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From BFF to Obsessive Hubby

From BFF to Obsessive Hubby

A Childhood Friend Became an Obsessive Husband / My Childhood Friend Became an Obsessive Husband / My Childhood Friend Became an Obsessive Male Lead / 幼馴染はキケンな公爵様⁉ / 所以和竹马紧急结婚了 / 소꿉친구가 집착 남편이 되었다
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Manhwa,Webtoon,Shoujo(G),Adaptation,Childhood Friends,Fantasy,Full Color,Romance
🇬🇧EnglishTr From🇰🇷Korean
Publication:Hiatus/2022-?
BATO Status:Hiatus
Read Direction:Left to Right
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Isabelle has always dreamed of meeting her true love and living happily ever after. Unfortunately, she discovers that she was just sold to the monstrous Duke Cardiego, who's infamous for killing his bride candidates. Her only way out is to quickly marry someone else, and as it turns out, her BFF Lix is the perfect choice! Although she tells him she will just stay a friend, Lix begins to show her that he doesn't feel the same way. Will their friendship be able to last through this matrimony?
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Reviews(56)
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bruh who made the title💀💀💀
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I read like ~36 ch mtl and this was a really cute read! It was very cliché but adorable nonetheless. Rather than an obsessive husband, the ML just seems like a massive simp and I'm here for it regardless 🙏🙏
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[Ch 20 waiting until season end to continue]
This is the kind of cliche fanfic tier writing that makes you smile because of how cute and genuine everything is written.

FL is a Mary Sue but dense, but only a little bit! You see her brain cells chugging along and its cute to see. That might be the reason it feels so fanfic tier because it goes into LOTS of tangents as to what various characters are thinking, not just the FL.

ML is an absolute simp, but cuter than most simp dukes. There isnt the cliche of him not understanding moderation. Everything he does is to the FLs taste because he made it his life purpose to know her more than she knows herself and takes pride in it. He makes sure to not make her feel overly burdened by his actions. Seeing him gush in his thoughts about how perfect she is makes it feel like his 2D waifu crossed barriers its that intense.

My favorite part is that everyone seems to have decent emotional intelligence. There are misunderstandings but they're handled swiftly in a relatively healthy manner and not drummed up into huge climaxing drama of anger and betrayal.
All in all a fun read, but only giving it a 7 because i know this flavor of cliche isnt for everyone.
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Dropped
TL;DR, nothing special, but done well enough to pass the time. Overly long review below.

The story is built around misunderstandings, so expect your usual uncommunicative ML and dense FL.

Lix (ML) is devoted enough to shape his life around becoming the FL’s fantasy man, but not devoted enough to tell her the truth. It seems like the author wanted both a sweet childhood friend to lover, and a secret admirer who manipulates his way into marriage… at the same time? You could certainly have someone acting like a sweet BFF while secretly manipulating the situation, but that’s not the case here. So what goes?
In the end, it’s disappointing for both people who want a sweet BFF, and people who want a manipulative future husband. Reality is that he’s just a well-meaning(?), selfish idiot. But at least his feelings are sincere.

Despite all my complaints, I’d say he’s the main (and frankly, only) appeal of this story. He may not be obsessive, but he’s at least devoted.

My biggest gripe is that Isabelle (FL) has little to no agency. She only ever reacts to things that happen to her. I think the most proactive thing she’s done so far is asking her friend (secretly the ML, of course) to marry her.
What about her personality? Well… of course, she’s fragile, and beautiful, and kind, and has magic powers, and is protected by the goddess, and she’s the secret daughter of bla-bla-bla, and the corrupt nobles hate her on sight (but of course she can outsmart them!), and even the ML’s staff loves her and is more loyal to her than their employer, because she’s just that special and good! She’s the type of FL that’s helpless nearly every time. She nearly gets kidnapped, gets saved, nearly gets beat, lights her aggressor on fire — oh wow, is she actually about to do something? — nope, someone comes in to save her. She faints for (seemingly) no reason, and we get the typical scene of the ML threatening his own staff because of it. Hello? Could you please do something original? She doesn’t recognize her own BFF just because he’s wearing a little mask over his eyes — let’s say it’s because of magic, or (more realistically) the author thought the plot would be less interesting if she found out instantly. Even when she ends up finding out the truth, it’s because a bookcase with the answer magically appears in front of her. What the hell?

The secondary plots about the FL’s powers, the attempted kidnappings, the typical (and halfheartedly written) nobility struggles, etc. aren’t delved into enough to really warrant your attention. It feels like the author wanted to have a secondary plot to spice up their romance story, and that’s about it.

The pacing is frankly bad. Either the scenes drag out for too long with little substance (see the first meeting between the couple), are anticipated by the story and then nothing happens (see the ballroom scene), or flash by without letting the tension mount (see the kidnapping attempts). Let’s not forget the obligatory exposition scene at the beginning, which tells us… what was that? It was so irrelevant, I’ve already forgotten.

Some ideas were enjoyable, such as when the FL’s first period was explored and actually minorly impacted the plot. Seeing a teenage FL exploring her sexuality through books was also interesting. That’s the only moment where I felt the story was a little unique.
The proposal scene (Lix -> Isabelle) was sweet. I think that’s the only part where I felt this was a romance rather than a comedy.

The art is good. Nothing spectacular or eye catching, just your typical romance webtoon style, but skillful enough.
The character designs are… okay. Nothing memorable. I’ve seen their clones in at least 20 other webtoons. Some designs are stupid, but the kind of stupid you expect from a romance webtoon. (I’m looking at you, Baron Aion’s useless little veil.) The costumes are… um, you can probably find them on Pinterest. Certainly nothing historically accurate.
Backgrounds, SFX, etc. are the usual stock 3D assets and ready-made brushes. Nothing wrong with that, but it’s not particularly appealing either. Expect the typical overuse of color filters and shoujo manga-esque screentone and flowers.

Overall, it’s not a story I’d recommend, but it’s not bad either. It’s a story to pass time. I’m sure some people will find their joy here.
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SKSJJSJSKSKSHDYEYEH3H3HEHHEHE don't mind me that's just a key board smash no one asked cuz this manhwa got me giggling and blushing? And i did not expect that at all! Just when you thought that the premise are the "usual-typical" mannn THEY'RE NOT. It constantly and consistently debunked each and every set out cliche plot points that could (1) either cause misunderstandings (2) dragging story and many more from most manhwas we encountered these days, even in the past.
This is such a fantastic, fun and adorable read what the heck, bc the chemistry and world building is top notch! The FL issa mood! She can be innocent but can also be someone who connect deym dots. She's so refreshing, oml you can't just help but to like her! And the ML issa massive simp but with the right boundaries, respect and all for FL. Idk bro i'm just glad i stumbled upon this manhwa and all i can see are the good things, caught up to the latest @ 35. The only rate this manhwa can go is higher. :P
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Dropped
This series started out fine, but unremarkable. Everything was going solid 6.5 outta 10, middle of the road nondescript "good". There was even a nice moment where the fantasy story acknowledged that the FL has a menstrual cycle that- surprise- can impact her daily life sometimes which is just refreshing human normalcy that I want to praise because we don't see enough of that in coming of age narratives let alone ones geared towards the fantasy/romance genres. However, eventually the mediocrity- passable art, passable tropes, passable nobility shenanigans- became droll. What really sunk the nail into the coffin for me however was a particular moment that immediately took me out of reading it and left a very bad taste in my mouth.


There is a story beat where FL and ML are in a council meeting after some kind of disaster has befallen a nearby region. The members of the nobility are arguing about what to do in the aftermath with the humanitarian crisis of the peasantry whose homes have been destroyed, livelihoods ruined, lives lost. And the female lead in a moment that is supposed to show off her political savvy and shrewd mind interjects that you can't just give welfare and aid to the poor because then they might not be motivated to work as hard afterwards.


That's not the kind of thing that a politically savvy FL would say. That's not even the kind of thing a milquetoast boring "good" heroine who tries to do her best for everyone would say. That's the kind of thing a suburban/urban writer who's never had to know the struggle of poverty or how random disasters, accidents, health mishaps, etc. can suddenly impact your life. That's the kind of thing a young(er) person with limited life experience or a bitter old(er) person with atrophied empathy would say. If FL was a villainess or coded as a gray/morally neutral heroine it might not have been so jarring but this is supposed to be your cookie-cutter, sparkly heroine so something like that falling out of her mouth was just so ugly.


Nothing about this was remarkable enough to overcome my visceral "ew" reaction to that so I dropped it. Now, that kind of thing might not bother you as much so take this with a grain of salt to your own tastes. But just FYI, that moment happens before the end of season 1 so just... keep that in mind and proceed with lowered expectations.
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(Ch 8) So far I love it, the character's personalities are so fun. This kind of has similar vibes to "a typical romance fantasy" in the dynamic between the MCs.
Anyways I'll be back in roughly 3 months when it's done updating so I can binge it.
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Read 47 chapters in one sitting and still waiting for the bed breaking
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This is really cute and the the misunderstandings that usually happen get resolved really quick. The ml isn't manipulative or anything if he was anything he'd be a simp. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE ENDING!!!!
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omg it got licensed!!! 🥺💖
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Comments(2960/4932)
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Yes! Normalize mentioning menstrual cycles in coming of age and fantasy stories! More of this please, universe.
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Oh sweet girl. It’s him. He’s the duke.
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How to make friends : be both orphans, solved!
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If reading smut makes you a philosopher then I'm the reincarnation of Socrates
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Hold on the brain cell is working overtime
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i’m pretty sure the scenario in his head would of worked if he just took off the mask 🧍‍♀️
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It is simultaneously wholesome, embarassing and hilarious that Lix thought she was going to die from getting her period. I love the normalization of periods but LMAO he legit thought she was bleeding to death and that's too funny.
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Well... This wedding night didn't go the way I was hoping, the bride already accidentally murdered a guy and now the newlyweds are having a sexy cuddle while locked in a closet.
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Well. She asked him to marry her. Who needs a gf when you can speedrun
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LMFAOOOO Isabelle ignoring the goddess' (messenger ?) to read her spicy novels HAHAHA
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