunwu
3 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

It seems like she was twenty years when she isekai-d into the FL's little sister. I get her pretending to act like a child to keep the ML's away from her sister, but that's not all she does. This 20 years old female stuck in an 8 years old child continuously throws tantrums for not being able to eat sweets 24-7. She says 'I hate you' to her older sister, just because she told her to not eat more than 2 tarts. It's ridiculous when she was just feeling bad about taking over the FL's little sister body...but turns around and says, 'I hate you'. Is that supposed to be cute? If that wasn't all, she teases and gets angry at the first real 8 years old boy she meets since he called her ugly and eats one of her tarts...wow. I'm sorry, but this isn't cute for me. It might have been if our FL was actually really 8 years old instead of 20. I'm dropping this only after reading 6 chapters, since I feel like she will just keep frustrating me if I continue.

... Last updated 3 years ago

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Pretty art and tons of cuteness but story falls short and even a little bit iffy

by Shygirlz
4 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

The art is super pretty and not only are there three handsome male leads, there are three adorable little boys too! Not to mention how pretty the main character and her sister look.

And then there's how this manga is tagged with "food lure" hahaha didn't even know there was such a tag but yeah it sure does revolve around desserts and as a fan of desserts looking at all those is great too.

The whole story so far is just the main character teasing literally everyone lol and it's really cute and funny but after 12 chapters I'm ready for something else to happen so here's hoping.

Another complaint might be how like, the sister's only gonna end up with one of the guys so I feel real bad for the other two, especially when all they do in the manga is visit and hang out around her... they're not even really friends with each other they're all just together for the sister. Honestly I also feel that way for the three kiddos too lol, like I feel they could be friends with each other but unfortunately all we're shown is each kid with the main character.

Update 1 (ch. 27):
As with most romance isekai the FL’s past life maturity has absolutely nothing to do with her isekai maturity, so I just treat the FL as some kind of unrealistic precocious little kid instead and that suspension of belief is fine by me. The biggest conflict in the story so far (ch. 27) is her massive amount of guilt for not being the “real” sister and hiding that from her sister. Tbh it’s pretty annoying, like where is this sudden bit of adult empathy coming from when you’re otherwise a typical selfish five year old. Then again, the guilt is really more of her own insecurity than feeling bad for anyone else and all she does is sulk over it (and make her loved ones concerned) lol so really I guess this too is just precocious five year old behavior.

Between the man-candy and the actual candy and the beautiful matching sister outfits this is pretty much all fluff though and it's overall pretty great.

Update 2 (ch. 39):
Okay lowering this to a 7. Season two art isn't as great sometimes, and the whole "is my sister going to find out I'm not me" guilt trip is really getting old when she's otherwise acting like a five year old when she's supposed to be 8 and also supposed to be in her 20s. Also, all these other eight year olds acting like men in love is just kind of weird. It'd be hot if a 16+ year old did it, but at eight I'm just like, what's developmentally up with you? That Lili's just messing with all of them that feel this way is also a little bleh.

Even her trying to "protect" her sister is getting old because now

it's confirmed that Michael and her sister used to like each other, and him and Lili not getting along was the main reason for her not getting back with him. He's been nothing but nice to Lili literally the whole series and she's done nothing but shun him and redirect her older sister to Cedric. I'm also not very into Cedric, who seems to only have a chance with the older sis because of Lili and is otherwise too passive to pursue her at all.

... Last updated 3 years ago

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