Miss Not-So Sidekick

TL;DR absolutely phenomenal manhwa. At first, it starts as a good comedy but close to the end of the main story, it turns into an absolute must-read meta story for anyone who's tired of otome clichés. The art is legit the only criticism I can give, and even then it's still beautiful, especially the comedical facial expressions Characters: at first glance, most of the main characters start out as typical otome stereotypes. The charming prince, the honorable knight, the mysterious mage dude, yada yada. But they are memorable and likable, especially once they start growing as people. The side characters are charming and lovely - evenweeks after finishing it, I still remember Gandalf, the butt head dude, etc. The naming sense is quite funny since except for the male leads and the original female lead, everyone else has sh*tpost names Character development: Amazing. A story where the characters aren't one dimensional, thank goooood - you can actually see the male leads, the MC and even the female lead all slowly and subtly change during the story. Not only that, you can see how their relationships change over time and it gets you so invested into the story Plot: What might at first look like a comedical gag manhwa that almost seems like a random internet sh*tpost ends up becoming really meta and deeply exploring both the impact and reasoning of a lot of tropes that are shown in otome manhwas. To avoid spoilers, I won't go into it in great detail, but it's definitely worth it, especially the last chapters of the main story. I'll give you a gist of what happens on the first 5 or so chapters: It's the story of a girl who one day gets transported to the world of a reverse harem novel she read - super cliché, right?She incarnates a random side character, but as a side character, for the first ten years of her new life, she can't even find the male leads. She can't even remember the details of the novel, like a normal person. And even when she meets the male leads, naturally none of them have any reason to like her. So she decides to simply watch the main story unfold by itself, but her actions slowly start distorting the original story and slowly making the characters change The plot has a nice ending that wasn't rushed and even has 30+ chapters of epilogue for more content. I was very satisfied by the pacing Romance: Pretty great. No sh*tty misunderstandings, no random questionable harem endings, no sudden forced romance without chemistry - our MC is such a sigma gigachad in her own romance and even in helping everyone make their feelings clear as day to avoid drama. My only issue is with the male lead - he's a bit too possessive for my taste, but if you dislike him, don't worry since the author wrote alternate endings for the other male leads Art: probably the only thing that might seem off-putting. For male leads who're supposed to be super handsome, they look kinda iffy. But the unique style really grows on you Overall, one of the best otome isekai manhwas I've read. Really a breath of fresh air after being drowned in a sea of generic tropes like "Reincarnated as a villainess who ends up acting good and inevitably seducing all the male leads" or "Reincarnated as side character who ends up making everyone fall in love with her" or "Reincarnated in a random novel and for some random reason I can remember every single detail, so I will use it to become OP and have a harem" or "Isekai'd into a novel and using my modern world science knowledge I built some random military logic defying business"