Rosa remembers her past life. She remembers reading about the Helios Empire in a novel before dying suddenly in an accident. When she is reborn into that exact world as Rosa Veronica, she lives day to day and works hard to make ends meet until one day when someone from the Duke of Estella’s estate comes to fetch her. When she arrives and meets her biological father, her life is turned upside down once again as she’s forced to live the life of Rozenta Estella, the sole heir to the Estella estate and the only son of the Duke of Estella. Through the power of magical artifacts, she's able to live the life of Rozenta, a supporting male character from a novel she once read in a previous life. She decides to embrace this new life as the familiar narrative unfolds before her. Despite knowing the overall story and its characters, she's surprised that the male and female leads have not become the characters she's read about. Although Rozenta Estella was just a minor character in the original novel, Rosa learns to navigate the intricacies of his life and family while fostering a budding friendship with Theodore and Vivian. Her happiness doesn't last very long as all three grow up and enter the roles they've been born into.
The Second Male Lead Is Actually a Girl It is also Known as: 美しいサブキャラ公爵のつもりが女でした, Dem Herzog fehlt das beste Stück, I'm the Second Male Lead, but I'm a Girl, I'm the Second Male Lead, but I'm a Woman, Le duc est une femme!, Seobeu Namjujiman, Yeojaibnida, The Second Male Lead is a Girl, The Second Male Lead Is Actually Female, นิยายเรื่องนี้มีผู้หญิงเป็นพระรอง, 男二是女儿身, 男配俏公爵本是女兒身, 서브 남주지만, 여자입니다
Genres: Fantasy , Romance , Gender Bender , Shoujo , Isekai
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Top 5 Manga Like The Second Male Lead Is Actually a Girl (Utsukushii Sub Chara Koushaku no Tsumori ga Onna Deshita) [2025 List]
5. Kanojo ni Naritai Kimi to Boku
Hime Sakuragaike has secretly been in love with her childhood friend Akira Yonezawa since they were kids, but Hime only recently found out that Akira identifies as female. Although surprised, Hime offers her full support, and this is initially kept secret between them for a few years, but Akira decides to start living as a girl full-time upon starting high school with Hime. However, since Akira garners a certain amount of attention, Hime takes it upon herself to aggressively stick up for Akira whenever necessary. Not wanting Akira to be singled out as an object of ridicule, Hime decides that her only option is to put herself in Akira's shoes.
The Woman You Are and Me has finished publishing and it has 50 Chapters. It is also Known as: カノジョになりたい君と僕, Kanojo ni Naritai Kimi to Boku
4. Finding Camellia
Camellia was just 12 when she was taken away from her mother in the slums and forced to live as the son of an aristocratic family. But under the layers of secrets and lies, she never forgets. She continues to struggle to be her true self again, to reclaim the life of Camellia.
Source: Manta Comics
Finding Camellia is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Please Be Patient, Grand Duke
3. Love Sick
Shiki threw everything away for the sake of revenge. But at the new school where she disguises herself as a male, she meets 4 popular rich guys... Haru (spring) the prince, Natsu (summer) the bishounen, Aki (autumn) the womanizer and Fuyu (winter) the cold-hearted genius.
What awaits Shiki? And will she get her revenge...?
Love Sick has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: ラブシック, Love Sick
2. Otonari Complex
Kuji Akira and Ninomiya Makoto have been neighbors and friends from childhood. Akira-kun is handsome and Makoto-chan is pretty but Akira's a girl and Makoto's a boy... Their feelings for each other are growing more complex just as they are finding themselves the focus of romantic interest of their friends and acquaintances.
Otonari Complex has finished publishing and it has 59 Chapters. It is also Known as: おとなりコンプレックス, 이웃 컴플렉스, Neighbor Complex
1. The Lady I Served Became a Master
When Sua wakes up inside the world of her favorite novel as the character of Blair, she is determined to help the female protagonist, Chloe, get through the darkest period of her life. For years, Chloe has had to endure discrimination and abuse for being an illegitimate child. Blair becomes her maid and confidante, and the two form a special friendship. But Chloe turns out to be quite a different character than the one described in the book. She wields black magic, sends Blair to fetch her mysterious potions, and seems totally uninterested in any of the male lead candidates. Then one day, a handsome man who looks an awful lot like Chloe shows up at Blair’s doorstep. Could it be…the lady she used to serve?! All bets are off as plot twist after plot twist unravels in this unpredictable tale of love and redemption.
The Lady I Served Became a Master has finished publishing and it has 119 Chapters. It is also Known as: The Lady I Served Has Become a Master, The Young Lady I Served Became a Young Master
