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The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Light Novel #1
The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior (Light Novel) Vol. 1
Who Died and Made Me Boss?
Pride Royal Ivy is only eight years old when she realizes that she's been reincarnated, destined to become the future wicked queen and final boss of an otome game. She's got it all in this new life: razor-sharp wit, boss-tier powers, and influence over the kingdom as a crown princess. Determined to sow despair and destruction across the land, she... Wait, what kind of a rotten future is that?! Princess Pride decides to drop the maniacal villainess act and protect the male love interests instead, cheating her way to saving everyone she can! Will this final boss end up earning the adoration of her kingdom?
Pride Royal Ivy is only eight years old when she realizes that she's been reincarnated, destined to become the future wicked queen and final boss of an otome game. She's got it all in this new life: razor-sharp wit, boss-tier powers, and influence over the kingdom as a crown princess. Determined to sow despair and destruction across the land, she... Wait, what kind of a rotten future is that?! Princess Pride decides to drop the maniacal villainess act and protect the male love interests instead, cheating her way to saving everyone she can! Will this final boss end up earning the adoration of her kingdom?
306 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 3, 2022
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June 29, 2022
I’ll admit this series does far better as a manga thus far than as a light novel. It may be due in part to translation, but I found it incredibly difficult to finish this light novel.
April 29, 2022
3.5 rounded up. There are too many voices that all sound the same, but the story is good.
March 31, 2022
Absolute LOVE it and NEED the next one NOW. Again, WHY do I do this to myself, reading the first in a series when the next one isn’t due out for AGES. (Not really, but it FEELS that way.). 5, can the next one come out tomorrow, pretty please, stars!
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September 6, 2024
Pride in the otome game was a true villain. She was despicable and horrible to everyone. The author made my blood boil every time she appeared in the story. The only thing I didn't like is the naming of the main character and the brother -in-law thing. Who on earth name their character Stale? I also did not like the queen because of her negligence to her daughter. Ability or not, nothing justify ignoring your child for years and pouring your love into another child. It was only mentioned briefly but I think the author should have dealt with this issue better.
March 16, 2022
Been enjoying the manga, so was fun to see this light novel get licensed and translated. While already familiar with the story, was fun to revisit, especially since the novel tells pretty much each part of the story from multiple perspectives. Being able to get fully familiar with various character's thoughts was nice, the downside being you are rehashing a lot of scenes repeatedly. All in all, will look forward to the next volume.
April 3, 2024
this was sweet and made me smile
March 5, 2022
It was fine, it followed the normal otome game reincarnation trope showed by other light novels, but bland. It goes through the same story from different characters perspectives, which is ok, but the story doesn't move on really fast, and there is little character development.
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April 11, 2025It’s very entertaining and fleshes the story out far more than the manga adaptation, which is nice. I can’t say it’s the best writing (some of that may be translation errors), and there are some glaring issues IMO that require overlooking. The fact that Pride is such a terrible person at age 8 is one problem. Essentially the queen had a premonition when Tiara was born that Pride would be a terrible tyrant, vicious and destructive, so she….basically ignored her from that point on because she couldn’t bear to see the beloved daughter whom could never be queen. Setting aside the fact that at 2 years old her personality isn’t set in stone and her parents should be teaching her properly to ensure she DOESN’T become a terrible person….i definitely think she’s a bad parent for first spoiling TF out of her, then when faced with the future consequences of spoiling her (highly unrealistic - being spoiled does not mean you rejoice in the suffering of others), straight up ignore her, have a second daughter that you hide from the first, and spent all your time with the new daughter. That’s going to make any kid bitter and disliking her sister, and also doesn’t make sense because Pride should have known her mom was pregnant since the premonition didn’t happen until after Tiara was born. But at 8 Pride should have been disciplined for being a vicious kid, and adults - even servants- shouldn’t allow whatever she does just because she’s a princess. I also think it makes no sense that she ruled in such crazy tyranny. Just because the queen has power theoretically by tradition and law does not mean that people will actually obey her. When a ruler is too tyrannical and demands unreasonable and damaging actions, the reality is that she meet resistance and even get overthrown. When a ruler does succeed in becoming tyrannical, it is because they have strong support already that allows them to behave as such - for example, the unquestioning loyalty of the military, or a loyal group of nobles. But she doesn’t even attempt to win loyalty from anyone or hide that she wastes their lives and even mocks the dead. It’s also pretty crazy that it’s tradition to forcibly adopt whatever kid has the most useful power, and separate him from his family forever on pain of death, only for him to become the right hand man of the future queen. That doesn’t seem like a winning strategy.
The other thing is something that massively annoys me in all transmigration or rebirths. That is to continue believing that the future is fixed as it was originally, when you have completely changed things so that actually impossible. She’s convinced she will need to be killed as the wicked queen despite never being wicked. It’s like…just don’t do that and you’ll be fine? One very obvious thing is that she can’t be queen right now, her mom’s early death was prevented. It’s just annoying when she keeps saying things like “I love them so much, hopefully they’ll remember the good times when they have to kill me for being evil in a few years.”
The other thing is something that massively annoys me in all transmigration or rebirths. That is to continue believing that the future is fixed as it was originally, when you have completely changed things so that actually impossible. She’s convinced she will need to be killed as the wicked queen despite never being wicked. It’s like…just don’t do that and you’ll be fine? One very obvious thing is that she can’t be queen right now, her mom’s early death was prevented. It’s just annoying when she keeps saying things like “I love them so much, hopefully they’ll remember the good times when they have to kill me for being evil in a few years.”
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October 5, 2022
4 My People Are My Pride And Joy Stars
Volume 1 in The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen by Tenichi.
Oh, I so enjoyed this story. I love how Tenichi crafted this plot. The way in which Pride remembering her past life fits so perfectly well with the premise of her premonitions. I especially appreciated witnessing how her efforts to only foster prosperity and kindness so drastically affected the outcome of any given situation.
Watching as Pride, Arthur, Tiara, and Stale grow together. The friendships they're building at thus early point can only speak of the deep and positive future relationships they will share.
I am upset over some of the character building. Especially how sparse it is in Tiara, the Queen Rosa's, and the Prince Consort's cases. I'm hopeful that, at least, in Princess Tiara's sake we will come to know her as more than the ill, kind younger sister as she continues to grow up.. I think in the case of their mother and father, we simply haven't been given enough page time to know them as thoroughly as I would like. I'm hoping this organically resolves itself as the story progresses.
My main concern is Prime Minister Gilbert.. It's so obvious he is scheming towards some nefarious end.. Even their father, the Prince Consort, doesn't appear to trust this man? Maybe he is hoping to try an control Tiara? Maybe he doesn't trust Pride's change of demeanor? Or maybe he is a deep cover type of traitor and spy for someone else?
Volume 1 in The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen by Tenichi.
Oh, I so enjoyed this story. I love how Tenichi crafted this plot. The way in which Pride remembering her past life fits so perfectly well with the premise of her premonitions. I especially appreciated witnessing how her efforts to only foster prosperity and kindness so drastically affected the outcome of any given situation.
Watching as Pride, Arthur, Tiara, and Stale grow together. The friendships they're building at thus early point can only speak of the deep and positive future relationships they will share.
I am upset over some of the character building. Especially how sparse it is in Tiara, the Queen Rosa's, and the Prince Consort's cases. I'm hopeful that, at least, in Princess Tiara's sake we will come to know her as more than the ill, kind younger sister as she continues to grow up.. I think in the case of their mother and father, we simply haven't been given enough page time to know them as thoroughly as I would like. I'm hoping this organically resolves itself as the story progresses.
My main concern is Prime Minister Gilbert.. It's so obvious he is scheming towards some nefarious end.. Even their father, the Prince Consort, doesn't appear to trust this man? Maybe he is hoping to try an control Tiara? Maybe he doesn't trust Pride's change of demeanor? Or maybe he is a deep cover type of traitor and spy for someone else?
February 2, 2024
I really enjoyed this book. I like how they each have their own side to the story. You get to see things through Pride, Stale, and Arthur's point of view the most, but you do see it from other characters as well. I think it really helps to give a full view of the plot and what everyone is really feeling and thinking. I've read a lot of stories where the FL ends up as the villainess in an otome game, and as much as I love them it can be frustrating when the main girl doesn't seem to understand that since they changed them the events that make them a villainess changes. However, this one does feel different in that she is doing her best to change the plot so everyone can be happy, but also setting up the dominoes that could take her down because she values the happiness of her kingdom over her own life. She isn't living in fear, it's more that she's preparing for the inevitable. It makes for a rather brave and selfless character.
My complaint is that while I enjoy the rotating first person POV, the book will do it at random in the middle of chapters or as you change chapters and never tell you whose POV it is. You basically just figure it out as you go. It can be frustrating.
My complaint is that while I enjoy the rotating first person POV, the book will do it at random in the middle of chapters or as you change chapters and never tell you whose POV it is. You basically just figure it out as you go. It can be frustrating.
March 19, 2025
An enjoyable isekai otome light novel. While most of this genre have very similar elements, this one seeks to differentiate itself by having Pride, the main protagonist, take part in battle and skilled at fighting.
That being said, similarly to My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, this light novel has the main character winning over everyone she meets. Almost everyone becomes part of her entourage. At book one, this is somewhat expected as she is just gathering allies and the like.
Another thing is getting past all the names in this series. Names like Pride Royal Ivy, Tiara Royal Ivy, and Stale Royal Ivy are extremely hard to read without laughing. Thankfully, there are characters with more normal names that don't make you want to burst out laughing.
That being said, similarly to My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, this light novel has the main character winning over everyone she meets. Almost everyone becomes part of her entourage. At book one, this is somewhat expected as she is just gathering allies and the like.
Another thing is getting past all the names in this series. Names like Pride Royal Ivy, Tiara Royal Ivy, and Stale Royal Ivy are extremely hard to read without laughing. Thankfully, there are characters with more normal names that don't make you want to burst out laughing.
March 31, 2025
One of the best light novels I’ve read lately
Question to the author: Did you MEAN to cut off your Afterward like that? I would think it was a deliberate cliffhanger, but there’s an error in my download of the book, which duplicates several paragraphs. So I can’t tell.
Aside from that….this is a really good story. I enjoy the villainess trope. It’s an interesting twist that Pride seems convinced that she WILL become evil, so rather than trying to avoid her fate, she’s just trying to do good until she inevitably becomes evil.
I frequently find that the way light novelist express themselves has an odd cadence, as if the text is translated strangely (maybe too literally) and doesn’t sound quite right to an American. Or the text will be dumbed down to the level of an elementary school student. However, neither of those was a concern here. The text read easily without feeling dumbed down or foreign. And the characters have proper emotional range, I would even say a too mature emotional range for children their age.
I absolutely intend to buy the next volume.
Question to the author: Did you MEAN to cut off your Afterward like that? I would think it was a deliberate cliffhanger, but there’s an error in my download of the book, which duplicates several paragraphs. So I can’t tell.
Aside from that….this is a really good story. I enjoy the villainess trope. It’s an interesting twist that Pride seems convinced that she WILL become evil, so rather than trying to avoid her fate, she’s just trying to do good until she inevitably becomes evil.
I frequently find that the way light novelist express themselves has an odd cadence, as if the text is translated strangely (maybe too literally) and doesn’t sound quite right to an American. Or the text will be dumbed down to the level of an elementary school student. However, neither of those was a concern here. The text read easily without feeling dumbed down or foreign. And the characters have proper emotional range, I would even say a too mature emotional range for children their age.
I absolutely intend to buy the next volume.
June 16, 2022
The parts that I found interesting, and that stood out as less conventional to me, were 1) the villainess is actually the final boss, and has the power set to match, 2) she has a supernatural power that is pretty convenient for explaining why she knows thing she shouldn't 3) despite her striving to do as much good as possible, she is still convinced that she will become an evil queen and is destined to be killed, as if that is an immutable, inescapable fact. A lot of the 'reincarnated as the villainess' stories have the villainess taking action to prevent any bad outcomes for herself, where as in Last Boss Queen, there's an assumption that the plot will course correct itself, and fighting against it is meaningless.
I am also now convinced that almost all otome villainesses in these isekai stories are the byproduct of crappy parenting. You see that in the novel, in 'I swear I won't bother you again', and the manga 'I was reincarnated as the villainess in an otome game'
I am also now convinced that almost all otome villainesses in these isekai stories are the byproduct of crappy parenting. You see that in the novel, in 'I swear I won't bother you again', and the manga 'I was reincarnated as the villainess in an otome game'
September 7, 2024
I read the manga adaptation before picking up this light novel, so I knew what to expect (in this volume, at least), but I still had a great time revisiting these characters and this engaging story!
Pride is one of the more capable, level-headed MCs I've read in an isekai. While her insistence that she is doomed to fall into the game Pride's fate when she turns eighteen is mildly irritating, it's also understandable because some of her subconscious actions have mirrored the otome game she played in her previous life. I hope she'll shake that mindset in the future, or at least that the author introduces more justification for it.
Tiara had a slight presence in this story, but I wish we could've learned more about her as a character. She's similarly unrepresented in the manga, so maybe I just have to wait until the light novels have passed the storyline of those volumes.
Pride is one of the more capable, level-headed MCs I've read in an isekai. While her insistence that she is doomed to fall into the game Pride's fate when she turns eighteen is mildly irritating, it's also understandable because some of her subconscious actions have mirrored the otome game she played in her previous life. I hope she'll shake that mindset in the future, or at least that the author introduces more justification for it.
Tiara had a slight presence in this story, but I wish we could've learned more about her as a character. She's similarly unrepresented in the manga, so maybe I just have to wait until the light novels have passed the storyline of those volumes.
April 29, 2022
Brilliant
It’s entertaining and I love the love interest. There game counterparts are tragic, but I’m happy that Pride is doing her best to prevent such tragedies. The only character I dislike is her mother. If she knew her daughter was spoiled and was going to become a wicked queen, she solved it by ignoring her daughter. I’m sorry she has premonition and instead of guiding Pride, she cried for 3 straight days. Then she ignored her and didn’t want to see her daughter. She’s a useless mother. Okay I’ll stop rambling. In short, it’s a brilliant light novel and I can’t wait to start reading the next volume.
It’s entertaining and I love the love interest. There game counterparts are tragic, but I’m happy that Pride is doing her best to prevent such tragedies. The only character I dislike is her mother. If she knew her daughter was spoiled and was going to become a wicked queen, she solved it by ignoring her daughter. I’m sorry she has premonition and instead of guiding Pride, she cried for 3 straight days. Then she ignored her and didn’t want to see her daughter. She’s a useless mother. Okay I’ll stop rambling. In short, it’s a brilliant light novel and I can’t wait to start reading the next volume.
May 15, 2022
Hope for the wicked
I personally have come to love the trope of a isekai reincarnation into the villainess because every single author expresses the fears and struggles of their characters in unique ways. Pride, the unworthy daughter of a queen, is suddenly reminded of her past life and becomes awear she is the final boss of this world. Convinced that she will bring ruin to the queendom, the first princess does all she can to leave good memories behind before she becomes evil. Pride is so cute and earnest as she tries prevent herself from harming others as she waits for her demise. You can't help want to root for her.
I personally have come to love the trope of a isekai reincarnation into the villainess because every single author expresses the fears and struggles of their characters in unique ways. Pride, the unworthy daughter of a queen, is suddenly reminded of her past life and becomes awear she is the final boss of this world. Convinced that she will bring ruin to the queendom, the first princess does all she can to leave good memories behind before she becomes evil. Pride is so cute and earnest as she tries prevent herself from harming others as she waits for her demise. You can't help want to root for her.
October 27, 2025
I have mixed feelings about this book. I really liked the main character, and seeing her avert those first disasters was truly heartwarming. However, as the story goes on, it becomes harder to overlook some of the usual reverse harem flaws: a new character appears with an incredible, tragic backstory and solid development... only to be pushed aside when the next one shows up and joins the harem. And so on, until it all starts to blur together.
I couldn’t bring myself to continue the series after this volume, but if you enjoy reverse harems — and don’t mind this kind of structure — you’ll probably love it, especially if you’re a fan of the “let’s save lives and characters” kind of plot.
I couldn’t bring myself to continue the series after this volume, but if you enjoy reverse harems — and don’t mind this kind of structure — you’ll probably love it, especially if you’re a fan of the “let’s save lives and characters” kind of plot.
April 28, 2022
cute
Similar to other villainess otome isekai stories and enjoyable to read. The characters are pretty interesting. I like that Pride is just a bad ass fighter, but I get a little agitated about how she’ll keep claiming she’ll turn evil and destroy everyone’s lives. The story could use more actual villains, some evil and sadistic bullies or nobleman or whatever. Pride’s narrative about her original character is hilarious. Forcing her surrogate brother to murder his own mother is classic.
Similar to other villainess otome isekai stories and enjoyable to read. The characters are pretty interesting. I like that Pride is just a bad ass fighter, but I get a little agitated about how she’ll keep claiming she’ll turn evil and destroy everyone’s lives. The story could use more actual villains, some evil and sadistic bullies or nobleman or whatever. Pride’s narrative about her original character is hilarious. Forcing her surrogate brother to murder his own mother is classic.
September 18, 2022
Feels like a more grounded take on the villainess theme - it still has its light moments but it's not heavily reliant on comedy gags, as some of the popular ones are, even though it still touches on the same tropes.
I actually really quite like this so far, I read all the available books in one sitting.
So far, I think the rapidly switching viewpoints is my biggest problem with it. I keep having to take a few seconds to figure out whose POV it is and there are too many of them in one book for my comfort.
I actually really quite like this so far, I read all the available books in one sitting.
So far, I think the rapidly switching viewpoints is my biggest problem with it. I keep having to take a few seconds to figure out whose POV it is and there are too many of them in one book for my comfort.
January 25, 2023
I liked this one a lot!
However, the first person narration got me a little, hence why it’s not 5 stars. It’s a personal preference of mine - I much prefer books written in third person. That said, it was still rather enjoyable and I look forward to reading more.
Usually I don’t have a preference between the manga and light novel versions of series but in this case I do find myself preferring the manga. However, there is just so much more in the light novels that I will continue reading those too.
However, the first person narration got me a little, hence why it’s not 5 stars. It’s a personal preference of mine - I much prefer books written in third person. That said, it was still rather enjoyable and I look forward to reading more.
Usually I don’t have a preference between the manga and light novel versions of series but in this case I do find myself preferring the manga. However, there is just so much more in the light novels that I will continue reading those too.
February 21, 2023
Snuck in some ⭐light⭐ reading in between work, as a treat, haha. Princess Pride has a pretty cliché name but she's just so cute with her found family of in-game characters!! The writing moves from POV to POV which normally confuses me so much but for these volumes the writer made it so the viewpoint switches just when you want to hear what a certain character is thinking about. Looking forward for our clumsy strong Crown Princess to become Queen and for her to finally realize everyone's been rooting for her this whole time 🫂
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October 11, 2022
It was an okay read. I skimmed through it a lot as it had different POVs, which would have been fine except it would recount the same exact scenes just through different characters POVs. This made the pacing an absolute slog fest. Will not continue but will consider the Manga so that I'm not going through 200+ pages of reading nothing happening other than the male leads recounting every second of them being like "Oh she's not like other dictators so I must now protect her!"
January 9, 2024
This story started all right. New characters, new brother and sister, saving her dad and the soldiers. I liked the scheming, the action, and the drama. Then things settled and all the characters fell in love with the protagonist. She was always perfect, always knew what to say, and always had the best ideas. Boooooring. I'm glad I'm done with the series. I don't want to continue with volume 4, I don't want to know when it is released. I'm free.
July 24, 2025
3.4 stars
This was super cute and honestly really fun to read. I loved the concept and had a good time with the story, it kept me hooked most of the way through. My only issue was there were so many voices and they all started sounding the same after a while, so it got a little confusing at one point. Other than that, I had a great time with it and I’m definitely curious to see where it goes next
This was super cute and honestly really fun to read. I loved the concept and had a good time with the story, it kept me hooked most of the way through. My only issue was there were so many voices and they all started sounding the same after a while, so it got a little confusing at one point. Other than that, I had a great time with it and I’m definitely curious to see where it goes next
March 3, 2022
Great!
I heard good things about this when it was first announced by Seven Seas but having now read it, I'm impressed. The characters and general plot are interesting (although the names are kinda ridiculous). The setup has potential for the Otome Villainess genre so I'll be back for volume 2.
I heard good things about this when it was first announced by Seven Seas but having now read it, I'm impressed. The characters and general plot are interesting (although the names are kinda ridiculous). The setup has potential for the Otome Villainess genre so I'll be back for volume 2.
August 29, 2022
I had a lot of fun with this book and I can’t wait to read the rest of this series. Being able to see the perspective of the story from the main character and the “love interests” makes things both super funny and very interesting. I had a few times where I wanted to shake the main girl until she had a some sense, but it wasn’t enough to take away from the story for me
July 15, 2022
This book was quite interesting but confusing. It like took place in a video game but she kept being reincarnated. And it changed point of views with like no notice so it was confusing to follow. 3/5 stars.
December 7, 2025
Queen Rosa is at fault for the alternate Pryde's behaviour. She favoured her younger daughter and tried to pass the throne to an illegitimate regent. She also assumed the future is set in stone... Bad parent... I hate her🔮😂
That's something the anime couldn't explore.
That's something the anime couldn't explore.
December 25, 2025
This is one of those isekai's that I'm attracted yet repelled. I think I'll probably read more of these before I see if I actually like it; I watched the anime and liked what was released but only 12 episodes were released before it was cancelled.
Happy Reading!!
Happy Reading!!
March 9, 2022
You know what you’re getting, and it’s well done.
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