Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Ura-Boss desu ga Maou dewa Arimasen

The beginning of Light Magic and the Hero, an otome RPG, unfolds fairly normally: the heroine, Alicia Ehnleit, meets her three love interests one after another and then inevitably comes face-to-face with the villainess. Yumiella Dolkness may be of noble descent, but her dark hair and rare dark-type magic—both associated with the Demon Lord—spark fear in anyone who sees her. When she is five years old, Yumiella regains memories of her previous life in modern Japan, also realizing that her fate is to become the hidden boss that appears after Alicia and her suitors defeat the Demon Lord.

Yumiella refuses to live as the game dictates and, as she prefers the game's fantasy elements over its romance, she decides to cultivate her magical skills and level up in secret. However, everything falls apart on the day of the Royal Academy's entrance ceremony. Yumiella's powers are measured at level 99—something thought impossible even for the royal knights, let alone a 15-year-old girl. With the royal family requesting her help, and everyone else insisting that she prove her strength, Yumiella realizes that her dream of a quiet life is no longer an option.

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Dolkness, Yumiella Main

Fairouz Ai Japanese

Ashbatten, Patrick Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Hillrose, Eleanora Supporting

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Ehnleit, Alicia Supporting

Waki, Azumi Japanese

Rita Supporting

Hasegawa, Ikumi Japanese

Adolf Supporting

Kawada, Shinji Japanese

Sara Supporting

Hayashi, Coco Japanese

Maou Supporting

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Ronald Supporting

Furukawa, Makoto Japanese

Monford, Jessica Supporting

Inagaki, Konomi Japanese

Iizuka, Aya Producer

Nemoto, Yuuka Producer

Higashi, Mao Producer

Kamata, Hajime Producer

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Sep 17, 2024

mushimk

Recommended

- An anime that forgot to level up
Clearly, Akuyaku Reijou Level 99 is lacking in many ways. Starting with its execution, as the animation and graphics could barely sustained the story. This might be enough in a way, since this anime is not exactly trying to deepen our existence from its visuals.

Provided that you do not have too much expectations, following this very stoic villainess to achieve her only goal (which could be resume to be as grand as being green grass or a forgotten landscape paint) could prove quite funny to some viewers, specifically in her monologues or retort answers. But honestly... that's about ... it.
Contrary to its main character, this anime could have gained from some leveling, still if you're patient enough and need something easy to follow without much intensity, I can recommend Akuyaku Reijou Level 99 since I'm feeling magnanimous.
But you might need to level up yourself afterward...

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Dec 23, 2024

ninja35mm

Mixed Feelings

So, this is an isekai where the protagonist gets thrown into a game, something like a text-based dating sim, but with a magical medieval setting. The standout feature is that the MC plays the antagonist in the game’s original story, but she’s not about to stick to the script. Thanks to her chill personality and meta-knowledge of the game world, she really stands out compared to the usual tropes in similar anime.

Despite the genre, the romance arcs aren’t super cringey, and a solid chunk of time is spent on the actual plot. Fun fact: the short light novel this is based on is ... already finished, and the first season, which dropped this year, feels like a complete story. Even if it doesn’t get a continuation, there’s no loose ends or unfinished business, which is a huge win.

On the flip side, everything feels condensed. A lot of side events are skipped over—which, honestly, thank god—but the MC’s near-omniscient knowledge of the game’s future and her practically unbeatable skills make the story predictable and kinda flat. There’s no big intrigue, no *oomph*. And with that, watching her deal with the clueless aristocrat dummies at the academy gets old real fast. I’m not a fan of formalities in general (which there were way too many of in the Tensei Kizoku, Kantei Skill de Nariagaru), and this one really walked the line of being unbearable.

Oh, and the beginning is... weird. It takes 3-4 episodes to really get into the groove of the plot, and the very start is totally misleading about what this anime is even supposed to be. Like, come on, don’t waste our time with bait-and-switch tactics. It felt cheap to me.

The animation and visuals are solidly average, maybe a bit above. It’s easy on the eyes. The music’s decent too, but kinda samey. There’s a lot of humor, though some of it tends to repeat itself.

Unlike the Saikyou Onmyouji no Isekai Tenseiki, the MC’s personality from her original world isn’t fleshed out at all. And now that I’ve seen how much of a missed opportunity that is, it really cheapens the whole thing. Like, supposedly she played this game a ton of times, right? If they’d thrown in some flashbacks to her past life and tied them into the game’s plot, it would’ve hit *so much harder*.

That’s about it. A simple and, most importantly, complete story you can watch once and be done with.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 25, 2024

sroodsari

Not Recommended

Started off good, all my favorite tropes, misunderstood villainess is a game where they’re trying to fix the plot and then they redeem themselves etc etc… but then got boring. Pretty shallow level writing, not much character development
It’s a very cliche trope (which I like) but I didn’t really get attached to any of the characters. Even the lead kinda bored me. Art was fine , but what was the point.
If you want a casual kind of filler show, this would be good, but if ur looking for something exciting, try something else
How much do I need to write jeez

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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