Endo and Kobayashi’s Live Commentary on the Villainess [Licensed by J-Novel Club]
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Author(s): Enoshima Suzu
Artist(s): Eihi
Volumes: 2
Publisher: Kadokawa
Manga Adaptation: Yes
Description [from novelupdates]:
『She’s always putting on that grumpy face even though she’s not actually that upset! Oh, why can’t she just be honest with herself…!?』『She is a tsundere, after all? When her embarrassment levels exceed a certain limit, she will explode into anger. However, the point that she’s suppressing under the surface is that she wouldn’t mind that sort of thing if it were in a less public place.』
As Endo-kun passionately reacts to the antics of Lady Liselotte, the villainess of an otome game, Kobayashi-san provides a painstaking breakdown of her tsundere behaviour.
Suddenly, one person could hear their voices; Liselotte’s fiancée, Prince Siegward.
That is where this story begins.
My pitch:
Y'all this story is incredibly sweet and fluffy, like Everest made of marshmallows levels of sweet fluff, and I love it. I think it would be a great fit for J-novel heart. Bonus points for not being (totally) isekai. Endo and Kobayashi are playing an otome game when suddenly one of the characters, Prince Siegward, can hear what they're saying. So they decide to use their commentary to keep Liselotte, the villainess character, from meeting a Bad End, and create the Greatest Happy Ending for everybody. I found the initial concept to be a nice twist on the otome villainess sub-genre. It's extremely adorable and you don't just have to take my word for it; Kim Morrissy in her recent article on ANN entitled Welcome to the Isekai, Otome Game Villainesses said about this series "If there's one "villainess" light novel that I'm hoping gets licensed sometime soon, it's this one." So I have a fellow lover of otome villainess light novels to back me up that this one definitely should be licensed.
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Huh, I could have sworn this had a suggestion topic already, but I can't find it, so... upvote!
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I'm familiar with this only through the manga, but if the LN is anywhere near the levels of sweetness and hilarity, I am behind this licencing suggestion all the way.
It gets bonus points for the portrayal of the "designated heroine" character, who is also sweet and kind and will not hesitate to punch all your blood out.
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@unsynchedcheese Yeah, the "heroine" character is badass and adorable in equal measure, as things should be 😄
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I’m so in for this. It’s adorable as all get out and just awesome.
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YES! This has been on my reading list for a while! I read part of the manga adaptation a while ago and it was adorable.
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The elevator pitch intrigues me, and I wish to subscribe to this newsletter.
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Needs the Complete and Fujimi Shobo tags.
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@lily-garden Yes, please. I love the manga, I need this light novel ❤
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I must say it's an intriguing concept.
Of course, I'd argue that Prince Siegward, unless he's from a culture which is into the concept of dis-embodied beings running around who can be selective concerning who can 'hear' them, should be wondering if he's going mad...and then become majorly concerned when the voices in his head turn out to make sense...
No, I haven't read the scanlations or fan translations or MTL'd any of it myself, so the above is purely my perspective based upon the description.
It could be fun.
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Endo and Kobayashi's Live Commentary on the Villainess is a treat. I do think that it deserves getting licensed. Why? First, it's a fun, short read. Second, it's complete. And third, the interactions between the characters are just plain adorable.
Now, it isn't as if it's not without its flaws, but to be honest, I don't really mind them. It's as if the fun aspects just completely takes me in. I wouldn't have minded it being a bit longer though, and probably expanding on the romance (because y'know, we all
wantneed it).It has pretty good reception among Japanese fans based on Kakuyomu, and I'm pretty sure that the scanlations and fan translations are too for those outside.
Edit: Forgot to say that Rize-tan (Lieselotte) is mega cute.
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