Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naru zo

The kind and compassionate heroine of an otome game may be as flawless as she is admirable, but a certain young woman from Japan much prefers the villainess, Alicia Williams. She sees sense in Alicia's ruthless verbal abuse and values her discipline and fortitude. On the other hand, aside from always toying with Prince Duke Seeker's emotions, the commoner heroine seems to only spout lip service.

Given the choice, the young woman would love to be reincarnated as Alicia—and her wish suddenly comes true! Seven-year-old Alicia awakens with the memories of her past life, now aware of all the future events, outcomes, and the world's secrets. She has no fear; to outsmart the heroine and avoid a bad ending, all Alicia needs is hard work, mastery of her noble family's dark magic, and the determination to become the greatest villainess in history.

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Williams, Alicia Main

Nakamura, Kanna Japanese

Seeker, Duke Main

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Cather, Liz Supporting

Iwami, Manaka Japanese

Jill Supporting

Takahashi, Rie Japanese

Mel Supporting

Hondo, Kaede Japanese

Williams, Henry Supporting

Ishiya, Haruki Japanese

Smith, Finn Supporting

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Rebecca Supporting

Ookubo, Rumi Japanese

Neal, Johnson Supporting

Hase, Norihito Japanese

Marika Supporting

Kawaida, Natsumi Japanese

Usukura, Ryuutarou Producer

Mukai, Yuuki Producer

Yanase, Yuuji Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director

Tsuchiya, Masanori Sound Director

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Feb 14, 2025

giogama08

Recommended

Absolutely love it! This is exactly how a "oh, my! I reincarnated as a villaness... oh, well, better take my job seriously" suppose to be! It's a clear example of what would happen if a nice person have to become the villain in any story. Alicia is no bad per se, and I don't think she has any idea what is a true villain role, but at least she's trying. She had such an admiration for the original rpg game's villain and I'm actually thankful she's not trying to change the original story as she knows it, she's just trying to be her best self. ...
Except for Liz and maybe Jill, every other chapter looks a bit hollow and dull, but that makes Alicia role even more appealing. I appreciate how the father is depict in the story, where he actually has an active job parenting, which is funny cuz we barely see her mother.
I enjoyed every second of this anime and wish there's more of it. I'm thinking of reading the manga to keep watching Alicia's shenanigans and know what happens at the end between the prince and her!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jan 29, 2025

Simkin13

Mixed Feelings

I do hate writing a review especially when there are some who don't agree and then the review just gets removed. This shows poor management of MyAnimeList, but hey, it is about the only website I have found where i can keep a record of my ratings. I just felt the need to inform true anime fans about this anime.

This is a similar anime to so many others but hey, many people like these kinds of anime so they are fun to watch. This one however, I was thinking do i rate it a 8 or a 9, then the last episode, ... rating it a 7. Also adding the NNTWA (no need to watch again).

I do like fantasy, however, I like to have some realism in fantasy. When characters do a sharp turn from what they are normally like, it ruins the whole thing. You will like it until the last episode, then you will feel so bad you 'wasted' your time. Hate to say that, but it really was bad to do it that way. Now who knows, maybe the novel went into great detail why the ending had everyone acting so differently than their character would allow them to act.

Overall, if you are bored with nothing else to watch, then watch it. If bad endings make you feel bad, then skip it. I do feel bad they chose to end it in a stupid way. No spoiler here, just trying to save some a lot of frustration and disappointment.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jan 27, 2025

havrak

Not Recommended

Just another compilation of motives we have seen hundreds of time done worse than we seen hundreds of times. Author clearly had a checklist off all tropes he needed to hit and well he certainly did.

First of all the world building is a mess - you've got the standard European-esque society with magic being nobles only -> this necessitates a standard discrimination sideplot. Except this time everybody thinks it's bad - noble families heads agree, king agrees but that doesn't matter since that is a genre trope and therefore needed. Also there is this poor village made up of criminals, except no criminals are there ... and for some reasons this village made up of like 5 houses is constantly on mind of every aristocrat.

Worse then world building are characters, chief among them the main antagonist Liz. She has the standard trope of having magic she can't control that makes everyone like her. Except we know that day one leading to an incredibly shallow character and all drama that leads from this also doesn't have any depth. She doesn't evolve a single bit trough the whole show, till the "OMG I didn't know I was manipulating everyone" realization which makes here picture perfect ideal whatever. Author could have setted her up as genuinely sinister person - and for a brief second it looked like that (episode 6) but the author was too scared to commit and it went nowhere.

Our protagonists is just slightly better. the concept of here actually wanting to play out the role of villanes could have been refreshing. However it went essentially nowhere - she doesn't make any person dislike her (except the Liz's drug junkies, which doesn't count) and for a "evil" person she is full lot of unnecessary compassion. Probably would have helped if they decided to drop all the stuff with common folk. Or she could have done the same things not out of compassion but in order to create a more efficient exploitative system. Currently we have a protag who is "playing" as character, leading to her not being a one in a first place.

Ending was partially spoiled in like a first episode (I cannot phantom why would the author done this since it added absolutely nothing. ) and cemented in 10th (I think). Not to mention, as is common in anime, it ended up with sequel baiting.

Animation is simplistic tough workable, soundscape is fine.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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