The Beginner’s Primer to the ‘The Reason Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion ’

Spring Anime Season is nearly upon us, and we’re getting second seasons of already established series and some stunning debuts coming our way. Regarding some of the new anime coming our way, perhaps you’re wondering what all the fuss is about? I got you, fam. Here’s a mostly spoiler free guide for anyone who wants to know the details on one of the most anticipated anime series, The Reason Why Raeliana Ended Up a the Duke’s Mansion, based on a manhwa–a Korean web-comic, coming this April!

Log line: Reincarnated as Raeliana McMillan, a minor character who is killed off early in a novel, the protagonist here uses what she remembers of the plot and tries to avoid dying with help from the mysterious male protagonist of the novel, Noah Wynknight.  Who Created it: Milcha is perhaps best known for being the author of The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke’s Mansion which got its start as a South Korean web novel sometime in 2016.  Due to its popularity, a web-comic adaption came later in 2017 with illustrations by the artist known as Whale. An anime television series adaptation by Typhoon Graphics is set to premiere this April. What is it About: Rinko Hanasaki (Eunha Park in the original manhwa) is celebrating great news and then she meets her death mysteriously and then enters the world of a novel. She wakes up, as a minor character, Raeliana McMillan, who is set to die early. Raeliana is a young noblewoman who is written to be poisoned to death by her own betr…