For Better or for Worse

Description

The spunky Lady Dillon didn't realize she was the villain of a romance novel until she encounters Marquess Cedric. Seeing him jogs a dormant memory of the novel's plot, in which her beloved younger sister dies in childbirth after marrying Cedric. Determined to prevent this, Dillon marries him herself, but what fate awaits her when she knows he's meant to fall in love with the real female lead later? In this marriage of convenience, it seems nothing turns out quite how either of them expects...

Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum

Official Translations:
English, French, German, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Thai

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

For Better or for Worse (Novel) (Alternate Version)

Associated Names

Dahaenginji Bulhaenginji

Glück und Glas

Is It a Fortune or Is It a Woe?

Is it Fortune or is it Woe?

Keberuntungan atau Kemalangan

Para bien o para mal

Quitte ou Double?

К худу или к добру?

Нема лиха без добра

รักครั้งนี้โชคดีหรือโชคร้าย

幸运还是不幸

是幸運，還是不幸

脇役の私が妻になりました

다행인지 불행인지

Groups Scanlating

Speedcat

Tapas

Latest Release(s)

c.44-46 by Speedcat 4 years ago

c.43 by Speedcat 4 years ago

c.41-42 by Speedcat 4 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

115 Chapters + Prologue (Complete)

S1: 50 Chapters (1-50)
S2: 37 Chapters (51-87)
S3: 28 Chapters (88-115)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 8.4 / 10.0 (333 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.23 / 10.0

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Last Updated

March 24th, 2025 1:43am PDT - 1 month ago

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Genre

Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance Shoujo
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Serialized In (magazine)

Kakaopage (Kakao)

Kakao Webtoon (Daum)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Radish (Expired)

Tapas

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #741

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Monthly Pos #1383

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3 Month Pos #2396

(+78)

6 Month Pos #2575

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Year Pos #2295

(+881)

List Stats

On 808 reading lists

On 227 wish lists

On 501 completed lists

On 36 unfinished lists

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Love

by FANGURL999
5 months ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

God I positively ADORE this couple. ML is absolutely whipped for his FL, and ALWAYS treats her with respect. FL is an absolute BADDIE who won’t allow anyone to disrespect herself nor her man. Loved to see her wielding her gun with skill 😻 also had good female friends.

The art is also bloody beautiful 😭♥️

The ending was a bit rushed and had too many misunderstandings for my taste, but oh well. Wish this had side stories to make up for that.

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FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

by IAmLilith_09
7 months ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This manhwa makes me feels how single I am. I hate the characters way of development and the roller coaster ride of emotion. I don't want to say this is the best, but I can feel the emotion and I hate that it made me feel that I need someone while I'm reading this. And since it gives me the feeling of loneliness, I understand that I need to stop reading manhwa and touch some grass with someone. 😆 Though I don't want that luxury of prioritizing 3D than the characters in the book I'm reading. 😆

In anyway, this just makes the story wholesome, family oriented and loved. I can feel the love of the author to the characters they made. Not just because of the art but the details of the story. It such a shame it already ended. A little drag on the story and the end felt like they rushed it that left me hanging and a little unsatisfied but it still fine, I understand the health and struggle every author put effort to their work. However it will always stays as a good manhwa that I will recommend to others. It lives up to it's name, for better or for worse.

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Honest review from an offical translation reader

by Viki.kdrama
11 months ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

The series is a fresher take on relationships and love. Although it does get some frustrating cliché misunderstandings that do drag out in the end but overall it is admissible. Now for a proper review

Plot: The story takes place in what looks like late 1700's to early 1800's in an European ambiance. The plot is straightforward at first look but give it some time. The dialogs are well thought and every single word plays a role in unraveling the truth towards the end. Their is a twist I would not like to spoil. The story subtly hints on it starting the first season. If you are an over analyser based of dialogs and look for plot holes it would definitely be a fun read. The relationship between the characters is written fairly realistic which makes the plot and their little tit-bits very entertaining and relateable. Their romance moves with normal pace but the confessions take too long. Although, I am not complaining because their constant petulant quarreling is quite fun. Sometimes, the jokes fell flat because of the over done art but it improves but we still get some cringeworthy and annoying moments. The plot overall has many layers and you have to read it throughout to truly take it all in. There are some dragged misunderstandings towards the end, but overall it is a solid 8/10 plot.

Ps: The dialogs are too long and tedious but the translation is phenomenal and one can see the effort put in them.

Characters: Now this is where my heart lies. The character design is amazing. Our main character, Dillion, and the male lead, Cedric, are written so well. Their chemistry is out of the world. The way they mesh together is very natural. The anxiety and the fear that is felt by our MC is well delivered (apart from the very end where it gets a bit annoying) and the reasoning for her actions are explained in due time. She is clever and strong with a heart of gold that takes no bulls**t. I re-read some interactions between the MC and ML because they were just that great. Not only our leads but every character is well written and have their own complicated thoughts and personalities. I honestly have no complain.

Art: The art is beautiful and gets better as the series progress. The emotions can almost always delivered through the art. While we have panels that are alluring we do have over-exaggerated comic panels which might not be everyone's cup of tea. In general, the artist paid thought into making the backgrounds and the costumes and their hard work shows. Ofcourse it comes to personal taste but I do say please don't drop the series because of the art.

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One of my favourites

by kunia343
1 year ago

Rating: 9.5 / 10.0

I really loved the story, especially chapter 99, phew.... That was an intense chapter. I loved how they depicted the characters' pining and desperation. The dialogues were also extremely great. I think the translators did an awesome job. I didn't really like the ending though, it felt a bit rushed and is, IMHO, the only damper on an otherwise amazing work.

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a regency romance

by ninakun
1 year ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I loved this story so much. It's certainly inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, but of course it's not so serious. The reader's enjoyment will be derived of whether the manga's comedy resonates with them, but if it does then one hundred chapters will pass by on a flash.

It made me realise how much I would like to read other mangas about regency romance but unfortunately this is not a tag on this website.

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Just ok tbh

by nixy2023
2 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Loved the art but I felt like the story was dragged way too long. I felt like they were talking too much to the point that I had to skip some chapters urgh. If you want a simple live story with no real drama then you would prob like this. They started kissing in the last chapters though, so it’s a slow romance.

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Trust the ratings and just read it

by Kichido
2 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Some of the reviews here are baffling, did we even read the same story ?
soulless side characters ? everyone that mattered had enough development is all I'm gonna say, sure this could have been way more in depth and longer, but you know what ? I was too busy enjoying the story to notice any lacking character developments, also reading is about using your imagination, just fill in the gaps yourself.

Anyway, I very much enjoyed the story AND the characters (except the ones I was meant to dislike), the tsundere mother-in-law come BFF was a fun surprise.

As others have said the ending is a bit lacking, I had to drop a point because of it, the author just didn't have the time, talent and/or intelligence to come up with something better than resolving a misunderstanding, it felt a bit rushed and abrupt, also that last minute twist, I kinda don't buy it, what and where is the explanation for it ? it also disrupted the flow.

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the ending butchered it

by NeNee
2 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

The main leads have great chemistry, and it's a feel-good series with little to no complications. Well, at least that was the case until the unnecessary plot twist happened and arguably ruined almost everything good about this story. I hate how the female lead's personality did a 180; she was acting crazy and irrational towards the end like girl completely forgot the ability to just stop and listen or something istg. As a result, this created a mountain of silly misunderstandings that could have been easily resolved had she let people speak. She also started talking about the male lead like he was some kind of trophy rather than a person, which to me pretty much destroyed whatever chemistry and love they have built up prior to that point. Sure, I enjoyed the journey but the ending was just not it.

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Falls a bit apart towards the end, otherwise, pretty good

by The Last Melody
2 years ago

Rating: 6.5 / 10.0

This was fairly good almost the whole way through. The problems start during the last 10% or so. Suddenly, they just cannot into communicate. Like, at all. And then there's the whole

reincarnation and "always you" schtick ... Just, MEH.

Now, what I did really like, was the stuff with the original female lead. Great stuff. Too bad there wasn't anything more done with it.

Otherwise, I will say that Dillon is funny and a great character. Heck, I'm not even really complaining about Cedric as a male lead. And me not complaining about the male lead is unusual. This is mostly thanks to the writing surrounding their interactions (up to the last 10%) and the fact that he's not just another A4 badboy that the Koreans so seem to love.

Easily a 7/7.5 out of 10. Except, it fell apart somewhat towards the end (And the stuff with the original FL), so I'll give it 6.5. Worth reading though.

... Last updated 2 years ago

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Delightful fl, alright romance but very unfulfilling ending and characters

by lancergashinda
2 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

Do NOT read if those things frustrate you: dragging on misunderstanding that could easily be fixed, non-protag characters being soulless, unresolved plot points that aren't regarding the fl, AND:
The male lead obssesses over Dillon to an unhealthy point. Dillon never learn about it, in the whole series. It borders on dangerously obsessed.

I have mixed feelings about it. Dillon, the fl, is very well written and a delight to follow, with realistic reactions and an endearing personality. HOWEVER. She's the only character written well... in the whole series. Including the male lead.Everyone else solely exist as a foil for her, and barely have any personality on things unrelated to her.
While the romance can be sweet, the ml don't really have any traits past his obsession with Dillon, that even other regard as creepy. But that also extend to any other characters, that didn't receive any closure. They barely get development in Dillon unrelated matters

Especially Katharina. We never get to learn why she was so unstable in her past life, or never saw her finally get her revenge. She's a very tragic character, and her whole arc just end up being disappointing.
We also have no idea why Dillon thought her past life was a book?
What happened to Whitewood EXACTLY???? Cedric got rid of him without killing him out of jealousy (bro..?) but we don't know what he did exactly? It's never brought up again?
We don't get a conclusion for Cecilia and Maynard as well, sadly. Talking about Cecilia, she's frustratingly underdevelopped. She obviously has much more depth, hating her whole family, but we only see a very shallow aspect of what could be. Ugh.

In brief: It's not that bad if you can put up with the misunderstanding gallore, but very unfulfilling in the last season.

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