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Side Characters Deserve Love Too (ebook) #1-6
어차피 조연인데 나랑 사랑이나 해 [Eochapi Joyeon-inde Narang Sarang-ina Hae]
비참한 결말을 맞이하는 책 속 조연에게 일방적인 사랑의 열병을 앓았다.
근데…… 그게 좀 과했나? 책 속에 들어올 정도로?
트럭에 치였다가 깨어났더니 웬 모르는 남자가 옆에 누워 있다.
그려 놓은 것처럼 부드럽게 올라간 입꼬리와 쭉 뻗은 콧대와 커다란 두 눈.
금을 뿌린 실처럼 매끄러워 보이는 황금빛 머리카락.
설마. 소설《킹메이커》속 내 최애 카일 드 빌테온?
“……카일?”
“알면서 왜 묻는 거지.”
너무 잘생겼어, 미친 거 아니야? 귀여워……. 내 작고 귀여운 노란 아기 고양이…….
너 진짜 한번 내가 뜨겁게 사랑한다.
신이 누군지는 모르겠지만, 소비자 만족도 평가 대만족입니다.
후기 200자 꽉꽉 채워서 찬사를 보냅니다.
내 마음을 전하고 싶어.
‘미안, 아까 나갈 때 엉덩이 봤어요. 카일 엉덩이 짱 예뻐.’
“엉덩이를 왜 봐!”
……아니 이렇게까지 마음을 전할 생각은 없었는데요.
뭐, 괜찮아! 나 김금자, ‘조세핀’이 되어서 카일을 행복하게 만들어 주지!
“남자면 몰라도, 글을 모르는 조세핀에게는 시킬 일이 없어요.”
예?
그럼…… 남자가 되어 주지.
안녕하세요. 제 이름은 조. 오늘부터 남자입니다.
근데…… 그게 좀 과했나? 책 속에 들어올 정도로?
트럭에 치였다가 깨어났더니 웬 모르는 남자가 옆에 누워 있다.
그려 놓은 것처럼 부드럽게 올라간 입꼬리와 쭉 뻗은 콧대와 커다란 두 눈.
금을 뿌린 실처럼 매끄러워 보이는 황금빛 머리카락.
설마. 소설《킹메이커》속 내 최애 카일 드 빌테온?
“……카일?”
“알면서 왜 묻는 거지.”
너무 잘생겼어, 미친 거 아니야? 귀여워……. 내 작고 귀여운 노란 아기 고양이…….
너 진짜 한번 내가 뜨겁게 사랑한다.
신이 누군지는 모르겠지만, 소비자 만족도 평가 대만족입니다.
후기 200자 꽉꽉 채워서 찬사를 보냅니다.
내 마음을 전하고 싶어.
‘미안, 아까 나갈 때 엉덩이 봤어요. 카일 엉덩이 짱 예뻐.’
“엉덩이를 왜 봐!”
……아니 이렇게까지 마음을 전할 생각은 없었는데요.
뭐, 괜찮아! 나 김금자, ‘조세핀’이 되어서 카일을 행복하게 만들어 주지!
“남자면 몰라도, 글을 모르는 조세핀에게는 시킬 일이 없어요.”
예?
그럼…… 남자가 되어 주지.
안녕하세요. 제 이름은 조. 오늘부터 남자입니다.
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First published December 8, 2019
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December 26, 2024
Hands down my favorite fantasy/Isekai webcomic or manga I’ve ever read. I adore this. It is consistently hilarious, characters are lovable, and our MC is a truly chaotic force that always keeps me guessing. I was riveted up to the last chapter. Fantastic.
December 27, 2024
I read this as a webtoon. It was a long but enjoyable journey.
The many names FL is portraying a working woman that gets in an accident and, as she passes away while reading her favourite novel, she gets transported to the world of that novel. She then get's excited about coexisting in the same universe of her favourite side character, Prince Kyle, and her persona evolves an extreme level of thirsting for the character's appearance and behaviour, but mostly his looks. The author picks up on traits often seen in the fans of the romance genre such as fangirling/stanning.
At first, that's all the story is about but then the message of the story becomes clearer: side characters in the original novel are people too and deserve attention. The prince is suspicious of this new person's sudden appearance and assumes she's out for his life since he's one of the main candidates to the emperor throne. As to keep her under his vigilance without raising suspicion, he tells her to stay not far from his palace. She finds work at his private stable and cross-dresses as a man - this is because working at a stable is not considered a women's job in that era. The story progresses by showing us the day-to-day life of stable boy Joe and how he wishes his prince would fall in love and they would get married.
There are two seasons. The first season has the most chapters and is a bit more light hearted. We see Joe becoming friends with every commoner he crosses paths with and even a few nobles. The main characters of the original novel show up at some point and become friends with Joe too. The season's focus is on Joe's charms as a person and how he improves the life of everyone else. The prince starts to show favour to his stable boy and believing that Joe really has genuine feelings for him. In a world surrounded by cold-hearted people and having to watch his back constantly in order to survive, the prince starts to see Joe's value in his life.
Season two is my favourite. By this point, most of the relevant characters have been introduced and the emotional value established, so the story can start to have a bigger plot. This is where Joe starts to shine not for his quirky rule-bending personality but because both us and him start to discover talents brought up by circumstance. He's put in difficult situations and we have to see how he get's out of them. The war arc adopts a darker tone and even though the humour is still there for tension relief, I didn't feel like it took away the impact of the actions and themes.
I feel like the story was made to let the female characters shine. Joe, Deloah, Priscilla all played fundamental roles in supporting their Princes. Tasha had a big impact in Snow's life too. If anything, sometimes I felt that the male characters weren't on par with the ladies, at points they were pretty much like puppets.
I enjoyed how Joe kept going from being a woman to man and swapping around as it if made no difference to them. I wouldn't say that it didn't dictate their personality but it didn't define it. While Geumja might have been tomboyish inclined, she also completely succeeded in deceiving everyone playing as boy Joe for many years. None of the characters that knew her real identity treated her different for it. Isabella was able to get her more feminine side out of her more than once too. Geumja/Joe was neutral and Kyle and her friends loved her nonetheless. Ofc it's a fantasy, they may mention that men aren't socially accepted as a couple but there wasn't any active discrimination at the idea that male-Joe loved Kyle openly and the end goal was marriage.
The ending was just like a fairytale from the old days where the happy ever ending doesn't show us beyond the
Once again, I enjoyed the lenght of the story. It accompanied me for a few nights worth of reading. I enjoyed how non-conformative it was. It picked up commonly used cliches and made a satire out of them. The artsyle was gorgeous as well. I found myself stopping in some of the panels just to appreciate how beautiful they were.
The many names FL is portraying a working woman that gets in an accident and, as she passes away while reading her favourite novel, she gets transported to the world of that novel. She then get's excited about coexisting in the same universe of her favourite side character, Prince Kyle, and her persona evolves an extreme level of thirsting for the character's appearance and behaviour, but mostly his looks. The author picks up on traits often seen in the fans of the romance genre such as fangirling/stanning.
At first, that's all the story is about but then the message of the story becomes clearer: side characters in the original novel are people too and deserve attention. The prince is suspicious of this new person's sudden appearance and assumes she's out for his life since he's one of the main candidates to the emperor throne. As to keep her under his vigilance without raising suspicion, he tells her to stay not far from his palace. She finds work at his private stable and cross-dresses as a man - this is because working at a stable is not considered a women's job in that era. The story progresses by showing us the day-to-day life of stable boy Joe and how he wishes his prince would fall in love and they would get married.
There are two seasons. The first season has the most chapters and is a bit more light hearted. We see Joe becoming friends with every commoner he crosses paths with and even a few nobles. The main characters of the original novel show up at some point and become friends with Joe too. The season's focus is on Joe's charms as a person and how he improves the life of everyone else. The prince starts to show favour to his stable boy and believing that Joe really has genuine feelings for him. In a world surrounded by cold-hearted people and having to watch his back constantly in order to survive, the prince starts to see Joe's value in his life.
Season two is my favourite. By this point, most of the relevant characters have been introduced and the emotional value established, so the story can start to have a bigger plot. This is where Joe starts to shine not for his quirky rule-bending personality but because both us and him start to discover talents brought up by circumstance. He's put in difficult situations and we have to see how he get's out of them. The war arc adopts a darker tone and even though the humour is still there for tension relief, I didn't feel like it took away the impact of the actions and themes.
I feel like the story was made to let the female characters shine. Joe, Deloah, Priscilla all played fundamental roles in supporting their Princes. Tasha had a big impact in Snow's life too. If anything, sometimes I felt that the male characters weren't on par with the ladies, at points they were pretty much like puppets.
I enjoyed how Joe kept going from being a woman to man and swapping around as it if made no difference to them. I wouldn't say that it didn't dictate their personality but it didn't define it. While Geumja might have been tomboyish inclined, she also completely succeeded in deceiving everyone playing as boy Joe for many years. None of the characters that knew her real identity treated her different for it. Isabella was able to get her more feminine side out of her more than once too. Geumja/Joe was neutral and Kyle and her friends loved her nonetheless. Ofc it's a fantasy, they may mention that men aren't socially accepted as a couple but there wasn't any active discrimination at the idea that male-Joe loved Kyle openly and the end goal was marriage.
The ending was just like a fairytale from the old days where the happy ever ending doesn't show us beyond the
Once again, I enjoyed the lenght of the story. It accompanied me for a few nights worth of reading. I enjoyed how non-conformative it was. It picked up commonly used cliches and made a satire out of them. The artsyle was gorgeous as well. I found myself stopping in some of the panels just to appreciate how beautiful they were.
September 18, 2024
i read this as a manhwa :>>
too few people have read this !! i personally think that this story is on par with many of more popular manhwas of the same genre. just like side characters, this manhwa deserves some love too !!
i went into it with fairly low expectations, partly because some of the reviews i saw but to my surprise, it was much better than I anticipated ! you just gotta shut your brain off sometimes—especially during the first half—bc it can get unrealistic and some plot points can be a little out there (and that’s basing it on fantasy levels of realism) but i personally had no problems with it tbh you just gotta go with it LMAO this has shocking depth to it and and the way the tone always shifts from comedy to action to romance to melodrama to REAL drama (sometimes all in a single chapter) was really unexpected, but in a good way. it constantly keeps you on your toes.
the characters are also incredibly likable. the main character has A LOT of personality and there’s not a single word enough to describe her HAHA she’s a badass but emotional (as opposed to a lot of “stoic badass” female characters), she’s flawed and makes horrible choices, she uses humor as a coping mechanism, she’s a simp and a pervert, but can also be ridiculously smart. shockingly, she’s also very talented at many things and works really really hard but bc the story is told in her pov, she doesn’t always realize that herself. i personally think she’s not very self-aware which makes her an unreliable narrator in some aspects so there are some parts you have to make sense/deduce yourself as a reader bc she won’t tell you straight up with her thoughts.
kyle is also a pretty good ml and i like that he’s not op and makes mistakes. he’s a good guy and loves the fl a lot but he’s not perfect. he makes horrible choices, can be immature, and can sometimes be helpless but he can also stand on business and isn’t afraid to tell the fl how much he wants and needs her. he’s vulnerable with her and isn’t afraid to show it and admit it (despite the fl disguising as a man for like .. 98% of the story so gay rumors are just another day for them) i’d take a ml like this any day over a “perfect” ikemen with a personality of a cabbage that constantly swoops in to save the day for the damsel in distress or everytime the fl gets in trouble.
not to mention the side characters ?? staying true to its title, the manhwa really does give all the side characters the attention they deserve. i was surprised how quickly i got invested in them and i like how they’re also all written as flawed human beings with depth. not all of them had a lot of screentime but they didn’t need to bc the scenes they are in are so impactful. not one panel was wasted in characterization !!
i genuinely did not expect to like this as much as i did to the point that i cannot stop yapping about it LMAO but i am telling you that this manhwa gets better every chapter. if it doesn’t hook you from the beginning, push through and i promise it will reward you :>
definitely much different from anything i’ve read of the same genre so if you’re looking for something else to spice up your usual reading, i would def recommend it.
(also joe is a genderfluid legend and you can’t change my mind)
too few people have read this !! i personally think that this story is on par with many of more popular manhwas of the same genre. just like side characters, this manhwa deserves some love too !!
i went into it with fairly low expectations, partly because some of the reviews i saw but to my surprise, it was much better than I anticipated ! you just gotta shut your brain off sometimes—especially during the first half—bc it can get unrealistic and some plot points can be a little out there (and that’s basing it on fantasy levels of realism) but i personally had no problems with it tbh you just gotta go with it LMAO this has shocking depth to it and and the way the tone always shifts from comedy to action to romance to melodrama to REAL drama (sometimes all in a single chapter) was really unexpected, but in a good way. it constantly keeps you on your toes.
the characters are also incredibly likable. the main character has A LOT of personality and there’s not a single word enough to describe her HAHA she’s a badass but emotional (as opposed to a lot of “stoic badass” female characters), she’s flawed and makes horrible choices, she uses humor as a coping mechanism, she’s a simp and a pervert, but can also be ridiculously smart. shockingly, she’s also very talented at many things and works really really hard but bc the story is told in her pov, she doesn’t always realize that herself. i personally think she’s not very self-aware which makes her an unreliable narrator in some aspects so there are some parts you have to make sense/deduce yourself as a reader bc she won’t tell you straight up with her thoughts.
kyle is also a pretty good ml and i like that he’s not op and makes mistakes. he’s a good guy and loves the fl a lot but he’s not perfect. he makes horrible choices, can be immature, and can sometimes be helpless but he can also stand on business and isn’t afraid to tell the fl how much he wants and needs her. he’s vulnerable with her and isn’t afraid to show it and admit it (despite the fl disguising as a man for like .. 98% of the story so gay rumors are just another day for them) i’d take a ml like this any day over a “perfect” ikemen with a personality of a cabbage that constantly swoops in to save the day for the damsel in distress or everytime the fl gets in trouble.
not to mention the side characters ?? staying true to its title, the manhwa really does give all the side characters the attention they deserve. i was surprised how quickly i got invested in them and i like how they’re also all written as flawed human beings with depth. not all of them had a lot of screentime but they didn’t need to bc the scenes they are in are so impactful. not one panel was wasted in characterization !!
i genuinely did not expect to like this as much as i did to the point that i cannot stop yapping about it LMAO but i am telling you that this manhwa gets better every chapter. if it doesn’t hook you from the beginning, push through and i promise it will reward you :>
definitely much different from anything i’ve read of the same genre so if you’re looking for something else to spice up your usual reading, i would def recommend it.
(also joe is a genderfluid legend and you can’t change my mind)
July 16, 2024
4.9 ❤❤❤ ME ENCANTÓ 💕 Son 145 capítulos pero bien puedes leerlo en un día. Es extremadamente original, trata muy bien la guerra, la familia, la homo y heterosexualidad, la locura, la culpa, las injusticias (que puta impotencia sentí en los juicios) y la política, y tierno y pervertido al mismo tiempo, y es lógico en situaciones que se esperaría que no lo fuera; Y QUE PERSONAJES. Estoy enamorada de todos. Y este es seguramente el único manhwa bisexual que existe así que... En fin, recomendaría esto difinitivamente.
-0.1 💫 (Lo único que no me gustó fueron las inconsistencias históricas con respecto a los vestuarios y construcciones, pero lo re-contra perdono).
-0.1 💫 (Lo único que no me gustó fueron las inconsistencias históricas con respecto a los vestuarios y construcciones, pero lo re-contra perdono).
July 19, 2024
[READ THE MANHWA]
it was marvelous. hilarious. i couldn't stop laughing. i was utterly disappointed when they stopped having telepathic abilities tho. it was the best part of the whole thing. so hilarious.
i love how besotted he was towards her halfway through omggggggggg. male yearning >>>>>>
i decided to stop reading manhwa for a while bc i really don't have any self control once i've started reading. i literally couldn't get anything done bc i was just reading this.
10/10 HIGHLY RECOMMEND THO.
it was marvelous. hilarious. i couldn't stop laughing. i was utterly disappointed when they stopped having telepathic abilities tho. it was the best part of the whole thing. so hilarious.
i love how besotted he was towards her halfway through omggggggggg. male yearning >>>>>>
i decided to stop reading manhwa for a while bc i really don't have any self control once i've started reading. i literally couldn't get anything done bc i was just reading this.
10/10 HIGHLY RECOMMEND THO.
June 6, 2024
AMÉ. Siento que el final fue como apresurado, y si le hubiesen metido más, sólo sería relleno.
Me encariñé mucho con este manhwa y me da rabia mi yo del pasado que no quería leerselo porque juzgaba la portada... y terminó siendo una joyita.
Ahora solo esperaré los extras (los necesito, de verdad que sí)
Me encariñé mucho con este manhwa y me da rabia mi yo del pasado que no quería leerselo porque juzgaba la portada... y terminó siendo una joyita.
Ahora solo esperaré los extras (los necesito, de verdad que sí)
August 14, 2024
Ame este manhwa de principio a fin.
Es la primera historia que me hace reír tanto.
Joe como protagonista es lo máximo, kyle es un
solecito pero por ella lo daría todo.
Show, Benji, lady Flaban, Teo a pesar de ser secundaríos les agarras un cariño inmenso.
Es una historia entretenida, super bonita y muy adictiva.
Es la primera historia que me hace reír tanto.
Joe como protagonista es lo máximo, kyle es un
solecito pero por ella lo daría todo.
Show, Benji, lady Flaban, Teo a pesar de ser secundaríos les agarras un cariño inmenso.
Es una historia entretenida, super bonita y muy adictiva.
December 9, 2024
Read the manhwa. It started off really cringe to the point it was a bit annoying and I was gonna drop it. I decided to keep going. It was still cringe along with becoming absurd and hilarious. I was constantly laughing and smiling throughout the story. It did get darker towards the end and I laughed less, but I enjoyed the war arc.
August 30, 2024
At first it was hilarious but the excessive fangirling is just way too draggy so starting ch. 40, i just skipped & skimmed thru the chapters. Still, the story became better as the plot thickens towards the end.
October 15, 2024
FL was an amazing woman! She transmigrated to novel and had to hide her gender. When she joined the war, she became unstoppable. She was God(dess) of War. She was a successful fangirl who came to make ML (the side character) had happy life and became the King!
August 12, 2025
THIS STORY IS REALLY CUTE!!!!! It's definitely a comedy but also takes itself seriously in ways that matter. Our MC is a cutie pie, and as of chapter 72, I don't hate anything yet!! Hurray!!
June 28, 2024
Rating: 3.5 stars
May 12, 2025
Funny, but when I caught up it started to get boring. And I am over the crossdressing. It finished so I just skipped to the end and didn't miss anything
June 15, 2025
Overall quite a fun read!
December 5, 2023
This one goes for a histrionic comedic tone that I just can't quite wrap my head around. The gimmick is that the prince can hear all her fangirling commentary. While once or twice might be funny, every day for months it becomes toxic rather than humorous. Further, she doesn't really seem concerned with the terrors from the book. The readers don't know enough of what is to come to predict events or be shocked when they go awry. New mechanics, rules, and people just kind of appear. It's a bit different than the stock novel transmigration stories but it wasn't enough to keep me engaged. DNF.
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June 12, 2024
Read the manhwa till the end of season one(*chapter 91) and it was amazing.
I will continue reading when season two has finished.
I will continue reading when season two has finished.
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