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After waking up in the body of Giselle Rozevin, arguably the most detested character from the novel "The Poisoned Apple," our protagonist has one goal: to escape the original Giselle's tragic fate of being poisoned to death by assassins while imprisoned. Thankfully and oddly enough, she discovers that poison has no effect on her and that she can identify poisons by taste. Thus, having lost favor with the good guys, Giselle leverages her unique skill to appeal to the villains. But is aligning with the villains truly the right path?
Original Novel:
Chapters available on KakaoPage, Naver Series
Volumes available on Ridibooks, Naver Series, KakaoPage
Original Webtoon:
Available on KakaoPage, Daum
Official Translations:
Simplified Chinese, Japanese, German, Thai
English:
Tappytoon, Tapas, Lezhin, Pocket Comics
French:
Tappytoon, Delitoon, Pocket Comics, Ono, LINE Webtoon
Disclaimer:
I try to take a unique approach with my reviews, attempting to write from the perspective of a 'normie' and targetting newcomers to the genre. My reviews may therefore highlight parts that fans do not care about, or appear very critical of common genre tropes and stereotypes.
This is a fairly charming Otome Isekai with a quite unique premise, with a somewhat a formulaic execution.
The premise of a protagonist who is immune to all poisons is unusual, and it is not an idea I have seen explored before. Sadly the story as of chapter 25 has not explored that ability very much.
It instead used her ability as a plot device to set her up with the romantic interest and side characters of the plot.
It does this however quite well, and after a somewhat clumsy introduction, the story is likely to satisfy fans of the genre.
Characters and story:
The protagonist is an 'airhead', but learns from her mistakes. Rarely causing frustration for the reader more than once.
The villains which the protagonist joins hands with surprised me. They act like 'moustache twirling' villains living in the "city of villains", and have (as of yet) no righteous cause, or justification for their evilness. They are just evil because they are villains.
The story seem to be hinting that there is more depth to the lore of this setting than "Good vs Evil", but until then; the reader may find this cartoonish way of acting off-putting.
Art:
The art is fairly good and serves the story adequately. The protagonist's expressions are particularly well expressed through the art, and I have not yet noticed shortcomings in the art that take away from the enjoyment of the story.