Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion

Handsome men and beautiful ladies populate this historical romance set in an era similar to the mid to late 1800's. This is an era where nobility plot and maneuver against each other for power while society is also undergoing change as wealthy businessmen compete against the nobility for power and status. This is a perfect setting for romance and intrigue.

The story is based on a completed Korean manga series - "The Reason Why Raeliana Ended Up At The Duke's Mansion" (Kanojo ga Koushaku-tei ni Itta Riyuu). The title may be long, but the manga series moves along quickly. I expect the anime series will prove lively and interesting.

The first episode packs in a lot of exposition to quickly set up the story. It seems that Eunha Park in modern Korea is pushed off a building and awakens in a different world. She is now Raeliana McMillan - and she knows that she will soon be murdered! In fact, she knows a lot of things about this world that normal people do not know. The reason - she enjoyed reading this as a novel titled "Beatrice" in her previous life!

Raeliana does not want to die a second time, so she sets out to change the story. Using her secret knowledge and sharp intellect, Raeliana must secure her safety with a fake romance, solve several mysteries, and overcome her misgivings about changing the story.

The artistic design is richly detailed and very appealing. The English dub actors are familiar and do a good job.

I highly recommend this.

A tale based on a down to earth, stubborn woman and a playful yet aloof gentle(ish)man. I'm trying to keep away from spoilers but I love the running question of what fate is. A curse that cannot be escaped or a thread you can drag to your destination kicking and screaming?

The snarky young lady is reincarnated in a meek woman's place she knows is destined to die from murder and is trying to live by dancing through her death flags and seeks the initially reluctant aid of her friends future husband- the books male lead. Surprise; isakai. Will her fate snap her up or will she outlive her previous self in this new world full of monsters? There are also actual monsters too.

Next season please.

This is actually an intriguing anime. It starts off mysterious and game like but has a simple comedic quality that pushes it along. Normally you'd think it would be relying on the comedy too much but the way they have written the story it just flows right along with it. The visuals especially with the clothing detail is breath taking. The characters start out very well. You get good detail on them or at least a sense of who they are but in a way that doesn't break off from the story.

However just after half way that just stops. The last few episodes are more like a hurry to the edge and then it just ends.

The main question of how she got there and why isn't answered, how the main story plot is resolved and actually ends, the explanation of the newer supporting characters and why they are even there at all.

If they spent 12 more episodes on finishing the plot, merging in these new characters, answering the lingering questions and actually ending the story line it would have easily been a 10/10. However they didn't so 6/10.

This anime catches you from the first episode, I found myself binging it over one night.

One negative point is that the ending of the anime is open and keeps a lot of questions.

The rest of the manhwa has the rest of answers and it's beyond amazing I never expected such a storyline and plot twists from it to be fair, but I was beyond surprised.

There's a great character development that is so smooth that you don't even feel the change until you reflect on them earlier.

The animation is amazing.

I highly recommend watching this anime if you're into a good isekai romance with no whiny female characters. We don't see a lot of animes with strong female characters that comes on naturally.

Read the manhwa afterwards I hope it gets a season 2.

I've read the manga several times so I know it pretty well by now. I was looking forward to the anime version, but worried I might be disappointed. Thankfully, I was pleasantly surprised! The script is basically the same, and they include all important scenes. The depictions of Noah and Rae are pretty spot on, so I'm happy with it. The anime itself is super interesting and unique. For anyone who likes romance anime with a hint of comedy it's a must! All the anime I've seen had romance of kids, or teens, so it's nice to see the romance in an adult world for once! I hope we can expect more isekai/romance anime like this (no harem), in the future!