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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... 303x61

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

虞姬游戏

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

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Rating

Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (103 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.16 / 10.0

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Last Updated

May 15th, 2025 12:23am PDT - 1 week ago

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Recommendations

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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

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On 149 wish lists

On 164 completed lists

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Must read

by lilyinthedusk
2 months ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This is truly a masterpiece. It'll take you through so many emotions, from start to finish. So many plot twists and a very unique ending for its genre! 1000/10

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I loved this so much

by meshy
8 months ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

First off, the art is gorgeous, and I loved the little historically accurate details, like the cones on the concubines’ fingers.

As for the story, it’s clear the author thought it through. There are hints to the plot twists early on, and speaking of twists, there are a lot! The pacing and mystery kept me on the edge of my seat, and I binged it in two days because it was that good.

The FL is strong and clever, definitely not a "genuine idiot" as some have said. She’s always a step ahead of her enemies and works with others, which feels more realistic than stories where the MC devises everything alone. The ML may seem unstable, but his behavior makes sense as you learn more. That said, the villains aren't one-dimensional either, which I appreciated—except for

Baekryun, who just wants to watch the world burn, lol.

Now I want to address some of the previous comments that rate this poorly. TL;DR these commenters need to reread this and actually pay attention because they misunderstood so much lol.

FL loving ML even though he’s cruel, has multiple wives, etc. - The FL literally its at some point that she doesn’t know why she’s so drawn to him despite this. She constantly comments that his scent gives her “a strange sense of longing”. We learn at the end that this is because she loved him in the first playthrough, and in subsequent playthroughs, he did those things to intentionally to push her away. It’s easier for him to let go of her if she hates him.

ML not making her empress to end the game - The ML does not think he deserves the FL to become empress and stand alongside him. He feels like an idiot for not realizing that the FL truly loved him until he reads her letter at the end of the first play-through. His decision might be the only flaw in the story, but we couldn’t have gotten those plot twists if he immediately made her empress lol

ML confining FL at the end of the first playthrough - The ML has a huge misunderstanding (see previous paragraph) but is obsessed with the FL. In a fit of anger/fear, he decides to confine her. It kinda makes sense that the ML would do this because he’s probably very emotionally unstable from learning that he’s an NPC. Most of his “stupid” actions can probably be attributed to his emotional instability.

ML mentally broke too quickly - The commenter who said this is straight up delulu lol. They expect “some frustration” after “50 years”?!?! The ML broke after around 30 playthroughs, so about 7.5 years, assuming a playthrough lasts 3 months. Plenty of time to have all manners of mental breakdown, medically speaking.

ML took too long to reach end of game - There’s wayyyyy too much unpredictability he needs to for. As a player, you’re given items and checkpoints to help you reach your desired ending. As an NPC, the ML has very little at his disposal, even though he’s the all-powerful emperor. Even Hang-ah, the game helper, is unpredictable. It took him about 50 tries to get it right, which I find quite reasonable.

ML kills a lot of people for no reason, basically the opposite of what FL stands for - Yes, the ML is a foil for the FL. Completely intentional by the author. Both the ML and FL see the NPCs as just lines of code, but the ML concludes they are disposable whereas the FL forges genuine connections. They eventually reconcile these differences and learn to accept the virtual world as reality—see the epilogue with the history channel explaining the ML’s reign.

MCs have “high school kid problems” - The MCs are children!! Of course children would feel like nothing goes their way. It’s almost expected that they would do something stupid.

I came for the romance (which was cute but not mind-blowing) and stayed for the plot twists and character depth. Overall I highly recommend!

... Last updated 8 months ago

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it was a drag

by chocojunkie
1 year ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

started off quite interestingly but in the middle was hard to endure.

the MC witnessing cruel acts of ML but still unable to stop herself from loving him? She also easily accepted him having multiple wives, or sleeping with other women (did not happen but she thought this to be true). this dragged on for so long and I continued to read it just to find out about the ending. We know later that there's a "reason" for the emperor doing so. Although i still can't understand why he couldn't just make her the empress instead of going for the roundabout way.
I really gritted my teeth while reading this and im not sure how i even persevered to the end.

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Starts well, ending is a bit of a mess

by Y_Sasuke
1 year ago

Rating: N/A

First, I have to say this is better than most series aimed at high school girls.
The art is unique and enjoyable.

There is a lot of mystery in the beginning, but the unraveling of the mystery is extremely fast paced because it doesn't really make sense, so you have to speed over it to reach the end and hope no one notices, and it mostly works on people. It "felt" right in the end, so why not ?

I don't get the draw of a man being mean to you, I really really don't. This isn't a case of the male MC being mean to everyone but the FMC, no, he was particularly mean to the FMC... but it is very popular ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Maybe women like to feel "abused" similarly to how men like to be "terrified" by horror ? I don't know.

Major major spoilers:

* The emperor is a sociopath and a narcissist and is completely at fault for everything going wrong. This needs to be said. He mishears something and immediately decides the "love of his life" is going to betray him so he must kidnap her and hold her captive for the rest of her life.

The emperor broke mentally way too quickly. A cycle is a few months, being a non-aging, prime of your life, richest most powerful man alive for a few years isn't that hard. Eat good food, travel the world, read something. A lot of people would have loved it. I can imagine some frustration after 50 years or something, but it only took about half of that and he burned himself and others alive after only several years. As far as we were told, he didn't even try to do something nice for anyone besides himself or the FMC in all that time or grow as a person. It basically returns to the Emperor being a weak horrible person.

It doesn't really make sense the emperor and the players combined couldn't easily end the game. Everyone wanted the game to end. The players, the emperor with the powers, the game master, even those who trapped them in the game wanted the game to be playable. There was a period of time the game was broken, but presumably all that time the evil company outside was working on the fix. It is unclear why he even needed to go for the armed revolt scenario and not the much easier "become Empress" route. Or why couldn't he abdicate peacefully ? None of this is ever explained in the story and to the target audience it apparently doesn't matter.

The Emperor killed a lot of people for basically no reason. Consider he fully cooperated with a complete Hannibal Lecter level psychopath for no reason. She was completely unnecessary for his plan. His behavior is the complete opposite of the whole creed of the FMC. He caused many people unnecessary pain, just because the world might reset or it isn't "real". He dehumanized the world he lived in even more than the outsiders.

Minor spoilers:

Not exactly a problem and this is a relatively small part of the story, but some of the main characters are high school kids and their problems are "high school kid problems". They are serious life altering things, but not truly tragic. Just life being hard. Maybe one of them had a more serious problem. This is something like adult problems hitting teenagers and them reacting poorly kind of thing.

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Note to self

by Legatosmash
1 year ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

This comment is here primarily to remind me of my opinion on this work.

I really liked the art and the beginning, but got really unmotivated to continue around chapter 70-ish. Stopped reading chapter 86. Although the stakes remained high, the frustrating contrivances being used to progress the plot undermined my affection for the characters such that I just didn't care anymore. I think that's why it felt like so much of a slog, despite the decent plot pacing. Tried to see it through to the end because there are some great things about this manhwa, but it started to feel like a chore and I would rather my non-work activities be joyful, not obligatory. Still, a 7 seems appropriate - one need not bring me to the ultimate destination in order for me to it to some degree of satisfaction at the journey.

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Definitely Recommend.

by luxia.daisies
2 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

The art is adorable.
The concept is what intrigued me and i got hooked up, almost finished it in a day (if it wasn't for more twist after twist after twist). Bless their romantic journey.

... Last updated 2 years ago

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Very cool concept

by moonmystery
2 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Very cool concept and execution. This series is a breath of fresh air.

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One of the Best Things I've Ever Read

by renemy
2 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I'm still reeling from this series so I hope I'm coherent. First off, this series is… but that's a spoiler… but it's already there in the tags… what do I do…

It's very, very carefully constructed. Everything ties up together. And the moment when it's all coming together is so incredibly satisfying, because all the small hints have been there from the START. It's genuinely beautifully orchestrated and executed.

However, I wouldn't recommend it if all you want is a trope-y isekai romance. If you don't like SciFi, this isn't for you. If you don't like complex characters, this isn't for you. If you don't like dealing with oh, so many moral and existential dilemmas, this is NOT for you.

Everything was dealt with and presented most beautifully and elegantly. This work is truly wonderful, if you are an audience capable of enjoying its themes. The start's apparently a little slow (personally didn't feel it but then again, I go into a new series with negative expectations each time) according to others, but I promise it's worth it. 11/10.

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The hype is certainly valid.

by torrentchan
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

I almost didnt give this a shot due to the art cover, but after seeing so much hype on it I decided to give it a go.

And the hype was certainly valid, at least to me.

The art was different and I thought would be a con for me but after the 1st chapter, I came to love it so much.

The characters are very lovable. The development is certainly there!

I tried guessing the ending but was seriously surprised with it.

Even 2 weeks after finished reading this, it is still on my mind.

Give it a go.

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Romance sci-fi

by Nanaine
2 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

The start was a bit rough, even the author said so in their note at the end, but even so it was an enjoyable read, however in the second half those endless plotwists became a bit tiring, also I didn't like the inconsistency of Yona's feelings towards the emperor. Her being so merciful was kinda annoying. Thankfully Sangjae/Lily was there and often made chapters better especially his friendship with Yona was amusing. Another pros was that no one was the main villain, almost everyone there at some point had their antagonistic arc.
That whole talk about fake/virtual realities got a bit repetitive after time. But I must it that the plot was rather fresh and I don't regret reading this series, it was good, just didn't match my tastes to the fullest.
As for the ending, I liked the perspective of the emperor and the experience he had to go through. However, I think it's ridiculous that he'd rather make his beloved suffer through 103 loops full of pain just for him to have a chance of atonement rather than simply make her an empress and be done with it...

Also, for the comment below me from tigerstar186: Not everyone there was doing something for other person,

Moonmoon betrayed Ranhee because of her delusional love, Empress dowager was conspiring because of her hunger for power and Baekryun was mental.

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