A Second Chance at Saving You

Description

Empress Niobe Roden, the precious Blue Rose of the Rustan Empire, is in love with another man—the one to save her from her tyrant husband. She patiently waits for her lover Eloi, but all that returns is the news that the Emperor has beheaded him. Hopeless in her own imprisonment, Niobe ends her life only to be returned to the past—exactly two years before her marriage with Valon. With the second chance at life, Niobe is determined to conceal and protect her true love.

Original Webtoon:
Naver Series, Ridibooks

Official Translations:
English: Pocket Comics
French: Pocket Comics, Delitoon
Other: Japanese

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Pour te sauver de ta tragique destinée

To Save Heinous You

私だけを愛する無慈悲な将軍

극악한 그대를 살리기 위해

극악한 그대를 살리기위해

Groups Scanlating

N/A

Latest Release(s)

N/A

Status in Country of Origin

60 Chapters (Complete)

S1: 39 Chapters (1-39)
S2: 21 Chapters (40-60)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

0 topics, 0 posts

Click here to view the forum

User Rating

Average: 4.6 / 10.0 (16 votes)

Bayesian Average: 5.68 / 10.0

13%

19%

25%

Last Updated

February 19th, 2025 5:40am PST - 2 months ago

Image [Report Inappropriate Content]

Genre

Drama Fantasy Josei Romance
Search for series of same genre(s)

Categories

Log in to vote! Show all (some hidden)

Category Recommendations

Boukun no Koi

Lovely Fish

The Twin Sister Goes on Strike

A Hundred Ways for a Princess to Be a Martyr

Curse of Loulan: The Tyrant Bestows Favor on Me

Recommendations

N/A

Author(s)

gwonsuri

Yueunbi [Add]

Artist(s)

Geuneuli

Year

2023

Original Publisher

NHN Studio

Serialized In (magazine)

N/A

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Pocket Comics

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #647

(+5)

Monthly Pos #1302

(-427)

3 Month Pos #3375

(-85)

6 Month Pos #4557

(+201)

Year Pos #5852

(+56)

List Stats

On 51 reading lists

On 54 wish lists

On 14 completed lists

On 12 unfinished lists

On 51 custom lists

Note: You must be logged in to update information on this page.

Forum Posts Click to view the forum

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Had potential

by kunia343
6 months ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

It really had potential and I spent a lot of coins reading ahead but the ending was really rushed. I'm seeing this pattern a lot with Korean web comics, it's really disappointing. I wanted to see more lovey dovey scenes between Niobe and Elroy but nope.

Was this comment useful? Yes

Unusual ro-fan setting not enough to save it

by lancergashinda
8 months ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

(time of writing: finished season 1)
To begin with, I agree with every points other commenters had.
While the ancient Greece inspired setting feels new, the author isn't consistent with it at all. European nobility titles are used, and for some reason their main god is named (or is?) Arash, an archer from Iranian mythology. It really feels like the author didn't give the world building much thoughts.
Secondly... to be honest I can't root for the ml at all. The Crown Prince is shit, but the ml is pulling an Edward Cullen. Fl rejects him SEVERAL TIMES and he refuses to give up, stalk her and say he won't move on from her except if he dies. Fl is obviously distressed about it, he claims to love her but if he really did he would be understanding of her boundaries.
Flashbacks also aren't super conclusive on why she likes him in the first place. It feels more of a "the first man who didn't treat me like a disposable object" kind of infatuation.
Art isn't terrible but it doesn't do a good job carrying a story either.

Was this comment useful? Yes

If you can overlook these 3 issues

by Utsukushii Yume
1 year ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

The story is ok, I think it suffers from the way the author has chosen to tell it and the art isn't strong enough to help the author out. I think there are 3 major issues with the story, but if you can overlook them you might enjoy this story.

1st) The biggest problem with this story is believe it or not, the romance. Why does the FL like the ML? We are given some childhood memory for why the ML likes the FL which is shallow but at this point expected from a male lead with barely any personality outside of loving the FL. But why does the FL like the ML? The story just tells us she fell in love with him but never expands on it, and since the story dedicates a large portion of itself to having the FL push the ML away with hurtful words, we never even get to see them having any chemistry. Call me crazy, but I don't think it is unreasonable to ask or expect that my romance genre book devote some time to forming, building, or even exploring the hardships of the romantic relationship or lack there of between the ML and FL.

2nd) The other issue with this story is even when the FL is failing she is winning. To better explain, the female lead gets a second chance at life and is supposed to be trying to change the future. She isn't 100% sure of how to do this and at first handles it poorly. This is what the author wants to convey in the story, the protagonist states this point in the story and I think it makes for an interesting spin to the time rewind concept. Except this interesting spin isn't shown well because even though the FL is handling her situation wrong, her plan isn't failing. Everything she has done has worked out even when her choice wasn't the right or best choice.

3rd) What exactly is the plan? The FL is trying to escape the clutches of the prince, got it. But she also wants to watch over the ML like a stalker and protect him...ok. I read up to chapter 35 and the FL technically has achieved her freedom, her parents and the prince's assassins can't get a hold of her because plot said so and now all she has to do is protect her ML. We learn in chapter 1 how amazing a soldier the ML is and that the only thing that could stop him was to lie that the FL was in danger. So in order to protect the ML it is important that the FL do 2 things, don't become a hostage, and maintain at least a business level relationship with the ML so that the ML can at least uncover any lies the prince may say about holding the FL hostage. But instead of the FL changing her tactics according to how she is changing her life, her plan remains static for no reason. Pushing the ML away now in her current situation doesn't make any sense to helping her plan, instead it makes her overall goal harder. It made sense when she had to hide her actions in the palace, but as free women her actions make no sense and the question becomes, what exactly is the plan?

... Last updated 1 year ago

Was this comment useful? Yes

unbearably tedious

by TiredandDeadInside
2 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

FL is not likable. ML is...more of a trained pet than serious lover material. The antagonists are all pointlessly evil and dramatic as fuuuuck. The art style is not emotive and the action sequence is not intuitive, there's no flow so any emotional impact certain scenes are obviously supposed to have does not land at all or lands like a sack of greased potatoes. There's no in between.

The choice of fashion paired with anachronistic buildings is even worse than the usual ro-fan manhwa. And that's quite a feat considering just how bad this genre can get.

Was this comment useful? Yes