A Survival Guide to a Dark Otome Game

A battle-crazed heroine turns a dark dating sim packed with imprisonment, BDSM, and other grim elements into a thrilling beat-'em-up, and trains every perverted or privileged male lead into a well-behaved dog.

Yan Le, who is terminally ill, wants to try a stress-relieving action game where she can beat up NPCs to her heart’s content.

Her friend recommends Heartbeat♡Thrill, saying it has plenty of exciting scenarios and full-dive immersion, with incredibly realistic combat.

Yan Le believes her. The moment she opens her eyes in the game, she sees a blond foreigner standing with his hands on his hips, looking down at her with contempt.

"You good-for-nothing burden who’s been mooching off my family, remember your pla... Ow!"

What’s he babbling about? An NPC who provokes a player right off the bat is just asking for a beating.

This is a society with extreme class divisions. With the shadow of war never far away, everyone is trained in martial arts, and the rare ability users found only among the elite are worshipped with fanatical devotion.

But none of that matters to Yan Le. She cares about nothing but fighting.

Her stepbrother looks down on her? Beat him up! The creepy neighbor who stalks and spies on her? Beat him up! The privileged assistant professor’s son... She can’t beat him yet, so she’ll keep her head down for now, grow stronger, and then come back to beat him up!

She has no idea why the male NPCs with especially handsome character models keep sticking to her after she beats them up a few times.

But they’re pretty handy when they wait on the player hand and foot, so Yan Le magnanimously takes them on as lackeys.

After earning the achievement for becoming undefeated in the game, Yan Le logs out, satisfied. Later, when her condition worsens in the real world, she stops logging in.

She never imagined that after dying, she would open her eyes to find herself inside the game she used to play.

Every NPC looks like an abandoned puppy, eyes red as they circle around her.

Yan Le: "..."

#Why did none of the seniors tell her that people get transported into games they’ve played after they die?

#Probably because once you’re dead, you can’t post on Earth Online anymore

Reading Guide:

1. The heroine has maxed-out combat abilities and a quirky, thickheaded mind. She aggressively pursues everyone. All characters are love interests, no picking favorites.

2. The blurb may be tweaked, but the core premise won’t change.

Theme: You can survive in any environment.