Ize Press revealed that the English print edition of Gwon Gyeoeul’s reincarnation romance fantasy webnovel Villains Are Destined to Die is scheduled for release in August 2025. The company will release the complete novel series in five paperback volumes, with the English print edition available in print, eBook, and audio formats. The license for the novels was first announced last October.
The reverse harem romance novel is the source material that inspired the popular webtoon manhwa of the same name, which is also being published in print by Ize Press.
The original webnovel was first published online in 2019 by Gyeoeul on KakaoPage, before coming out in print from D&C Media on September 18, 2020. The web novel was then published digitally in English by Tapas Media from September 5, 2023 to December 27, 2023.
The novel inspired the manhwa webtoon that was first released on May 1, 2020, with new illustrations by SUOL.
Ize Press describes the main synopsis of the Villains Are Destined to Die webnovel as:
When a college student with a tragic past picks up reverse harem video game Daughter of the Duke’s Super Love Project, she immediately sees herself in one of the characters. Not the adored heroine of easy mode, Ivonne, no—but the protagonist of hard mode, misunderstood villain Penelope. Little did she know that she’d go to sleep playing the story…and wake up in Penelope’s body! The only way to escape the game world? Charm one of the love interests and reach his good ending. But with affection meters starting in the negative and the inability to speak without choosing from preselected dialogue, it quickly becomes clear that a single wrong move means her demise—and this villain might just be destined to die!
Source: press release
