English Title: My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Japanese Title: 乙女ゲームã®ç ´æ»…フラグã—ã‹ãªã„悪役令嬢ã«è»¢ç”Ÿã—ã¦ã—ã¾ã£ãŸâ€¦ — “Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shite shimatta…” — “Bakarina”
Author: Satoru Yamaguchi — å±±å£ æ‚Ÿ
Illustrator: Nami Hidaka — ã²ã ã‹ãªã¿
Translator: Shirley Yeung
Genre: Comedy, Video Game Isekai, Romance, Otome
Original Run: August 2015 – ongoing
English Run: November 2018 – ongoing
Japanese Publisher: Ichijinsha Bunko Iris (Ichijinsha)
English Publisher: J-Novel Club
Volumes in Japanese: 9 (In Progress)
Volumes in English: 9 (In Progress)
Note: Also available to read online through a J-Novel Club subscription. This series is currently digital-only.
- English Website — Japanese Website
- MAL Entry — Forum — Anime-Planet
- Baka Updates — LNDB.info — Novel Updates
Synopsis: After hitting her head particularly hard one day, Duke Claes’ daughter, Katarina, suddenly recalls all the memories of her past life: that of a teenage Japanese girl. Just before her untimely death, this girl recalls playing an otome game… that is exactly like the world she’s living in now! She is now Katarina Claes, the antagonist of the otome game, who nastily hounded the protagonist until the end. Knowing all the possible outcomes of the game, she realizes that every single possible route ends with Katarina being murdered or exiled! In order to avoid these Catastrophic Bad Ends, she has to use her knowledge of the game and her own wiles, starting with breaking off this engagement with the prince… Will Katarina survive while making her way through this world, where bad flags trip at every turn? Find out in this reverse-harem rom-com, led by everybody’s favorite villainess!
Volume 1
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eBook Released November 17, 2018 — ASIN: B07J1CNXXS
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Paperback Releasing May 5, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1718366602
Volume 2
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eBook Released February 8, 2019 — ASIN: B07KNXYS4N
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Paperback Releasing July 07, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1718366619
Volume 3
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Released May 4, 2019 — ASIN: B07NWXKPH8
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Paperback Releasing September 01, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1718366626
Volume 4
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Released July 16, 2019 — ASIN: B07RK51P2C
Volume 5
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Released April 26, 2020 — ASIN: B084NSYX19
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Paperback Releasing January 05, 2021 -- ISBN-13: 9781718366640
Volume 6
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Released June 28, 2020 — ASIN: B0873C2929
Volume 7
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Releasing September 23, 2020 — ASIN: B08C2632PS
Volume 8Â
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ebook Released November 28, 2020 -- ASIN: B08J3ZVG6P
Volume 9Â
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eBook Released July 1, 2021 -- ASIN: B091Z99Z9K
Reviews of My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
- English Light Novels: Vol 1 — Vol 2 — Vol 3
- Justus R. Stone: Vol 1 — Vol 2
- Manga Bookshelf: Vol 1 — Vol 2 — Vol 3 — Vol 4 — Vol 5 — Vol 6 — Vol 7 — Vol 8
- HeavensDoorKnob: Vol 1
- ANN (Rebecca Silverman: Vols 1-3 — Vol 4 — Vol 5
Illustrations Sampler
Anime Adaptation
Season One MAL Entry — 12 episodes. Aired April 2020 to June 2020. Covered volumes 1 to 2 of the light novel series.
Season Two – Announced at the end of Season One.
Manga Adaptation
MAL Entry — Published March 2018 – ongoing (English release by Seven Seas)
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I wonder which one is better: the manga or the light novel.
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It should also be noted that season 1 of the anime also adapted some parts of vol. 5 (short-stories collection)
Cool. I’ll fix that. I knew it had some material aside from volumes 1 & 2, but I didn’t know if it was from another volume or anime-original. Thanks!
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