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The Villainess’s Guide to

Ongoing | Touya | 2022 released
2023-03-06 23:02 marked

5.3 - fun start but will it last? Alas from the novel on Syosetsu, the MC have the very same bad disease as too many reincarnated characters: (These are no spoilers if you read the first chapter) - First she’s been born and lived for 16 years in that place, but the moment she remembers her pas life she doesn’t identify as « herself », but as her « former life self » (what the heck !! That’s a serious mental disease !) - Hence, all starts to go crazy : reality is a « game » , the people around her and her family are « characters ». - some of them - pretty boys with big lineage are « capture target » of a otome game - She also adopt the « villainess » label and decide to avoid every « capture target » … - … who, she’ll seduce blindly with a very stereotypical « love blindness » … duh Even if she was never involved with anyone in her previous life (come one at 30 !?), she played enough romance game to be able to read the signs : even more she played « that one » which she confuse with reality - Also she’s the typical dumb girl, not just because she’s fangirling all other (bothersome enough), but because she’s made to be uneducated - once again a woman greatest ambition to avoid a disaster can can obviouly prevent : become a commoner, clean and cook ! Welcome 21th century old maids ? How depressing when the most common alternative is becoming filthy rich to be lazy and do as one’s please while others are working for her … sad sad world ? While there seem to be a bit of a story behind, it is vastly disappointing and boring stereotypes ruins it. Hopefully the manga does an awesome job an trimming a tediously long novel to get an appropriate pace. (5 chapters equivalent to more that 20 in the novel - good job mangaka !) So maybe, with a bit of luck, the manga will manage to keep the good bit and we’ll survive until the absolute dumb MC might get enlightened (it’s just maybe : honestly there’s no signs after 50 C, just the appearance of a second victim) Or the background story will be interesting enough ? Do i dare to read more ? Ne ? Well at least - so far - it’s cute and entertaining