Danzai Sareta Tensei Seijo wa, Akuyaku Reijou no Michi o Iku! - Vol. 1 Ch. 2

[mdxwpf]

It's oversaturated.

I'm not even disagreeing with you, but that's kinda the thing with Isekai.

 

[PerfectDeath]

The MC is kind of a girl-fail and is far to good-natured to pull off being a villain. This COULD work but within only 2 chapters it is hard to say how well it is done.

 

[AzrefReza]

OK, this is stupid. But seems to be the good kind of stupid. Let’s hope it stays that way.

The hero is overpowered and not overly cautious.

insert “Sick reference bro” meme here

 

[letmereadmangas]

ah yes....a brawler in that armor, so let her do the brawler test, also let a swords man be the examiner...

 

[Romisterie]

If she really wanted to be a villainess, she could just let the saintess title come naturally then take revenge on people. That kingdom is way too optimistic about her return though.

For an academy about finding the saint, they sure dismissed that super obvious sign rather quickly.

Also. The 300th exam? Did they establish the academy immediately after killing her? Just how quickly did those assholes change their tune? It might have been better if the citizens rebelled and put the royal family to the sword, then established a new country honoring the Saintess in that case.

Plot Twist: School already know since some of the questions are trick question like only the saintess would know and they deliberately teach the wrong answer. They did not really dismissed it but said it so not to scare her away.

 

[Dephra]

What you mean death resistence

 

[Fushiginiku]

Why is writing a Villain/Villainess story where the MC is actually an evil, unreasonable ass so hard? And why is this genre misrepresented by these bland as hell do-gooders?

Because... that's the bit? The whole gag involves someone with a completely inappropriate personality trying to be a villain.

 

[wallsg]

bloodfallen in her alias?
should have called herself "Lord TouchMe"

Should could have picked "Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade", or "Wolf Gunblood"...

 

[wallsg]

Did she turn that rusty armor into a national treasure??

Practically an Ancient Artifact...

 

[Leobang]

By effect she is not wearing the suit of armor but "riding" it. This is now a mecha manga, all hail.

 

[Jake1456]

Spoiler

hard to say whether the current era is weaker since she is the kind of character where her enemies run on sight and is a unreliable narrator

 

[lolfacesayshi]

Fuck all the people that forsook her, but dang that poor tree. Basically existing in this half-life for hundred of years, and the only hope for salvation has vowed not to do so.

 

[Kaldrak]

Why is writing a Villain/Villainess story where the MC is actually an evil, unreasonable ass so hard? And why is this genre misrepresented by these bland as hell do-gooders?

You want Overlord. Though, to be honest, it would be a better series if Ainz was more villainous and had more character of his own, rather than having his minions do almost all of the villainy for him.

For a non crappy example that has better well...damn near everything than Overlord, Hellsing Ultimate. Alucard is a villainous protagonist.

"The Executed Sage Who was Reincarnated as a Lich Started an All-Out War" is an 'ends justifies the means' villain, as his end goal is ultimately heroic. This series does Overlord better than Overlord did, with no messy isekai elements and an MC who actually has a personality.

For Villainesses, the one that immediately comes to mind is "The One Within the Villainess," but I doubt you'd like that, as she's more of an antivillain and is changed considerably by love/obsession.

There are more, you just have to look around and sift through things. There are considerably more villainous redemption stories than there are ones where the main character is just thoroughly, completely, and irredeemably evil.

As for this, this MC is just silly. She doesn't have the temperament for true villainy and we all know it, though she might cause quite a series of disasters with her overpowered magics. She just wants to do the oujou sama laugh that she's read about. Basically a chuunibyou, but one with real power.

 

[Kaldrak]

Pray tell, what have I misunderstood?

That the title is literally "Live like a Villainess" yet with the most lukewarm FeMC ever?

What I do understand is that many mangaka have really got comfortable slapping Villain/Villainess behind everything. It's oversaturated.

Contrary to appearance, I don't feel too strong about this manga. It just so happened to be the last drop in the barrel for me.

Since no one else is going to answer you, I may as well.

The Villainess isekai subgenre was originally characterized by taking otherwise normal people and slotting them into the role of the 'villainess' and having them deal with it. 'Live life like a Villainess' is just a tagline meaning the MC's are shoved into a predetermined villain role. Seeing how they deal with it when they are almost always not villains but everyone else thinks they are, was the entire point.

Now that I'm thinking about it though, you might be right. Definitely a lot of overuse of the tag.

 

[SemiPermeableMembrane]

"few light enchantments"

https://imgur.com/gI2jLXK

 

[AcesZ56]

John Isekai appears to take on Jane Isekai.

 

[kusekabe]

Huh, I’d actually kinda prefer if she just stayed in this armor for the rest of the story hehheh

 

[chojinra]

Why is writing a Villain/Villainess story where the MC is actually an evil, unreasonable ass so hard? And why is this genre misrepresented by these bland as hell do-gooders?

Most people don't want to support an evil asshole. That's how you get your Re-do's, or your Rahul's... Although I'm not sure I can call the latter "evil" per se, fallen into the darkness or not, those fuckers deserved it.

 

[NatoBoram]

I wonder why the kingdom, in the same year they literally killed her, not only prophecises her return but is optimistic about her not wanting to have revenge on her murderer's descendants.

I feel like I wouldn't want to work with that particular kingdom if I was her. There's probably other countries to live in that wouldn't try to murder her at the first occasion.

 

[Kampfarsch]

I sure fucking hope they dont find out, cause killing her and them crawling back is ridiculous
But you already know this will turn into reluctant tehe pero hero as always, cancerous trope