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前世因為過於善良而屢遭壓榨的黎恩，在反省過後決定以「惡德領主」作為目標。黎恩進入貴族子弟雲集的小學就讀，與看似心高氣傲的公爵千金──蘿潔塔相遇。既然身為惡德領主，自然就得見識高傲大小姐親口說出的「咕殺」台詞！黎恩雖然積極地與蘿潔塔接觸，然而──
「就算家道中落，本宮仍是公爵家的女兒，豈能向你這等人物答謝！」
由於某些理由，蘿潔塔的家族在帝國處於飽受欺凌的狀態。儘管處境難堪，蘿潔塔依然表現出剛強的意志，並與周遭保持距離，但黎恩卻不以為意地踏入她的內心……？
以惡德領主為志向，卻不知為何被當成拯救悲劇女主角的會錯意領地經營譚，進入第三幕!!
「就算家道中落，本宮仍是公爵家的女兒，豈能向你這等人物答謝！」
由於某些理由，蘿潔塔的家族在帝國處於飽受欺凌的狀態。儘管處境難堪，蘿潔塔依然表現出剛強的意志，並與周遭保持距離，但黎恩卻不以為意地踏入她的內心……？
以惡德領主為志向，卻不知為何被當成拯救悲劇女主角的會錯意領地經營譚，進入第三幕!!
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First published April 25, 2021
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October 17, 2022
I can't believe author wrote this series as an advertisement for another series and wasn't even serious about it. I've read this series and webnovel and have read other novels by this author as well, and I've got to say this is probably the best of his works. It got perfect balance of casualness, idiot moments, and serious stuff. I would say it is probably one of the better light novels out there which are actually fun to read in spare time. This volume in particular is my favorite because Liam's wife to be gets introduction. I was already familiar with her from webnovel but it was great to see what her character would look like in illustration. Overall this is a must read series if you've read any of the other works by this author, or you're into light novels and would like something fun.
December 18, 2022
Well this took a sharp turn for the disappointing.
The translation was mediocre at best with many many awkward moments that clearly were supposed to say something else and failed spectacularly. The quality of the translations has been decreasing since a pretty good start of things in book 1 and where its still not the worst translation of an LN I have read.. its up there.
A few new characters were introduced to what is otherwise a fairly small cast. And for most of them they have personalities without more depth than can be described in a word or two. "Annoying", "Traumatized", "Hilariously violent"
I guess in short what started off with an interesting and rather unique idea (at least in trying to play certain tropes straight) has completely fallen flat and if there is potential left.. I cant see it.
The translation was mediocre at best with many many awkward moments that clearly were supposed to say something else and failed spectacularly. The quality of the translations has been decreasing since a pretty good start of things in book 1 and where its still not the worst translation of an LN I have read.. its up there.
A few new characters were introduced to what is otherwise a fairly small cast. And for most of them they have personalities without more depth than can be described in a word or two. "Annoying", "Traumatized", "Hilariously violent"
I guess in short what started off with an interesting and rather unique idea (at least in trying to play certain tropes straight) has completely fallen flat and if there is potential left.. I cant see it.
December 15, 2025
What is an isekai adventure without some sort of school arc? *insert eye roll here*
Okay, okay, it's not THAT bad, but honestly, I personally could have done without this arc. More so because in the next book, our protagonist goes to university, but I guess that wouldn't have worked so well as this was supposed to be more high school. You know, high school for someone who is governing a stretch of space and has their own kingdom... And who has been taught a ton of stuff via a teaching capsule... so why a school arc?
For the drama of course! High school drama, on a science fiction intergalactic scale!
Yeah, yeah, fine. Honestly, it wasn't that bad. We got to see some character evolution, we saw the protagonist's relationships blossom, and it is in this book that we are introduced to his love interest.
(which I have some issues with, but I will go into that when I review the next book) The antagonist in this book is also quite nicely done. The right mix of royalty and high school bully, and I didn't think it would work, but it did, especially with their connections and such.
All in all, this wasn't that bad of a book. Probably more of a 3.5 in all honesty, but it didn't bother me enough to make the rating a 3, so it got a 4. The characters are dependable in their traits, and there are no major setting changes. The Guide even gets a moment where he is doing stuff again, though I wonder how much longer we will watch the whole 'is weak, gets powerful, gets humbled and becomes weak again' cycle, cause it's been three books and I am already exhausted by it.
So yeah, if you liked the first two books, you will like this one. It feels a bit overdone with the isekai tropes, and anime high school drama, but not enough to ruin the book. Now onto the next book!!
Okay, okay, it's not THAT bad, but honestly, I personally could have done without this arc. More so because in the next book, our protagonist goes to university, but I guess that wouldn't have worked so well as this was supposed to be more high school. You know, high school for someone who is governing a stretch of space and has their own kingdom... And who has been taught a ton of stuff via a teaching capsule... so why a school arc?
For the drama of course! High school drama, on a science fiction intergalactic scale!
Yeah, yeah, fine. Honestly, it wasn't that bad. We got to see some character evolution, we saw the protagonist's relationships blossom, and it is in this book that we are introduced to his love interest.
(which I have some issues with, but I will go into that when I review the next book) The antagonist in this book is also quite nicely done. The right mix of royalty and high school bully, and I didn't think it would work, but it did, especially with their connections and such.
All in all, this wasn't that bad of a book. Probably more of a 3.5 in all honesty, but it didn't bother me enough to make the rating a 3, so it got a 4. The characters are dependable in their traits, and there are no major setting changes. The Guide even gets a moment where he is doing stuff again, though I wonder how much longer we will watch the whole 'is weak, gets powerful, gets humbled and becomes weak again' cycle, cause it's been three books and I am already exhausted by it.
So yeah, if you liked the first two books, you will like this one. It feels a bit overdone with the isekai tropes, and anime high school drama, but not enough to ruin the book. Now onto the next book!!
March 19, 2023
Liam is excited to go away to primary school, but school life isn't any better than the noble schooling he had previously. In fact, it's worse---because now he's bored. Then he decides to pursue Rosetta, the one woman determined not to lose her pride despite having lost everything else. Only somehow everyone is seeing this as a good thing?
Liam's misadventures continue, and as before the contrast between how he sees things and how everyone else sees things is the best part. He adopts a rather annoying Imperial Prince nobody actually likes because he finds it amusing to have a prince underneath him. And in the same vein, he chooses Rosetta to be his wife, simply because he has a fantasy of breaking her iron will.
Bad romance motives aside, Liam has no idea of the real circumstances behind Rosetta's life. Or how she sees his persistent pursuit of her. I can't help but feel a bit sorry for her, since she's not exactly getting what she thinks she's getting, but at the same time, Liam's schemes coming back to bite him in the end was a just reward.
In the grander scheme of things, Liam's activities have provoked a number of wider-reaching movements, but the consequences of that will show up later.
Overall, the misunderstandings continue to pile up in generally funny ways. I do like how Liam has his own ideas of "evil" that mostly formed from books and movies, rather than reality. And he's not enough of a planner to work out the natural consequences of his actions. I rate this book Recommended.
Liam's misadventures continue, and as before the contrast between how he sees things and how everyone else sees things is the best part. He adopts a rather annoying Imperial Prince nobody actually likes because he finds it amusing to have a prince underneath him. And in the same vein, he chooses Rosetta to be his wife, simply because he has a fantasy of breaking her iron will.
Bad romance motives aside, Liam has no idea of the real circumstances behind Rosetta's life. Or how she sees his persistent pursuit of her. I can't help but feel a bit sorry for her, since she's not exactly getting what she thinks she's getting, but at the same time, Liam's schemes coming back to bite him in the end was a just reward.
In the grander scheme of things, Liam's activities have provoked a number of wider-reaching movements, but the consequences of that will show up later.
Overall, the misunderstandings continue to pile up in generally funny ways. I do like how Liam has his own ideas of "evil" that mostly formed from books and movies, rather than reality. And he's not enough of a planner to work out the natural consequences of his actions. I rate this book Recommended.
March 29, 2023
tl;dr a disappointing book from a good author
I went through a light novel phase during Covid - when long covid has melted your ability to think light pulpy fun becomes pretty attractive - and I went into Evil Lord having enjoyed Mobuseka's take on a hard reversal of gender norms. Book 1 was a fun 'build a sci-fi kingdom' story, even if the solutions (invest in education, lower taxes to prompt growth, build a navy and steal other people's stuff) weren't anything novel. Book 2, similarly, wasn't novel but was a solid enough version of a school-yard power fantasy (although it felt like a disappointing downgrade in stakes from Book 1).
Book 3 is basically just Book 2, again. Instead of SciFi!School, it's now SciFi!Finishing School. Instead of a Noble who happens to be a pirate, it's now a clan of Pirate Nobles. But despite an ostensible scaling up of the stakes, there was less tension, at least partially because the author has handed the protagonist far too many 'I win' buttons (I think we're at three now, maybe four depending on how you count it).
The love story (which I think the goal was to parody) fell flat, I never at any time believed that the main character wouldn't just win, and everything felt very passive throughout (which I think is a translation thing). Even the comedy of misunderstandings and unreliable narrator is beginning to fall flat, and I love that stuff.
4/10 and I hope the next one is a return to form
I went through a light novel phase during Covid - when long covid has melted your ability to think light pulpy fun becomes pretty attractive - and I went into Evil Lord having enjoyed Mobuseka's take on a hard reversal of gender norms. Book 1 was a fun 'build a sci-fi kingdom' story, even if the solutions (invest in education, lower taxes to prompt growth, build a navy and steal other people's stuff) weren't anything novel. Book 2, similarly, wasn't novel but was a solid enough version of a school-yard power fantasy (although it felt like a disappointing downgrade in stakes from Book 1).
Book 3 is basically just Book 2, again. Instead of SciFi!School, it's now SciFi!Finishing School. Instead of a Noble who happens to be a pirate, it's now a clan of Pirate Nobles. But despite an ostensible scaling up of the stakes, there was less tension, at least partially because the author has handed the protagonist far too many 'I win' buttons (I think we're at three now, maybe four depending on how you count it).
The love story (which I think the goal was to parody) fell flat, I never at any time believed that the main character wouldn't just win, and everything felt very passive throughout (which I think is a translation thing). Even the comedy of misunderstandings and unreliable narrator is beginning to fall flat, and I love that stuff.
4/10 and I hope the next one is a return to form
November 30, 2025
On the third volume Liam is continuing to grow and the way the Empire sees him has dramatically changed. He is now seen as one of the pillars of the future but they can't play favorites just yet. Liam goes to Elementary, not the same as ours this is more like training for future governors or leaders. Liam is one of the few who is already in control of his planets and territory. He meets Rosetta a future Duchess who has fallen into hard times. Liam decides that she will be his first wife. This makes her watchers notice Liam and he now has more enemies.
This series continues to be super fun. This one has even more universe building then the past and we see more of Liams enemies to come.
This series continues to be super fun. This one has even more universe building then the past and we see more of Liams enemies to come.
June 1, 2025
I finished out the very end of May 2025 by reading _I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!_ light novels 1-8 (i want more more) and the manga series 1-5. the anime version is in this Spring 2025 season "Ore wa Seikan Kokka no Akutoku Ryoushu".
The series is laugh out loud funny (well silly), has AI maids, Mecha, lots of mecha, "The Way of the Flash", evil gods... and well, i like it (a lot).
The series is laugh out loud funny (well silly), has AI maids, Mecha, lots of mecha, "The Way of the Flash", evil gods... and well, i like it (a lot).
October 30, 2022
Another light novel I could not stop reading
I failed to pace my self again and read the entire novel in one go, just stopping long enough for drive my mother home. I find the authors approach to writing and developing their characters and plots refreshing. I look forward to reading volume 4.
I failed to pace my self again and read the entire novel in one go, just stopping long enough for drive my mother home. I find the authors approach to writing and developing their characters and plots refreshing. I look forward to reading volume 4.
January 2, 2023
Nice to see the additions to this book compared to the webnovel. This is in my eyes one of those books you read to simply expereince a misunderstanding novel with an OP lead.
Alos nice to read the afzerword from the author who confesses that he only wrote this series as an advertisment for another series he published.
Alos nice to read the afzerword from the author who confesses that he only wrote this series as an advertisment for another series he published.
October 13, 2022
Finally!
It took a while for volume 3 to be released in English but it was well worth the wait. A great volume just like the others and I’m already hungry for more! Keep them coming Seven Seas!
It took a while for volume 3 to be released in English but it was well worth the wait. A great volume just like the others and I’m already hungry for more! Keep them coming Seven Seas!
October 16, 2022
💛💚💙💜
Hahaha I love this series!! It is so good and funny. I cannot wait to see what happens next, and thing's are heating up in all directions- Relationships, Political, Home-based, Enemies, etc. Cannot wait, so please hurry!!
Hahaha I love this series!! It is so good and funny. I cannot wait to see what happens next, and thing's are heating up in all directions- Relationships, Political, Home-based, Enemies, etc. Cannot wait, so please hurry!!
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March 11, 2023Great series
The character portrayals are great and the main character with the way the author describes his thoughts and seamlessly integrates everything going on around him is wonderful. Definitely a good read. Thank you for the great story and series.
The character portrayals are great and the main character with the way the author describes his thoughts and seamlessly integrates everything going on around him is wonderful. Definitely a good read. Thank you for the great story and series.
September 14, 2024
I refuse to believe this author when he says that books featuring robot characters don't traditionally sell very well. All of society is waiting with baited breath for books about guys who gave up on humans to date robots and I don't want to hear another word about it.
October 13, 2022
Best so far
I think this would the best work so far the story picked up and it was great can't wait until the next one
I think this would the best work so far the story picked up and it was great can't wait until the next one
October 18, 2022
Another great entry into this series.
March 8, 2023
The side-story’s really show how the MC mistrust of humans has effect even the Machines opinions of him in comedy fashion.
April 3, 2023
The story is quite good, though it's begin to repetitive in the sense of whatever the Guide did always became the counter intuitive ;)
June 15, 2023
Very silly
This is the third book so don't be surprised that it is more of the same. This story is a silly little power fantasy. Don't expect much more.
This is the third book so don't be surprised that it is more of the same. This story is a silly little power fantasy. Don't expect much more.
September 2, 2023
Amazing
The plot twists in this book had me on the edge of my seat, the battles were awesome. I laughed a bunch in thus book it was a really good read
The plot twists in this book had me on the edge of my seat, the battles were awesome. I laughed a bunch in thus book it was a really good read
August 13, 2023
Compelling in its thoroughness and entertaining in its simplicity, this novel series' cavalier invocation of randomness and gullibility for the sake of Liam's evil lordship fits together quite nicely. I'M THE EVIL LORD OF AN INTERGALACTIC EMPIRE v3 wields another academic sprint as its general backdrop, but during the next span of three or four years, Liam accidentally creates another mortal enemy, stumbles into romance with an ice queen, and sort of sets the stage for rerouting the power balance within the empire itself.
EVIL LORD v3 routinely triggers these and other narrative events by way of happenstance. Liam is an overachiever. He's bored. He wants to hunt stronger pirates, he wants to engage a woman who adamantly refuses his advances (on moral grounds), and he wants to amass a fortune and military worthy of crushing all other nobles. Does he get what he wants? Maybe. But definitely not in the way he thinks.
This book's charm rests in how superbly the author weaves the story's secondary and tertiary characters into motion to nudge and support Liam's fantastical view of the universe. House Claudia, for example, has been in ruin for close to 2,000 years (due in part to the empire's negligence and due in part to other noble's malfeasance). But Liam doesn't see a house in disrepair, he spies a dukedom without a leading man.
Similarly, Liam's tendency to attract women of an exceedingly violent and overconfident caliber should be a problem. Except, these women are military specialists, infamous mercenaries, or noble adjutants. Every single one of them is willing to die for him, if for all of the wrong reasons. Not the he'd know the difference.
It's all a matter of perception. And as readers of EVIL LORD v3 will come to find, the puzzle pieces clarifying which nobles support pirates and which puzzle pieces show corruption in the higher ranks of the capital all require a bit of sorting to make out the final picture. And as readers already know, Liam always finds his way to the final picture.
Characterization is one of this novel series' highest qualities. In EVIL LORD v3, readers encounter a lazy imperial prince, a mage assassin with a grudge, a female knight with a mean streak, and a duchess-to-be.
The lattermost, Rosetta Sereh Claudia, is an incredibly sympathetic character who loses almost everything, yet keeps pushing through. She's icy, sure, but only so as to better focus on what matters to her (and her declining house authority). Rosetta is reserved, tactful, and chooses her allies carefully. Liam falls for her because he wants an ice queen for a wife, but as everyone knows, for better or for worse, all ice queens thaw. Her character is less lovable at the end than she is closer to when she is introduced, but Rosetta's internal struggle is genuine.
Another notable character is Marie Sera Marian, a female knight who awakens when Liam's scientists pull her and others out of stone. Marie is a bloodthirsty fighter. She's also loyal to a fault. Better to have her on the side of an evil lord than to leave her running about without a leash. Marie's demure façade hides a bevvy of hilarious curses and spit-takes that typically pour from her frothing mouth the second someone gets the better of her. One would think it's a tired trope, but somehow it works perfectly here. The fact that she wields dual chainsaw-lightsabers might also have something to do with it.
In EVIL LORD v3, the cast is impressive, both in size and scope of integration. And its this cast of awkward, bitter, slyly vengeful, and outright humbling personalities that nudge everything into its proper direction. Liam isn't the only one making weird assumptions. For example, Serena, the spy maid for the prime minister, scrutinizes the young man everyday but sees nothing untoward in his actions. And so, when Liam skulks the battlefield piloting an upgraded Avid mobile suit and wipes out hundreds of pirates, readers may correctly assume the guy is a bit ridiculous, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know what he's doing.
EVIL LORD v3 routinely triggers these and other narrative events by way of happenstance. Liam is an overachiever. He's bored. He wants to hunt stronger pirates, he wants to engage a woman who adamantly refuses his advances (on moral grounds), and he wants to amass a fortune and military worthy of crushing all other nobles. Does he get what he wants? Maybe. But definitely not in the way he thinks.
This book's charm rests in how superbly the author weaves the story's secondary and tertiary characters into motion to nudge and support Liam's fantastical view of the universe. House Claudia, for example, has been in ruin for close to 2,000 years (due in part to the empire's negligence and due in part to other noble's malfeasance). But Liam doesn't see a house in disrepair, he spies a dukedom without a leading man.
Similarly, Liam's tendency to attract women of an exceedingly violent and overconfident caliber should be a problem. Except, these women are military specialists, infamous mercenaries, or noble adjutants. Every single one of them is willing to die for him, if for all of the wrong reasons. Not the he'd know the difference.
It's all a matter of perception. And as readers of EVIL LORD v3 will come to find, the puzzle pieces clarifying which nobles support pirates and which puzzle pieces show corruption in the higher ranks of the capital all require a bit of sorting to make out the final picture. And as readers already know, Liam always finds his way to the final picture.
Characterization is one of this novel series' highest qualities. In EVIL LORD v3, readers encounter a lazy imperial prince, a mage assassin with a grudge, a female knight with a mean streak, and a duchess-to-be.
The lattermost, Rosetta Sereh Claudia, is an incredibly sympathetic character who loses almost everything, yet keeps pushing through. She's icy, sure, but only so as to better focus on what matters to her (and her declining house authority). Rosetta is reserved, tactful, and chooses her allies carefully. Liam falls for her because he wants an ice queen for a wife, but as everyone knows, for better or for worse, all ice queens thaw. Her character is less lovable at the end than she is closer to when she is introduced, but Rosetta's internal struggle is genuine.
Another notable character is Marie Sera Marian, a female knight who awakens when Liam's scientists pull her and others out of stone. Marie is a bloodthirsty fighter. She's also loyal to a fault. Better to have her on the side of an evil lord than to leave her running about without a leash. Marie's demure façade hides a bevvy of hilarious curses and spit-takes that typically pour from her frothing mouth the second someone gets the better of her. One would think it's a tired trope, but somehow it works perfectly here. The fact that she wields dual chainsaw-lightsabers might also have something to do with it.
In EVIL LORD v3, the cast is impressive, both in size and scope of integration. And its this cast of awkward, bitter, slyly vengeful, and outright humbling personalities that nudge everything into its proper direction. Liam isn't the only one making weird assumptions. For example, Serena, the spy maid for the prime minister, scrutinizes the young man everyday but sees nothing untoward in his actions. And so, when Liam skulks the battlefield piloting an upgraded Avid mobile suit and wipes out hundreds of pirates, readers may correctly assume the guy is a bit ridiculous, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know what he's doing.
February 11, 2025
Liam enters primary school (high school?) and starts a school life filled with misunderstandings which result in Liam being seen as the hero again. If you like the previous volumes, you are bound to like this one. It is not particularly special, but entertaining enough, as long as you like the misunderstanding leads to good things trope ad absurdum. The villains are a bit simplistic, but that is offset by interesting friends and allies. Let's see where things are going in future volumes.
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