I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History

5/10 By the time I was on the third episode, I was completely tired of her insisting to call herself a villainess. The character is obviously at least as heroic as the main character from her game, but it just doesn't stop. Villains don't help people. Just stop stop stop with the villainess garbage. We can all see you are a kind person, who cares for the common people. It is just so irritating after about 2 episodes. Start calling yourself a heroine who cares for the people, and ditch the villain garbage on the side of the path where it belongs. No one buys it anyway, so just stop repeating it over and over again.

This anime series opens with a girl finding herself in the body of Alicia Williams, the villainess in a game she used to play. Knowing this destiny she determines to become the greatest villainess in history. Her preternatural wisdom leads to her gaining the ear of the king and befriending many of the nobility. She also takes a surprising interest to the poor in one particular village. When a prophecy indicates a saint has been born she is given the task of watching over her... of course this saint was the heroine of the game, an instantly popular girl.

Recently there have been quite a few anime series centred on a reincarnated villainess. This may not be the best but it is an enjoyable addition to the genre. The characters are solid and nobody is really unlikeable. As seems to be common in this genre our protagonist never seems particularly villainous; she is just in conflict with the designated heroine. This isn't really a problem as Alicia is a likeable character and other characters are fun to watch. Character designs and animation are both pretty good. The final episode seems more like the end of a chapter than an end of the story; if there is more I'd certainly watch. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of the genre.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.

The premises of the show sounded good, I like myself a good clueless idiot mc who wanna be the greatest villainess in the story.

However there is to much that has infuriated me.

Our MC is a clueless almost to stupid for words. However that is the least problematic with this story.

It's the fact that our MC keeps accepting everything of this world as truth.she doesn't questions or dispute the rules of the world.

For example, only Nobels can be mana users, ok she won't question why or how that is the rule of this world. Like no commoners can become mana users? Have no one heard of children made outside of wedlock? Like if it's blood or something else that makes one have mana then why is it only Nobels who has it?

The Nobel families has used a village to imprison people they find unlikeable by making a mana shield which no commoners can get through. Only Nobels can go through it who has mana. MC doesn't question why they have made such a place. Doesn't question or reflect on why such a place excist and why it's such a horrifying thing to realise. That Nobels can just decide to imprison a whole village and then leave them to starve or eat each other.

The world seems too flat and not even close to being fleshed out. Like there are rules but there is no deep dive into why these rules exists and we are not supposed to question or even reflect on why things are this way. I'm guessing we will maybe learn more but the main problem here is the fact that the MC has no interests in questioning this world.

Then we have the romance aspect. There is at least five years difference between her and the other male characters. And yes it feels icky seeing a fifteen year old getting possessive and romantic interested in a ten year old.

MC doesn't have friends, she has her brothers and the love interests but no actually friends for her. So it's even more icky to see her being persuade by her so called 'friends'

The plot started with clear motivations, and the female lead had clear intentions of what she wanted and what she needed to do. The plot followed this quite well for the first three-fourths of the show. However, the last third became quite dumb for me. It had so many inconsistencies that I just had to turn my brain off!

I watched it till the end and would probably watch the next seasons if they ever made them because I like to see it more as a chill and average show that can run in the background. I'm not too crazy about it, but I'm not too ignorant of it either, because the show doesn't go to extreme measures, making it a pretty chill anime.

The lore is very heavy for me, which made it feel like many things were left unanswered or uncatchable by me. The pace didn't help either; it was a bit fast-paced. The romance was the one thing that made me start watching this show, to begin with, and I have to say it felt like a secondary priority, which I didn't like at all.

The opening and ending songs were decent enough for me but forgettable, to be honest. Well, that's just my taste. The animation is okay-not too great and not too bad, just average.

If "villainess" was part of a drinking game, you'd be out cold by the second episode., it's villainess every other word. I have mixed feelings about the storyline. It's engaging but:

Annoying Heroine: The heroine's voice is intentionally made high-pitched and fake, immediately making her unlikable.

Misleading Villain: The so-called villain, who is actually the protagonist, behaves heroically rather than evilly. She's just portrayed as a rude and spoiled child. Essentially she is stealing the heroine's place in the storyline.

Problematic Age Gap: The five-year age difference between the protagonist and her love interest is questionable. She's 13 when she starts school, while he is 18. A closer age gap would make more sense.