The prodigy reincarnated as a villainess manga series#
While that series focusses on political intrigue and the protagonist’s efforts to use her knowledge from her previous life to better the kingdom, My Next Life as a Villainess is more of a romantic comedy.
The premise of this manga is extremely similar to that of Accomplishments of the Duke’s Daughter, another manga based on a light novel that’s been licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment. It seems like characters getting reincarnated into the world of an otome game, and specifically getting reincarnated as the villain, has become something of its own genre. One of those games she remembers playing was Fortune Lover, and it seems that she has been reincarnated into the world of that game, but as the villain who stood in the way of the heroine’s romance with the Prince! What’s more, all the possible outcomes she remembers from the game end with Katrina either getting exiled or killed! Now Katrina must work to change the course of her life so that she can deviate from the story of the game and avoid her terrible fate! That’s when she regains her memories of her past life, where she was an ordinary Japenese high school student who loved playing otome (romance) games. While visiting the royal palace, she meets the young Prince Jeord and is instantly smitten with him, but, in her exuberance, she accidentally bumps into him and falls and hits her head. Katrina is the spoiled and selfish 8-year old daughter of a Duke who is used to getting her own way in everything. I haven’t read the light novels, so I can’t comment on how this manga works as an adaptation of the source material, but, considering it on its own, this first volume proved to be delightful! Despite some similarities to other manga series I’ve read, I believe this is a title that stands on its own merits it’s funny, heart-warming and super cute! My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom is an adaptation of a light novel series, which I assume is pretty popular, as it will soon be turned into an anime.