Miss Not So Sidekick
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Could someone please translate this?
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@coral-reeves There is a section set aside for making series recommendations, and you really need to do more explaining on what it is that makes this a great candidate.
Who is the author? Who publishes it? What is it about? Is it complete, or ongoing? How many volumes? What is so great about it?
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A quick Google search gives it as an ongoing Korean webtoon with an official English translation. So I guess the answer is: yes, someone can. Mystery solved.
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Hyejung loved to read to escape her daily stress. But that’s before she woke up inside the bizarre world of her favorite novel! Instead of the main heroine who courts three eligible men, she is now Latte Ectrie – a minor villain that everyone hates?!
The series is completed, as is its sequel series. It did well enough in Korea to justify a webtoon, which got translated into English and has done pretty well for itself. It already has a fanbase here of people who would buy the book, myself included. The author is Ellianyang or 엘리아냥.
I'm not sure how many books are in the series, just that it has been published in print format. There are about 7 books total, according to Google Books, but there may be 1-2 more.
https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=bibliogroup:"구경하는+들러리양"&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=4
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I realized I should add more to this.
This is honestly hands down one of my favorite series. So much so, that I constantly recommend it to others who love isekai, otome isekai, and cute series in general. The manhwa has an official translation via one of those apps and I've gone out of my way to purchase the individual chapters. I generally dislike using those apps since I like reading my manhwa and manga in print or ebook format, but I also wanted to support the author and artist. I've even thought about buying the Korean novels via Google Books and using their machine translation to read them, even though those translations can be pretty wonky.
I'm not the only person out there who is a diehard fan of the series. There are many of us who have gone back and re-read the series more than once. I think I'm on my third or fourth time re-reading it, I enjoy it that much.
The story is also really great. You see a lot of the typical tropes in there, but the series is aware of this and occasionally tries to do something a little different. Not so much that it would be offputting, just enough to where it makes things a bit interesting.
One of my favorite things is that it does take a somewhat different stance on the original heroine (OGH) trope. It's not uncommon for the OGH to be portrayed as a calculating, selfish person. This series changes that up a bit. Ibelin (the OGH) is a selfish person, but she's not really calculating. Why?
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Sorry, but J-Novel Club does not currently have any plans to expand into Korean-language works.
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Now as far as the general plot goes, here's a basic synopsis:
The story focuses on a Korean woman who has been reincarnated into the world of her most favorite webnovel series before it was finished. The plot of that series follows a young woman (Ibelyn) who has managed to attract the attention of some of the most powerful men in the kingdom, the crown prince, a Duke named Keith, and the Master of the Magic Tower, Arwin. Ibelyn is opposed by Peridot, a wicked woman and the ultimate villainess, who is jealous that the men aren't focusing on her.
The Korean woman finds out she reincarnated into Latte, a noble daughter and one of Peridot's sidekicks. Latte quickly decides that instead of antagonizing Ibelyn, she's going to become her new best friend. Partially to avoid a bad ending, but mostly so she can watch all of her favorite scenes unfold before her - as well as discover how it was supposed to end. Latte is successful in befriending Ibelyn and even manages to create popcorn to watch the scenes, as the snack is new to this world.
However, Latte soon finds that the scenes aren't occurring as they should and realizes that her presence is causing small changes. These changes seem to have a large ripple effect, as soon she notices that one of the male leads, Arwin, isn't behaving as he should. Rather than following Ibelyn around like a puppy, he's instead keen on following Latte around and teasing her. The Prince is still interested in Ibelyn, however Keith isn't as blindly devoted to Ibelyn. He's interested, but not as much as he would be otherwise. Latte is even able to create a friendship of a sort with him, despite Keith being (justifiably) avoidant of women.
As the series progresses things change more and more. Latte ends up attracting the attention of Peridot, who tries and fails to get her to work against Ibelyn - who herself has been acting oddly. Ultimately Latte's adorkable behavior puts her at risk of a particularly horrible death/destruction end.
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@myskaros Aww... thanks anyway! I keep hoping that this would get picked up.
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@SquirrelGirlVA I think Yen Press has an imprint for Korean titles,
You could see if they have some way of suggesting titles...
