Akuyaku Tensei Dakedo Doushite Kou Natta
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Japanese: 悪役転生だけどどうしてこうなった。
Translated title: I Reincarnated into a Villain, but How Did It Become Like This...
Publisher: ArianRose (Frontier Works)
Books released: 3
Manga adaptation?: No
Anime adaptation?: NoSynopsis: An ordinary Japanese girl is reincarnated into the world of an otome game she played briefly and realizes she will become the future villainess, Eliza Kaldia. Since Eliza gets executed in the game with her entire family when their heinous crimes came to light, she decides to change her fate... by poisoning them all.
After the kingdom determines she could not possibly be the culprit, an earl is sent to manage her domain and educate Eliza to be the future lord. There are no gifts or magic, and this world is cruel and rough, far from the fairy tale atmosphere of the game. Eliza must now survive her childhood and prepare to lead her domain, all the while dealing with the conspiracies from within the kingdom and threats of war from without. Will she be able to last until the start of the game's events? How will her sacrifices to survive change her?
My spiel: This kind of story probably falls more into Cross Infinite World's wheelhouse, but eh. Despite the "reincarnation" and "otome game" buzz words in the setting, 99% of the time this is a pure political/warfare drama. This isn't misery porn, but it's a very gritty version of the typical sparkly, rose-filled otome game. If I had to make a comparison, I would say this is Bakarina x Realist Hero, but set in Grimgar; another way to put it, if you can see Faraway Paladin as a grounded, straight version of the isekai fantasy hero concept, this book is similarly a grounded version of the otome game reincarnation concept.
Eliza adapts, and well, but not without losing something in the process. Aside from the usual plot/relationship conflicts, she's also constantly dealing with her few memories of her evil family, the aftermath of their rule and reputation, and the costs of becoming a suitable person to lead her domain at such a young age.
It's very easy to sympathize with Eliza's plight and mourn the person she becomes in her efforts to make up for the crimes of her family. At the same time, it's also easy to celebrate her victories that come from the hard work and pure effort she puts into her new life.
There are also wolf-dragons!
I read the WN that's been fan TL'd, but the LN summaries seem to deviate a bit from the WN, so I'm not sure how close my experience would be to the books :o
Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.
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Spotlight time! A friendly bump to an older post that hasn't had any recent conversation and is lower on votes in order to draw attention to it.
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@myskaros said in Akuyaku Tensei Dakedo Doushite Kou Natta:
If I had to make a comparison, I would say this is Bakarina x Realist Hero, but set in Grimgar; another way to put it, if you can see Faraway Paladin as a grounded, straight version of the isekai fantasy hero concept, this book is similarly a grounded version of the otome game reincarnation concept.
That sold me on it right there
Thanks for bumping it, @Hyperion
I seem to somehow have missed about half of these bumps from roughly 7 months ago the first time around.
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Straigh to murder, i allready love that MC ^^
The story seem cool, it would be great to have more of those "realistic" isekai.
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@smashman42 I'm glad these spotlights are proving useful to someone. It's understandable to miss some of these suggestions as we now have over 400(!) of them.
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I missed this the first time around as well but I'd definitely buy this! It sounds like a more serious and dark-toned Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami and that is right up my ally. It might be an easier sell for JNC as well - the cover isn't overtly shoujo-styled, the premise sounds like it could decently appeal to guys and there's only 3 volumes too.
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Yeah this sounds pretty great, happy it was spotlighted as I missed it first time around too.
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Sounds quite interesting.
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For those curious, the original webnovel version is technically still ongoing but has been on hiatus since Aug 2019.
Author says due to increased workload and real life responsibilities, they don't have enough time or energy to focus on writing as much as they like.
In addition, they say they would become very busy as of Oct 2019 for over 1 year, so don't expect any updates around that period.
https://mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/478105/blogkey/2380378/PS. Given the LN version's only 3 volumes, was it due to a cancellation? Or was it author's decision to end the LN version early?
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I support this since darker takes on the otome isekai are always welcome. There could be slight a chance to resume publication since the author resumed the WN on Syosetsu after its hiatus.
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Looks interesting. I see "villainess," and "noble girl," and my hopes for someone smarter than bakarina while retaining the genre trope take flight, haha
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I'd be interested in purchasing this series if licensed. I read a bit of the fan translations, and it seems like an interesting premise.
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myskaros
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@myskaros in the light novel it says complete but in the webnovel it says ongoing? Did the two contents split?
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I remember this one. Eliza was a bit like Vlad Dracula, and was very pragmatic with her choices. I liked reading about both the political intrigue and how it mashed with the original otome setting.
