Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Lieselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san (ツンデレ悪役令嬢リーゼロッテと実況の遠藤くんと解説の小林さん, Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte, TsunLiese) is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Suzu Enoshima and illustrated by Eihi. It was serialized online between August and November 2018 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, and all 47 chapters were later released on the Kakuyomu website in December 2019. It was later acquired by Fujimi Shobo, who have published two volumes between April and August 2019 under their Kadokawa Books imprint. The light novel is licensed in North America by J-Novel Club. A manga adaptation with art by Rumiwo Sakaki has been serialized in Enterbrain's josei manga magazine B's Log Comic since June 2019. It has been collected in five tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Tezuka Productions premiered in January to March 2023.
Synopsis[]
On the outside, otome villainess Lieselotte seems foul in every way, a purely evil character. However, as revealed in her diary, she was always hiding both her pain and her true feelings for Prince Siegward. While she keeps this locked away, an evil witch ultimately possesses her, leading to her demise—a tragic end for the tsundere villainess. This is how the story always goes, an end coded into the game MagiKoi.
Broadcasting club members Aoto Endou and Shihono Kobayashi decide to play this game. In another universe, Prince Siegward hears their voices, believing it to be a divine revelation from a god and goddess. These voices clue him into something he never noticed before: Lieselotte is actually overwhelmingly adorable!
There are no resets in this game, and just one chance to change the future for the ill-fated villainess. In years to come, these two entities, who would guide the country to prosperity and greatness, would be known as play-by-play Endou and color commentator Kobayashi!
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List of Published Books[]
Light Novel[]
The series by Suzu Enoshima, originally serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from August 11 to November 3, 2018, was later made available on Kakuyomu in December 2019. It was also later acquired by Fujimi Shobo, who published two light novel volumes with illustrations by Eihi between April 10 and August 9, 2019 under their Kadokawa Books imprint. An extra volume was released on December 9, 2022. In September 2021, J-Novel Club announced that they had licensed the light novel in North America.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | April 10, 2019 | 978-4-04-073051-6 | December 13, 2021 | 978-1-7183-0290-7 |
| 2 | August 9, 2019 | 978-4-04-073054-7 | February 14, 2022 | 978-1-7183-0292-1 |
| EX | December 9, 2022 | 978-4-04-074696-8 | — | — |
Manga[]
A manga adaptation with art by Rumiwo Sakaki has been serialized in Enterbrain's josei manga magazine B's Log Comic since June 5, 2019. It has been collected in five tankōbon volumes.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | December 28, 2019 | 978-4-0473-5873-7 | — | — |
| 2 | July 31, 2020 | 978-4-0473-6191-1 | — | — |
| 3 | May 1, 2021 | 978-4-0473-6568-1 | — | — |
| 4 | December 27, 2021 | 978-4-0473-6884-2 | — | — |
| 5 | August 1, 2022 | 978-4-0473-7121-7 978-4-0473-7122-4 (SE) |
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| 6 | February 1, 2023 | 978-4-0473-7354-9 | — | — |
Character[]
The main character in the Otome game "A Magical Romance". In this game, she is a sub-character. Although she was born a commoner, she was found to be able to use magic, which was originally only available to aristocrats, and entered the Royal Academy of Magical Arts, the main setting of the game. She is a normal girl with a cheerful personality, but she has a wild side that is typical of commoners (?), such as her "love of meat," "gluttony," and "hunting demons daily for training", "stress relief", and "to secure food".
Before entering the school, she had lived a hard life, repeatedly moving once a month, being attacked by thugs, and having no friends due to a lack of social relations. Although his grades in the classroom are the worst, he is a quick learner and excelled in actual combat even before he entered the school. She has a high aptitude for recovery magic, to the extent that she can instantly join a severed arm. On the other hand, when fighting, she is good at applying auxiliary magic to herself and then fighting with bullets, and she has won many battles against multiple opponents. It is no wonder that, although the circumstances are unknown, his abilities have somehow been at their highest level since the beginning of his career in the commentary route.
In the middle of the story, during the Riefenstahl family's summer vacation, the mysterious origin of Fiene is revealed by her mother Elizabeth, who suddenly attacks her. As it turns out, "Feine and Lieselotte" (Liese) are related by blood. To be precise, Augusto, Fiene's father, is the elder brother of Bruno, the father of Liese, the current head of the family, and he and Liese are "cousins on the paternal side."
| Feine's Mother |
| Originally the daughter of Duke Marschner, she was the bride (fiancée) of August Riefenstahl, who was to become the next head of the Riefenstahl family. She was so beautiful that she was given the nickname "Fairy Princess," and she also had a talent for magic. She was the model for the series of paintings "Fairies" by Josephine Riefenstahl, Liese's mother. She is an ambitious woman who plans to destroy the aristocratic society, and she will not hesitate to acquire forbidden spells to achieve her goal. She is also a woman of bad behavior and language and once befriended a rat named "Karlhyan," with whom she repeatedly stole and ate food. She was a close childhood friend of Bruno, who was forced to take over the Riefenstahl family after his brother's death, and Josephine, who became his wife. The name "Feine" was taken from Josephine, Liese's mother. |
| The Truth 16 Years Ago |
| Elizabeth was fed up with aristocratic society and had it rough, but there was one man she truly loved. This man was Augustus, her daughter-in-law. She and Augustus had been engaged since childhood and were on good terms, but Augustus was said to be seriously ill and would not live to marry her. Augustus asked Elizabeth to step aside so as not to get involved in the power struggle, but she refused and stayed with him until the end of his life. She wanted to destroy the aristocracy and learn the forbidden spell, all to keep her love for August, her "only one," alive (and later to protect Feine, who was the only heir of August's blood). When Augustus dies of illness, the Marschners, in a show of power, try to arrange for Bruno to be their next fiancée. At the same time, Elizabeth discovered that she was pregnant. Fearing that her daughter and her best friend (the Riefenstahl family) might be involved in the plot, she takes a large amount of precious metals as roadside money from the Marschner family and disappears. She began a life on the run, protecting her daughter from her pursuers. One day, a long time after Feine was born, he saw her single-handedly defeating her pursuers and thought she could make it on her own, so he enrolled her in the school and had her protected, while he disappeared without a word to keep his daughter away from the Marshner family mess that could turn into a war if he made the wrong move. This leads to the beginning of the game. |
When Liese learned the truth, she enlisted the help of everyone present and took in Feine as her sister, which she accepted. Bruno's arrangement brought both mother and child officially under the protection of the Riefenstahl family to live in Liese's house, thus ending their long life as fugitives. According to Shihono Kobayashi, the worst possible time for these to be revealed in the game is at the end of the story, or to put it clearly, "after Liese's death," except for some routes. Therefore, she was the most surprised that the truth was revealed at the time of the summer vacation.
Also, the only route that Mr. Kobayashi treats as a happy ending because "no one dies" in the normal "Majikoi" play is the route where Elizabeth is surrounded and puppeted by the Marschner family who secures Elizabeth and takes her hostage against Feine (the so-called "national collapse route" by the secretly corrupted and tainted Feine and Marschner). When she learned of Eliezerbet's background and the Malschner family's incompetence, she and Mr. Endo were both astonished. The two of them vowed once again to seek the "ultimate happy ending that does not exist in the official version.
According to Zeke, his performance in classroom studies is hopeless. She is a reincarnation of "Eve," the first woman, who is known also as Adam's wife (Baldur reincarnation).
Abilities[]
"I want to protect you... To make sure that this time, I don't have to lose you."
― Fiene said to Baldur
In the Game Version, she suddenly awakens to magic and enrolls in the Royal Academy of Magical Arts. If she neglects her training because she is in love, she will die in the battle part, but if she raises her abilities to the upper limit, she can defeat the last boss by herself. She has a mother with strong habits.
In the "live commentary" route, her abilities have somehow been maxed out from the beginning of the series. While she has a high aptitude for recovery magic, she is a bullet fighter who uses her physical strength and agility to her advantage. She usually spends time hunting monsters (and securing edible meat) in the mountains behind the school for practical training. He is also quick and accurate in his judgment in battle, "immediately connecting a severed arm to avenge it," and "in a two-on-one (Fiene being the first) mock battle, he first knocks out the assistant quickly and then crushes the vanguard.
The original game is an RPG in the sense that it is a game of training and preparation for the battle against the final boss, but in this game, she is already the strongest at level 99 (Crested) right after she enters the school.
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TV Anime[]
On December 24, 2021, an anime adaptation was announced. It was later confirmed to be a television series adaptation produced by Tezuka Productions and directed by Fumihiro Yoshimura, with Tomoko Konparu overseeing the series' scripts, Miyuki Katayama designing the characters, and Tatsuhiko Saiki, Natsumi Tabuchi, Sayaka Aoki, Junko Nakajima, and Kanade Sakuma composing the music. It aired from January 7 to March 25, 2023, on the Animeism programming block on MBS and other affiliates. The opening theme song is "Ibitsu na Kotoba" (イビツナコトバ, "Distorted Words") by Dazbee, while the ending theme song is "Hana no Yō ni" (花のように, "Like a Flower") by Anna.
- Staff
- Original Author - Suzu Enoshima
- Original illustration - Eihi
- Manga - Rumio Sakaki
- Director- Fumihiro Yoshimura
- Series composition - Tomoko Konparu
- Character Design - Miyuki Katayama
- Prop Design - Naohiro Washio
- Art Director - Kazuhiro Arai, & Shunsuke Sakai
- Color design - Megumi Arai
- Director of Photography - Makoto Takakura (Episode 1), Mitsuhiro Sato (Episode 2), & Yusuke Sakamoto (Episode 3)
- Editing - Yukie Oikawa
- Sound Director - Toshiki Kameyama
- Music Producer - Daisuke Mizuta
- Music - Tatsuhiko Saiki, Natsumi Tabuchi, Junko Nakajima, Sayaka Aoki, & Intermediate Saku
- Music Production - Hine
- Producers - Hiroyuki Aoi, Airi Sawada, Satoshi Cao, Yuki Kodaka, Ryohei Yamashita, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Sumio Udagawa, & Shoo Fukui
- Animation Producer - Mitsuaki Oishi
- Animation Production - Tezuka Productions
- Production-"Tsunrize" Production Committee (MBS, DMM.com, NetEaseGames, KADOKAWA Co. Ltd., Pia, Movic, Tezuka Productions, Furyu, & Bit Groove Promotion)
At Anime NYC 2022, Sentai Filmworks announced that they licensed the series, and will be streaming it on Hidive.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "The Tsundere, the Prince, and the Voices of the Gods" Transcription: "Tsundere to Ōji to Ten no Koe" (Japanese: ツンデレと王子と天の声) |
Masami Hata | Tomoko Konparu | Fumihiro Yoshimura | January 7, 2023 |
| 2 | "The Wand, Maxed Out, and Favored by the Gods" Transcription: "Tsue to Kansuto to Kami no Chōai" (Japanese: 杖とカンストと神の寵愛) |
Fumio Maezono | Tomoko Konparu | Fumihiro Yoshimura | January 14, 2023 |
| 3 | "The Ribbon, the Upperclassman, and Feelings of Love" Transcription: "Ribon to Senpai to Koigokoro" (Japanese: リボンと先輩と恋心) |
Isamu Yamaguchi, Fumihiro Yoshimura | Mayumi Morita | Hitoyuki Matsui | January 21, 2023 |
| 4 | "The Summer, Going Home, and Missing You" Transcription: "Natsu to Kisei to Aitai Kimochi" (Japanese: 夏と帰省と会いたい気持ち) |
Takuo Suzuki | Hiroko Fukuda | Tomio Yamauchi | January 28, 2023 |
| 5 | "Mother and Daughter, Sisters, and a First Date" Transcription: "Oyako to Shimai to Hatsu Dēto" (Japanese: 母娘と姉妹と初デート) |
Fumio Maezono | Mayumi Morita | Masaharu Tomoda, Fumihiro Yoshimura | February 4, 2023 |
| 6 | "A Nightmare, the Coward, and the Princess Carry" Transcription: "Akumu to Hetare to Hime Dakko" (Japanese: 悪夢とヘタレと姫抱っこ) |
Yuri Uema | Hiroko Fukuda | Fumihiro Yoshimura | February 11, 2023 |
| 7 | "The Prophesy, the Little Boy, and the Live Broadcast" Transcription: "Shintaku to Shota to Namahōsō" (Japanese: 神託とショタと生放送) |
Shintarō Matsui | Mayumi Morita | Hiroshi Kotaki | February 18, 2023 |
| 8 | "Master and Disciple, the Mask, and Tsundereally-Pissed" Transcription: "Shitei to Kamen to Tsungire Reijō" (Japanese: 師弟と仮面とツンギレ令嬢) |
Takuo Suzuki | Hiroko Fukuda | Yō Akatsuki, Daigo Kinoshita | February 25, 2023 |
| 9 | "The Dress, the School Festival, and Overflowing Emotions" Transcription: "Doresu to Bunkasai to Afureru Omoi" (Japanese: ドレスと文化祭とあふれる想い) |
Shintarō Matsui | Mayumi Morita | Daiki Maezawa | March 4, 2023 |
| 10 | "The Lirene Flower, the Ball, and the Witch" Transcription: "Rena no Hana to Budōkai to Majo" (Japanese: レナの花と舞踏会と魔女) |
Fumio Maezono | Hiroko Fukuda | Fumihiro Yoshimura | March 11, 2023 |
| 11 | "The Witch, the Goddess, and the Creation Myth" Transcription: "Majo to Megami to Hajimari no Shinwa" (Japanese: 魔女と女神と始まりの神話) |
Takuo Suzuki | Tomoko Konparu | Daigo Kinoshita | March 18, 2023 |
| 12 | "The Best Happy End to End All Happy Ends!" Transcription: "Saikō o Koeta Saikō no Happī Endo!" (Japanese: 最高を超えた最高のハッピーエンド！) |
Fumihiro Yoshimura | Tomoko Konparu | Fumihiro Yoshimura | March 25, 2023 |
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Web Radio[]
A web radio by Tomori Kusunoki, who plays the role of Lieselotte, "Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Lieselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san" will be distributed on January 3, 2023.
Reception[]
The series had over 500,000 copies in circulation as of December 2021.
External Link[]
- Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Lieselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san ─ Web novel at Kakuyomu (in Japanese)
- Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Lieselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san ─ Light novel official website (in Japanese)
- Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Lieselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san ─ Manga official website (in Japanese)
- TV Anime "Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Lieselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san" ─ Official Website (in Japanese)
- TV Anime "Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Lieselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san" Official (@tsunLiese_pr) - Twitter X
- Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Lieselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san - Anime Episode 1 ─ DMM Pictures YouTube Channel (in Japanese)
- Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Lieselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
- Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Lieselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san ─ Wikipedia (in English)
See Also[]
- Tada Shiawase na Isekai Kazoku Seikatsu, Tensei Shite Kondokoso Shiawase ni Kurashimasu, is another light novel series with the same illustrator.
- Sansuu de Yomitoku Isekai Mahou, is another light novel series with the same illustrator.
- Kuro no Seiken Tsukai: Sekai Saikyou no Mahoutsukai no Deshi, is another light novel series with the same illustrator.
Trivia[]
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