Where to read Operation: True Love
Read the official English release of Operation: True Love on WEBTOON. The series page lists its available episodes and marks episodes that require the WEBTOON app.
Spoiler-light story guide
Su-ae Shim has spent years with an indifferent boyfriend, Minu Kang. After finding Jellypop, a sentient flip phone, she begins to question her love life while growing closer to Minu’s friend Eunhyeok and suspecting that Minu and her stepsister Ra-im may be more than friends.
Rankings: what to read next
These are our editorial picks, ordered by how well their romance, relationship tension, or second-chance themes suit a reader of Operation: True Love. Scores are our opinions.
1. Operation: True Love — Our score: 9/10
Su-ae’s strained relationship and Jellypop’s strange advice turn a school romance into a story about affection, uncertainty, and choice. Start here for the characters and premise behind this guide.
Why it’s great: The unusual phone gives familiar romantic dilemmas a distinctive hook. Read on WEBTOON.
2. Villains Are Destined to Die — Our score: 8.5/10
Penelope wakes inside a dating game as its villainess, where a wrong choice can be fatal. Its dangerous relationships offer a much darker take on trying to find a path through romance.
Why it’s great: Every interaction carries suspense. Read on Tapas.
3. Beware the Villainess! — Our score: 8.5/10
A woman enters a romance story and decides its expected courtship needs changing. The result pairs romantic tropes with a heroine determined to make her own choices.
Why it’s great: Its playful challenge to prescribed love stories makes it an appealing change of pace. Read on Tapas.
4. The Villainess Turns the Hourglass — Our score: 8/10
After her sister’s scheme leads to her death, Aria gets another chance to shape her fate. Romance shares the stage with revenge and careful social maneuvering.
Why it’s great: The second-chance premise adds tension to every decision. Search WEBTOON for the title.
5. The Fantasie of a Stepmother — Our score: 8/10
Widowed young, Shuri must manage an estate and care for four children. Its relationships grow out of family responsibility, regret, and the desire to do better.
Why it’s great: Emotional stakes extend beyond the central romance. Read on Tapas.
6. Who Made Me a Princess — Our score: 8/10
A woman awakens as a princess fated to die in a novel she knows. She tries to change that ending, only to find that meeting her father early disrupts her plans.
Why it’s great: Its fate-versus-choice story suits readers who enjoy watching a heroine reclaim control. Read on WEBTOON.
7. This Villainess Wants a Divorce! — Our score: 7.5/10
Reborn as Canaria, a novel’s villainess, the protagonist knows her husband is destined to execute her. She sets out to survive by changing the course of that relationship.
Why it’s great: A clear survival goal keeps the romantic tension moving. Search WEBTOON for the title.
8. I Shall Master This Family — Our score: 7.5/10
Firentia’s powerful family falls into ruin after its patriarch dies. Given another chance, she works to change the family’s future while romance unfolds alongside her ambitions.
Why it’s great: The heroine’s determination gives its relationships a larger purpose. Read on Tapas.
Sources checked
WEBTOON: Operation: True Love; Tapas: Villains Are Destined to Die; Tapas: Beware the Villainess!; WEBTOON: Who Made Me a Princess.