A Stepmother's Märchen

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Synonyms: A Stepmother's Fairy Tale, The Fantasie of a Stepmother, Eotteon Gyemo-nim-ui Märchen, Which Stepmother's Märchen

Japanese: 어떤 계모님의 메르헨

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Type: Manhwa

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Jul 4, 2019 to ?

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Theme: Time Travel

Serialization: KakaoPage

Authors: Nyangi-wa Hyangsinnyo (Story), ORKA (Art)

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Score: 8.13¹ (scored by 4,864 users)

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Ranked: #567²

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Popularity: #1354

Members: 14,533

Favorites: 426

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It is a mystery why the late Marquess Johannes von Neuschwanstein decided to marry a 16-year-old girl barely older than his eldest child. Whatever the reason, Shuli is left to shoulder heavy responsibilities as marchioness after his death. On top of the responsibility to manage a prestigious household with close ties to the empire's royal family, she becomes stepmother to four children who deeply mistrust her.

For seven years, Shuli dedicates herself to raising the children well and safeguarding the family fortune. She believes she only has to wait until her son Jeremy will take over as head of the family—then she can live freely. However, on the long-awaited day of his wedding, she is caught up in a tragic accident.

When Shuli next opens her eyes, she finds herself in the past, hours before Johannes' funeral. Although uncertain why she has been granted a second chance at life, this time she is determined to build relationships with the children as well as allow for her own happiness.

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A Stepmother's Märchen is an adaptation of Nyangi-wa Hyangsinnyo's Eotteon Gyemo-nim-ui Märchen web novel series. It is originally a webtoon series which has been officially published in book format by Carrotoon (캐롯툰) since October 28, 2020.

The series has been published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment on October 17, 2023. It has been published digitally in English by Tapas as The Fantasie of a Stepmother since February 21, 2021.

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Von Neuschwanstein, Shuli

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Von Neuremberg, Nora

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Von Neuschwanstein, Jeremy

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Von Baden Bismarck, Theobald

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Von Neuschwanstein, Rachel

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Von Neuschwanstein, Johannes

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Ighöfer, Lucas

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Lady Bayern

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Viscountess Ighöfer

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Von Baden Bismarck, Letran

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Dec 25, 2020

Fwlo

Recommended

Preliminary (55/? eps)

Girl/Woman fixing her past mistakes which led to a broken and disconnected family. I'm sure anyone with a dysfunctional family can relate to the plot and find something in there for them. The moments when the family would come together would warm my cold heart to its core and make me smile form ear to ear. When this happens, it's a real feel good moment.

The conflicts in the story weren't the most like deep, complex, or moving, but they kept me entertained and helped further develop the main cast, as a conflict should. For example, the girl's family are greedy and continually ask for money. ...

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Have you ever felt 'suffocated' while reading a manhwa?

That's exactly how my experience reading this particular manhwa was. The feelings of isolation from all the restrictions, always surrounded by very high expectations, always needing to give it your all even though it's not particularly rewarding, and most importantly, constantly feeling lonely in a hard, unwanted journey. Such were the things that I have felt as I began following Shuli's, the main character of this story, journey.

Shuli led a tiring life. Being married off to a Marquis at a young age by her very own family for financial advantages, her once commoner life turned ... into a noble one wherein she finds herself taking on the responsibility of becoming the head of a noble family while being a mother, a stepmother to kids that were very close to her age. The burden became heavier when the Marquis she married to died from a disease, making her shoulder the responsibility the Marquis had.

As I already mentioned, her life is a very restricted one. She did not have the freedom to do what she wants and instead, live a life that someone else decided for her. It was very suffocating to see how much she struggled in order to bear the responsibility that she vowed to carry. Reading this manhwa was like managing an endless maze, it's dark, uncertain, and scary. But perhaps that's the reason why it always felt so fulfilling and warm whenever she accomplished her goals, big or small. Being acknowledged not just by the nobles that expect much from her, but by her own (step) children that she felt had once shunned her (from her previous life), are the greatest and happiest feelings I felt reading this manga.

Seeing Shuli get rewarded for her efforts was the sole reason why I was able to keep reading this manhwa. Despite the seemingly endless suffocation I had to feel, every happy moment she was able to gain due to her persistence was enough to make me continue to follow her hard, yet incredibly fulfilling and warm journey.

The Fantasie of a Stepmother, or A Stepmother's Märchen as it is my preferred title, is a highly melancholic and somewhat realistic story. It's not the typical royalty manhwa where the main character is highly talented and unique that she was able to fight obstacles that came in her way on the new world she finds herself in. No. Shuli may be brilliant but it was made apparent that she can't handle the issues concerning nobility alone. She had to rely on others in order to get over whatever obstacle that came in her and her family's way. And that is what I think that makes this story "somewhat realistic". There are so much we could do on our own, but there's even more that we could do surrounded by the people we trust and love. Her hardships don't feel foreign and at times, feel oddly familiar. It's melancholic at the same time as you can really feel the sadness and disorder every character feels whenever something goes wrong.

A Stepmother's Märchen is a great story. It's like being trapped in an endless, dark maze, where every small leeway gave you enough motivation to keep going and watch over Shuli's journey. I make it sound really depressing but it's also really wholesome to see her family, despite a 'fake' one, develop full of love and affection. It's definitely not for everyone, but if you're in for some nobility social warfare and some kinda heavy drama, then you're in for a great ride.

Pretty messy and long review but I hope I was able to convey my intent.

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Preliminary (91/? eps)

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▶Summary and recommendation: -----------------------------------------------------------------
[The Fantasie of a Stepmother] is an Otome Isekai story focused on child rearing, and the theme of trying to live up to the expectations of your parents. I recommend it to fans of the genre, with the caveat that it is very slow.
So slow that I ended up dropping it at chapter 91.

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The story is set in an alternate reality/history Holy Roman Empire sometime between the 1500 and 1700. It is refreshing how well researched the author is on the historical setting.

It follows a time regressed (She died and ...

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