Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord (悪役令嬢レベル99 ～私は裏ボスですが魔王ではありません～, Akuyaku Reijō Reberu 99: Watashi wa Ura Bosudesuga Maō de wa Arimasen) is a Japanese light novel series written by Satori Tanabata with illustrations by Tea. It initially began serialization as a web novel published on the user-generated novel publishing site Shōsetsuka ni Narō in June 2018. It was then acquired by Fujimi Shobo who began publish to publish it as a light novel under their Kadokawa Books imprint in May 2019. A manga adaptation illustrated by Nokomi began serialization in Enterbrain's B's Log Comic magazine in February 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by Jumondou is set to premiere in January to March 2024.
Synopsis[]
A certain Otome RPG takes place in the Varschein Kingdom, where dark hair is stigmatized to an abnormal degree. Yumiella Dolkness is the daughter of a count, hated from birth due to her pitch-black locks—and she is also the hidden boss! In a twist of fate, at five years of age, Yumiella recalls memories of her past life in Japan. Uninterested in the romance aspect of the original game, she begins to dedicate herself to training her rare dark-type magic.
Despite this, Yumiella's goals are clear: avoid becoming the hidden boss and stay out of the limelight. Upon entering the magic academy, however, she shakes the foundation of the kingdom when her level 99 status comes to light. Whether a physical brawl or magic duel, her abilities are unmatched, and coupled with her black hair, she sticks out like a sore thumb. To make matters worse, the original heroine begins suspecting she is the demon lord! Can the deadpan noble girl achieve her wish of a peaceful life?
List of Published Books[]
Light Novel[]
Written by Satori Tanabata, the series began serialization as a web novel on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on June 15, 2018. It was later acquired by Fujimi Shobo who began publishing it as a light novel with illustrations by Tea under their Kadokawa Books imprint on May 10, 2019. It has been collected in five volumes as of June 2022. The series is licensed in English by J-Novel Club.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | May 10, 2019 | 978-4-04-073172-8 | May 29, 2023 | 978-1-71-838062-2 |
| 2 | November 9, 2019 | 978-4-04-073379-1 | September 11, 2023 | 978-1-71-838064-6 |
| 3 | May 9, 2020 | 978-4-04-073642-6 | November 24, 2023 | 978-1-71-838066-0 |
| 4 | April 9, 2021 | 978-4-04-073862-8 | February 22, 2024 | 978-1-71-838068-4 |
| 5 | June 10, 2022 | 978-4-04-074407-0 | May 30, 2024 | 978-1-71-838070-7 |
| 6 | January 10, 2024 | 978-4-04-075251-8 | — | — |
Manga[]
A manga adaptation illustrated by nocomi began serialization in Enterbrain's B's Log Comic magazine on February 5, 2020. It has been collected in three volumes as of February 2023. The manga series is licensed in English by One Peace Books. A voice comic adaptation of the manga featuring the voices of Fairouz Ai, Yuma Uchida and Azumi Waki was released on December 24, 2021.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | October 1, 2020 | 978-4-0473-6216-1 | August 15, 2023 | 978-1-6427-3302-0 |
| 2 | November 1, 2021 | 978-4-0473-6681-7 978-4-0473-6793-7 (SE) |
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| 3 | February 1, 2023 | 978-4-0473-7355-6 | — | — |
| 4 | March 1, 2024 | 978-4-0473-7808-7 | — | — |
Character[]
Yumiella Dolkness, the eldest daughter of Count Dolkness. Originally, she was the villainous daughter (a minor role) in the otome game "Hikari no Mahou to Yuusha-sama" and a character who stands in front of the heroine as a back boss in the challenging elements after clearing the main story. However, in the story, she is a "reincarnated person with memories of her life as a college girl who was a hardcore Japanese gamer" and as she acts to protect her destruction, she unintentionally shakes those around her.
Because of her black hair and eyes, which are the same as those of the Demon King, and because she is a rare user of dark magic among humans, she was an object of avoidance from the moment of her birth, and her parents abandoned child-rearing and did not even exchange letters, let alone meet her, and the maids and education staff who were forced to look after her had only minimal contact with her.
Furthermore, when she was 5 years old, she awakened memories of her previous life, and as a result of her "nature as a gamer who prefers RPGs to Otome games" working in the wrong direction, she came to the conclusion that "to avoid being defeated as a back boss, I should thoroughly level up," and she devoted herself to leveling for 10 years.
By the time she entered the school at the age of 15, she had reached level 99, and her unusual abilities and appearance caused people around her to draw attention to her.
She is expressionless. Furthermore, due to the influence of her previous life, her sensibility is more skewed than that of ordinary people. Because of this, she causes unnecessary confusion and people around her are in awe of her, but she gradually gains more and more people who understand her through her first friend, Patrick Ashburton, and she begins to show her facial expressions accordingly.
Abilities[]
"I'm all fired up!!!"
― Yumiella Dolkness
Due to her prior knowledge of the game and being born with Dark Magic, she was able to easily raise her level to 99, something unheard of by the norm. As mentioned above, she has reached the highest level, making him the strongest in the world in terms of both physics and magic. Due to her determination to escape her death and able to defeat the demon king, Eumiellia read the magical textbook in the library and started practicing by feeling the magical power according to the procedure of the book. And she mastered the dark magic. Because of her method of using the Demon Summoning Flute, she can go to level 99. After she fought the ultimate version of herself (Yumiella Dolkness) a self-proclaimed god, and was able to win by her parallel self and break the level limit into 100. She is capable of surviving in space, and she can manipulate time by using items, but it doesn't make much sense in the strongest argument she is.
Runs faster than a character who ran at enough speed to generate a sonic wave, and from a place about 5m away from a place that exceeds the speed of sound and reaches a supersonic speed, Yumiella in a parallel world black hole (activated after chanting the technique name), instantaneous reaction from the avoidance margin of 5m. Her weak point is a light attribute attack and it is mentioned in the work, so the light attack works on her.
PARAMETER (Based on What Eumiellia know)
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| [Level:] | 99 → 100 [Limit Break] | [Alignments:] | Dark Element | [Magic Type:] | Dark Magic |
| [STR:] | Max | [INT:] | Max | [M. Attack:] | Max |
| [SPD:] | Max | [VIT:] | Max | [P. Attack:] | Max |
| [END:] | Max | [CON:] | Max | [M. Defense:] | Max |
| [Resistance:] | Max | [Focus:] | Max | [P. Defense:] | Max |
EQUIPMENT
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| ─ Growth Charm (formerly) → Amulet of Protection ─ Demon Summoning flute (formerly; Because Patrick banned using this item) ─ An amulet that Enhance Dark Magic. ─ Bastard Sword ⇆ Legendary Pruning Sword | |||||
Due being Level 99 she gained resistance to abnormality status. Due to her Super Boss-level stats, Yumiella has to hold back immensely when pitted against other people in training scenarios.
- The first example is when she is matched with William in a practice spar. Yumiella has to ensure that she does not immediately render him into quote "mincemeat" in a single hit.
- The second is when she is challenged by Edwin and the Headmaster to demonstrate her power as a Level 99. Yumiella has to modulate the power of her Black Hole spell so that it would be impressive without causing a calamity to the kingdom.
- A more distant example is during the Tournament Arc. Yumiella has to carefully regulate her strength because breaking her weapon is immediate grounds for disqualification. And she has yet to encounter a weapon that could withstand her full force for more than a few swings. (Yumiella almost does break her sword while facing William during the swordsmanship finals, but quickly punches his sword to pieces to hide it. Despite her movements being so quick the normal human eye couldn't detect it, Captain Adolf and Patrick caught her, but she isn't disqualified.)
Yumiella is the best in academics and has magical and physical abilities. Excluding her social skills, there is nothing she doesn't excel at.
"Aren't I loathed to an extreme degree?"
― Yumiella Dolkness
Officially, Yumiella unlocked ridiculous mastery of dark magic and strength basically through The Power of Hate, but the Yumiella in the story thinks that's bullshit. She believes that Yumiella could always use dark magic and always had that kind of talent, but couldn't show it off due to the negative reputation dark magic possesses, and her resentment towards the heroine having everything, in contrast, led her to become the Super Boss. She proves her point by power leveling from an early age and not bothering to hide her magic. This doubly proves her point: She is discriminated against and she didn't need any kind of dramatic power-up ability.
However, she has the following weaknesses: there are almost no weapons strong enough to withstand her power, she can only use dark attribute magic, and she is weak against light attribute attacks, which are in a rival relationship with dark attribute attacks.
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TV Anime[]
An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 24, 2023. It is produced by Jumondou and directed by Minoru Yamaoka, with scripts written by Fumihiko Shimo, character designs handled by Hitomi Kaiho and Lo Ho Kim, and music composed by Kana Utatane. The series premiered on January 9, 2024, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song, "Love or Hate?", is performed by Mayu Maeshima, while the ending theme song, "Suki ga Rebechi" (好きがレベチ, "Love on a Different Level"), is performed by Fairouz Ai and Rina Hidaka as their respective characters. The first episode features an insert song by Hanatan titled "Ray of Light", which serves as the opening of Light Magic and the Hero.
- Staff:
- Original work - Satori Tanabata (Kadokawa BOOKS)
- Original illustration - Tea
- Manga - Nokomi
- Director - Minoru Yamaoka
- Series composition - Fumihiko Shimo
- Character design - Hitomi Kaiho, Ruhiro Kim
- Prop Design - Shiori Shirasaki
- Color design - Hitomi Fujii
- Art director/setting - Kazuhiro Arai
- Director of Photography - King Han
- Editing - Emi Onodera
- Sound Director - Hitoshi Akedagawa
- Sound effects - Toshiya Wada (Swara Productions)
- Music - Utatane Kana
- Music production - KADOKAWA
- Music Producer - Saori Takeyama
- Producer - Yuka Nemoto, Yukiko Arakawa, Kanako Matsumoto, Hajime Kamata, Aya Iizuka, Mao Azuma, Takuji Wada
- Animation producer - Seiji Misaki
- Animation production - Jumondo
- Production - “Villainess Daughter Level 99” Production Committee
Crunchyroll licensed the series. Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia
| No. | Title | Directed by | Storyboarded by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "The Hidden Boss Enrolls in the Academy" Transliteration: "Ura Bosu, Gakuen ni Nyūgaku Suru" (Japanese: 裏ボス、学園に入学する) |
Shunji Yoshida | Minoru Yamaoka | January 9, 2024 |
| Alicia Ehnleit is late for her first day at the Royal Academy after using her light magic to heal an old lady. Because the gate cannot reopen, she is forced to use a hole in the wall to get in. She meets three guys, Oswald Grimsarde, William Ares, and Prince Edwin Valschein. Later at orientation, she meets a girl whom she sees a strange dark aura around and who knows her name. It's then revealed that this is all an Otome RPG. The focus then switches to the other girl, Yumiella Dolkness, who is the game's hidden boss. Her narration explains that she was a Japanese college student who was hit by a truck and reincarnated in the game's world as Yumiella. In her youth, Yumiella spent a lot of time level grinding. She realizes she doesn't know what her level is now. At orientation, the Academy instructors check all the student's levels. To everybody's shock, Yumiella is revealed to be Level 99. | ||||
| 2 | "The Hidden Boss Shows Her True Strength" Transliteration: "Ura Bosu, Jitsuryoku o Miseru" (Japanese: 裏ボス、実力を見せる) |
Choi In-seop, Kim Cheng-de | Ryoji Fujiwara | January 16, 2024 |
| Nobody believes Yumiella is Level 99, even after checking it again. Yumiella decides to just own it and insists it's true while people start accusing her of cheating. Later in a swordsmanship class, Yumiella faces William in a mock swordfight and sends him flying with one hit. Then in a magic class, the students take turns shooting a suit of armor with magic attacks. Yumiella disintegrates it with her dark magic. Edwin and the Headmaster arrive with expulsion paperwork, threatening to expel Yumiella unless she can prove she's truly Level 99. In response, Yumiella creates a black hole in the sky and then makes it disappear, leaving them traumatized. | ||||
| 3 | "The Hidden Boss Is Summoned to the Castle" Transliteration: "Ura Bosu, Oshiro ni Manekareru" (Japanese: 裏ボス、お城に招かれる) |
Kiyoto Nakajima | Nagisa Miyazaki | January 23, 2024 |
| Following the black hole incident, Yumiella is summoned before the King and Queen, where she pledges her service to the Kingdom's defense after the knight Captain Adolf challenges her to prove her strength. That's a lie, of course, as she thinks to herself that she's planning to flee the Kingdom if things ever go bad. Later, she meets the Queen in her chamber, who asks her to assist in defeating the Demon Lord who will be returning in two years (which she was preparing to do anyway), although it would be bad for the Royal Family's legitimacy if they aren't the ones to defeat him. She explains that there's an extremist faction working against the King, led by Duke Hillrose, and Yumiella's parents are part of it. Back at the Academy, the other girls begin to warm up to Yumiella as she starts getting marriage offers from several men, none of whom she's interested in. She also attracts the attention of Duke Hillrose's daughter, Eleonora. They become friends and after learning that she has a crush on Edwin, Yumiella agrees not to interfere as she has no interest in him. Later at lunch, Alicia approaches Yumiella and asks if she is the Demon Lord. | ||||
| 4 | "The Hidden Boss Attends Field Lessons" Transliteration: "Ura Bosu, Yagai Enshū ni Deru" (Japanese: 裏ボス、野外演習に出る) |
Kenichiro Watanabe | Kenichiro Watanabe | January 30, 2024 |
| Yumiella denies being the Demon Lord, but the capture targets arrive and start accusing her of it, or at least of doing something evil. Yumiella chides them for being too weak to face the Demon Lord and gives everyone present some advice on how to most efficiently level up. However, they all consider her advice insane and reckless and as a result, the girls all begin distancing themselves from her again. Yumiella starts to wonder if Alicia is also a reincarnated person from her world, but after observing her for a day, she concludes that's probably not the case. Later, while studying with Edwin, Alicia reveals that Yumiella doesn't look human to her; she sees Yumiella as some kind of shadowy entity. Animals also seem to be frightened by her. Yumiella meets the new principal; the previous having resigned presumably due to him underestimating Yumiella, who assigns her to oversee a field lesson where a bunch of students go out and fight monsters to level up. She and a male student, Patrick Ashbatten, discuss how to make the process more efficient. Yumiella uses her Monster-Calling Flute to summon more monsters for her classmates to fight, despite Patrick's protests. After the battle, she uses the Flute again but uses a Dark Bind spell to immobilize the monsters so the students can kill them safely. One monster attacks Yumiella and Patrick blocks it, injuring his arm. Yumiella heals him with dark magic, admitting that dark magic healing looks gross. Then she uses the Flute and Dark Bind several more times, to her classmates' chagrin. | ||||
| 5 | "The Hidden Boss Finds a Conversation Partner" Transliteration: "Ura Bosu, Hanashiaite ga Dekiru" (Japanese: 裏ボス、話し相手が出来る) |
Yui Kobe | James Hong | February 6, 2024 |
| Yumiella starts spending more time with Patrick during training. Later, Yumiella starts wondering about the real Yumiella's motivations and reasons for having dark magic. Later, at another field lesson, Yumiella gets put on medic duty and told not to use the Flute again. Of course, she uses the Flute again after making the students choose between it or getting physically injured and healed with dark magic. She finds herself growing concerned about what Patrick thinks about her. Later, Alicia arrives and apologizes to Yumiella for thinking she was the Demon Lord. Edwin, having learned about her earlier actions, accuses her of being a threat to the Kingdom, but Patrick shows up and defends her actions. In response, Edwin leaves with Alicia. Yumiella realizes she wants to be friends with Patrick, but figures that might be asking too much. | ||||
| 6 | "The Hidden Boss Participates in the Martial Arts Competition" Transliteration: "Ura Bosu, Bujutsu Taikai ni Deru" (Japanese: 裏ボス、武術大会に出る) |
Lee Ji-ho, Kim Cheng-de | James Hong | February 13, 2024 |
| Yumiella spends the entire summer break practicing sword fighting with Patrick and giving advice to female students. At one point, she can talk to Alicia without the capture targets getting in the way. She gives Alicia advice on handling her light magic. Later, she and Patrick begin to spend more time with each other, which the other female students notice. After summer break ends, the Academy holds a martial arts tournament. Even though the real Yumiella didn't take part in it, she decides to enter it when she finds out the grand prize is an amulet that amplifies dark magic. Ronald allows her to, but it is revealed that he expected her to enter it in hopes of showing her off to the nobles in the audience; however, she is very well aware of his motive. As the competition begins, she discovers that the capture targets are also taking part in it. William, having been training for the entire summer break, reveals that he wants to be stronger than Captain Adolf. During the sword fighting portion, all of Yumiella's opponents withdraw, except for William, who fights her with a powerful sword, but she beats him by destroying his sword with a "Yumiella Punch"; Adolf is the only one who notices this. During the magic portion, Oswald can score a perfect 100 points, confident that Yumiella won't be able to beat him. Alicia also performs well thanks to Yumiella's advice, debuting her new spell, "Sun Rain". When it is Yumiella's turn, she uses the same black hole spell from earlier but unintentionally creates a typhoon. The coach gives her 300 points just to get her to stop, making her the winner of the competition, to Oswald's dismay. Once the typhoon is gone, she is awarded the amulet, making her even more powerful than she was before. | ||||
| 7 | "The Hidden Boss Attempts Dancing" Transliteration: "Ura Bosu, Dansu ni Idomu" (Japanese: 裏ボス、ダンスに挑む) |
Minoru Yamaoka | Tetsuji Nakamura | February 20, 2024 |
| Close to the end of the school year, students have once again been distancing themselves from Yumiella after the events of the martial arts tournament, except for Patrick. When Alicia's things go missing, Edwin accuses Yumiella, but Patrick defends her as there is no proof; Yumiella remembers that her real counterpart usually bullies Alicia. Later, Yumiella discovers that one of Eleonora's friends is the culprit, having been doing this without her knowing. She warns Eleonora to not let anyone know about this for the sake of her winning Edwin's heart. Yumiella later tells Patrick of her questionable decisions to help Alicia. Eleonora starts to follow Yumiella, annoying her so much that she makes several attempts to end her friendship with her, to no avail. Later, Yumiella at first does not wish to attend the upcoming party at the end of the year, but after remembering an event that involves Alicia spending time with one of the capture targets, she changes her mind. She reluctantly agrees to wear a dress at her maid and Eleonora's insistence. At the party, she dances with Patrick, who struggles to confess his feelings towards her, even after she turns down the offer of another man asking her to dance with him. Meanwhile, Alicia drags Edwin outside to view the stars together, leaving the other capture targets behind. | ||||
| 8 | "The Hidden Boss Meets a Dragon" Transliteration: "Ura Bosu, Doragon ni Deau" (Japanese: 裏ボス、ドラゴンに出会う) |
Shunji Yoshida | Koichi Ohata | February 27, 2024 |
| Patrick tries to invite Yumiella on a date and she reluctantly agrees; it is revealed that Patrick has been training in the dungeons for some time to impress her. At the start of the second school year, Yumiella turns up with a strange egg. The episode then goes through a flashback that explains how she found it. Yumiella is approached by a student named Jessica Monford, who is meant to become one of Alicia's friends. She requests her help in dealing with a dragon that is threatening her town and Yumiella agrees. After meeting Jessica's father Baron Monoford, Yumiella goes with two of the Baron's guards. After finding the dragon, the guards hide, but Yumiella can easily defeat it, only for another one to appear. She defeats this dragon too. Entering their cave, she finds a dragon egg, ending the flashback. She tells Patrick about the egg, who then explains its purpose. It is revealed that the egg was originally meant to be found by Alicia. As she takes care of the egg, Alicia becomes more frightened of Yumiella. When the egg is about to hatch, she and Patrick go to her mansion. They name the baby dragon Ryu; its appearance and power frighten Patrick and Yumiella's maid while Yumiella bonds with it. Ryu grows bigger overnight and his presence scares many of the students, especially Edwin, who is humiliated when Ryu harmlessly bites him and vows revenge. Eleanora is however not scared of Ryu and also bonds with him. They then provide Ryu with a home in the school's storehouse. As the students' fear of Yumiella increases, Patrick again fails to confess his feelings to Yumiella after learning that she is a bit scared of flying. She decides to take her first flight with Ryu, but soon lets herself freefall back on the school grounds, but not before sending Ryu back on his own. Patrick quickly takes her to the clinic despite her claims that she isn't hurt. A few days later, as Yumiella walks through town to buy supplies for Ryu, she is approached by a spy from the Kingdom of Remlest, who requests a private chat with her. | ||||
| 9 | "The Hidden Boss is Solicited by an Enemy Nation" Transliteration: "Ura Bosu, Tekkoku ni Kanyū Sareru" (Japanese: 裏ボス、敵国に勧誘される) |
Yun Neung-tae, Kim Cheng-de | James Hong | March 5, 2024 |
| At a restaurant, the spy introduces himself as Linus and invites Yumiella to live in his kingdom after revealing that he knows a lot about her history, but she turns it down. They then notice that a group of soldiers, who have been tailing them, coming into the building, but they escape. Yumiella later talks to Patrick about their relationship and helps Eleanora pass a make-up exam. Patrick then spends his time-fighting in the dungeons, which leads Yumiella to believe that he already has a girlfriend. After Edwin talks to Patrick, he apologizes to Yumiella for his antagonism. After Ronald informs Yumiella that Alicia hasn't been able to level up thanks to the capture targets, she invites Alicia to train in the dungeons with her, but she declines out of fear and leaves. The next day, Alicia has disappeared and the capture targets believe that she was kidnapped. Alicia is then seen walking into the woods, seemingly in a trance. | ||||
| 10 | "The Hidden Boss Enters a Dungeon" Transliteration: "Ura Bosu, Danjon ni Moguru" (Japanese: 裏ボス、ダンジョンにもぐる) |
Yui Kobe | Tetsuji Nakamura | March 12, 2024 |
| Yumiella and Ryu find Alicia and bring her back to her senses. She explains that something keeps taking control of her body and makes her do things without her thinking about it, such as enrolling in the Academy, showing off her Sun Rain spell at the tournament, and taking Edwin outside at the dance. Yumiella realizes that these were all important events to the game's plot, and surmises that since Alicia is the protagonist of the game, the world itself is making her play out the important parts of the plot. Since the world now wants Alicia to level up, Yumiella takes her to that dark-type dungeon. They are denied entry, but Ryu scares away the guards, allowing them to pass. Alicia struggles to make her way through the dungeon compared to Yumiella, who is very well-experienced. When they reach the final floor, Alicia can't beat the boss, forcing Yumiella to defeat it herself. Alicia survives thanks to a protection amulet that Yumiella gave her earlier, but it can only be used once. For beating the boss, they are rewarded with more protection amulets that Yumiella gives to Alicia before a teleportation function sends them back outside. They go through the dungeon several more times, as Alicia levels up a lot and gains a bunch of new spells. On one run, they get a dark-type sword that Alicia can't use, so Yumiella takes it. After many runs, Alicia finally manages to defeat the boss without Yumiella's help and they are given a light-type sword, which Yumiella cannot touch due to its powerful light magic. Giving the sword to Alicia, they decide to go to the Demon Lord's domain, but the thick fog prevents them from going any further; the game world won't let them go there until the right time, so they decide to go back to the Academy. Once back, Alicia reunites with the capture targets, who finally show Yumiella some respect. Yumiella also gives Patrick a wind-type spear that she got from the dungeon. As Alicia shows off her newly upgraded skills, this inspires the capture targets to train harder so they can level up too. Yumiella considers taking Alicia to a harder dungeon next time, which worries Patrick; the latter having known about Yumiella's actions. | ||||
| 11 | "The Hidden Boss Is Confessed To" Transliteration: "Ura Bosu, Kokuhaku Sareru" (Japanese: 裏ボス、告白される) |
Kenichiro Watanabe | Koichi Ohata | March 19, 2024 |
| In the afternoon, Yumiella watches Alicia and the capture targets train. Later, a stranger invites her to a classroom to perform an experiment that requires Yumiella to wear anti-magic cuffs that disable her powers. The stranger then reveals himself to be an assassin who is also accompanied by other assassins who plan to kill her, but she easily breaks free with her immense strength (which the anti-magic cuffs could not disable) and defeats them. After they are arrested, Ronald suspects that someone hired them. Two days later, another assassin tries to kill Yumiella while she's sleeping, but fails as her body is unbelievably durable. While telling Patrick about the attempted assassinations, another assassin shoots arrows at them, but Yumiella intercepts the attack and takes down the assassin. To avoid endangering students, Yumiella goes into town in disguise and helps convince a young boy, who also has dark hair, to try and make friends. Another group of assassins tries to kill her, but she easily defeats them and hands them over to the authorities after failing to get any information out of them. After learning that Rita has been poisoning her tea (which proves ineffective on her), she learns that Rita's sister Sara is being held hostage by Yumiella's father Count Dolkness to bribe her into murdering his daughter; it turns out he was the one who hired the assassins from earlier. Heading to the Dolkness estate, Yumiella rescues Sara and goes to confront her parents, learning that the reason why they try to kill her is because she was deemed a traitor due to her supporting the king and also because of her black hair, as well as refusing past arranged marriages. Yumiella then forces her parents to give the estate to her and threatens to unleash her black hole spell if they refuse. Now countess, Yumiella informs the situation to the king and plans to end the discrimination against those who have black hair, and later offers Patrick to be her adoptive son, to his confusion. The king soon learns that the Demon Lord is preparing for an attack on the kingdom and arranges an army, with Captain Adolf, Alicia, the capture targets, and Yumiella taking part in it. That night, Patrick (now at Level 60) talks with Yumiella about the upcoming war and, after some struggle with confessing his feelings towards her, kisses her as the fireworks begin. The next day, the war begins as the Demon Lord sends his army to attack the kingdom. The king's army and some of the students from the academy prepare for battle while Yumiella, Alicia, and the captured targets travel to the Demon Lord's domain on Ryu. | ||||
| 12 | "The Hidden Boss Battles the Demon Lord" Transliteration: "Ura Bosu, Maō to Tatakau" (Japanese: 裏ボス、魔王と戦う) |
Minoru Yamaoka | Koichi Ohata | March 26, 2024 |
| Yumiela and her friends finally arrive at the Demon King's Castle. However, the Demon King boasts overwhelming power, and the members other than Yumiera are unable to stand up to him. The Demon King begins to tell Yumiela, the only one who can stand up to her, the truth about the kingdom and the Demon King. | ||||
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External Link[]
- Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen ─ Official website at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
- Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen ─ Work information (Light novel official website) | KADOKAWA BOOKS
- Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen ─ Work information (Manga Official Website) | B's-log comic
- Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen ─ Official manga website (in Japanese)
- TV Anime "Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen" Official anime website (in Japanese)
- TV Anime "Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen" Official (@akuyakuLV99) - Twitter X
- Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen ─ Wikipedia JP
- Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen ─ Wikipedia EN
- Literature / Villainess Level 99 - Tv Tropes
See Also[]
- Maken no Daydreamer, another light novel series by the same illustrator
- Netorare Otoko no Suberanai Shoubai, another light novel series by the same illustrator
- Jiyuu Jashinkan, Isekai de Niwaka ni Fukyou suru., another light novel series by the same illustrator
Trivia[]
- Eumelia never elaborated on her life on earth much. But she must have had a similar life of isolation if she grew up coo-coo in her second life.
- If she ever watched TV or read books in her first life, Eumelia should have had plenty of references for socializing.
- Because of how overpowered she is, Eumelia accidentally inhibits the original heroine's growth as a person and magician; all due to her dark attribute making Eumelia look like an inhuman shadow and make the male allies guard her.
- The entire kingdom was founded on lies. The first king creates the kingdom after a bloody war thanks to his two generals; the "Demon King" and the first "Saint". The Demon King was betrayed, sealed, and vilified by the two, resulting in prejudice against people with black hair.
- The anime changes the ending, eliminating only the prince surviving due to the others betraying Yumiella and getting killed by the Demon King. Instead everyone lives and Alice is being forced by the game's acript to try killing Yumiella; Alice is screaming with all her might for Yumeilla to run away, as she doesn't want to kill her.