Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion

Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion (그녀가 공작저로 가야 했던 사정, 彼女が公爵邸に行った理由) is a South Korean web novel written by Milcha. It has been serialized in Kakao's digital comic and fiction platform KakaoPage since September 19, 2016. A webtoon adaptation was first serialized in KakaoPage on September 3, 2017, and is illustrated by Whale. An anime television series adaptation produced by Typhoon Graphics aired from April to June 2023.

Plot
Eunha Park dies in modern day Seoul and gets reincarnated in a novel as an extra character named Raeliana McMillan who eventually gets killed off during the original story. To avoid her second death, she makes a deal with the male lead Duke Noah Volstaire Wynknight to pretend to be his fiancée in exchange for her silence regarding the whereabouts of the Royal Seal, information she knows from her prior knowledge of the original novel. Will Noah help Raeliana avoid her ill-fated ending, or is history doomed to repeat itself?

Main

 * Raeliana McMillan, / Eun-ha Park / Rinko Hanasaki (花咲凛子)
 * Voiced by: Jang, Mi (Korean); Yume Miyamoto (Japanese); Lindsay Seidel (English)


 * Noah Volstaire Wynknight ,
 * Voiced by: Kang, Seong-woo (Korean); Yūichirō Umehara (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English)


 * Beatrice Tranchett ,
 * Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese); Macy Anne Johnson (English)

Supporting

 * Adam Taylor ,
 * Voiced by: Lee, Kyung-tae (Korean); Shūichirō Umeda (Japanese); Eduardo Vildasol (English)


 * Keith Westernberg ,
 * Voiced by: Jung, Ju-won (Korean); Shun'ichi Toki (Japanese); Lee George (English)


 * Heika Demint ,
 * Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese); Emi Lo (English)


 * Justin Shamall ,
 * Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese); Ivan Jasso (English)


 * Vivian Shamall ,
 * Voiced by: Yumika Yano (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)


 * Siathrich Newreal Chamos ,
 * Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe


 * Nick Maddocks ,
 * Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto (Japanese); Oscar Seung (English)

Others

 * Freese Eriteal
 * Voiced by: Mirei Kumagai


 * Gideon Jura
 * Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka


 * Ansley
 * Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu


 * Francis Brooks
 * Voiced by: Shin, Yong-woo (Korean); Daisuke Kishio (Japanese)


 * Jake Langston
 * Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino


 * Naomi O’Brian
 * Voiced by: Arisa Sakuraba


 * Wade Davis
 * Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto


 * Eugene
 * Voiced by: Minami Takahashi


 * Rosemary McMillan
 * Voiced by: Kim, Do-hee (Korean); Tsukino Chikasada (Japanese)


 * Elma
 * Voiced by: Hina Natsume


 * Wheaton
 * Voiced by: Souma Shiomi


 * Stephanie Carlisle
 * Voiced by: Chikako Sugimura


 * Christine Barkley
 * Voiced by: Megumi Nakajima


 * Lady Baylene
 * Voiced by: Riho Kuma

Novel
Written by Milcha, the novel began serialization on Kakao's digital comic and fiction platform KakaoPage on September 19, 2016. It composed of 159 chapters and collected in three volumes plus one volume of side stories.

A digital English translation of the novel was published exclusively on the Tappytoon app, under the title The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion.

Webtoon
A webtoon adaptation, illustrated by Whale, was serialized on KakaoPage on September 3, 2017 to March 22, 2021. It has been collected into nine volumes by D&C Media.

The webtoon is published digitally in English by Tappytoon, in Japan digitally by Piccoma and in print by Kadokawa Shoten. In October 2021, Yen Press announced that they licensed the webtoon for English publication.

Video game
A romance video game adaptation was developed by SHIFT UP Corp. and released on May 27, 2021. It is set to receive English and Japanese translations.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on July 4, 2022. It is produced by Typhoon Graphics and directed by Junichi Yamamoto, with scripts written by Mitsutaka Hirota, character designs handled by Haruna Hashimoto, and music composed by Keiji Inai. The series aired from April 10 to June 26, 2023, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Survive" by MindaRyn, while the ending theme song is "Always and Forever" by Serra. MindaRyn also sang "Fireworks", which served as an insert ending theme song for episode six. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia, and is streaming it along with an English dub.