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Jan 11, 6:31 AM
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Nice to see this anime finally out. I no longer can remember how it was in its manga adaptation but I guess it is better to now see it in anime form.
It really was a nice touch to present it as if Alicia was the MC but then it turned out that they are actually the people to avoid LOL (nice touch with the otoge into too).
Looks like this is the isekai villainess anime to watch this season.
Jan 11, 7:37 AM

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This was a really good first episode of Light Magic and the Hero! Just kidding...but that fakeout was pretty clever. They even built up the worldbuilding of this otome game setting before we got to meet the MC. A nice way to get through it in my opinion!
Jan 11, 8:07 AM
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Loved the light novel. Very very happy to actually see Yumelia’s blank face instead of whatever my imagination did. I am pretty excited for this. As much as I liked the fakeout at the beginning and found it fun, it robbed me of like 10+ minutes of Yumelia time and now I have to wait until next week to get more.
Jan 11, 8:19 AM
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Feb 2019
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Pretty funny, lets see the other eps.
Jan 11, 1:57 PM
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Mar 2020
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Decent anime, tho not huge isekai to game world type of, but watchable.
Jan 11, 5:42 PM
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Oct 2021
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What a great opening episode!

They legitimately had me in the first half, so much so that I actually checked the title just to make sure I hadn’t clicked on the wrong anime or something, lol.


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Jan 12, 12:52 AM
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Jan 2024
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really love this show, i just hope no romance like the ending envisioned
Jan 12, 2:00 AM
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Dec 2021
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Cool, Almost everything is expected
Jan 12, 8:59 AM
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May 2023
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btw, the first opening song at the first half of episode already released in Spotify
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Jan 12, 12:00 PM
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Feb 2015
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That was a good plot twist, I was like going into the episode like yeh okay pink hair mc and her otome life sure completely forgetting who the mc really is until I thought about the show's main art again and remembered about Yumiella until like the otome game's OP came abouts and I was like oh shit yehhhh and realized too there were no credits at all until we really see who the mc actually is right at the half mark
Gonna be interesting to see how Yumiella tries to weave her way out of her destined doom but they did her dirty revealing her level to everyone 😂
She must've forgotten there was like a level orb sequence near the start of the game or something too
Jan 12, 12:53 PM
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I loved that they initially started it off from a different perspective, made me think we were following the right person but to switch it up and have the opening and ending reversed to to make you only realize that you're following the main character just now is awesome.

Intriguing way to initiate the first episode of an anime, made me feel giddy lol
Jan 13, 1:56 AM
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Jun 2017
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will watch this one...
Jan 13, 3:03 AM
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Heroine armor.

Falling headfirst onto her prince.
Jan 13, 4:08 AM

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Yumiella's reactions are too cute. Poor girl just wanted a normal life. I was kind of wtf in the beginning because I already seen that Yumellia is the MC its still was cute and the twist was interesting.For now looks pretty solid
Jan 13, 3:53 PM
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mid episode, mid manga
Jan 14, 4:59 PM
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I understand them wanting to have the little plot twist, but I feel like it's actually kind of a bad move to spend half the episode establishing the original characters instead of the main one. I kind of wish they'd instead started out with the cheesy fake intro and THEN it showed that it was a game that Yumiella played in her previous life, that way you could have the exposition and have a lot of time to establish the character.
However, since they took the time to establish Alice's personality, this may be a sign that they'll take the route of the manga instead of the light novel regarding her character, something that I'd honestly prefer. S'always cool to have nuanced "antagonists" so to speak.

Also, geez, those 3D monster sure looked.. bad.

Oh but "Love or Hate" is such a bop, I won't skip the OP just to listen to it!
Jan 14, 11:00 PM
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Man, when they did the game's opening song, I saw a different name (Light magic and the Hero). I thought I'm watching a different anime by mistake lol.
Jan 15, 3:04 AM
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LMAO the first half of this episode caught me off guard so bad I was thinking I thought this was a really cliche otome villainess anime bc of the fake title (light magic and hero) and the fake PowerPoint opening raised eyebrows for me so quickly I thought to myself “is this the anime I’m supposed to be watching? Bc this wasn’t in the description”🤣😭

That is until we got introduced to our real MC who’s our seasonal Villainess MC which I eat up always so I’m looking forward to this🤩

The animation isn’t looking too promising to me though😓
Jan 16, 2:34 AM
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When the Mc is first introduced I found it funny in my opinion, this anime introduced itself in a way I haven’t seen before. I wouldn’t say plot twist but it was similar. I love the perspectives. I can tell I’m gonna love this anime.
Jan 16, 1:21 PM

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No rest for truck-kun this season! The CGI is really bad and appears quite a few times during the episode. Other than that, it was pretty cool the way they introduced Alicia like she was the MC, knowing nothing about the source material, I got got. I'm sure it's annoying for people knowing the source material but I don't feel like it was a waste of time since we got to learn about all the supporting cast during the intro anyway, just from another POV.
Jan 16, 6:52 PM
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Apr 2019
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Alicia got so much screentime, if you didn't read the manga you'd think she's the protagonist at first.
Jan 17, 1:59 AM
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Mar 2020
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Isekai truck strikes again. This is getting cringe how often this is used. If you're going to be lazy and make an isekai so you have a dumbo to explain how the world works to at least don't use the dang truck.
Jan 17, 4:07 AM

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Dolkness? More like Dorkness.
Jan 19, 3:27 PM

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A pretty good first episode.
The beginning is completely different than in the manga, the first 15 min or so where its only the game mc, where completely new (at least for in the manga) which i really liked! It gave the series more depth than in the manga, where the game mc has very little screen time.
So all in all a very good first episode!
Jan 23, 4:01 PM
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Sep 2020
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Nice intro. トラック君 strikes again.
Jan 24, 10:46 AM
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May 2023
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First half was really slow and boring, I had to fastforward it a bit. Second half is somewhat interesting.
Jan 24, 11:12 AM
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First half was really slow and boring, I had to fastforward it a bit. Second half is somewhat interesting.
Jan 24, 11:12 AM
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First half was really slow and boring, I had to fastforward it a bit. Second half is somewhat interesting.
Jan 24, 10:17 PM

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Lol truck-kun strikes again.
Jan 28, 12:34 PM

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NGL I double checked if I was actually watching the correct show in the first 10 minutes. Only introducing the MC halfway through is certainly unique!
"This emotion is mine alone.
It is for Madoka alone." - Homura
or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica.
Jan 30, 12:49 AM

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well, she really shouldn't have leveled up so much when she was younger if she wanted to live a peaceful life lol
Feb 3, 1:22 AM

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The crystal ball part with her being lvl 99 reminded me of the Goblet of Fire moment from Harry Potter where everyone thinks they're a freak and that they tampered with it.
Feb 7, 3:05 AM
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Alicia funny & cute with Edwin. oh red lancer. So she just Maria Campbell clone.
haaaa cant stop laughing these silly surname puns.
dual pov quaint. vn style as op not sure, but Jumondo don't have a good history yet, nice song tho.
oh it didn't break the level crystal.
super cool ED (real op). looks like multiple ships here. Too many villainess shows so bar getting higher, characters fun so got potential.
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Feb 23, 4:54 PM

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Just started this one and I love it! Does anyone know if there's any yuri or yuribair moments with Yumellia and Alicia, or if there's a M/F romance in store, or if it's a romance-less series?
Mar 3, 3:34 AM

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Been wanting to watch this one but was skeptic since it's a villainess anime. Still decided to finally give it a go and this seemed like a nice start.

I love my emotionless heroines, so that's a big plus and Fairouz Ai voicing her is even better. So much for her peaceful life though, RIP. The visual novel style intro was funny but I'm guessing the ED was the actual OP of the anime.
Mar 27, 10:10 AM

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she was cute as a kid.

she could have either asked the teachers not to announce her level or just not go up there at all :P
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Mar 30, 9:30 AM

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Yumiella: goodbye my peaceful life

ME: no kidding lol

this type of stories are so amusing and entertaining where mc wants either ordinary life or peaceful life or be side character but gets the opposite


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Apr 4, 2:00 PM

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1) Why Start Off With Pink Hair Girl Then ?

2) Tch , Have To Put Up With A Couple Of Episodes Of This Man...

Apr 17, 8:52 AM

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great and funny intro.. that was unexpected .. LOL

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Jun 27, 7:57 AM

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That was a great start. Pretty neat that they did the first half of the episode from the game's heroine pov to introduce us to the story.

Truly, RIP your peaceful life haha. I was thinking that they'd definitely find ways to antagonize her without her doing anything, and now with the level 99 reveal they wile definitely do so.
Dec 2, 11:40 AM
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Very originalț liked the twist
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