Highschool Girl Wakes Up As A Villainess In Another World

[@thomasjetzer2823]

Personally, what i find so appealing about this take on isekai is that Katarina is both smart yet dumb about her situation. She's genre-savy and understands how to act in a world that runs on otome game logic to avoid a bad outcome. At the same time, her greatest strenght is also her greatest weakness, as she is stuck in that way of thinking when it doesn't serve her. The reason she's not aware of everyones feelings for her is not just pure thick-headed obliviousness as is custom for isekai protagonists with harems. Rather, she knows that she's the villainess of the game and has categorized herself as such. And the villainess doesn't get a happily ever after. She picks up on her friends feelings but then rationalizes them away, thinking that it is impossible for them to feel any romance towards her. That is also the reason she never makes a move herself and interprets Marias confession as a friendship ending. She's convinced herself that romance just isn't in the cards for her.

[@garrettviewegh677]

It’s as if she forgets her own autonomy. That she isn’t the villainess whose forced to take a path of no romance, or happiness and meet a bad fate. But that she is a young girl in the body of the villainess that has the choice as “an experienced player” to choose a different path. It’s as if she’s become conditioned herself, to believing what her own character believes: there is no better choice for her. When there very will is as someone who has the knowledge of omnipotence of the world she finds herself in, like a puppet who sees they’re strings, but chooses not to cut them loose, perhaps for fear of rejection or a horrible fate.

[@af2547]

@@garrettviewegh677 I mean staying off the main course of a story typically has a lot of adverse effects, See: Literally any time travel movie The fears are founded.

[@random_P]

Just let my woman be aromantic

[@thomasjetzer2823]

@@random_P So, real question: Would an aromantic person be interested in playing romance games in the first place? It seems... counterintuitive.

[@random_P]

@@thomasjetzer2823 being aromatic doesn’t always mean not being interested in reading or playing romance stuff For the matter of the fact you can be aromantic and still date people

[@masteruni6885]

She lowkey saved herself has soon as she was nice to all of them. literally befriending Maria was a flex

[@khanisithole8432]

Pretty much

[@TWEAKLET]

she got her self a harem including another woman

[@ChobinoftheFunk]

@@TWEAKLET *other women. Pretty sure all the ladies in that group want her.

[@Grasslander]

Why did you insert the completely unnecessary "lowkey" in that sentence? Because your brain is controlled by what you see on social media instead of having a thought process? And of course "a flex". But you forgot to start the first sentence with "So" to sound as if you''re having an ongoing conversation with the readers, and add "literally," and of course "can we talk about" and "is no one gonna talk about".

[@TheScholarOfLemons]

@@Grasslander Why the fuck are you being so pretentious, holy shit (also you put two apostrophes [ ' ] in "you're")

[@Shiruka.1918_]

I love how the only person Katherina fears is her mother

[@lelandmatthews9108]

Like real life

[@idonnu7624]

I fear no man, but that thing... [Katherina's mother] .. it scares me

[@kuroanimates]

Never underestimate the *Emotional Damage* caused by your mother throwing her sandal at you.

[@sunday525-qg3pw]

Lol

[@sunday525-qg3pw]

That is really hilarious

[@ParadoxAAA]

"But Katerina is a smart girl" I would like to point to the scene where everyone is defending her by basically going "Our Katerina is literally too much of a dumbass to pull of the most basic of planning required to pull this off."

[@nobodys_here07]

Exactly, she's so smart that she doesn't even notice her big brain moves

[@xhibitiongaming3880]

It just means they don't like her for her looks or brains. It's actually a good thing if you think about it...sort of LOL

[@MariuigiKhed]

Now THIS is an Isekai done right. "A bump in the head gave me the memories of my past life, where I played this NOT-online MMORPG or whaver achrnonim, but a story-based game in which it doesn't end well for me" This is a plot in which the reincarnation and past-life memories parts feel NECESSARY for the storyline. It's not just a "We need to explain why this guy is so powerful" "Can't he just be a normal chosen one? Or just being born like this?" "No no, it's important that the protagonists knows he's this strong because he was an otaku loser in the real world and still remembers about this, so that we can milk for silly reactions." TELL ME IT'S NOT LIKE THAT! I dare you! (admitedly, Slime Diaries does its Isekai work as good as this one, but still... the needles in the haystack)

[@elementoproductions6005]

I wasn't sure if I can do that thing too, but maybe if I'm setting a story? Well, not in the same level as this anime.

[@hextildarobinson]

I agree with you. It’s nice to see a new change in shows.

[@ChillAvocado]

Holy cow! Your statement really gave me motives to start to binge on this show. Do you fully recommend it? :D

[@MariuigiKhed]

​@@ChillAvocado yes. Definitely

[@ChillAvocado]

@@MariuigiKhed One last thing and hope you don't find it offensive but...sub or dub? :)

[@johnproctor1675]

More like “I’m reincarnated as a villainess and become a therapist”

[@Therabeeee]

But what if "Hero reincarnated as a therapist"

[@JeMoeder123]

Wait, so basically she broke the forth wall after falling. And found out she was supposed to die, so she did everything in her power to change it? That’s actually quite a good plot

[@Marcelis]

That’s how dense her head is

[@rphb5870]

No it is not, when all of that basically gets resolved in the first episode. After that it is just nothing. A good plot have tension, tension that builds up gradually, and it is driven by the antagonist, (if it have a happy ending) or the protagonist (if it is a tragedy) but it always have TENSION

[@RGAhmad11]

@@rphb5870 yep

[@shadow19121]

The show is really good the only frustrating part is how Catarina continues to friend zone every after realizing they’re all falling for her.

[@leovang3425]

99% of harem anime out there. Luckily 100 Kanajo is literally the opposite.

[@hexi9595]

There is a Season 2

[@Rxchelchxii]

Thing I don't understand how she doesn't realize that they like her, SHE PLAYED THE DAMN GAME FOR GOODNESS SAKE

[@kavyasvirtualworld6119]

@@Rxchelchxii yes, but in her version they all fell for different people and thought the same would happen

[@jackapps2126]

Well if she doesn’t want a relationship it’s up to her and nobody has the right to force her to do anything

[@darokdeed]

Katarina is a black hole character, with infinite denseness and pull, once caught nobody escapes her. I especially love when a villain actually attempts to harm a black hole character, because that creates a big bang of forces that rip the offender apart, from princ to commoner from knight to mage, dragon, demon, or whatever was pulled in surges out to annihilate the disturbance.

[@lucinae8512]

I love *My Next Life as a Villainess!* It's not one of the first Villainess series, but it did bring this amazing sub genre to the mainstream. Later this year we are getting adaptations of *Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion, The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen, Tearmoon Empire Story* and eventually *Doctor Elise;* If you liked the premise of this series, then you will love these titles even more!

[@alex_zetsu]

I wouldn't call this an "amazing" sub genre. I love this series and I enjoyed Tearmoon Empire and Doctor Elise. I never heard of The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen. I can say I've seen lots of manga from this genre and I'm not impressed, most of it is chaff with little wheat. I can say there are some good stories in there, but most of them are not good.

[@TheCamdog9]

I was introduced to this sub genre from I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss. Great anime that I wish was talked about more. That led me to this anime and makes me want to watch more of this genre.

[@LivingGuy484]

​@@TheCamdog9between the two anime, which did you like more?

[@TheCamdog9]

@@LivingGuy484 I’m the Villainess so I’m taming the final boss. Mainly because I liked the main character better. The other one was clueless at everyone who was in love with her. Made it hard to finish the show.

[@redjoker365]

There's also a donghua with a similar premise, The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System. The protagonist of that series has to be more clever than Bakarina as the video game he gets transported into blocks him from breaking character in an inorganic manner, so he must bend the story to not make enemies out of people he encounters and not end up in a pickling jar for eternity

[@zelou4970]

"all you boys and girls have a crush on Katherina in some capacity or another" CRAP HE KNOWS

[@Sintarzus]

They all are.

[@SutaFokusu]

"I got isekaid into having a Harem but friendzone all of them" shoukd be the title

[@TedOmann]

Even though I've already watched this anime, it's always fun to listen to someone else's opinion and perspective. This is the only recap channel I will listen to because your personality is just that golden.

[@kidz4p509]

Title: My Next Life As A Villainess MC: Hardly acts like a villainess

[@klltsun_2576]

The video game character was the villainess. And things dont end well so of course when she woke up as the villainess character she’s gonna try to change things

[@Grigeral]

Give "I'm the Villainess so I'm taming the last boss" a try

[@noobontheinternet2901]

Time traveler: *moves a chair* The timeline: Jokes aside, this anime looks great and something I'd recommend watching

[@ryzekiv7147]

French Philosopher: “we exist because of our memories. Without them, we are not us.” Me, watching episode 1: “THAT FIVE YEAR OLD JUST DIED AND WAS REPLACED BY A SKINWALKER WHO HAS TO GO THROUGH PUBERTY _AGAIN!”_

[@epictoe7179]

“Katarina is a smart girl” We talking about the same anime right?

[@leovang3425]

She's book smart. Not street smart.

[@sleepier9433]

Sly as a fox but dense as a black hole

[@Alakaizer]

She's neither. She had memorized the part of the game she had played, and that's about it.

[@uselesshero.official]

@@Alakaizer no she plans her way through... she's supposed to be a villainess remember? But she changes her plot by playing it with her plan... no matter how dumb that may look that actually works so she does have IQ I would say.

[@satten735]

​​@@uselesshero.official she may not have the brain gentleman, but she have got an idea!

[@Kris_sy]

Wish they hurry up with S3; if you haven't yet -- please recap "I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss", "After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway" and "Trapped in a Dating Sim"

[@Darkclone]

👀

[@vapordragon2232]

They’ve already covered “trapped in a dating sim”. About a month ago

[@Purfait]

I personally love if they recap rpg stuff

[@gheata_playz874]

i really dont get people, if the people hurry it up to animate an anime it comes out bad and people hate it but if they take their time to animate it to make it good people hate it with how long its taking

[@Purfait]

@@gheata_playz874 There are many unpatient people

[@linasalazar4906]

I love just how oblivious the main character is to everyone’s feelings. Best reverse harem anime

[@agremlinwithart]

Man, I want a harem of men and women. She’s so lucky

[@prismknight353]

the true harem queen

[@weezarddd__]

FOR REAL. SHE'S GOT GUYS _AND_ BITCHES ????? WHERE CAN I GET SOME

[@Folfah]

kinda cringe ngl

[@christopherbravo1813]

well, she got hers precisely because she *didn't* want one.

[@RedDragonForce2]

Katarina is so smart, she doesn’t even notice how she became the focus of love and affection for all characters involved, boy and girl alike. LOLZ!!

[@aidenyeager5066]

Is it really a reverse harem ending? She has both boys and girls fawning over her. It's clear that those girls love her more then a friendly way, so a Bi harem maybe? Also the part where Geordo kissed Katarina in her sleep wasn't mentioned

[@lavinajain8052]

He was bold but not as bold as Katrina's obliviousness......Savage....🤣

[@SuperSpanner]

One thing to note, if the plot of Fortune lover and the anime was the same bar the changes Katarina herself made the game version of her is mostly innocent. If the events coincide then game Katarina while still a bit of a bully yes, is the one manipulated by the dark magic meaning that her being killed or exiled wasn’t her fault. Like imagine being a noble one day and exiled the next without knowing or remembering why, or even worse being killed.

[@sillycat277]

Lovely anime the fact everyone fallen for her was pretty wholesome

[@xhibitiongaming3880]

10:36 "A friendship that would outlast even death..." Wow. That's a powerful concept when you think about it

[@tentative_flora2690]

Why would I need more story than that? It's a beautiful ending.

[@littleender100]

Raise your hand if you love this man's voice! ✋

[@TikiWikiWaaah]

✋

[@alexanderkryukov2367]

HAND UP

[@sgtwhisker26]

🖖

[@Therabeeee]

✋️

[@SpookyMelons]

This is literally every gamers dream. Also I love the art styles

[@mickiy10]

Finally! My favorite anime is getting some recognition. I watched this two years ago when it came up on Crunchy Roll and I still love it.

[@Epsilon-01]

This is the second anime I've learned of that is "Otome-ISEKAI" with both protagonists using their knowledge from previous lives to get a leg up on things. The other one I'm talking about is that dating game one. Truly, fate works in mysterious ways in these types of anime.

[@LunaP1]

Katherina is the love interest of everyone. She literally has the ultimate harem.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@doctorprofessor182]

This is my favorite anime, it's not the best anime, but the positivity is infectious and I strive to bring just a little bit of joy to others life like Katarina does. ❤

[@Iceboy-6847]

i love how her previous lifes friend also reincarnated with her bffs forever-

[@jojoelledeer]

"I DON'T WANNA DIE, LET ANYTHING ELSE HAPPEN!" "Well, we have the harem option. . ." "OK LET'S DO- what?"

[@Chrisc0Disc0]

This is my favorite recap channel on KZbin. I literally blocked all of the other channels because I want to hear it from a real person with character instead of these lazy AI generated bots. Thank you for this recap , though. I really love the show and these characters.

[@Thoralmir]

10:16 "Some friendships are so strong, they can trancend lifetimes."

[@midnightamplifier]

When this anime 1st came out, I didn't even wait for dub because it was a new concept to me and immediately caught my attention. It then became my FAVORITE of the year, and I binged it in both sub and dub😍

[@datastorm75]

Nice to see one where everyone falls in love with a female character, instead of the usual.

[@Nexsusthepro]

"we all love you katarina!" "Is this the friendship ending?"

[@Otter.56]

I almost though that when she tripped that’s when she died, and was like NOOOOOOO THE POOR CHILD

[@Whytho__]

Finally an anime recap video with a normal thumbnail, my paradise.

[@fpcooper95]

This show was so fun, and the op is unforgettable 🥰

[@reveriemephisto1995]

Aww! It's so sweet that both friends were reincarnated together in the same world! My heart is smiling so big! 😭

[@Venomtankmod]

I absolutely love this show. I grew up on Ouran Highschool Host Club and this reignited all those old neural pathways. Let the bisexual harem trend continue!

[@bankinus7550]

"But Katerina is a smart girl" He lied as naturally as he breathed.

[@prismknight353]

she made one mistake, one fatal mistake... SHES NOT IN A GAME! ITS ALL REAL NOW!!!

[@_mushrooms_1716]

9:17 Now we’re not talking about the faded beach episode. Yet.

[@animerecap965]

THIS is an Isekai done the right way

[@ImNotKriss]

Bros a protagonist about being an antagonist trying to be protagonist but shes bound to be an antagonist

[@OtakuSeikatsuTamashi]

I think this is one of those few animes that have a harem and I have no issue with any of the potential suitors. Like - female, male, freakin' concept brought to life, it doesn't matter. Have a giant open relationship with each other, it's just DANDY! If only the protagonist central to the whole thing WOULD STOP FRIENDZONING EVERYONE!!!!! GAH!!!

[@demongirl1019]

I am now obsessed with this anime, thanks to you. owo

[@kemmli]

"The student council president, named Serious Dyke..” Oh my

[@kllipo5082]

damn i love this guys voice i dont even like some of the animes this guy does but i watch them just to listen to this guys voice.

[@DanielAner]

cant wait for the recap on second season... i wasnt hooked on second season so i wanna see what was it about lol. First one is gold.

[@lockskelington314]

My only gripe with the series is the sequal series was something she never knew about and never bring ups the idea of a Sequel Game.

[@Fluffybuni]

Katernirna really did roll that 20 on charisma

[@PhantomAce999]

and a 1 in inteligence.

[@jeremy1860]

One of the best isekai of the last few years 😊

[@Gilhelmi]

Bakarina is the absolute best. She has a heart of Gold.............. and a mind just as dense.

[@Nizati]

"Now Katerina is a smart girl" ....... No. No, that is demonstrably false. Great series though.

[@kaycechip]

This girl has so much rizz almost everyone is falling in love with her bro

[@coreysanford1891]

I love this anime. Katarina is so damn funny

[@lukundo8146]

Him : but katherina is a smart girl Katherina:oblivious to everyone who likes her

[@Alakaizer]

"Katarina is a smart girl." Sorry, did we watch the same series?

[@fireon6727]

What's better, this has an English dub too, hell yeah

[@pixieni2072]

At first I thought this wasn't going to be worth watching but I'm invested now

[@thelonesage3146]

Saw this vid uplode decided to give the anime a chance watched 2 episodes this is just what I needed thank you!

[@MsAnimefan10]

Yessss! BaKarina and her ever growing harem!

[@isaacnelson4503]

Alternative title “how becoming a Mary sue saved her life”

[@apirlfools]

8:49 they thought she was the son of a noble? u sure u don't wanna double check that

[@mioko2974]

"It's the best friend ending" Nuh uh that's the WLW ending.

[@shacharlem4424]

If I were to make the show, I would have given it a slightly darker twist where the original consciousness coexists with the current consciousness.

[@Current_mud]

14:28 i thought this was text-to-speech now it was a real voice actor

[@MRX-tm3st]

The more wholesome "Trapped in a Dating Sim"

[@blackcat7k]

Amazing, I thought they were going to broadside the viewer with an ultra-dark-screw-your-happy-ending twist at end.

[@Kirkmaximus]

This show proves that any anime with "villainess" in the title is worth the watch.

[@moga-hunter2410]

AH HA! So this is the setting of that one interactive CYOA. Now that I know it a more chill setting I can actually finalize a build when it gets finished

[@tivoreez1891]

Is no one talking about that katarina used a axe to open a door😅

[@Devilhand21]

This reminds me of a different, yet similar anime I watched. Anyone else getting that feeling?

[@elreturner1227]

“Not a beach episode… at least not yet” it will happen no matter how much you don’t want it

[@creampuff4782]

Its always a good day when anirecaps posts

[@authorbat5562]

Freaking love this one!

[@nicbentulan]

Are you gonna recap love flops? What a huge twist. Imagine a harem anime that turns out to be scifi. Lol. I saw a 40min recap of it. Hoping for 15-20min recap.

[@AniRecaps]

yes

[@nicbentulan]

@@AniRecaps hooray Zack thanks!

[@Whytho__]

Sound like a cool anime, excited to see it

[@nicbentulan]

​@@Whytho__ yeah I mean like the spoiler / twist is like the genre itself right? Like Post title: Being told the Genre of a movie may be a Spoiler. Post ID: jxp6en Quote: > movie might start out during the World War II era, but then gets some sudden time travel thrown in there to be placed in the future. The genre of the movie would be Sci-Fi, but if you know the genre, it would already give hints and suspicions of what is to come. Or something like that. Sometimes you have to say the genre. Sometimes you can hide the genre. In love flops you can hide it but it's more fun to spoil it so people we watch it. Like school days or doki doki literature club. Lol.

[@jelleluyten5017]

Finally the queen of stupid has her recap!

[@ITLUCINDA]

Omg i love when he said katherine had everything *snaps his finger* in the bag😂😊😊

[@sambrooks-d9f]

btw a literate child is a child that was had with out the parents being married Leonardo da Vinci was a literate child

[@GigaDrigga3103]

I’m still waiting on that camera man anime I’m surprised NO ONE made

[@zarkthemuffin]

WAITTTTT THEY MADE ANOTHER SEASON!?!?!?

[@Glace_cakes]

I love how to the rest of the world she was a spoiled brat, hit her head, and had a total personality shift

[@ElJorro]

I think it's refreshing that we have an isekai story starring a girl.

[@mysteranonymous7773]

basically she told fate: no u

[@Eris_rl]

Amazing video!!!

[@alex_zetsu]

The funny thing is that the title refers to both My Next Life as a Villainess All Routes Lead to Doom (or Destruction Flag Otome if you like machine translations) which is the series the video is about... but is also refers to a bunch of other series that are... not nearly as good.

[@shardinhand1243]

very good anime, easy recomendation here. super freakin wholesome. if yall like this you may also like im the villainess so im taming the final boss, and bookworm in another world. also theres how a realist hero saved the kingdom. also also, the ancient magus bride. all these are damn wholesome anime.

[@eddyalvarez2078]

Now this is a anime done right

[@xxhimikotogaxx9249]

Ive been looking for this for a minute now i seen the first episode and forgot what it was called haha

[@qurturt8872]

who needs a love triangle when you can have a love dodecahedron

[@ladyred9613]

Terrible writing advice!

[@moonlightsonte]

When I tell you I love this person who makes these videos I mean it

[@E-rRo-.]

I loved this one when I was small

[@Ender-Eye2000]

You got me into two animes, welcome to demon school Iruma Kun, and this one. And so many other animes. Your the best, you get into animes.

[@TVtheTV]

... the main villain's name is SERIOUS DYKE??? that's so funny.