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My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Manga) Vol. 1
Satoru Yamaguchi, Nami Hidaka
4.32 AVERAGE
97 reviews for:
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Manga) Vol. 1
Satoru Yamaguchi, Nami Hidaka
4.32 AVERAGE
Ever wondered what it would be like if you were reincarnated into someone like a superhero or a video game character? Well, this is would be the series for you. I have been seeing a bunch of commercials for the anime, and it caught my interest. So, I decided to read the manga series before watching the series. This first volume is hilarious. I found myself laughing at how Katarina approached her world and how much effort she put into changing how her life will turn out. Honestly, it sounds like everyone will fall in love with her, and that's going to be extremely entertaining to watch unfold.
Isekai and otome combine in 2019’s manga My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Vol 1 written by Satoru Yamaguchi and illustrated by Nami Hidaka. This is the manga adapatation of a light novel of the same title, publishing by J-Novel Club, and is set for an anime adaptation during the Spring 2020 season.
A high school girl winds up being reincarnated, not as a hero in some other world, but as the villainess from her favorite otome visual novel. Catarina Claes is the daughter of a duke, a noblewoman who wants for nothing, is spoiled by her parents, and gets whatever she wants. Things might be fun and games now, but the Catarina knows her fate. It’s either death or exile waiting at the end, and she doesn’t want either. There’s only one thing to do—change fate!
There are a great many isekai, and a growing number of them focus on the protagonist being a bit more of a villain than one of the good guys. In many ways, My Next Life as a Villainess tries to buck the known tropes of the genre. Catarina is the villain, or she’s supposed to be. The story is told from her viewpoint beginning when she remembers her old life in our modern world.
The world Catarina now lives in is one filled with magic. She can control earth, but not to a very great extent and quickly tries to learn more. Instead of the medieval themed isekai landscape, however, readers are treated to a world much more Victorian in nature. Houses are large and ornate, modern conveniences are still unheard of, and fluffy, frilly dresses abound.
Here is Catarina’s problem. The more Catarina changes her actions, the more the world changes around her. The stories she’s known from different game routes slowly being to change, perhaps disappearing entirely. Changing how she behaves or befriending new people have unforeseen consequences. Due to either fear, nerves, age, or personality, Catarina can’t always see how her actions have changed people and scenarios. There’s a lot of worry and tension, some of which can be boiled down to Catarina’s own anxiety rather than the actions of those around her.
Those who’ve played otome games, or even visual novels in general, will get the most out of this series. While humorous in its own right, certain sections will be funnier to those with more experience playing these games. Reader’s expectations are played with throughout the manga.
A truly entertaining read, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Vol. 1 by Satoru Yamaguchi and Nami Hidaka is certainly a series I will be continuing reading. Fans of otome are sure to love this series and the isekai fandom at large will have plenty to enjoy as well.
I received this manga from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
This review originally found on Looking Glass Reads.
A high school girl winds up being reincarnated, not as a hero in some other world, but as the villainess from her favorite otome visual novel. Catarina Claes is the daughter of a duke, a noblewoman who wants for nothing, is spoiled by her parents, and gets whatever she wants. Things might be fun and games now, but the Catarina knows her fate. It’s either death or exile waiting at the end, and she doesn’t want either. There’s only one thing to do—change fate!
There are a great many isekai, and a growing number of them focus on the protagonist being a bit more of a villain than one of the good guys. In many ways, My Next Life as a Villainess tries to buck the known tropes of the genre. Catarina is the villain, or she’s supposed to be. The story is told from her viewpoint beginning when she remembers her old life in our modern world.
The world Catarina now lives in is one filled with magic. She can control earth, but not to a very great extent and quickly tries to learn more. Instead of the medieval themed isekai landscape, however, readers are treated to a world much more Victorian in nature. Houses are large and ornate, modern conveniences are still unheard of, and fluffy, frilly dresses abound.
Here is Catarina’s problem. The more Catarina changes her actions, the more the world changes around her. The stories she’s known from different game routes slowly being to change, perhaps disappearing entirely. Changing how she behaves or befriending new people have unforeseen consequences. Due to either fear, nerves, age, or personality, Catarina can’t always see how her actions have changed people and scenarios. There’s a lot of worry and tension, some of which can be boiled down to Catarina’s own anxiety rather than the actions of those around her.
Those who’ve played otome games, or even visual novels in general, will get the most out of this series. While humorous in its own right, certain sections will be funnier to those with more experience playing these games. Reader’s expectations are played with throughout the manga.
A truly entertaining read, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Vol. 1 by Satoru Yamaguchi and Nami Hidaka is certainly a series I will be continuing reading. Fans of otome are sure to love this series and the isekai fandom at large will have plenty to enjoy as well.
I received this manga from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
This review originally found on Looking Glass Reads.
Apparently this manga is based on a romance game. I'm not familiar with that at all, but I do love reverse harems, and this definitely delivers. It's one hundred percent over-the-top ridiculousness, and I'm here for it.
At first, I was really thrown. In the opening scene, the main character, a 17-year-old, dies, only to awaken in the body of the villain of the game she'd been playing, only at 8 before the game begins. She immediately begins plotting how to survive being the villain, which mostly involves being nice to people and developing skills so that she would be able to survive exile or a sword fight. The inner conferences with a council made up of Katarina are ODD.
The cast is introduced one-by-one which makes it easy to keep them straight, even though there are a lot of not particularly well-developed characters. By the end, they're all grown up and into Katarina, even the girls. I appreciate the bi-vibes a lot, and I hope that's not just a joke but a real option.
Super entertaining and silly if you enjoy reverse harem manga. I'll definitely come back for the next volume.
At first, I was really thrown. In the opening scene, the main character, a 17-year-old, dies, only to awaken in the body of the villain of the game she'd been playing, only at 8 before the game begins. She immediately begins plotting how to survive being the villain, which mostly involves being nice to people and developing skills so that she would be able to survive exile or a sword fight. The inner conferences with a council made up of Katarina are ODD.
The cast is introduced one-by-one which makes it easy to keep them straight, even though there are a lot of not particularly well-developed characters. By the end, they're all grown up and into Katarina, even the girls. I appreciate the bi-vibes a lot, and I hope that's not just a joke but a real option.
Super entertaining and silly if you enjoy reverse harem manga. I'll definitely come back for the next volume.
A teen girl gets reincarnated into a new life, which is when she finds out, at the age of 8 in the new body, that it resembles the otome game she was playing before she died in that previous life. As the game and her new life match up detail for detail, she realises that she is in the life of the main villain in the series, and if everything went as in the game, the only two fates for her are exile or death. So begins her campaign to revamp the path of Katerina Klaes, so that she either escapes exile or if that happens, she has the skills to build her life after exile.
Katerina is a 17yr old girl in an 8yr old’s body and with memories of both lives in her head, she aims to fix her path before it leads to doom. Her ‘corrections’ involve the targets of the game, the four of them being her fiancé, her adoptive younger brother, her fiancé’s brother and the son of the prime minister, as well as the two other rivals that the ‘heroine’ of the game faces. In some cases, she befriends a lonely character, or inadvertently steals a first line from another character, or ends up befriending and supporting one of the as-of-yet-unseen heroine’s rivals; and this on top of her sword fighting and magical lessons, and a farming project that vexes her mother and her maids. The story is humorous, particularly so because Katerina ends up unknowingly charming everyone she befriends, to the point they consider each other rivals for her affection. It’s good fun and a bundle of laughs (she even has frequent meetings in her mind which is like a war council) and entertaining so far, and I can’t wait to see how things are going to turn out with them now entering the academy and meeting the ‘heroine’.
Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review from Seven Seas, via Edelweiss.
Katerina is a 17yr old girl in an 8yr old’s body and with memories of both lives in her head, she aims to fix her path before it leads to doom. Her ‘corrections’ involve the targets of the game, the four of them being her fiancé, her adoptive younger brother, her fiancé’s brother and the son of the prime minister, as well as the two other rivals that the ‘heroine’ of the game faces. In some cases, she befriends a lonely character, or inadvertently steals a first line from another character, or ends up befriending and supporting one of the as-of-yet-unseen heroine’s rivals; and this on top of her sword fighting and magical lessons, and a farming project that vexes her mother and her maids. The story is humorous, particularly so because Katerina ends up unknowingly charming everyone she befriends, to the point they consider each other rivals for her affection. It’s good fun and a bundle of laughs (she even has frequent meetings in her mind which is like a war council) and entertaining so far, and I can’t wait to see how things are going to turn out with them now entering the academy and meeting the ‘heroine’.
Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review from Seven Seas, via Edelweiss.
I started watching the anime on the recommendation of a student and had to pick up the manga. They are both equally hilarious. This has quickly become one of my favorite manga of all time!
'My Next Life as a Villainess' is a show I've been really enjoying the anime of, so I wanted to pick up the manga as well, and that's been great fun too. It's basically the same story, of a girl who finds herself the doomed villain of an otome game and is trying to escape her fate. Luckily for her, it turns out being friendly and encouraging is enough to change the lives of those around her - now if only she could figure out who's going to end up falling in love with the heroine and get out of their way... The manga covers her growing up and meeting each of the four boys (and most of the girls) before going off to school, while being completely oblivious to how much all of them now adore her. It's great fun, and I really love its take on a genre-savvy character who isn't trying to be the center of the story.