One Husband Is Enough by Go Seon-Yeong

 21/04/26

 The plot:

The romance manhwa One Husband Is Enough features Go Seon-Yeong, an office worker who desires love after escaping her abusive home life. In the process of being free, she buys a virtual reality headset and enters a romance game. Relating to one of the optional female leads, Crocetta, she chooses her and raises the charm stats to max. What she didn't know was that her choice would bind her to the game, preventing her escape. Tortured by the people who fall victim to her charm. However, will Crocetta survive? Will she have to raise the male lead's love?

Opinions and Discovery:

Hello everyone, school just started again, and I'm waiting for my legal studies report draft. Wish me luck!!! So today I wanted to review a manhwa that is still very fresh in my head and honestly tortured me. I felt like I was going to become bald, not in a bad way, either. So, anyway, I discovered this manhwa when I was on the yandere male lead Reddit, and I stumbled upon this work. It was a picture of the female lead with this guy, who seemed like a black flag, and I thought that was very interesting. It is currently still ongoing, but I have read it up to chapter 91 and can't wait to read more. It's like a drama, where you just feel so frustrated all the time, but want to see the ending and want to read more. Currently, there are like 4 guys the female lead could fall in love with, and there is literally only one I like. I think the others are better off as friends, or even better, not knowing at all. Anyways I think this manhwa does really well as a horror rather than a romance, so I will put this down as horror. Imagine having the ability to make people love you or even be obsessed with you in that manner; it would be terrifying. Like, I guess it benefits you getting the one you love, but it creates even more problems when avoiding people. 

I guess if I were in that situation, I would lose my mind mentally and physically and disappear into the ocean if I could. So if you like a manhwa that is frustrating but leaves you hanging off your seat, be my guest! Especially when she picks the wrong male leads to be with, to not ruin her one and only(⁠〒⁠﹏⁠〒⁠). Also, my friends said their names are funny, lol.

Characters and design:

Crocetta, the female lead, was originally supposed to be the neglected illegitimate daughter. Unfortunately, this ceased to be after maxing the charm stats in the game. Crocetta is a women that yearns for love, something that she hadn't had much of in reality, which is quite sad. At first, she is seen as a very analytical and a fairly good actor when it comes to wanting to get her way, and manages to find the most suitable husband. She has long, wavy blonde hair and piercing magenta eyes, which is kind of cool for a female lead. I believe that she looks good in a villainess role, too. At first, Crocetta acts fairly innocent and looks like she cares about the people around her. Progressing from the beginning, though, she has been torn and is losing her mental state. She is not a female lead who is like the innocent and lovely kind; she is the type to disregard other people and treat others as objects instead of beings. However, I do understand this, as when people look at her, they all have the same feelings, 'love'. Love used to be Crocetta's goal, but after experiencing torture from it, love is like a curse. With Crocetta, I think she looks good in light blue dresses, but generally, I think she looks good in any dress. I honestly feel like she should have ordered a mask seller to make a specific mask for her, though...

Apart from Crocetta, she also has three raging fiends... Apart from one. The Playboy Crown Prince, the Misanthrope Duke, and the devout holy Knight. The Playboy Crown Prince, AKA Etienne Eugene Lortinique, loves spending time with different women, but that was before he met Crocetta. Meeting her took a very grave turn for him. At first, he wanted to either kill her or use her as a weapon, but beneath that was an obsessive fool who wanted to have her for himself, and boy, does he try to achieve it. Etienne has short blonde hair and blue eyes, like any male lead in historical manhwa (I don't want him to be the male lead...) He is handsome and very seductive. I wouldn't say he's that handsome, regarding my taste, but he is quite the gem. His relationship with the other love interest is quite expected, being the noble crown prince, the others have to respect him. He is a calculating, cunning individual, and I can't wait for the female lead to beat his ass. 

The Misanthrope Duke, Arnold Wassenburg. A man who is calculating and would rather have a modest life than the crown prince. He is very quiet and tends to enjoy nature, rather than indulging himself in lust or love. Meeting Crocetta's eyes, however, his feelings became troubled, and he ended up falling in love with the female lead, like the others. He's got black hair, tan skin, red eyes, and a very muscular build. He isn't really my type, but I can see why some people find him attractive. In my opinion, I think he's kind of boring; the only characteristic I like is that he wants Crocetta to smile. In my opinion, I don't think I like him very much. 

The devout holy knight, Roger Darklet. This is my favourite. Roger is a holy knight, someone who can't indulge in romantic or sexual interaction. He is truly a knight; many people love him, and he helps the main character in all sorts of situations. To me, he is the best choice out of the three. Appearance-wise, he is also not that bad-looking; he's got white hair and yellow eyes. (Reminds me of Ijekiel from, who made me a princess) And he is muscular!! Being a love interest, he is also impacted by Crocetta's charm. However, at first, he did not quite seem to understand what he was feeling, but as time passed by, he soon felt like the others. His love, though, was that of a yearner and someone who is not as obsessed with keeping her. He does have his dark times, though, however, not as bad as the other two.

What does it do well on?

I believe this manhwa does really well at maintaining the female lead's goals and showing her mental stability throughout the time that she has spent in the game. It really shows how she is slowly descending into madness, not like your typical romance, which is like a plane steadily flying. I wouldn't really say I would read it for the romance aspect, but I really did enjoy it for the certain elements that would make me uncomfortable and frustrated. I really want this to be completed because I want to see if she ends up having a happy ending with one of the love interests, or she decides to live alone and isolated from anyone. If I were to prefer an ending, it would be her exiting that life and living in a life of solitude. It's not a happy ending, but it's an ending that would settle the heart mostly. Crocetta, half of the time, makes me super frustrated, but I can see why she makes those decisions. Can I say I just love how she has explicitly explained and knows that the male leads aren't in love with her for pure love? It really shows that she is not ditsy. This is probably rare for me to want the female lead to end up with no one, but in these circumstances, I think it would be way nicer. I also like the dynamics of the male leads and how each of them expresses love and obsession; this goes with supporting characters, too, such as someone's mother who expresses maternal love instead of romantic love. I do believe the female lead needs a weapon, though, because ain't no way I'm going to be facing people that could potentially pounce on me and not stab them. Like, logically, that would make sense. Overall, this manhwa does frustrate me, but it does really well on the horror aspect rather than romance.

7.5/10

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Spoiler Section (Read at your own risk):

Hi to people who may have read the manhwa! Honestly, I really hate Arnold. He may have said he wanted to protect Crocetta and kill whoever is hurting her, BUT TO HURT ROGER IS A DIFFERENT STORY. Like, okay, we can excuse Arnold for just thinking that Roger was hurting her, but Crocetta explains to him after this how much Roger is to her. YET BRO STILL GETS THE CROWN ASS LOOKING PRINCE TO TURN UP ON THEIR FRONT DOOR OF THE HIDEOUT. Oh, and the crown prince could have seriously had the potential to be like a funny yet flirtatious friend, but no, he is a psycho. Asking her to be empress is one thing, but then drugging her and forcing her to be by your side all the time is not the way to go. I seriously love Roger. Anyways I hope you enjoyed my review.