''Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion'' ( ko, 그녀가 공작저로 가야 했던 사정, Geunyeoga Gongjagjeolo Gaya Haessdeon Sajeong, ja, 彼女が公爵邸に行った理由, Kanojo ga Kōshaku-tei ni Itta Riyū) is a South Korean

web novel Web fiction is written works of literature available primarily or solely on the Internet. A common type of web fiction is the web serial. The term comes from old serial stories that were once published regularly in newspapers and magazines. Unlike ...

written by Milcha. It has been serialized in

Kakao Kakao ( ko, 카카오) is a South Korean internet company that was established in 2010. It formed as a result of a merger between Daum (web portal), Daum Communications and the original Kakao Inc. In 2014, the company was renamed Daum Kakao. Th ...

's digital comic and fiction platform

KakaoPage KakaoPage () is a monetized content platform optimized for mobile devices, launched by the Kakao Corp. in 2013 and currently owned by its subsidiary Kakao Entertainment. The service launched on April 9, 2013 as a digital content marketplace allow ...

since September 19, 2016. A

webtoon Webtoons (), are a type of digital comic that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones. While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of Korea during their inception, there has been a surge in popularity internationally ...

adaptation was first serialized in KakaoPage on September 3, 2017, and is illustrated by Whale. An

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television series adaptation by

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aired from April to June 2023.

Plot

Eunha Park dies in modern day

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and gets reincarnated in a novel as an extra character named Raeliana McMillan who eventually gets killed off during the story. To avoid her second death, she pretends to be the fiancée of the male lead Duke Noah Volstaire Wynknight for 6 months. Will Noah help Raeliana avoid her ill-fated ending, or is history doomed to repeat itself?

Characters

Main

; / : Voiced by: Yume Miyamoto (Japanese); Lindsay Seidel (English); Jang, Mi (Korean) ; : Voiced by:

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(Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English); Kang, Seong-woo (Korean) ; : Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese); Macy Anne Johnson (English)

Supporting

; : Voiced by:

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(Japanese); Eduardo Vildasol (English); Lee, Kyung-tae (Korean) ; : Voiced by: Shun'ichi Toki (Japanese); Lee George (English); Jung, Ju-won (Korean) ; : Voiced by:

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(Japanese); Emi Lo (English) ; : Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese); Ivan Jasso (English) ; : Voiced by: Yumika Yano (Japanese)

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(English) ; : Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe ; : Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto (Japanese); Oscar Seung (English)

Others

;Freese Eriteal : Voiced by: Mirei Kumagai ;Gideon Jura : Voiced by:

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;Ansley : Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu ;Francis Brooks : Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio (Japanese); Shin, Yong-woo (Korean) ;Jake Langston : Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino ;Naomi O’Brian : Voiced by: Arisa Sakuraba ;Wade Davis : Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto ;Eugene : Voiced by:

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;Rosemary McMillan : Voiced by: Tsukino Chikasada (Japanese); Kim, Do-hee (Korean) ;Elma : Voiced by: Hina Natsume ;Wheaton : Voiced by: Souma Shiomi ;Stephanie Carlisle : Voiced by: Chikako Sugimura ;Christine Barkley : Voiced by: Megumi Nakajima ;Lady Baylene : Voiced by: Riho Kuma

Media

Novel

Written by Milcha, the novel began serialization on

's digital comic and fiction platform

on September 19, 2016. It composed of 159 chapters and collected in 3 volumes plus 1 side story book. A digital English translation of the novel was published exclusively in the Tappytoon app, under the title ''The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion''.

Volume list

Manhwa

A manhwa adaptation, illustrated by Whale, was serialized on KakaoPage on September 3, 2017, to March 22, 2021. It was collected in seven volumes by D&C Media as of July 2022. The manhwa is published digitally in English by Tappytoon, in Japan digitally by

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and in print by

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. In October 2021, Yen Press announced that they licensed the manhwa for English publication.

Volume list

Video game

A romance video game adaptation was developed by SHIFT UP Corp. and released on May 27, 2021. It is set to receive English and Japanese translations.

Anime

television series adaptation was announced on July 4, 2022. It is produced by

and directed by Junichi Yamamoto, with scripts written by Mitsutaka Hirota, character designs handled by Haruna Hashimoto, and music composed by

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. The series aired from April 10 to June 26, 2023, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Survive" by

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, while the ending theme song is "Always and Forever" by Serra. MindaRyn also sang "Fireworks", which served as an insert ending theme song for episode six.

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licensed the series outside of Asia, and will be streaming it along with an English dub.

Episode list

References

External links

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