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“Ye-Seo Jung wakes up as doomed second male lead Jesse Venetiaan and must survive the novel's war to return home.”
When the Third Wheel Strikes Back
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7.13
7,610 rank · 1,866 readers · 15 favorites
Isekai
Reincarnation
Comedy
Fantasy
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Ye-Seo Jung wakes up as doomed second male lead Jesse Venetiaan and must survive the novel's war to return home.
When Ye-Seo Jung wakes up one day, he finds himself trapped inside the body of Jesse Venetiaan, the ill-fated second male lead of a mega-hit fantasy romance novel "I Quit My Job, then I Became the Princess Bride." It turns out this second male lead is destined to die at war, trying to protect the male lead. Ye-Seo's goal is to avoid getting entangled with the main characters and survive until the war is over, all while searching for a way to return home safe and sound. But the female lead, Christelle, and the male lead, Cedric, keep approaching him... (Source: Webtoon Entertainment)
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- 9 “This is one of my favorite stories, unfortunately it got cancelled. You could say it had a "nice ending" but considering the whole novel this is based of this was pretty cheap. The art in the first...”
- 10 “This is a great Manhwa! The plot is intriguing and the characters are fun to read about. While the art style for season 1 was nice, i definitely prefer the new style because it suits them more....”
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 96 ch ch × vol
- Total read 12h 48m approx
- Published Dec 2022 – May 2025
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M66946 catalog