Even for isekai stories, A False Confession feels pretty... predictable. It's obvious from the get go which one will be the yandere and which one will be the main love interest. I think that the art can be pretty nice at times, but honestly, it doesn't really feel like there's much going on in this webcomic. I will say though that the male lead and the MC have a bit of a cute dynamic though.
The story is a bout Renesha who has reincarnated about 10 different times, though this time she believes that this life will be different. She decides to be a priest/holy person at a temple because of her high holy power and is placed into a high seat. After essentially being bribed by the temple, she is assigned to be the medic for a war, falling in love with Czeshmir, the head knight, while also being afraid of Willard, the head knight. She does her best to get near Czeshmir and develops a stronger bond for Willard. During the war, she deals with the idea that she cannot save everyone, watching people die before her as she tries to heal everyone. When one of the head knights nearly dies protecting her, Renesha lets out a huge explosion of holy magic thanks to Willard, saving not only her people but ending the war. After this war, she goes out drinking and tries to confess to Czeshmir, only to accidentally confess to Willard. She's too afraid to break the confession, and tries in different ways to stay away from Willard, despite the fact that he is nothing but kind to her. Renesha begins her training to be an even stronger holy mage, and during this time, Czeshmir does confess to Renesha, even going so far as to suggest an affair with him if she wants to be with him so badly. Renesha refuses, and when Willard finds out, he ends up scaring her so badly she starts to cry. Willard feels guilty and does his best to apologize to her with gifts and other things. The latest chapter talks more about why Czeshmir cares so much about holy magic, and what lengths he had to go to obtain it.
It's honestly a bit strange that the actual confession teased in the beginning doesn't actually show up until around chapter 40 in the webcomic, but I do think it makes the confession a lot less shallow than I initially thought it would be. It builds up the relationship between Renesha and Willard as well as Czeshmir a lot better than if she had just confessed to someone randomly, but it is really strange it takes so long to get to that point. Around this time is where the story changes from the prologue to the actual romance and plot, for better or for worse. I think the first part of the story is sort of boring, most of it is just build up to the actual confession later on. I was interested when Renesha was protected by the head knight, since the story was building up to how she saw her powers used for life and death and it would have been really impactful if she wouldn't be able to save him and had to face the trauma of not being able to save someone because of how weak she was, but... instead she kinda just explodes in holy magic, not only healing everyone but causing the war to end? It doesn't really make a whole lot of sense, and it certainly makes the entire war seem pretty pointless. Rene does have a bit of respect for working on the battlefield now that she has experienced it, I just feel like it would have been a better arc for her to actually have to deal with not being able to save the people she was suppose to instead of taking her powers for granted.
Renesha herself is sort of...boring. She's not really a bad or good character- she has flaws of being greedy and a bit shallow when it comes to her character and she does wish to save other people- she's just not super interesting nor does she particularly move the plot forward. You could probably replace her with a really magical lamp in the first season and I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference in terms of impact on the story. The only thing she really does is cause the romantic plot to move along, but considering that is mostly based on misconceptions and hiding something that doesn't really need to be hidden is... one of my least favorite reasons for the basis of any plot, I wouldn't say she really does a whole lot.
As for Czeshmir, it's pretty obvious from the get go that he's going to be the yandere. He's too perfect in the eyes of Renesha and generally he's one of those too good to be true characters. You see it more after Rene confesses to Willard, especially since he gets seemingly jealous over Rene. Still, from what I can tell, it seems that Czeshmir is more interested in Rene's holy power rather than her herself, since from most interactions after her and WIllard get together, most of the things he talks about are specifically about her holy power and he doesn't seem to have a huge interest in her as a person. This makes me think he either only really cares about her because of her power or that he does like her but he's going to use her powers for something. If it's the former, then it's not very likely that Czeshmir will be a yandere since he would only care about her power, and if it's the former, then it probably still will be related to her holy power and possibly one of those "purity" yanderes (which I personally think isn't super interesting mostly because purity is a very vague concept), but that's just my guess anyways. I do think his interactions make the story more interesting, but we simply don't know his motives quite yet.
Willard does give off more possessive vibes initially, especially when she and Czeshmir are interacting, even yelling and getting angry at her from atop of a cliff. However, when she does confront him about this, he does his best to be more clear and less scary since he doesn't want to see her cry. Besides him being seen as generally scary though, his interactions with Rene are... pretty harmless actually. He's the one that helps end the war (through giant holy magic explosion) and seems to care about her quite a lot, which is why I think it's pretty strange that she still is somehow scared of him despite the fact that he has been nothing but kind towards her.
Shout out to the head knight that almost dies protecting Rene and his wife. If I were to read this for any reason, I would do it for them two because I love their relationship.
Personally I think this webcomic was just... okay. It's not really that interesting in my eyes, but it's not particularly horrible either. If you are interested give it a read, perhaps your opinion will differ from mine.
I wasn't sure if I was going to do this one. The yandere elements are debatable. The emotionally stunted male lead does try to threaten the main girl into a relationship, but he backs down. She also chews him out and calls him a creep for threatening her. He apologizes. Character development. Yay. The plot twist is he's a pretty nice guy, but the handsome prince is not. The prince is also a debatable yandere, because even though he's possessive it is not for romantic reasons.
Renee is an orphan. She became a priestess so she could eat food and survive, because she was a child with no other options. She's not the worst priestess, but she's not very devoted. She doesn't want to kill demons and go to battlefields to heal people. She's perfectly content doing laundry and eating bread.
Unfortunately, she's powerful. Her divine power is off the charts. She is the first potential Saintess in 30 years. The temple immediately starts using her to gain funds for the church. Eventually she gets sent to the battlefield with the nation's prince. The war she's fighting in isn't the main one...but you know...the prince is there so the best healers have to be there. Renee hasn't been to a battlefield before, so she is not having a good time. She didn't even want healing magic. Her childhood stank and now she's a political pawn.
This sucks.
Prince Elvin is suspiciously perfect. Renee doesn't notice how suspicious he is because he's a great actor. Women love him. He's a great heir candidate. He's kind and charming and really trustworthy I promise. He starts flirting with Renee (because she's a suspiciously strong priest that may become a Saintess) and she falls for it. Remember, she's been stuck in a temple since childhood. She's got zero romantic experience, so she's a sucker. She's knows he's a prince and she should know her place, but she gets drunk one night.
She confesses to the wrong guy. This guy. This guy is the Grim Reaper. He's a Duke with a bad attitude, and he maybe killed his older brother, but he feels bad about it. Women don't like him. He's not charming and he's really paranoid. When Renee accidentally confesses he accepts her feelings immediately. He also wants to date her seriously. She is too afraid of him to tell him the truth.
What a god awful start for a relationship.
Duke Cabel is actually capable of being romantic. He knew Renee before the war even started. Him liking her makes sense. He hates the other noble families, because now that he's an heir everybody around him wants his power. When he visits Renee's temple she never talks about money or power. They talk about mundane shit. He loves it. He eats that shit up. Spending time with her makes his annoyance fade away.
Duke Cabel kinda knows his girlfriend (?) likes the prince. He also kinda knows she's afraid of him. He kinda knows everything, but he wants her to give him a chance. He wants to prove that he could totally be a good husband, even though his reputation is in the toilet. He doesn't confront her about her obvious lies. He does yell at her and kinda threaten her...but uh...they're in a war situation. Renee chose a pretty bad time to confess.
The prince becomes a real creep after she gets her Saintess title. Renee isn't really in a relationship with Cabel, so he makes his move. He says she can have an affair with him if her current suitor isn't satisfying her. Gross. He also says really creepy shit about how "the light will soon shine upon them". I think this means he wants to become the perfect couple with her. She is a Saintess that is capable of protecting the country with her holy image. He's a prince with an air tight reputation. She's the best wife candidate, so he wants her. He is weirdly persistent though, and he is definitely going to try and steal her from Cabel. He's even willing to help her learn offensive magic. She only has strong holy magic. She needs a teacher if she wants to defend herself. The creeper is the ideal candidate.
Cabel is a little...um...easily misunderstood? He has temper tantrums alot, when he could solve problems with logic. He could confront the prince and tell him to quit the creeper shit, but the country needs a prince. The Grim Reaper and the Light Prince are both powerful pillars in the army. They have to get along, or that would cause problems for the entire country. Cabel tries to hold his emotions in, but he keeps snapping.
His bullshit pushes Renee away. She cannot trust him. After sixty goddamn chapters she still won't date him for real, and I understand why. Cabel's countless responsibilities are driving him nuts. She doesn't want to become like him. She never even wanted to be a Saintess. When Cabel constantly pressures her about her feelings for the prince she gets overwhelmed. After a ton of bullshit she doesn't have any clear feelings for either of them.
This one is funny because both of the love triangle options aren't great. Cabel is obviously the best option. He genuinely loves her. Sometimes he can be super sweet, but he's also a domineering general that thinks his wife shouldn't talk to other men. He completely loses his shit for like half a chapter when she hides the fact that she had -a conversation- with the prince. I know she's going to choose Cabel because Elvin sucks, but my god Cabel has so many problems. The man makes everything a problem. He was raised in an ultra toxic environment but still sometimes the stuff he says in insane. Also he totally did try to force Renee into a relationship when she was vulnerable. So messy. What the heck. Why are all the men in this so manipulative???
