Villainess Level 99

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Villainess Level 99 (Villainess Level 99 ~I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord~) (Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa UraBoss desu ga Maou de wa arimasen)

Author: Tanabata Satori

Artist: Nokomi

Original Publisher: Enterbrain -Note: Seems to be Kadokawa- Publisher Website as posted on Manga updates

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SleepyTexan

Completely forgot about this story so I binged the first volume of the fan translated manga and I'd definitely like to see this picked up by JNC.

Web novel
https://ncode.syosetu.com/n0284ev/
Kadokawa page
https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321901000612/
Book Walker page
https://bookwalker.jp/de44529840-d977-4fec-aec9-4c363eb53128/

Synopsis
I reincarnated as the Villainess Eumiella from an RPG Otome game. In the main story, Eumiella is merely a side character, but after the ending, she re-enters the story as the Hidden Boss, a character boasting high stats on par with the heroes! Lighting a fire in my gamer's soul, and taking advantage of being left on my own in my parent's territory, I trained, trained, and trained! As a result of my training… by the time I enrolled in the academy, I managed to reach level 99. Though I had planned to live out my days as inconspicuously and peacefully as possible, soon after entering the school, I'm suspected by the Heroine and Love Interests of being the Demon Lord…?

Genre
Comedy Fantasy Romance School Life Shoujo

Thoughts
What differentiates this from the other villainess/otome game stories out there is that the female lead is overpowered and a bit of a ditz on top of being an unreliable narrator but she can still be considered intelligent.
This doesn't seem to be the type of story that you take that seriously but it's definitely a fun read with a quirky character.
It's got a romance tag but I'm uncertain who she'll end up with although I highly doubt she'll have anything resembling a reverse harem.

custodes

I would love to say it would be on my read/buy list. However, the series is very much like how I eventually ended up going off Bakarina. It dragged on too long. The series had a logical conclusion, but the author decided to continue the series beyond it.

piisfun

@custodes said in Villainess Level 99:

I would love to say it would be on my read/buy list. However, the series is very much like how I eventually ended up going off Bakarina. It dragged on too long. The series had a logical conclusion, but the author decided to continue the series beyond it.

Have to agree. The end of the first volume (WN chapter 27) is the end of the "game plot," and it really should have ended there. There is a reason why romance novels don't typically get sequels.

jazzyjeoff

“Silver Plan to Redo From JK”
AKA “JK kara Yarinaosu Silver Plan”
Manga by Im Dal-Young, Lee Hye Sung
Imagine “Tearmoon Empire” set in Japan 1990. Tone down the comedy, play up the drama. The unofficial translation appears pretty good. It also has a live-action TV show being released soon.

FacelessOne

Liked the manga for this series so I thought I'd give it a little bump. Also, it seems as though the fifth volume will be coming out in June.

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Geezer Weasalopes

1st, I'm presuming the post by @jazzyjeoff is actually a suggestion of a different title for licensing, as otherwise it makes no sense whatsoever; if so, they need to create a separate topic for it, presuming there isn't one already.

As to Villainess Level 99...

Rahul Balaggan

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J-Novel Club has licensed the LN.