It depicts Princess Kayena (played by Han So Hee) becoming an independent figure after breaking free from her controlling, obsessive and manipulative brother (Lee Soo Hyuk), who would go to any lengths to puppet his sister. The new teaser begins with Kayena dropping a poisoned wine glass. She stands with confidence with the emperorŌĆÖs mage in her hand. Meanwhile, Prince Regef goes, ŌĆ£You should have stayed as my puppet,ŌĆØ showing his manipulative side and Duke Kidrey points a sword to him, saying, ŌĆ£I have no hesitation in using this sword.ŌĆØ Kayena grabs a chess piece with her fingertips and says, ŌĆ£No one can stand on top of me. I will live my life freely as I can,ŌĆØ suggesting that she will finally be reborn as a completely independent princess who will win both love and fate. The released teasers and episodes of the dramatized project are seeing a rapid rise in popularity, instantly gaining 10 million views, 500K likes and 20K comments.
The webtoon and web novel of┬ĀThe Villainess is a Marionette have garnered 110 million views in South Korea, and the numbers are keep increasing with the casting announcement and trailer release. After the casting of Cha Eun Woo, Lee Soo Hyuk and Han So Hee was announced, the total view counts for the two content increased by six times and eight times when the actual trailer came out. The project is also enjoying popularity across the world. In Kakao Webtoon Thailand, the content ranked second in sales, with weekly transactions increased by 13 times and the number of viewers increased by three times. In Taiwan, the work saw a six-fold increase in transactions with about double the number of visitors. In Indonesia, the web series ranked first in the weekly rankings, with 22 times more transactions and six times more visitors. Check out The Villainess is a MarionetteŌĆÖs second trailer here! Source (1)
