The webcomic is adapted from the web novel of the same name by KakaoPage from March 1, 2020 to November 4, 2022. It is a popular fantasy manhwa with drama and romance, concluding with a total of 125 completed chapters. The webcomic has received 1 million views and over 120,000 likes on the Tapas platform, as well as over 3.4 million views on Tappytoon.
Ize Press describes The Villainess Turns the Hourglass webcomic as:
Aria Roscent mercilessly bullied her stepsister, Mielle, and paid the ultimate price for her misdeeds—but not before Mielle revealed that she’d manipulated Aria into harassing her in the first place! Instead of dying, Aria is sent back in time and gifted a strange hourglass with mysterious powers. Now Aria’s has just one goal: to embrace her role of villainess and utterly destroy Mielle’s life!
Source: press release