Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naru zo

(12+) Ugh. Another series that could have been a lot better. The premise was fine, the voices and animation is great, but some of the female protagonist's actions are just over the top stupid and make no sense. I am all in for a sacrifice for a worthy cause, person, or goal - but hers just doesn't have a lot of wisdom (or reason) to it in my opinion. Not sure if there will be a second season or not, but I believe the writers have a lot to work with if so and the series could easily improve. If you are a fan of these types of tropes, you will like this series just fine.

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"A Surprising Gem with an Emotional Twist!"

''Honestly, I really liked this anime. I enjoy anime that combine romance, comedy, action, magic, and motivation, so this one was a great experience for me. Also, the animation of this series was really great. On top of that, the characters are very cute, especially the main character Alicia Williams. At first, I thought it would be just another typical series, but the Season 1 ending completely surprised me. It was truly unique-just thinking about it makes me emotional!

However, this is not the end, as the series is still ongoing. I hope even greater things are coming in the future.

Sending my endless love to I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History!''

If "villainess" was part of a drinking game, you'd be out cold by the second episode., it's villainess every other word. I have mixed feelings about the storyline. It's engaging but:

Annoying Heroine: The heroine's voice is intentionally made high-pitched and fake, immediately making her unlikable.

Misleading Villain: The so-called villain, who is actually the protagonist, behaves heroically rather than evilly. She's just portrayed as a rude and spoiled child. Essentially she is stealing the heroine's place in the storyline.

Problematic Age Gap: The five-year age difference between the protagonist and her love interest is questionable. She's 13 when she starts school, while he is 18. A closer age gap would make more sense.

This anime series opens with a girl finding herself in the body of Alicia Williams, the villainess in a game she used to play. Knowing this destiny she determines to become the greatest villainess in history. Her preternatural wisdom leads to her gaining the ear of the king and befriending many of the nobility. She also takes a surprising interest to the poor in one particular village. When a prophecy indicates a saint has been born she is given the task of watching over her... of course this saint was the heroine of the game, an instantly popular girl.

Recently there have been quite a few anime series centred on a reincarnated villainess. This may not be the best but it is an enjoyable addition to the genre. The characters are solid and nobody is really unlikeable. As seems to be common in this genre our protagonist never seems particularly villainous; she is just in conflict with the designated heroine. This isn't really a problem as Alicia is a likeable character and other characters are fun to watch. Character designs and animation are both pretty good. The final episode seems more like the end of a chapter than an end of the story; if there is more I'd certainly watch. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of the genre.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.

The premises of the show sounded good, I like myself a good clueless idiot mc who wanna be the greatest villainess in the story.

However there is to much that has infuriated me.

Our MC is a clueless almost to stupid for words. However that is the least problematic with this story.

It's the fact that our MC keeps accepting everything of this world as truth.she doesn't questions or dispute the rules of the world.

For example, only Nobels can be mana users, ok she won't question why or how that is the rule of this world. Like no commoners can become mana users? Have no one heard of children made outside of wedlock? Like if it's blood or something else that makes one have mana then why is it only Nobels who has it?

The Nobel families has used a village to imprison people they find unlikeable by making a mana shield which no commoners can get through. Only Nobels can go through it who has mana. MC doesn't question why they have made such a place. Doesn't question or reflect on why such a place excist and why it's such a horrifying thing to realise. That Nobels can just decide to imprison a whole village and then leave them to starve or eat each other.

The world seems too flat and not even close to being fleshed out. Like there are rules but there is no deep dive into why these rules exists and we are not supposed to question or even reflect on why things are this way. I'm guessing we will maybe learn more but the main problem here is the fact that the MC has no interests in questioning this world.

Then we have the romance aspect. There is at least five years difference between her and the other male characters. And yes it feels icky seeing a fifteen year old getting possessive and romantic interested in a ten year old.

MC doesn't have friends, she has her brothers and the love interests but no actually friends for her. So it's even more icky to see her being persuade by her so called 'friends'