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

Williams, Henry Supporting

Ishiya, Haruki Japanese

Mel Supporting

Hondo, Kaede 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, Animation Director, Key Animation

Tsuchiya, Masanori Sound Director

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Dec 24, 2024

Marinate1016

Recommended

When I think about the best villainess characters of all time, I’ll have Alicia in that list. Rekiaku is a pretty straightforward otome style story, but Alicia is what really makes it enjoyable. She’s determined to go down in history as a legendary villainess in a world where no one’s ever heard of the role. This was a fun watch from start to finish thanks in large part to Alicia’s antics and the way she genuinely wants to make a difference in the world. It had some issues, but I was overall very pleased and will miss this one a lot!

Like I said, Alicia ... was the main draw here for me. She was just such a cool lead, full of energy and ambition, while not being stupid. Whereas a lot of otome leads want to lead normal lives out of the spotlight, Alicia embraces her abilities and wants to improve her country. She recognises the inequality that’s rampant in the country and actually stands up for the voiceless in society. While she tries to be an edgelord at times, she’s got a heart of gold and throughout the show we see everyone she comes into contact with’s lives drastically improved. Whether it’s helping a poor village out or stopping bullying in school, Alicia just seems to know exactly what to do!

As we’ve come to expect from otome shows, the world Alicia gets reincarnated into doesn’t end up going the same way as the game she played on Earth. Particularly as it relates to her role and relationships as the villainess. This leads to conflict between she and the saint and that’s where my first big issue with this show is. The Saint is the most annoying character ever. She has this superficial holier than thou gimmick that just made watching every scene with her such a chore. It’s so obvious that it’s fake and not who she really is, leading to a lot of conflicts between she and Alicia throughout. But even when she got fleshed out at the end of the series, I just couldn’t bring myself to care about her. She’s annoying and a weak antagonist. My other issue is the male lead in the show who’s like 4 years older than Alicia and has been into her since she was 7. Very creepy relationship dynamic that the show tries to play off as a cute, but it never landed with me. In fact that’s one of the major reasons I can’t rate this as highly as I want to. The story is solid, Alicia is a great character, but man that romance is bad.

Production wise, nothing really to speak of here. Art is solid, animation is mediocre to passable and the voice acting is decent.

I’m kind of met with a conundrum when evaluating this show because I love the MC, but dislike the romance and conflict with the saint. For me personally this took it down a little bit, but it’s still worth checking out if you like well written female characters. Alicia is badass, beautiful and competent. While the story has its flaws, I still really enjoyed watching it when the prince wasn’t on screen.

Rekiaku gets 8 out of 10

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Dec 29, 2024

ninja35mm

Mixed Feelings

This is an isekai-otome-shoujo. Look at me flexing this fancy vocabulary after watching like thirty titles, huh?

So basically, it’s a girl-for-girls kind of story about an isekai’d protagonist who ends up in the alternate reality of a dating sim. I’m not a huge fan of this subgenre—I’ve only seen Villainess Level 99—and while on the surface these titles seem similar (same setting, same starting point for the MC), they’re actually very different.

This anime has plenty of solid dialogue. Most of it wasn’t too painful to sit through (and that’s saying something coming from someone outside the target audience). Sure, there were some blatantly dragged-out or ... straight-up dumb moments, especially when the characters should say something but don’t for no reason, causing unnecessary problems. I see this trope as a lazy slap in the viewer’s face. Thankfully, there weren’t too many of those.

Aside from the dialogue, I want to highlight the independent subplots: the one about the struggling village and the king’s brother. It’s refreshing to see an otome that doesn’t just stick to romantic relationships between young people but delves into deeper philosophical themes—like governance, parent-child dynamics, and more.

The balance between humor and drama was spot on. I especially loved the cute little animated inserts—they fit perfectly and added to the charm.

It’s solidly average. The world-building, music, and animation are all fine—nothing amazing, but nothing offensively bad either.

Verdict: if you’re a fan of the genre, you’ll probably enjoy it. That said, if you’ve already binged every variation out there, this one won’t bring anything new to the table. For isekai miners like me? Meh, you can do better. The protagonist and the supporting cast are well-written, though, so if you’re into character development, it might be worth a watch.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 24, 2024

EvilChing

Not Recommended

Episodes 1-12 held the story pretty well.
Episode 13 ruined it.
If we take episode 13 out of the way then its definitely a 10/10.

It's really bad when they try to show a strong and independent character that does absolutely what they deem necessary throughout the story, but discard it all with 1 scene...

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.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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