Concubine Walkthrough

Description

At first, Yona gave some major side-eye to the popular game "Concubine Walkthrough" until she got sucked into it—literally! Now stuck as the villain, she has her hands full facing the infamously cruel emperor, shaking off scheming concubines, and befriending NPCs. There’s only one way the Game Master will let her out and that’s to become the Empress! Will she be able to stay true to her honest and straightforward self despite the palace’s intrigues? One extra problem: she’s got competition...

Original Webtoon:
Daum, KakaoPage

Official Translations:
English, Japanese, French, Thai

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Mémoires d'une Concubine

Royal Game

สงครามนางสนม

後宮攻略

후궁공략

Groups Scanlating

Tapas

Latest Release(s)

c.1-4 by Tapas 2 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

128 Chapters + 2 Side Stories (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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User Rating

Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (101 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.15 / 10.0

37%

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11%

Last Updated

September 27th, 2024 5:58am PDT - 7 months ago

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Genre

Comedy Fantasy Historical Romance Sci-fi Shoujo
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Recommendations

N/A

Author(s)

Bong Bong

Artist(s)

Bong Bong

Year

2020

Original Publisher

Daum

Kakao

Serialized In (magazine)

KakaoPage (KakaoPage)

Kakao Webtoon (Daum)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tapas

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #701

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Monthly Pos #1684

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3 Month Pos #2814

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6 Month Pos #3262

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Year Pos #4123

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List Stats

On 165 reading lists

On 145 wish lists

On 160 completed lists

On 14 unfinished lists

On 153 custom lists

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The politics and intrigue looked promising, but the execution and characters are terrible

by tigerstar186
2 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

The author has a weird habit of revealing a tragic backstory after every female villain is exposed. No concubine is truly evil in this world, which goes directly at odds to the genre of both the story and the game. Every time they do something wrong or morally dubious they are doing it for their friend, their child, or their own misconceptions about what actually occurred. The only exception to this rule is the character the MC is possessing, the "villainess" of the game who effectively stops existing the second the series starts. Even her own misdeeds don't really come back to her, at all.

Interestingly the same is not true of the male characters in this series. They are allowed to be brutal, self-serving, and evil, and are actively glorified for it. The two male love interests are both effectively subtler yanderes whose only interest is "loving" the main character, which effectively manifests as an obsession with owning and controlling her rather than any level of mutual respect or interest.

The only character who gets a significant portion of screen time outside of the disgusting male leads and Yona herself is Lili. Lili is a character with potential, being the narrative opposition to the mc in the original story and having her own secrets. Unfortunately the author quickly retcons any of her antagonistic feelings and actions, and instead shunts the character into the role of plot propellant and narrative expositor. Lili no longer has any real purpose and only serves to move things along or be useful to the mc.

Worst of all is the MC herself. She is a genuine idiot, both intellectually and emotionally. She is constantly pulled along into the conspiracies of the other concubines and the two male love interests and never actually acts on her own. She is a reactive character and her reactions are always stupid. She has seen the murderous and cruel sides of both male leads but is still deluded into thinking they have genuine love for her and swoons constantly. Even the few times she gets one up on a conspirator against her, it is always propelled by someone else. Someone else reveals the problem to her and presents a solution, all she has to do is act along with it. She has no real personal motivation beyond escaping the game, and even that she constantly ignores for her whims to be horny with the male leads and to play nice with concubines who theoretically want her dead. I might be more okay with the naive innocence if this was still early in the story, but at this point she has been living in the game for literal months (if not years!) and is still as useless and refusing to be proactive as ever.

I hate this series and regret reading it. It constantly taunts you with the concept of it becoming better and never does, and at times even seems to spite you for thinking it might.

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A great Otome spin on the trapped in a VR game concept

by therabbitinthemoon
2 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Beautifully drawn from start to finish and packed with plot twists and genuine heart. This manhwa starts slow but it handles the premise really well. Each character presents a different perspective on game and world and what is 'real' and important.
The ML, Sunshine is a confounding and intriguing character and this manhwa will absolutely break your heart at some point. The twists are heartwrenching, shocking, and genuinely add value upon re-read. This is a real gem of the genre that will leave you thinking about it after you read it.
Just as a warning, this manhwa accumulates intrigue over time so it starts a bit slow, it's also not what I would call a light read.

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absolutely stunning

by gloriousmangalover
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

read up to all the avail chapters (63ish) and then some (found some extra translations up to 83) cuz i fucking love this series
court intrigue! chinese ambient! stylized art! lots of fun, gripping storylines! actual mystery! unpredictable characters! great writing and characterization! even the font matches its vibe! real plot twists!
i actually really like the fl (yona turned into ranhee). she's really funny and i like her relationship w the player!lili a lot. they're like siblings and yona is such an emotionally strong fl! she's still a teenage girl but she's a realistic modern woman who actually keeps her values
idk who i'm rooting for ml wise. the romantic development between yona and ml2 (guard) is very sparse and one-sided. yona + ml (emperor) is a lot more interesting. i have so many theories as to who he actually is because i love this manhwa so much omg!
the world is so incredibly unique and intricate. the characters, the game setting, the game master, the ai, etc. everything is so perfectly arranged and with their own minds. even the world back home - this isekai actually addresses the other half of what isekai is supposed to be about! relation to the modern world!

overall: 9/10 probably def going to shift to 10/10 as it grows bc i'm still waiting to see how this plays out (got some kinks and complaints i'd like to see it change) but for now i am so enraptured by it. absolutely impressed. genuinely one of my new favorite manhwas of all time, very much recommended!

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