Another villainess Isekai but not your typical one. It starts with Emi dying and taking over Remilia’s body, but Remilia is still there witnessing everything. It’s sweet and adorable and I loved how much they cared for each other despite Emi not knowing she wasn’t alone.
The breaking point comes at the appearance of Pina, who is probably the worst heroine ever. A greedy reincarnation that wants it all. The art makes her look twisted and evil. As with most villainess stories, the bad end comes at the engagement annulment. Emi sleeps and Remilia comes out to play.
The chapters go through pretty quickly with each one advancing the story, going from exile to demons and gods. Currently on the new world order where Angel is clearly smitten and Remilia is ready for the next step of her revenge. I did track down the translation for the light novel on this one so I’m looking forward to see if it ends in the same way.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Extrait : Nouvelle série de chez Meian, encore un titre où l’héroïne se réincarne en méchante et fais de son mieux pour changer les choses. Mais c’est sans compter sur l’héroïne qui est aussi une réincarnée en plus d’être méchante. En voyant ses efforts réduits à néants, la véritable méchante reprendra sa place pour les venger toutes les deux. Un titre en cours avec déjà cinq tomes au Japon, j’espère une adaptation en anime de celui-ci et surtout, une fin digne de ce nom, car je l’aime déjà !
Je me demande pourquoi elles sont deux réincarnées dans ce monde, ça me fait un peu penser à une autre série (harem inversé). Dans cette autre série, on suit justement la guerre entre ses deux personnages, ce qui diffère déjà pas mal de l’intrigue de ce nouveau titre. Ici, on ne voit pas vraiment un combat, mais plutôt une déculotté que prend notre héroïne pas l’autre personnage. À croire que la gentille s’est réincarnée dans la méchante et inversement. Il faut bien l’avouer, si une personne devait se réincarner en héros d’une histoire qu’il connait bien, il y a peu de chance qu’il joue réellement le gentil, bien au contraire. De par son destin presque défini, il aura plutôt tendance à agir comme un méchant puisque rien ne lui sera reproché. Ce tome insistera surtout sur les efforts fournis par Emi, puis le fait qu’ils ont été réduits à néant très rapidement, sans qu’elle ne puisse réagir convenablement. En parallèle, la vraie Remilia sera la spectatrice de tous ses événements, en plus d’avoir accès aux souvenirs de l’ancienne vie d’Emi, qui lui ouvriront bien d’autres horizons. Après ce qui doit être un gros choc émotionnel, la vraie méchante reprend le flambeau et compte bien venger celle qu’elle aime désormais. Je ne sais pas qu’elle sera la finalité pour ce personnage, si elles coexisteront ou si l’une des deux disparaîtra, mais j’aime déjà ce changement de facette, simple, mais efficace. J’aurais juste été curieuse de savoir si la réincarnée d’en face s’est rendue compte du changement ou pas. Elle doit penser qu’elle gagné et qu’elle a enfin son harem rien qu’à elle, mais le premier mouvement de la méchante semble laisser croire que ce n’est que temporaire…
Comme je l’ai dit, la méchante revient pour venger Emi et avec les connaissances du jeu dont elle est le personnage en poche, elle a largement de quoi agir. Elle commence donc par s’en prendre au magasin d’items. Si c’est son premier mouvement ce n’est pas pour rien, on pourrait même dire qu’elle ferait d’une pierre deux coups si cela réussi. Je me demande toujours si les potions et parfums ont un effet temporaire ou non. Dans le premier cas, l’autre réincarnée serait très rapidement embêté, puisque les autres personnages récupéreraient rapidement leur raison. Mais je doute que cela soit aussi simple, surtout que Remilia compte bien se venger de tout le monde y compris de ceux qui sont tombé dans le panneau. En même temps, s’ils ont été influencés par de la magie, ils ne pouvaient pas faire grand-chose mais bon. Dans cette série, l’amour véritable n’est donc pas plus fort que la magie d’influence. Remilia sera sans doute un personnage solitaire au début, mais elle-même le dit désormais, je ne suis plus seule, il y a Emi. Elle va se venger, agir, cette fois-ci, non pas par peur de perdre la seule personne qui lui est montré de l’amour, mais pour la venger. Elle n’a plus peur et vu son charisme, son intelligence et ses capacités, je plains ses ennemis. L’autre réincarnée n’a d’ailleurs pas été très maligne sur ce coup-là, puisque Remilia peut littéralement la faire passer de vie à trépas (je lui souhaite un sort plus sombre que la mort). Typiquement, l’autre réincarnée, c’est vraiment la personne manipulatrice, qui ira jusqu’à mentir pour faire du mal à l’autre, j’ai horreur de ses personnes.
I got so engaged with this story - I started and couldn't put it down until I literally finished reading. It was great. The love between Emi and Remilia was beautiful even tho they don't interact with each other, and it's the force moving the story forward. Is interesting how Emi is living in Remilia's body but not thinking about it as just herself, but as a way of trying to make Remilia happy, and a different take on the usual "I just don't want to have a bad ending". It's also interesting how much Remilia changes while staying the same: the core of being a person that would defy anything for a loved one stays there, but with Emi's love, it changes from being something that created a distorted villainess to the force that compels Remilia to save the world and make it a better place to be worth of Emi.
I did wish Remilia had a bit more of a character development. Once she gets back her body, she continues acting like Emi acted, in a mix of honoring and keeping Emi's memory alive, but at the same time she's always saying she's just doing it because it's how Emi would act. While I did have the impression that a lot of this was how Remilia wanted to act too and she enjoyed being a good person, I wish she also acknowledged it during the story, instead of just making decisions because "it's how Emi would act".
Even tho this whole transmigrator-reborn-as-a-villainess genre usually have a lot of similar stories, I liked how this had a different take on the plot. It is pretty much focused on Remilia's revenge, showing how she planned everything so she could have a good standing and be able to clear Emi's name, and the ending was just so cathartic. There was a bit of romance and friendship with other characters, but not really a lot, but it wasn't really the focus since the story is also quite short. And also a nice little detail is how the gods weren't human-like, but incomprehensible creatures. It was a really good experience reading this.
I came across mention of this online in a an anime discussion forum - apparently an anime of this series is being developed. This manga is a variation of the "Villainess" trope - a human dies and is reincarnated in book or game they have read or played, in the character of the female villain of the story. Using their knowledge of the game they make the Villainess into a good person and resolve all the bad plot strands before they can develop.
The twist here is that the story not told from the point of view of the person who "takes over" the villainess, but from that of the original villainess who is pushed into the background of their usurped body, able to observe how their new host is changing things and access their memories but unable to intervene. Until a malign influence (another reincarnated person) acts against the reincarnated Villainess and thwarts their plans to make everything turn out well. At this point the original villainess is able to resume control of her body, and act to take revenge.
The twist on the Villainess trope is a clever one, and there are a lot of plot twists I was not expecting. It all comes to a satisfactory ending, but I have only given it three stars as some of the twists were a little too unexpected and strained my credulity a little too much.
Voici un Isekai qui bouleverse les codes du genre, un peu comme "un comptable à la cour" mais avec une approche différente ! La propriétaire du corps du perso principal qui reprend les rennes après avoir observé la voyageuse qui avait pris sa place être injustement accusée ? Je n'avais encore jamais vu ça ! On pourrait se dire qu'elle en veut à Emi, celle qui a occupé son corps, mais pas du tout car cette dernière a voulu lui offrir une vie pleine d'amour. Moi qui est fan, c'est super de voir des mangakas se le réapproprier.
J'aime les deux versions de l'héroïne même si je m'identifie plus aux réactions de la propriétaire d'origine du corps haha. Hâte de voir comment sa vengeance vis-à-vis des protagonistes qui ont fait du mal a sa remplaçante va se ficeller.
This is such an interesting take on the villainess sub genre! I don't have a ton of experience with it (yet), but I'm very familiar with the typical tropes and ways of the story progressing due to my time hanging out in the Otome Isekai subreddit.
I love how we get insight into what might happen to the OG villainess when our FMC transmigrates into her body, it's something I've thought about while watching My Next Life as a Villainess, and Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion and reading the Villains Are Destined to Die novel.
So far, I'm quite enjoying Remilia and Emi. They're both quite different, one is ruthless and cunning, and the other is softhearted and sweet. I can't wait to see how the revenge plot unfolds! I'm a sucker for that.
Wow... the plot is plotting. But what I could really love in this manga is the art. The artist is so good at making expressions. All I could really utter when I read this manga was "wow." The panels were really thought through, especially the cover pages. You could always expect it to be high-quality and give you a strong impression when you first look at it. This is a manga where you can say that the artist(s) are putting their soul into this masterpiece. It's like I'm eating a crispy dessert with a mouth-watering taste inside it. YUM!
Such a breath of fresh air for me. It's so much fun reading a story from the perspective of a "bad" person and genuinely rooting for them. I really like how the story was structured. At some point all the pieces started to fall into place and the buildup was so satisfying. The pacing was just right in my opinion, sometimes a bit exposition heavy tho.
Avis sans spoil : L'histoire est assez originale pour me donner envie de lire la suite ! Les dessins sont très appréciables, surtout pour les visages !
Very interesting, a warm found family vibe, and the revenge is centered on justice for the main character beloved soul sister. The art is beautiful and sometimes remind me of Trinity Blood (both in the fancy and comedy panels). Plus, the worldbuilding is fantastic and very detailled!
Really interesting concept. I love the illustrations and the art style, so stunning. While I love the story a lot, I feel like I would like to see more of Emi and Remilia’s meeting and interaction at the end. While it ended well, I hoped we would have seen more of them, hope there will be extras <3
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
actually- one things why i interested on this book is they had manhwa storyline with manga artworks, it is really good though! but when i read this first book, one things i sure, THAT PINA’S THE ONE WHO MAKES ME STUCK INTO READIN THIS SERIES FOR SURE.
I absolutely love how everything is written in this manga. The ending was so satisfying and each character deserves what they ended up to or with. Can't wait for the anime
This was best when we were doing comeuppance on that girl. Too bad that scene got stretched out to high heavens of at least 6 months wait because the chapter keeps ending on cliffhangers and "maybe this time she's going to be exposed!!" There's a point where you can't stretch out this singular ballroom scene anymore, y'know.. The comeuppance scene feels like one of those vertical shorts ads where you have to download the app to get the full story. But aside from that, it's a solid in the villainess manga, ticks all the boxes in the genre, even if I don't particularly care for the male lead in all of this because he was sorta bland, and the female lead also didn't particularly care for him.
4.5/5 I can't do any higher otherwise it would show up on my favorites
lol, vindication is such a primal enjoyment (id) though I think the conscious me doesn't fully agree with it (ego). I thought of roxas (KH2) and I mean I'm partial. The -0.5 is that, me thinking about naruto and the seal of reconciliation at the end. The epilogue was also really neat - idk it's not about romantic or filial love, but self-love in a way? Also lol hoo boy, what she does to reincarnate half people couldn't do.
Also, somehow was reminded from this, I wood like to make more puns, but I'll never be as good. On that note, other lingering remnants such that I've hooked people at work on downforacross lol.
I'll throw other villainess (funny how ppl call them edgelords (me_irl), tbh she was kinda mean... lol) ratings here, though I'll need to space them out since they'll probably get repetitive quickly.
Zamaa RTA Kiroku 24Hr - mediocre, maybe i'm not cut out for this since the premise felt brainded
Kill the villainess - I realized at this point some things are way too much for female gaze (+webtoons stretch things out like great expectations for the money), as much of that I can tolerate (hah), this was not for me. Guy is a literal nobody, woman-tool. Probably need to read less of this super constricted genre.
This one caught me by surprise. Really like the story and the art is beautiful!
Storyline: After Emi's death she is transported into a reverse harem game, and wakes up in the body of the villainess Remilia. In order to stop her terrible ending Emi does everything in her power to grow stronger, make friends, and turn the story around.
However, when the Star Maiden (the FL of the original story) finally shows up- it turns out she is a reincarnation too, and while this new girl might also know the flow of the story-she is no where near as kind as the game's FL.
In the end this new Star Maiden uses tricks to turn all of Emi's friends and her fiancé against her by framing her. This causes Emi to retreat into her consciousness and Remilia, the real Remilia, who had been watching all along inside re-awakens.
Now it's time for the true villainess' revenge to begin! Revenge for Emi and everyone who dared to hurt her! In order to do this Remilia will take what she learned while dormant to create a new world that Emi would be proud of.