The massive complaint and argument that is bound to be found when talking about The Abandoned Empress is the ending. Specifically, the fact that Aristia ends up with Ruve. This caused many a reader to stop reading after they found out about the ending due to the abuse that the original Ruve had put on her and believe that even if he changed in the new timeline, they don't accept it as it comes across as an Unfortunate Implications that Tia ends up with the man who abused her in the past (I.E, the original timeline), and would rather have Tia be paired with Carsein or Allendis. However, there is a second party who are accepting it with the argument that Aristia is paired with a Ruve who changed and end up being kinder towards her due to For Want Of A Nail effects in play, and shouldn't be held accountable for the actions of the original timeline Ruve, considering them as different individuals. Then there's the middle ground: those who find the fact uncomfortable but still continue to read despite knowing that regardless to see how the webcomic adaptation handles this and eventually accepting how the matter is handled or they don't. Evil Is Petty: Duke Zena despises the Moniques, while there are some purely political reasons, that's not what he harps upon. One big reason for his attitude, especially towards Aristia, is that her mother is the daughter of his little sister and a commoner. Harsher in Hindsight: Early on in the webcomic's run lot of people, knowing the end pairing, openly stated they'd much rather see Aristia end up with Allendis. Allendis, who was later revealed to be a violently obsessive yandere who almost gets Aristia killed before he realises his obsession with her is only going to hurt her, and has to remove himself from the situation entirely to keep her safe. Jeremia is Aristia's late mother who has few memories of or information about her due to having Jeremia passed away when Aristia was young. The Load: While Jieun was much loved by Ruveliss, she couldn't actually do any of the work she was supposed to be handling, leaving Tia to clean up after her. In the original timeline, after Tia's execution Ruveliss came to realize how valuable she was and how useless Jieun was in contrast, eventually coming to hold her in contempt.

In the novels, at the end of the series, Aristia and Ruvellis Kamaludin Shana Castina have three children: So much happens in this volume, because I’m not done talking yet. She meets the chancellor’s genius second son, who becomes infatuated with her and proposes to her at first meeting. Yes, a 13-year-old proposes to a 10-year-old. You are not imagining things. Her possessive father (HAHAHA) hears this and disapproves immediately! He announces that he needs to learn to be good with a sword and not just his brain if he wants to go anywhere near his daughter, and only as a friend at that. The chancellor’s son takes on the challenge because he really wants to marry—I mean become friends with our female lead. How cute, HAHAHA. Of course, I’ll take anyone over the dipshit crown prince. I’ve run out of names to call him at this point. First timeline Ruveliss rarely seemed to have a moment of self-reflection. He blamed Aristia and later Jieun for his problems, not realizing that they were all self-inflicted or that he should have worked to solve them himself. It's not the typical, popular, mainstream romance story that pleases everybody. It's not for those who are thirsting for the more popular flowery romance story. I don't think it intends to be one. Not that i hate the more popular story. But it is perfect for those who are looking for a change of pace, who are willing to open their minds to a boarder perspective on things, and those who loves stories that is not bluntly obvious as how things are to be expected. Character Development: A whole lot going on. But the biggest example to this would be Prince Ruveliss. Especially in comparison to his original timeline counterpart due to For Want Of A Nail effects in play. Thanks to encountering a time-traveled Aristia at an early age, he grew away from becoming anywhere closer to his original timeline counterpart personality wise after a Jerkass Realization on his own part and future interactions with Aristia.The Abandoned Empressis a compelling drama, a work of court intrigue filled with suspense, betrayal, and romance. In a time in which Korean webcomics are among today's most popular comics categories, The Abandoned Empresshas stood out with one of the largest followings of passionate fans. When she attends a party in the palace at the age of 13, she eavesdrops the conversation between the daughters of aristocrats and hears them insulting her by spreading the false rumors that she and Carsien are lovers. Her blood starts boiling, and she decides to organize a social group of her own and starts inviting suitable girls from noble families whom she can use to get a profitable place for herself in the social circle and gatherings. Although she was worried that it may seem like manipulation to Allendis and Carsien, her father comforts her saying they would understand her if they were her true friends. Moreover, she influenced the noble girls in such a way that it benefited them too. First, the story. Itis not you would expect of the usual great ones. It is painfully slow paced and often does not make sense. However, i think its slow pace-ness is one of its charm together with its many twists and turns. Sow pace-ness story done right.It depicts how the MC has to go through such long years and slowly make herself and the worlddeviates further and further from the original one. The art also supports this idea.You can alsorecognize how the characters are drawn more mature bit by bit to the point that you would not see the difference unless you jump 1-2 dozen chapters. It's just like real life, where you don't see yourself growing day by day, yet when you look at your old photo you see that you have changed so much. The art is not only good to the eyes, but also support the story tremendously. It's not something that you very often see in other 'typical' manhwa/manga. I don't know if they will keep it in the manhwa as they cut Allen's kiss. But it's innocent enough so I bet they'll keep it. It's not long before he gives her the red dress and they go to the ball together. (Carsein did it with a political intent but Ruve doesn't know that and is very depressed.) I know that many people has been disappointed with the novel ending. Many has also been warn people not to read this manhwa. But, I think this is a great manhwa for those who, like me, enjoys a tragic story with a 'bad ending'. Ipersonally think it's not a 'bad ending' per se. I'll explain this further with how i think about the character development.

Wise Beyond Their Years: Tia is very mature and reserved for her age, which is why she likes Carsein: His attitude gives her an irresistible urge to be as childish towards him as her actual age.While the covers and illustrations are definitely 10/10, I’m not as satisfied with the story as I would have expected. We start with Aristia as a grown-up who gets screwed over by a god, and so her life is miserable. The man she was told she would marry had to be given up when the real girl from the prophecy comes to claim him, giving this series a slightly isekai vibe. Ah and concerning Carsein's future wife Princess Lynn(Princia) of Lua is dating his brother after he proposed to her in front of everybody, and they’ll get marry and have a son. So she is not Carsein’s wife. It's probably because she's called Lady of Ras that fans were confused. But she is only Carsein's sister in law. She becomes Tia's first real female friend btw (whitout political motives unlike the "friends" Tia met at the tea party and after that I think I remember she gets closer to Lady Genoa, but with her, the relationship is more because they understand each other). Ruvellis is Aristia's main love interest. In her previous life, Aristia was one of his wives who loved him dearly, although this was unrequited. She carries the trauma from her past life with her, and whenever she encounters him, Aristia becomes extremely shaken, often going still, unable to speak in his presence. However, as months pass by, she grows to become less scared of him. He renounces his plans at the last minute. His POV is extremely disturbing. Lots of people actually felt filthy and frightened after reading it. At this point in the novel, I was quite happy to see Allendis disappear from Tia's life for good tbh.

Nach dem sie hingerichtet wurde und neu erwacht, konnte ich die Protagonistin viel besser verstehen. Anfangs war sie mir eher unsympathisch. Aber danach fand ich sie einfach tough. Having read the whole series while it was on a webcomic app, I’m really happy to be revisiting it with my physical copies! Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Allendis is friendly and cheerful towards Tia and always supports her, but when not in her presence he's cold, hostile and has a nasty temper. However, he does have a moment of clarity where he realizes he is f**ked up in the head and he double-crosses Zena to the current Emperor, who sends Allen away to another country, but thanks him for realizing the error of his ways. For Carsein's fans, Carsein manages to kiss Tia on her forehead. But then ruins the moment by flipping her forehead with his fingers. -_-Some negatives though: Its slow pace-ness is something you must endure, like it or not. so i think it's better to read it when it's completed if you're not the patient type. Buttrust me that the storyisnot going all over the place and steadily goes forward. Second, the art with its layout is not soo sophisticated that i'd give a 10 but it's good enough. The characters, though develops steadily, does not give an obvious direction / description so people might be confused on what are they thinking. For example there're several times when MC is staring at the emperor, but there's no obvious expression or blush, no flowery effects, no thoughts that say "ah, i still love him" or "i'm confused" or "ch, i hate him" or whatever. You're in the dark and kind of have to infer if yourself by empathizing to the character given the many details that have been revealed.I think that it's the charm, but if you don't get it then i betyou'll get pissed. So 8.5/10 it is. Audience-Alienating Ending: No matter the good art or story, most discussions will only have people discuss of the ending, rather than anything good about the series. No Sympathy: Tia's response to Jeiun's legitimate grievances with her situation are met only with increasing anger as Tia does not really want to understand or empathize with someone whose sheer existence upends everything Tia has worked her whole life for. She doesn't care that Jeiun's own life has also been kinda ruined by this whole situation and she has no ability to make her own choices. That said, *this* review will be only about this volume, volume 1 of The Abandoned Empress. I had never heard of this series before seeing this volume at my local bookstore (admittedly I don't read a lot of web comics), and was delighted by the cover art and the artwork throughout. Fully colorized! What a novelty. Let’s clear the most obvious problem from our plates first - this premise is clearly Xerox’d from any number of villainess revenge stories that are popular in light novels right now. From the suitors in waiting to the ‘I am super clever because of foreknowledge’ angle, precious little is new in this book.