hello, i recently just got back into reading and i’m looking for a shoujo/josei with a strong female lead — ex. villains are destined to die. if that doesn’t help, maybe a time travel where the ml hates the fl in the first life, but tries to win her back in the second life. ik those stories are annoying but i just want the angst ^^
*= smutty
^= smut n all ages version
»= almost a porn without plot
If you like BL: I was reborn as the villainess’s father and I need XXX to survive* (also a forever fave), stuck in my sister’s dating sim^ (also a forever fave), mo dao zu shi^ (also a forever fave), kill the lights* (also a forever fave), cozy obsession*, you own my all (also a forever fave), to be or not to be (also a forever fave), haunted by desire* (also a forever fave), I became the lousy side top, royal wedding*, how the sidekick Prince lives again* (also a forever fave n the plot is plotting), I think my friend will become the devil*, the lotus and the lost (also the plot is plotting), The affairs of the Otherworld depend on the corporate slave, Red string quests* (real forever fave potential n the plot is plotting), eternal covenant (real forever fave potential n the plot is plotting)
Forever faves: Marriage of convenience^, honey I’m going on strike^, the evil grand duchess has a secret life* (almost got a »), three delicious meals just the two of us^, kill me», what it means to be you, in the doghouse», failed to abandon the villain*, how to hide the emperor‘s child
The plot is plotting: my body has been possessed by someone (tw: incest, which is such a shame cuz the story seems real good), mother’s contract marriage , I became the despised granddaughter of the powerful martial arts family, my daddy hides his power, I became the male lead’s adopted daughter (almost a forever fave), I became the hero’s mom, The terminal villainess’s cure, my lady’s midnight affairs*, she’s not our daughter, I tamed a broken male lead with my fist*, The Duke’s wife obsession, I saved you but I’m not responsible, The youngest daughter of the villainous duke, A beast swallowed by a flower, it’s my first time being a mom again, The father and the daughter, Carrier falcon princess, I raised my younger sister beautifully, The strongest lady hides her strength, The wicked ladies in waiting, The villainess captured the grand Duke, The baby fairy is a villain, i’d rather take the father, the 100 curses of the illeston manor, the unexpected perks of a fake marriage
Maybe not exactly what you asked but similar enough: the sensual M, the duchess’s lewd invitation», The duchess wants to do it* (also a forever fave), The lady’s erotic hobbies* (also a forever fave), hardcore vanilla* (also a forever fave n almost got a »), Little did we know, The mating of elves» (forever fave potential), I became the tyrants chambermaid, once upon a time* (she is a strong female lead! But omg is she a dumbass), how to make my tyrant husband love me, The world without my sister who everyone loved, if you’re captured by sweetly, obsessive male lead, A capable maid, The grand Duke of the north (almost the plot is plotting), Dungeons and crayons, her Majesty’s needle, tamed the monster prince
Worth the read but maybe not a reread: starting from today I’m a princess, The male lead monster lives under my bed, the emperor’s erection project», one night only*, I became the wife of the male lead (almost a forever fave), divorce is the condition, why are you obsessed with your fake wife
Needed to put it on the list but no category came to mind: the virgin witch», the missing O*, unauthorized acces*, S flower», a maid’s playful duties», It’s my first time being loved, Lord baby runs a romance fantasy with cash, Child care diary with the villain, becoming a family with the Duke and his dear son, i’ll be the matriarch in this life, The glamorous life of the fake mistress, doctor resignation, the dying villainess denies adoption, the crow’s prince, why the villainess wields the sword, the villainess lives again, seducing the monster duke, I fell into a reverse harem game, another typical fantasy romance, it’s not your baby, self-made lady, I’m the tyrant’s secretary^, the elegant sea of savagery^, I wasn’t the Cinderella
Has potential but we’ll see: The extra decided to be fake, The little demon king is too bothered by her brave dads, Born as the daughter of a lowly concubine (almost a forever fave), I’d rather abandon than be abandoned, nightly taming of the werewolf Duke, V card raider collecting the male leads», Forget about my husband I’d rather go make money (racist undertones), rejecting the perfect marriage^, i’d prefer bankruptcy over marriage*, her merry Obsession* (they’re both yandere for each other at least for now), The snow leopard baby of the black leopard family (almost a the plot is plotting), bound to none your highness, the bondservant* (yandere for each other in the best way at least for now), The grand Duke is mine, The archduke’s gorgeous wedding was a lie, how to survive as the devils child, the return of the namgung clan’s daughter
i’m not sure if i read this here or in an app but here goes nothing:
the female lead was the male lead’s lover’s pen pal. he got drunk after their break up and was saved by the female lead who, afterwards, he searched for. due to a business matter, the male lead had to marry the female lead who he hated because he thought killed his lover (he didn’t recognize that she was the one that saved him). anyways, he had a mistress who his mother approved of. the mistress got pregnant so she met up with the wife telling her to divorce her husband. because of the sudden request, she pushes her while they were at a cafe and the baby died. she got rushed to the hospital and obviously the husband was enraged and tried to divorce her instead. while she was taking care of the mistress at the hospital, the mistress threw something at her in which the husband walks in. finding out that she wasn’t this bitchy girl he falls for her or something and blah blah blah~

Can someone recommend me a manga or manhwa — just not a manhua, I beg — with a “two” male leads? Not necessarily a love triangle, but the second male lead has no feelings with the female lead whatsoever. The second male lead’s presence is only for making the first male lead jealous or realize that he has feelings for the female lead.
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/that_summer_kim_hyun/