The Villainess Turns the Hourglass, Vol. 3

악녀는 모래시계를 되돌린다 [Agnyeon'eun Molaesi'gye'reul Dwedollinda] (Comic) #3

by Antstudio (Adaptor), Sansobee (Original Author), Adam Jankowski (letterer)

AN ALL-IN GAMBLE OR AN ALL-OUT ATTACK?

Amid the despair caused by Oscar’s rejection, Aria uncovers the truth behind his and Mielle’s relationship―his sister, Lady Isys, has been pulling the strings to bring them together! This means Aria has no time to wallow in self-doubt. She needs power that can rival the dukedom…and is wealth not the greatest power of all? Meanwhile, Aria receives a tempting invitation to an exclusive gathering from Lord Asher, whose intentions remain suspicious at best. It’s hard to tell whether he’s a friend or foe―but if Aria wants to survive, she’s going to have to take a gamble!

Genres: Manhwa, Manga, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels, Time Travel, Young Adult

272 pages, Paperback

First published September 18, 2023

About the author

앤트스튜디오

Reviews

[Nivia]

After about two years reading this webtoon and the novel, I can't believe the end is here. I love how Asterope fell for Aria and how she remained a villain for the people who wronged her in her past life, but became softer for everyone who showed her true love of any kind.

[Michelle Easton]

Aria is so fierce and becoming more beautiful as the story continues, and now she knows who Asher really is. I hope these two can stop having so many misunderstandings and work to take the nobles down sooner rather than later

[Ailurophile]

I loved the art, both in Vol 2 and in this one. But really annoyed by Aria's stunted personality development. In the end, she seems more confused about things than clear, and seems she still has trust issues with people she claims to trust. This got too long to read. It was interesting, but it was mostly all, my-name-is-Aria-Rouscett-you-killed-me-prepare-to-die sans wholesome character development.

[Octarine]

Encore un très bon tome.
Aria travaille à son indépendance financière.
Malgré de nouvelles déceptions sentimentales et une noblesse qui refuse de lui laisser une place, elle trouve du réconfort dans une nouvelle relation, qui lui apporte confiance en elle et stabilité ! (Sans oublier, quand même, de malmener ses ennemis dès que possible)

[Christina Mastoraki]

Ένα volume με πολλές εξελίξεις. Η Aria είναι πιο προσγειωμένη και βλέπουμε ότι αρχίζει να νοιώθει τύψεις που χρησιμοποιεί την Sarah. Βλέπουμε μεγάλο character development για τους περισσότερους χαρακτήρες και η πλοκή προχωρά ομαλά.

[Azbaqiyah]

Plot - 4 ⭐️
Character - 4 ⭐️
Writing Style - 4 ⭐️
World Building - 4 ⭐️
Art - 4 ⭐️
Cover - 4 ⭐️

Overall - 4 ⭐️

[Marie]

On continue de suivre Aria et ses manigances pour faire tomber Mielle et survivre, et on en apprend davantage sur Asher et son identité. Les dessins et le personnage d'Aria sont sublimes, j'espère que le tome 4 sortira rapidement.

[R.]

Aria seems to be coming to terms with her failed plans, but is still framing her own plans in terms of using, stealing, and scheming where there are more than few occasions that even she admits she genuinely wants someone to be happy, especially with Lady Sarah. Mielle seems to be content that she's won Lord Oscar, though she's still vexed whenever Aria shows up, and even more so when it seems things don't go her way. We finally see Lord Asher admitting his true title and position to Aria as well, which is as hilarious as expected, though the volume ends on that cliffhanger, so will have to pick up the net volume to see how that interaction plays out.

[Katha]

Warum haben die im Deutschen Namen geändert? Das aus Asher, Ash, wurde konnte ich noch übersehen aber aus Isys, Isi, und aus Vikah, Bika, zu machen wird dann etwas viel. Ich hab mich das halbe Buch gefragt wer zum Teufel Isi sein soll 🤦‍♀️

[Hisgirl85]

4 stars.

[June Michael]

Ignoriert bitte die Daten, aber wenn ich es richtig verstanden habe, endete heute der Webmanhwa und somit ... habe ich es nach doch längerer Zeit jetzt ausgelesen.

Entdeckt habe ich das Werk, ähnlich wie "Who made me a princess", eigentlich durch Fanvideos von Leuten, die Bilder aus Season 1 kombiniert haben mit dem Lied "Aku no musume". Ich wurde dann neugierig, wer die ganzen Leute auf den Bildern sind, habe den Manhwa gefunden und angefangen, zu lesen.

Wesen fiebert die ganze Zeit immer wieder bei Arias Geschichte mit und ich fand es sehr erfrischend, mal eine Geschichte zu lesen, bei der die Hauptfigur sich nicht nur dessen bewusst ist, dass sie moralisch mindestens grau ist, sondern dies auch voll und ganz annimmt und zu ihrer Stärke macht.
Die Charakterentwicklung - vor allem, da die wiedergeborene Aria doch als Teenie in die Story startet und dies nicht ganz ablegen kann - ist enorm und zumindest ich hatte viel Spaß beim Lesen.
Von mir aus hätte das Ganze auch noch eine Weile weitergehen können.

Wer das Ganze im Web auf Englisch liest, so wie ich: Im Laufe der Jahre wechselten immer wieder die Übersetzenden und gerade die letzte Season hat einen etwas anderen "Art Style" als der Rest. Das hat mich nicht gestört, solange die Übersetzung trotzdem verständlich war und der Art Style ist weiterhin sehr hübsch.
(Wenn Leute so lange an einem Projekt arbeiten, ändern sich Stile zwangsläufig)
Aber ich dachte, wer das Ganze nun in einem Rutsch bingen will, sollte das eventuell wissen.

Den Roman/Light Novel habe ich allerdings nicht gelesen, kann also nichts dazu sagen, ob es da große Abweichungen gibt. (Laut den Unterhaltungen unter den Kapiteln wohl durchaus.)

[Tachan]

Après deux tomes plus que moyens, j'ai été agréablement surprise par ce tome où on retrouve une héroïne entreprenante et un duo d'alliés commerciaux secrets détonants.

Je crois que je préfère les tomes où la politique et les manigances s'en mêlent. Je trouve cela bien plus prenant et dynamique, plus profond aussi, car clairement l'autrice est maladroite quand il s'agit d'écrire une romance. Enfin, une romance c'est vite dit, je devrais dire une alliance matrimoniale quand on voit comment cela se passe pour les filles.

Bref, j'ai aimé voir Aria plonger dans les affaires financières de son royaume mais de manière subtile et maligne, tissant ainsi peu à peu sa toile. C'est ainsi que je l'aime. J'ai beaucoup apprécié son jeu du chat et de la souris avec Asher, dont on a tous deviné l'identité depuis longtemps et qui devrait être une évidence pour elle aussi. Mais surtout j'aime leur dynamique, ils sont aussi intelligent l'un que l'autre. Ils sont également doué par les magouilles et ça fonctionne.

Cela donne plein de petits mystères et secrets tout au long du tome, ce qui le rend bien plus agréable à lire que quand les soeurs se crêpent le chignon, surtout que la soeur d'Aria n'est pas très charismatique, voire même assez caricaturale sous la plume de l'autrice. C'est mieux ainsi.

Si ça continue sur cette voie, je risque finalement de passer un bon moment avec cette série d'ennemis to lovers, qui deviennent alliés to lovers. J'aime ce genre de dynamique et j'apprécie plus les histoires de manigances politiques et financières que les tentatives de romance de l'autrice...

[Asja]

Не йде гладенько і Арія розуміє, що кров не вода. її заслуги можуть не визнавати, вона опускає руки і це надзвичайно турбує її покоївок. Втім, вона не просто так стала лиходійкою. Вона розуміє, що не можна покладатися на ненадійних союзників і пора будувати власну репутацію, не засновану на чутках від сестри. Хоча Арія переживає і не найкращі моменти, вона не здається, вона не відступає від свого плану. Вона усвідомлює, що ніхто не може про неї потурбуватися краще, аніж вона сама.
Мені подобаєтсья цей розвиток. Він показує, що Арія вже не дитина, яка більше гралась і влаштовувала маленьку помсту. Цей болючий урок для того, аби вона стала сильнішою морально, дивилась в майбутнє та не покладалась виключно на магічний годинник.
Арія вже не дитина, вона виросла не тільки фізично, але й морально. Хоча... їй і всього 14-15 років.
Гарний достойний розвиток історії. Манхва не залишається на одному місці, не зосереджується на одному аспекті, не тягне сюжет, а розвивається досить стрімко і гармонійно.

[NotSoShyGirl]

Редът на Миел бавно настъпва. Всяко действие на лейди Ария Розент води точно до този момент. На хоризонта обаче се задават още много проблеми.
Отношенията ѝ с принца и собствената ѝ идентичност са под въпрос. Коя изобщо е тя? Все още ли е злодеят, който търси отмъщение, или ангелът, за който я смятат поданиците на Империята? Какво ще се случи със семейство Розент и ще успее ли семейният бизнес да издържи чистката в аристократичните среди? Ще признае ли най-накрая майка ѝ тайната около раждането ѝ?
Най-лошото от всичко обаче е, че предпоставките за война между Империята и съседното кралство на Кроа никога не са били по-отявлени.

Последният том на “Злодеят връща назад пясъчния часовник” (악녀는 모래시계를 되돌린다) е идеалният завършек на тази епична история. Последните 20-30 глави дори ставаме свидетели на развитието на живота на много от героите 3 години след официалния „край“, което е не само едно прекрасно допълнение, но и достойно сбогуване с поредицата.

[A Loyola]

Aria’s plan crumbles as Oscar refutes any advances from Mielle, under the guise of his older sister which planned the engagement of Mielle and Oscar. Although heartbroken by this, Aria turns her attention to the casino within the city and see that there is much corruption going on with it. However, being an optimist- she can go ahead and make some money (while using her time reversing hourglass powers) to help her for a bit. And comes along her handsome mysterious stranger that also plays a role in the casino as well, but how?

10/10 loving all the relationships and how the plot is unfolding!!

[mi]

i’m excited about all the interesting developments that have been made! it’s nice to see aria gain confidence in herself in a way that was earned through her intelligence and strategy rather than it being from wielding the power of the hourglass. i do really appreciate the details of aria finding herself thinking of sarah and asher as more than just people in her plan. she’s become fond of both of them, and she’s only now starting to realize that. i’m glad that she finally knows asher’s identity (and that i was right about it lol), but this volume ended on kind of a strange place to have a cliffhanger so im hoping to pick up the next volume soon!

[Dora]

Finally, the beautiful vengeance Aria had plotted came to fruition and she got her happy ending 😊

"Lady Aria, once you reach the end of this path there will be no turning back... Because I wom't let you go."
"What if I turn back time?"
Asher looked up, his blue eyes staring into hers. "Then I'll chase after you until I meet you again."

This season was kinda unnecessary but I enjoyed it nevertheless... Especially since we got to see more of Lohan ✌💕

[Heather’s Reading Bubble]

This volume was a chore to get through it was so boring and finally at the very end it seems like we are getting somewhere. I am not giving this series up and I’m hoping by the ending that we are finally picking up the pace. This series is at its best when it focuses on Arias motivations and fear of death not all the talking about the nobles being greedy and awful,that was beyond obvious and didn’t need almost an entire volume spent on it.

[Moon]

Paso un tiempo hasta que pude volver a retomar esta historia.
Siento sincera no recuerdo mucho de lo que pasaba en este volumen (al menos lo que ya había leído con anterioridad y había dejado de lado)
Pero me gusta que nuestra protagonista sea una ✨ mujer de negocios ✨
No soy fan de Oscar, así que me importa poco. Soy team Asher desde que apareció.
Espero con ansias ver que rumbo va tomando .

[Hstwdthllczy]

2.5 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔
𝐃𝐧𝐟 - 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 111

Okay, this is dragging on for way too long. I'm pretty sure that in the novel there was no epilogue? I think they just ended it with the wedding or something(I read the novel around 2 years ago, please correct me if I'm wrong) Anyways, I honestly just can't bothered to finish this anymore, goodbye lovely people.

[Maria]

Finallyyyy Aria realized the Asher is the crown prince! It’s funny to see her act different to him when she realized what she had done, but I hope she’s able to maintain her normal attitude towards him. I like that she wants the best for Sarah and also Annie, there’s still people that want to wrong her, but I hope that her relationship with Asher helps her.

[Cel Red]

Me sorprendió que hubiera negocios, inversiones y emprendimiento además de la venganza jaja. Lo político no lo esperaba, pero tampoco fue sorpresivo. En general me la sigo pasando bien chido.

Aria sigue siendo petty, así que muchos kudos. Y Oscar bien menso, aplicó la de Pedro en Como agua para chocolate: me gustas tú, pero me caso con tu hermana para protegerte.

[Gimelle]

Finally! Asterope telling Aria his identity. Quite funny how Aria speculates Asher as the Emperor’s secret son. 😂
I like how Aria is being petty and not sharing her ideas with the Count. She must only use it for her own gain!
Also Asher having an ability like teleportation? Wicked.
Practically, these two have powers of Time (Aria) and Space (Asher)

[Jasmine]

I did enjoy this one, but it felt slightly filler, with Aria progressing along and eventually finding out who the mysterious gentleman she occasionally bumps into really is. This book also shows her growth as a character as she challenges herself to be independent, earn money, and invest.

The artwork is phenomenal, and the costumes are so pretty!

[juju 𓏲𝄢]

If only Mielle wasn’t classist and elitist and grew up surrounded by the right people to guide her, she and Aria could have been close and become true sisters. But alas, as Aria said.... it’s too late, and it’s not possible for them to coexist and be happy together.

[Carolynne Horstmann]

I think I understand this character now, rather than being better than her counterpart, she's going to be so much worse. And the best part is that most people are going to think she's perfect, she's going to get her cake and eat it too.

[belle ☆ﾐ (thisbellereadstoo)]

march 2025

completed

can i just say that this was extremely satisfying? aria stayed true to herself with this life, finally executing her revenge with perfection and grace, and had a badass asher beside her all this time? yes!! the art is beautiful too. enjoyed it so much.

[Aurora]

I just... don't like her... nor any of the people here, nor the situations she gets herself into, nor her powers. I wanted to keep reading because the summaries for the later volumes seemed interesting, but I'm not sure I'll make it there. ^_^;

[Noell]

The plot continues to twist as time goes on

The story continues to get better and better and it's amazing to see the plot unfold as well as the intricacies of the world building. So good

[tracy ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪]

dnf @ 52% i’m just literally so bored. asher continues to be less interesting than vanilla scented candles and aria’s inner monologue is still as tedious as ever. i don’t fucking care how good your embroidery is bitch