Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita

I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss (悪役令嬢なのでラスボスを飼ってみました, Akuyaku Reijō Nanode Last Boss o Katte Mimashita) is a Japanese light novel series written by Sarasa Nagase and illustrated by Mai Murasaki. It began serialization online in May 2017 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Kadokawa Shoten, who have published ten volumes since September 2017 under their Kadokawa Beans Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Anko Yuzu was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace from June 2018 to August 2019. It was collected in three tankōbon volumes. Both the light novel and manga are licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation produced by Maho Film premiered in September 2022.

Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita has been published in English as I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss by Yen Press since October 26, 2021. An anime television series adaptation by Maho Film is set to premiere in October 2022.

Synopsis
Being acutely ill, a young girl has spent most of her life in a hospital room playing otome games to fill her time. However, she one day finds herself in the midst of a scene from one of these games as the story's villainess, Irene Loren D'Autriche.

At the banquet to celebrate the end of the academy's winter term, the crown prince and Irene's childhood friend, Cedric Jeanne Elmeier, publicly annuls his engagement with Irene and announces that he is in love with Lilia Rainworth, the game's female protagonist. Aware of the tragic future ahead of her and determined to change it, the young girl resolves to conquer the game's final boss, the "Demon King" and Cedric's half-brother, Claude Jeanne Elmeier, by making him fall in love with her instead.

With time running out, can Irene succeed with her plans, or will she remain bound to the ill-fated ending that awaits her?

Light novel
The series by Sarasa Nagase began serialization online on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in May 2017. It was acquired by Kadokawa Shoten who began publishing it as a light novel with illustrations by Mai Murasaki through their Kadokawa Beans Bunko imprint on September 1, 2017. The light novel is licensed in North America by Yen Press. As of October 2021, 9 volumes have been released.

Manga
A manga adaptation by Anko Yuzu was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace from June 2018 to August 2019. It was collected in three tankōbon volumes. The manga is also licensed in North America by Yen Press.

Character
The main protagonist (Definitely not a hero) of this work. She is the reincarnated form of the villainess of "Regalia of Saints, Demons, and Maidens" the one who interferes with the heroine's love life. She is the only daughter of the House of D'Autriche Duke of the Ellmeyer Empire. She died from an unknown disease in her previous life and was reincarnated as the main villainess of the game she was playing during her last days.

A reincarnated girl from Japan, she recovers her memories from her previous life in which she played the game's original setting. Knowing Aileen is destined to die in the normal course of events, she uses her vast knowledge of the original game in order to avoid her demise, getting closer to Claude who is the one bound to kill her. A diligent, kind, and empowered lady, she is shown to not just rely on her knowledge of the game, being politically savvy, a successful businesswoman, and a careful tactician, skills she puts to use in order to both avoid danger to herself.

But she also propels the land of demons. She has a bit of an inferiority complex towards her brothers, as being the only female meant she did not gain as much attention or recognition, thus she put tremendous effort into her education in order to be acknowledged. However, this ended up ostracizing her from her peers. Although she was viewed with skepticism, her competence along with her culinary ability gained her the favor of the demon populace.

Personality


 * As Aileen, she has shown to use her knowledge of the game's events to advertise the possibility of her demise. She is a bold, intelligent, and slightly sly girl with great ambitions (even before she regained her memories).
 * Known as a diligent, kind, and empowered lady, Aileen utilizes the game knowledge from her previous life to her advantage. Aside from this, she has an inferiority complex toward her older brothers.

Abilities
"Dresses are battle armor for women!"

- Aileen Lauren D'Autriche There are many animations about reincarnation in another world that say, "After dying in this world, you are immediately reincarnated in another world as a different personality." However, it is easier to understand that "villain daughter's last boss" is reincarnation rather than reincarnation in another world.

At the beginning of the anime, Irene is told to break off her engagement and realizes that she has been reincarnated into an otome game. When she thinks of reincarnation in another world, she thinks that she was reincarnated in an otome game at that moment. Until now, she lived normally in the world of otome games, and she only regained my memories of my previous life, so she still has memories of living in the world of otome games.

She uses her vast knowledge of the original game in order to avoid her demise, getting closer to Claude who is the one bound to kill her. A diligent, kind, and empowered lady, she is shown to not just rely on her knowledge of the game, being politically savvy, a successful businesswoman, and a careful tactician, skills she puts to use in order to both avoid danger to herself. Despite her figure, Aileen is trained in both swordsmanship and Martial arts, even though her swordsmanship is very novice she still can deflect and parry any opponent's attack. "I consider quality over quantity!"

- Aileen Lauren D'Autriche Because of Claude (Husband of Aileen and Ruler of the Ellmeyer kingdom & Demon), tampered with Aileen's shadow in order to protect and communicate with her. Because of this Aileen's shadow became a gateway for the demon in order to protect her or aid her. Thus her shadow can also act as communication to other mages who want to rely on a message even though she can see the people/person who is on the other side of the message.


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TV Anime
On October 1, 2021, an anime adaptation was announced. It was later revealed to be a television series produced by Maho Film and directed by Kumiko Habara, with scripts written by Kenta Ihara, and character designs handled by Momoko Makiuchi, Eri Kojima, and Yūko Ōba. The music is composed by Natsumi Tabuchi, Hanae Nakamura, Miki Sakurai, Sayaka Aoki, and Kanade Sakuma. It aired from October 1 to December 17, 2022, on Tokyo MX, MBS, Wowow, AT-X, and BS-TBS.

The opening theme song is "Kyо̄kan Sarenakute mo Ii Janai" (共感されなくてもいいじゃない) by Rie Takahashi, while the ending theme song is "Nomick" (ノミック, Nomikku) by ACCAMER. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia, and have streamed an English dub starting on October 15, 2022. Medialink also licensed the series across Asia-Pacific.

Staff

 * Original work - Sarasa Nagase
 * Original illustration - Mai Murasaki
 * Director - Kumiko Habara
 * Series Composition/Screenplay - Kenta Inohara
 * Main character designs - Momoko Makiuchi, Eri Kojima, Yuko Oba
 * Prop Design - Hikaru Kodama, Kumiko Habara
 * Concept Design - Hijiri Edamatsu
 * Art Director - Satoshi Shibata
 * Color design - Aki Watanabe
 * Cinematographer - Yukina Nomura
 * 3DCG Director - Dick Ogahara
 * Editing - Mayumi Komori
 * Acoustic director - Toshiki Kameyama
 * Music - Tabuchi Natsumi, Nakamura Tomomi Na jū, Sakurai Miki, Aoki sayaka, Saku kansō
 * Music Production -Hine
 * Music cooperation - Milica Music, Nichion
 * Music Producer - Daisuke Mizuta
 * Producers - Hiroyuki Aoi, Harumi Sato, Mika Sugimoto, Satoshi Cao, Miho Iijima, Keisuke Sato, Hirotaka Kaneko & Akio Fukui
 * Animation Producer - Yuki Mukai
 * Animation production - MAHO FILM
 * Production - Akulas Production Committee 2022

Reception
Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network said of the first volume of the light novel: "It isn't wholly innovative, but Aileen's growing awareness that she's actively rewriting the plot is good, and the novel just gets better as it goes on." She praised the illustrations and said that "Aileen's active script-flipping gives the book a real edge", but criticized its use of familiar story beats and present tense narration. She later reviewed the second and third volumes, stating: "Both books have a lot of good giggles in them, with the ducks being a highlight across both volumes. The epilogue to volume three is a delightful comedy of errors ... and Aileen, although at times unbelievably dense, is mostly a very engaging heroine."

External Link

 * Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita ─ Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
 * Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita ─ Light novel official website (in Japanese)
 * Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita ─ Work information (Manga Official Website) | Comp Ace (in Japanese)
 * Tv Anime "Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita" official website (in Japanese)
 * Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita ─ TV anime official (@akulas_pr) - Twitter
 * Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
 * Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita ─ Wikipedia (in English)

Trivia

 * Lilia ends up corrupting the heroine of the sequel story, turning the nice girl into a bully; while preventing the girl who would be the villainess from becoming evil due to it.

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