Completed series: Kindle edition: 11-chapters set; paperback: 1-volume set. When Sawoo gets bullied in high school, his only friend Kido promises to teach him how to become the greatest villain. But Kido goes overseas after teaching Sawoo only two of the three rules. Faithfully following the two rules, Sawoo writes Kido many letters in the hope that he will get to learn the last remaining rule but Kido never replies. One day after four years, Kido shows up in front of Sawoo, thinking those were love letters.

Completed series: Kindle edition: 11-chapters set; paperback: 1-volume set. When Sawoo gets bullied in high school, his only friend Kido promises to teach him how to become the greatest villain. But Kido goes overseas after teaching Sawoo only two of the three rules. Faithfully following the two rules, Sawoo writes Kido many letters in the hope that he will get to learn the last remaining rule but Kido never replies. One day after four years, Kido shows up in front of Sawoo, thinking those were love letters.

Completed series: Kindle edition: 11-chapters set; paperback: 1-volume set. When Sawoo gets bullied in high school, his only friend Kido promises to teach him how to become the greatest villain. But Kido goes overseas after teaching Sawoo only two of the three rules. Faithfully following the two rules, Sawoo writes Kido many letters in the hope that he will get to learn the last remaining rule but Kido never replies. One day after four years, Kido shows up in front of Sawoo, thinking those were love letters.

Performativity of Villainy and Evil in Anglophone Literature and Media studies the performative nature of evil characters, acts and emotions across intersecting genres, disciplines and historical eras. This collection brings together scholars and artists with different institutional standings, cultural backgrounds and (inter)disciplinary interests with the aim of energizing the ongoing discussion of the generic and thematic issues related to the representation of villainy and evil in literature and media. The volume covers medieval literature to contemporary literature and also examines important aspects of evil in literature such as social and political identity, the gothic and systemic evil practices. In addition to literature, the book considers examples of villainy in film, TV and media, revealing that performance, performative control and maneuverability are the common characteristics of villains across the different literary and filmic genres and eras studied in the volume.

Full-blown trade wars, nuclear threats, attacks on nation's sovereignty...are we dangerously at the crossroads of a world war that may even threaten entire humanity? Maybe we are, but fear not. Hindus believe that whenever cosmic balance is threatened, Vishnu descends into the world as an avatar of change. "I am born age after age," says Krishna (Vishnu) in the Bhagavad Gita. Vishnu has many avatars, but his top ten avatars are special and known as the Dashavataras. In this volume, we enter the most exciting part of Hindu mythology--the Dashavataras--and discuss the early avatars of Vishnu. The avatar saga begins with a wicked demon stealing the Vedas while Brahma is sleeping. Vishnu takes the form of a giant fish and not only saves the Vedas but rescues mankind from a great deluge. As we progress through the avatars, you will come across Prahlada, whose story offers a shining example of the extent to which Vishnu would go to protect his devotees. In another incarnation of Vishnu, a generous king called Bali is dispatched to the netherworld for being too ambitious. While ambition is a virtue, not vice, this may seem unfair to the people of Kerala who hold Bali in high esteem. But Vishnu makes amends by bestowing the gift of longevity on Bali. Next, the axe-wielding Parashurama, a Brahmin by birth, embarks on a mission to exterminate the warrior caste from the face of Earth--and largely succeeds until he bumps into another avatar of Vishnu. The highlight of this volume undoubtedly is Rama, the hero of the Ramayana and a name that is synonymous with dharma (religious duty). About half the book is dedicated to Rama as we dissect Ramayana in detail, particularly the controversies. Although Rama is famous for defeating the ten-headed demon king of Lanka, it seems he waged a bigger battle with the dictates of dharma--and lost. We meet the monkey-faced Hanuman for the first time in this book. He is closely associated with Rama and highly revered among Hindus. Also in the Ramayana, we encounter one of the ultimate villains of Hindu mythology--the mighty Ravana. Even though Ravana abducted Rama's beloved wife, Sita, you will be surprised to know that not everyone regards Ravana as an antihero. In fact, at the end of the Ramayana, we are left with many bitter, thought-provoking questions that are debated even today.

Some of history's greatest dramas have unfolded in the stories of kings and their sons in early modern Europe; and their conflicts presaged in some ways today's tensions in family-run businesses. In several notorious cases, the kings despised their sons to the point of committing murder, thus killing their own heirs. Prof. Konnert shows that these tragic dramas actually represent an extreme of the normal state of affairs rather than unusual occurrences. They are different in degree, not kind. This book is the first to look at these episodes in a systematic and comparative fashion. The stories are moving in themselves, but viewed in their historical context, they illuminate aspects of a past society which has faded from view in the 21st century. Two of the most famous episodes?those of Frederick the Great of Prussia and his father, and of Peter the Great of Russia and his son?are examined here, as well as three less well-known cases. These episodes are put into historical context, and the family dynamics of these royal dynasties are discussed, showing not only how they differed from those of today but also from those of their more common contemporaries. These tensions are also compared to those that have emerged in family-run businesses, where conflicts between fathers and sons are also very common. Furthermore, when the interests of the dynastic enterprise, whether political or corporate, take precedence over family life and personal happiness, marriage practices can produce particularly toxic relations. The cases examined here are unusual only in the degree of hostility rather than in its existence.

Completed series: Kindle edition: 11-chapters set; paperback: 1-volume set. When Sawoo gets bullied in high school, his only friend Kido promises to teach him how to become the greatest villain. But Kido goes overseas after teaching Sawoo only two of the three rules. Faithfully following the two rules, Sawoo writes Kido many letters in the hope that he will get to learn the last remaining rule but Kido never replies. One day after four years, Kido shows up in front of Sawoo, thinking those were love letters.