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I'm in Love with the Villainess Manga #6
I'm in Love with the Villainess (Manga) Vol. 6
Rae is delighted when Claire decides to spend summer vacation in Rae's hometown of Euclid. She's extra delighted when she gets to see Claire in a swimsuit! But their fun is cut short when a ghost ship drifts into the harbor crewed by the undead! The girls will need to use their magical abilities to protect the city, but they soon realize that there is a traitor close to them! Can Rae figure out who it is in time?!
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First published May 17, 2023
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October 28, 2023
Well, that was quite a relaxing and needed break from the last volume.
Summer holidays!
The cover illustration makes it look like they were going to the countryside to go gardening, although they went to the beach.
In particular, they went to Rae's hometown and Claire met her parents.
And had a crossover with Pirates of the Caribbean, lol.
Claire is starting to realize why the commoners started the protest in the academy a while ago. And generally why they despise aristocrats.
She's also getting quite clingy to Rae. Which is funny to read, but I do miss their bullying/bickering a bit.
Rae's mother is a bit odd, but funny. Sure has some questioning habits, though...
She mentioned that Rae
Rae's father is quite adorable indeed, and I totally can't unsee the tulip beard, lmao.
Things are starting to change again, and Rae's knowledge of the game's events might not be such an upper hand anymore. Which is overall good, I suppose, because that means things are changing for Claire's better sake as well.
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Was quite a good volume. Made me laugh a lot as well.
-27.10.23
Summer holidays!
The cover illustration makes it look like they were going to the countryside to go gardening, although they went to the beach.
In particular, they went to Rae's hometown and Claire met her parents.
And had a crossover with Pirates of the Caribbean, lol.
Claire is starting to realize why the commoners started the protest in the academy a while ago. And generally why they despise aristocrats.
She's also getting quite clingy to Rae. Which is funny to read, but I do miss their bullying/bickering a bit.
Rae's mother is a bit odd, but funny. Sure has some questioning habits, though...
She mentioned that Rae
Rae's father is quite adorable indeed, and I totally can't unsee the tulip beard, lmao.
Things are starting to change again, and Rae's knowledge of the game's events might not be such an upper hand anymore. Which is overall good, I suppose, because that means things are changing for Claire's better sake as well.
~
Was quite a good volume. Made me laugh a lot as well.
-27.10.23
April 29, 2024
Schools out for summer (never heard that before)! And Claire and Rae, newly joined at the hip, are spending it together. But, as Claire learns how the other half lives, it’s woe betide as they’re beside the seaside when the undead show up and things take a turn even Rae couldn’t anticipate.
Despite my misgivings for this story, I clearly have a fairly large amount of affection for it, having followed it across three different written (re)incarnations and one animated one. There are good parts here, just sometimes sandwiched amidst awkward ideas.
While I suspected as much last time out, I am pretty convinced with this volume that the manga version might be the best way to engage with this narrative across all its various formats (maybe throw in Claire’s light novel spin-off for good measure). That runs contrary to some of my earlier opinions, but each volume has felt like an improvement over the last.
This summer break arc was fine in the light novels, but it’s a lot more fun here and it clearly made the artist’s day getting to indulge in some fanservice amidst all the usual school uniforms. Most of it focused on Claire, of course, since Rae’s not particularly thrilled with her body.
Unlike a lot of isekai I’ve engaged with, this one never forgets where Rae came from or that it was originally a game. The commoner swimsuits being the same as Japanese schoolgirl swimsuits is an easy joke, but it also feels like something a thirsty programmer would actually do.
This game stuff gets used to even better effect later, when a scenario that Rae knows inside and out becomes an unknowable danger after all the changes she’s made since her arrival in this world have lead to a knock-on effect that means her uncanny knowledge is no longer guaranteed to be true.
Claire really gets a lot of development, starting with butting heads with her dad over the commoners. I don’t remember him being quite so harsh in the light novels (and, while I wouldn’t be quite so harsh, he’s not wrong to decry incest, no matter what the narrative thinks), but he’s very punchable here.
This neatly leads to Claire abandoning the palatial digs of her lineage and staying with Rae and her parents, which is eye-opening for her, to say the least. Minus one glaring problem, this is a stellar illustration of Claire’s changing perspective.
That glaring problem is, unfortunately, Rae’s mom, who is very nice, minus her predilection for stripping people to measure them, which is really tacky and one of the worst excuses to jam in some fanservice. You’re already at the beach, for heaven’s sake!
This keeps cropping up with Rae feeling inferior because of how flat and un-curvy she is, even though her design is actually just… regular and perfectly okay. It’s one of those old saws that really doesn’t add anything.
The rest of it is very choice though. Now that Claire’s come around on how much Rae means, the two of them are slowly getting closer than ever and Claire has taken to some mild affection that’s terribly sweet. The tsundere trope exists for these sorts of things.
And the story bothers to actually do something with Claire’s cronies, who show up on the scene looking to cause trouble and end up coming around on Rae and possibly each other as well. That’s a cute little sidebar, including their ridiculous attempt at disguise, that I don’t recall from the original either.
Combine that with the action sequence that goes awry, which makes the story that much more interesting since Rae is suddenly fallible rather than utterly omniscient, and the art really bring all of this to gorgeous life and you have a real winner.
Doubly so with that absolutely cracking omake about the visit to AX, which has a beautiful spread of the characters in the modern day. I’d read the reverse isekai version of that, but the taste is lovely. That illustration just pops and makes for a wonderful little send-off to the volume.
4 stars - Rae’s mom really twigs me the wrong way, and the usual rough edges are hanging around, but this feels like an interpretation of the original that shores up some weaknesses and expands on it in cute ways. One of the stronger volumes in this run.
Despite my misgivings for this story, I clearly have a fairly large amount of affection for it, having followed it across three different written (re)incarnations and one animated one. There are good parts here, just sometimes sandwiched amidst awkward ideas.
While I suspected as much last time out, I am pretty convinced with this volume that the manga version might be the best way to engage with this narrative across all its various formats (maybe throw in Claire’s light novel spin-off for good measure). That runs contrary to some of my earlier opinions, but each volume has felt like an improvement over the last.
This summer break arc was fine in the light novels, but it’s a lot more fun here and it clearly made the artist’s day getting to indulge in some fanservice amidst all the usual school uniforms. Most of it focused on Claire, of course, since Rae’s not particularly thrilled with her body.
Unlike a lot of isekai I’ve engaged with, this one never forgets where Rae came from or that it was originally a game. The commoner swimsuits being the same as Japanese schoolgirl swimsuits is an easy joke, but it also feels like something a thirsty programmer would actually do.
This game stuff gets used to even better effect later, when a scenario that Rae knows inside and out becomes an unknowable danger after all the changes she’s made since her arrival in this world have lead to a knock-on effect that means her uncanny knowledge is no longer guaranteed to be true.
Claire really gets a lot of development, starting with butting heads with her dad over the commoners. I don’t remember him being quite so harsh in the light novels (and, while I wouldn’t be quite so harsh, he’s not wrong to decry incest, no matter what the narrative thinks), but he’s very punchable here.
This neatly leads to Claire abandoning the palatial digs of her lineage and staying with Rae and her parents, which is eye-opening for her, to say the least. Minus one glaring problem, this is a stellar illustration of Claire’s changing perspective.
That glaring problem is, unfortunately, Rae’s mom, who is very nice, minus her predilection for stripping people to measure them, which is really tacky and one of the worst excuses to jam in some fanservice. You’re already at the beach, for heaven’s sake!
This keeps cropping up with Rae feeling inferior because of how flat and un-curvy she is, even though her design is actually just… regular and perfectly okay. It’s one of those old saws that really doesn’t add anything.
The rest of it is very choice though. Now that Claire’s come around on how much Rae means, the two of them are slowly getting closer than ever and Claire has taken to some mild affection that’s terribly sweet. The tsundere trope exists for these sorts of things.
And the story bothers to actually do something with Claire’s cronies, who show up on the scene looking to cause trouble and end up coming around on Rae and possibly each other as well. That’s a cute little sidebar, including their ridiculous attempt at disguise, that I don’t recall from the original either.
Combine that with the action sequence that goes awry, which makes the story that much more interesting since Rae is suddenly fallible rather than utterly omniscient, and the art really bring all of this to gorgeous life and you have a real winner.
Doubly so with that absolutely cracking omake about the visit to AX, which has a beautiful spread of the characters in the modern day. I’d read the reverse isekai version of that, but the taste is lovely. That illustration just pops and makes for a wonderful little send-off to the volume.
4 stars - Rae’s mom really twigs me the wrong way, and the usual rough edges are hanging around, but this feels like an interpretation of the original that shores up some weaknesses and expands on it in cute ways. One of the stronger volumes in this run.
June 6, 2024
I'm In Love with the Villainess's Manga's 6th Volume picks up right after where the Anime ends so it's an amazing jumping on point for those who loved the anime and don't want to pray and hope we get a season 2. There is a bit too much fan service in this volume but the a bit frustrating amount of fan service is made up for in the strives we're seeing for character development for Claire. Claire really picks up as a character in this volume and really starts to be a stand out star beyond being a fun archtype of character she is really coming to understand the world and with that starting to dislike it.
We get to meet Rae's mom Mel who is a hottie and a fun character. Pepi and Loretta get some time in the spotlight and shine a bit here with just their few little scenes making them feel more like characters than accessories to Clair. We don't get a ton of Misha in the volume but the little short story at the end about her feeling about the twist of this volume was solid and she was a good addition to this chapter in general. Overall there was a great use of the side cast getting to boot the princes and focus in on other characters.
Aonoshimo's action scenes as always are really fun and add to Inori's writing. In general the art is really great and even the fan service I complained about briefly is draw well.
I like the building sense of a relationship between Rae and Clair, there is finally starting to be more chemistry between them and their seeming increasingly like a team which is lovely. This is a really fun volume and fairly stand alone finishing a full arc inside of it so your not left needing more for months before the next volume.
We get to meet Rae's mom Mel who is a hottie and a fun character. Pepi and Loretta get some time in the spotlight and shine a bit here with just their few little scenes making them feel more like characters than accessories to Clair. We don't get a ton of Misha in the volume but the little short story at the end about her feeling about the twist of this volume was solid and she was a good addition to this chapter in general. Overall there was a great use of the side cast getting to boot the princes and focus in on other characters.
Aonoshimo's action scenes as always are really fun and add to Inori's writing. In general the art is really great and even the fan service I complained about briefly is draw well.
I like the building sense of a relationship between Rae and Clair, there is finally starting to be more chemistry between them and their seeming increasingly like a team which is lovely. This is a really fun volume and fairly stand alone finishing a full arc inside of it so your not left needing more for months before the next volume.
November 7, 2023
Un arco que parecía sencillamente unas vacaciones terminó uniendo mucho más a Claire y Rei. Claire conoció a sus futuros suegros, mientras se da cuenta de lo afortunada que es, de las diferencias reales entre plebeyos y Aristocracia, alejándose de la ideología de los ricos y, por consiguiente, de su padre. Rei le propone cambiar el mundo con su estatus, se viene una revolución.
Cada vez entiendo más la reencarnación de Rei. Todo el pasado de Rei es como un NPC antes de ser controlado por el jugador, no tiene emociones ni deseos...es hasta que llega la protagonista a su cuerpo que es cuando toma vida de verdad Rei Taylor. Ella está tratando de evitar un fatal destino para Claire y, gracias a ello, el juego está cambiando, ya no puede predecir los eventos por completo.
Que el villano sea el amigo de la infancia de Rei, Loui, (del cual está celosa Claire) me parece adecuado para darle otra lección a Claire...sobre los extremos a los que tienen que llegar los plebeyos para hacer frente a situaciones del día a día...como curar a su madre enferma. Me parece adecuado que Claire se comprometa a cuidar de ella, al tiempo que planea cambiar al país.
Cada vez entiendo más la reencarnación de Rei. Todo el pasado de Rei es como un NPC antes de ser controlado por el jugador, no tiene emociones ni deseos...es hasta que llega la protagonista a su cuerpo que es cuando toma vida de verdad Rei Taylor. Ella está tratando de evitar un fatal destino para Claire y, gracias a ello, el juego está cambiando, ya no puede predecir los eventos por completo.
Que el villano sea el amigo de la infancia de Rei, Loui, (del cual está celosa Claire) me parece adecuado para darle otra lección a Claire...sobre los extremos a los que tienen que llegar los plebeyos para hacer frente a situaciones del día a día...como curar a su madre enferma. Me parece adecuado que Claire se comprometa a cuidar de ella, al tiempo que planea cambiar al país.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 15, 2024
5/5
Summer vacation!! Rei and Claire head to Rei’s hometown. I am interested in learning more about Rei’s insecurities (hoodie at the beach) and to see how Claire handles the softer, more uncertain, side of Rei. I really appreciate Claire’s character growth throughout the series, and I think it is very apparent how much she has grown in this volume, especially with how she treats Louis and his mother.
Summer vacation!! Rei and Claire head to Rei’s hometown. I am interested in learning more about Rei’s insecurities (hoodie at the beach) and to see how Claire handles the softer, more uncertain, side of Rei. I really appreciate Claire’s character growth throughout the series, and I think it is very apparent how much she has grown in this volume, especially with how she treats Louis and his mother.
October 2, 2025
|| 3,5 ||
Me gustó conocer más del "pasado" de Rei. Creo que lo más lindo de este tomo es ver cómo Claire va abriendo los ojos poco a poco a lo que es la vida de los plebeyos; me encantó verla interactuar con la familia de Rei, se nota que está dándolo todo. También, me parece interesante el ver cómo una pequeña decisión puede influir tanto en el transcurso de la vida de los personajes; a Rei la esperan cada vez más sorpresas.
Me gustó conocer más del "pasado" de Rei. Creo que lo más lindo de este tomo es ver cómo Claire va abriendo los ojos poco a poco a lo que es la vida de los plebeyos; me encantó verla interactuar con la familia de Rei, se nota que está dándolo todo. También, me parece interesante el ver cómo una pequeña decisión puede influir tanto en el transcurso de la vida de los personajes; a Rei la esperan cada vez más sorpresas.
July 7, 2024
What starts as characters returning to a childhood hometown turns into a very intense story. Without spoilers it goes to show Rae's ability as having played the game and knowing how the world works has negative consequences. It will be interesting to see if this element appears in later volumes.
June 4, 2024
Something's finally happening that's not (just) to push the love interest to admit to her feelings. We stay on the simplistic and elitist side of things though sadly.
September 9, 2024
A summer vacation to Rae's hometown. Strange family. Undead not ghosts. Some neat magic items.
November 2, 2024
Rae and Claire are so cute together.
November 23, 2024
Cute girls in love 💕
November 28, 2024
Definitely did not think it was going that way. I enjoyed it. Looking forward to volume 7!
November 22, 2025
Finally getting into post-anime territory, exciting! Also exciting to see the series starting to take on a bit of the social commentary it set aside for the romance in the last arc.
December 28, 2023
rae y claire las más novias
aguanten las mujeres sáficas y la lucha de clases
aguanten las mujeres sáficas y la lucha de clases
October 10, 2024
Surprise que ce tome qui nous sort enfin un peu de l’Académie pour aller à la rencontre de la ville natale de Rae le temps des vacances, des vacances hautes en couleur et un peu folles.
Le scénario est à l’image de la série, totalement loufoque. J’ai été surprise de sortir de l’Académie. J’ai aimé cela. Mais cela n’empêche que le scénario est quand même on ne peut plus léger et foutraque. L’autrice s’y concentre sur la nouvelle relation Claire-Rae après avoir clairement établi leurs sentiments. Nous assistons donc non sans humour aux crises de jalousie d’une Claire qui veut monopoliser Rae et passer ses vacances avec elle, quitte à gêner et faire sa princesse gâtée.
J’ai apprécié de découvrir le village de Rae, ce fut l’occasion de découvrir sa famille, qui a une dynamique rappelant un peu la maîtresse des garçons de FMA et son mari. J’ai aimé voir Rae à travers d’autres yeux surtout. Mais tout va très très vite ici. On nous présente le village, quelques uns de ses habitants, les particularités des parents de Rae et de celle-ci au sein du village, on découvre son ami d’enfance et pouf une menace pointe le bout de son nez et une quête / mission où tout le monde participe. On sent vraiment l’influence des RPG et le côté éphémère des intrigues de ceux-ci.
Si j’ai aimé l’ambiance et trouvé que ça se lisait très bien, je trouve aussi que c’est fort rapide et léger. Je n’ai pas trouvé de grand relief, cette fois, à la relation Claire-Rae qui est surtout porté par l’humour des deux jeunes filles cette fois. J’ai même été un peu déçue du traitement par-dessus la jambe des parents de Rae qui n’ont qu’une faible utilité et encore plus de son ami d’enfance qui sert comme point de dramaturgie avant d’être oublié par son amie elle-même dans les derniers instants. Bof bof.
Heureusement que ce fut drôle grâce aux crises de jalousie de Claire et ses gaffes, grâce à la personnalité haute en couleur de la mère de Rae, où aux scènes de plages de Claire et ses peurs des spectres. Ça sauve un peu la lecture pour la rendre sympathique mais j’attendais un peu plus.
Finalement, j’étais contente de sortir de l’Académie mais l’autrice n’a pas su pleinement exploiter ce nouveau cadre et ces nouvelles relations. Elle a trop choisi la simplicité, c’est-à-dire l’humour et la rapidité, et du coup tout est survolé. J’aurais aimé que ça dure plus longtemps pour avoir d’abord un vrai développement du passé de Rae dans ce village, au sein de cette communauté, puis un second temps plus long avec une menace au poids réel et un revirement mieux travaillé et approfondi. Dommage.
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Le scénario est à l’image de la série, totalement loufoque. J’ai été surprise de sortir de l’Académie. J’ai aimé cela. Mais cela n’empêche que le scénario est quand même on ne peut plus léger et foutraque. L’autrice s’y concentre sur la nouvelle relation Claire-Rae après avoir clairement établi leurs sentiments. Nous assistons donc non sans humour aux crises de jalousie d’une Claire qui veut monopoliser Rae et passer ses vacances avec elle, quitte à gêner et faire sa princesse gâtée.
J’ai apprécié de découvrir le village de Rae, ce fut l’occasion de découvrir sa famille, qui a une dynamique rappelant un peu la maîtresse des garçons de FMA et son mari. J’ai aimé voir Rae à travers d’autres yeux surtout. Mais tout va très très vite ici. On nous présente le village, quelques uns de ses habitants, les particularités des parents de Rae et de celle-ci au sein du village, on découvre son ami d’enfance et pouf une menace pointe le bout de son nez et une quête / mission où tout le monde participe. On sent vraiment l’influence des RPG et le côté éphémère des intrigues de ceux-ci.
Si j’ai aimé l’ambiance et trouvé que ça se lisait très bien, je trouve aussi que c’est fort rapide et léger. Je n’ai pas trouvé de grand relief, cette fois, à la relation Claire-Rae qui est surtout porté par l’humour des deux jeunes filles cette fois. J’ai même été un peu déçue du traitement par-dessus la jambe des parents de Rae qui n’ont qu’une faible utilité et encore plus de son ami d’enfance qui sert comme point de dramaturgie avant d’être oublié par son amie elle-même dans les derniers instants. Bof bof.
Heureusement que ce fut drôle grâce aux crises de jalousie de Claire et ses gaffes, grâce à la personnalité haute en couleur de la mère de Rae, où aux scènes de plages de Claire et ses peurs des spectres. Ça sauve un peu la lecture pour la rendre sympathique mais j’attendais un peu plus.
Finalement, j’étais contente de sortir de l’Académie mais l’autrice n’a pas su pleinement exploiter ce nouveau cadre et ces nouvelles relations. Elle a trop choisi la simplicité, c’est-à-dire l’humour et la rapidité, et du coup tout est survolé. J’aurais aimé que ça dure plus longtemps pour avoir d’abord un vrai développement du passé de Rae dans ce village, au sein de cette communauté, puis un second temps plus long avec une menace au poids réel et un revirement mieux travaillé et approfondi. Dommage.
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