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Hands down best manga I’ve read in a hot minute. Thank you translators and author!
Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito
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The first manga that I Actually cried for૮₍ɵ̷﹏ɵ̷̥̥᷅₎ა I love Emi and Remilias relationship!!! a 10/10 read fr!
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There’s honestly not much I can say—this story is really great. 9/10 The originality stands out, and the protagonist is very good.
My only real criticism is that her internal struggles could have been explored more. Her inability to be herself, how negatively she sees herself and the fact that she doesn’t even know who she truly is, none of this was developed. The villain, too, she could have been less stupid.
Also, I really thought the story might lean into a yuri direction. The protagonist clearly loved her and acted out of that love, so an ending where she rejects the Demon King and uses magic to place her soul into a new created body could have worked really well. That said, I did like the reincarnation ending where she becomes her daughter.
Still, I think a yuri ending—or even one where she fully accepts that the girl has become part of her—would have been more impactful. It could have led to a strong realization: that when she was “acting like Emi,” she was actually rejecting a part of herself. Learning to accept that side would ultimately mean learning to love herself—because loving that girl, who once meant everything to her, would now mean valuing a part of who she has become. At least that ending would also resolve his personality issues.
My only real criticism is that her internal struggles could have been explored more. Her inability to be herself, how negatively she sees herself and the fact that she doesn’t even know who she truly is, none of this was developed. The villain, too, she could have been less stupid.
Also, I really thought the story might lean into a yuri direction. The protagonist clearly loved her and acted out of that love, so an ending where she rejects the Demon King and uses magic to place her soul into a new created body could have worked really well. That said, I did like the reincarnation ending where she becomes her daughter.
Still, I think a yuri ending—or even one where she fully accepts that the girl has become part of her—would have been more impactful. It could have led to a strong realization: that when she was “acting like Emi,” she was actually rejecting a part of herself. Learning to accept that side would ultimately mean learning to love herself—because loving that girl, who once meant everything to her, would now mean valuing a part of who she has become. At least that ending would also resolve his personality issues.
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I don't really understand why so many people praise this manga. It has good sides: art (it's genuinely gorgeous, author should really try to make some horror manga with that skill), world setting is pretty good, hell, stories of some of the supporting characters almost made me shed a tear. But, there's two big problems.
1) Remilia herself. She's perfect practically from every angle, she's beautiful, smart, physically and magically strong, diplomatic. There were moments were it was explained how she reached this level of perfection, but it all still feels really Mary Sue-ish. Not even once her plan gets derailed, she always succeeds on the first try while everyone praises her and practically worships earth underneath her soils. It just gets tiring at some point, to see everything go according to plan without any errors.
2) Pina or, well, transmigrator in her place. She feels like a cartoon villain at best and piece of cardboard with cutely hideous face at worst. Manga shows time and again how truly horrid she is, how she doesn't have any good in her. I didn't expect to see some explanation for why she's like this, I don't mind at all that Pina doesn't have some sob story to explain everything she's done, but damn, would it hurt to make her less of a collection of all the bad character traits they could think of?
Still, it's not the worst I've read, it certainly made a lot better than some other reverse villainess manga. If you read it without expecting too much it will be a nice read. Probably.
1) Remilia herself. She's perfect practically from every angle, she's beautiful, smart, physically and magically strong, diplomatic. There were moments were it was explained how she reached this level of perfection, but it all still feels really Mary Sue-ish. Not even once her plan gets derailed, she always succeeds on the first try while everyone praises her and practically worships earth underneath her soils. It just gets tiring at some point, to see everything go according to plan without any errors.
2) Pina or, well, transmigrator in her place. She feels like a cartoon villain at best and piece of cardboard with cutely hideous face at worst. Manga shows time and again how truly horrid she is, how she doesn't have any good in her. I didn't expect to see some explanation for why she's like this, I don't mind at all that Pina doesn't have some sob story to explain everything she's done, but damn, would it hurt to make her less of a collection of all the bad character traits they could think of?
Still, it's not the worst I've read, it certainly made a lot better than some other reverse villainess manga. If you read it without expecting too much it will be a nice read. Probably.
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Best villainess manga ever, highly recommended read
Well, that's probably the main point of the series.
Remilia was originally supposed to be this Over-Achieving Genius, who got more OP thanks to Ami's training and knowledge.
And this genius capability of her's becomes the trigger for the Prince's jealousy, causing him to betray Remilia and cast her out.
The games premise is also about how when a genius falls, they break apart completely, but when emotional supported, they can achieve anything even defeating gods.
As for the one inside Pina, her character is probably to represent one of the types of Otakus.
While Ami was the type of Otaku, who loved to support the ones the plot was unfair with with u self love, because of her own loving family background.
The one within Pina, was the type of Otaku, who was obsessed with replacing the Heroine and become the main character herself to enjoy a good life, and doesn't want anyone to interfere with her own happiness (because her own previous life was happy). She basically represents the type of Otaku, who would even kill or harm the one they like, just because the one they like broke their own image of them (like what happens with "Ai" in Oshi no Ko).
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It's revengeslop carried by it's amazing art. I don't really understand what the hype is all about
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10/10 Absolute Cinema. This Manga was so satisfying to read, i had made this account just so i could recommand it.
I love the story and the main characters. And the revenge was just muah* Chef kiss and i sûre love the fact that it was clean(if you know what i mean).
Btw, i rarely read josei type of mangas but there sure are some great ones.
I love the story and the main characters. And the revenge was just muah* Chef kiss and i sûre love the fact that it was clean(if you know what i mean).
Btw, i rarely read josei type of mangas but there sure are some great ones.
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Coming back to re-read this after the 3rd or 4th time, I can understand some criticisms noted by previous comments, but to those I would like to point out that the author (and artist) only did this in 28 chapters. It wasn't meant to be drawn out, and with more than a "good enough" ending to it. Sure, there will always be questions lingering, and characters may not be as flushed out as other manga of this type, but they also had/have far more chapters just to address those issues, many of them failing to do so or do it well.
This was meant to be a short read, hit the key points and flush out notable characters enough to satisfy the reader, and then end well. The main protagonist doesn't always need to develop into this perfect person over the entire course of the work, but they do need to show enough to satisfy most readers, which I think they did. The antagonist doesn't always have to have a tragic background to force the readers to like them or feel less bad for them because they want us readers to have our dilemma in justifying the antagonist's actions. It's weird how people don't see that having a straight-up, irredeemable villain in a good story nowadays is actually in the minority, but it once was everywhere in movies.
I know this is going to sound weird, but this manga kind of reminds me of the golden-age Disney movies. People who watched it remember their villains, even though there was nothing good about them in most cases. They didn't need to be redeemed, but they needed to have a satisfying end. The heroes didn't need to always have a strong build-up, but they needed to give them enough development to enjoy their short journey, and satisfy the viewer with their victory.
Is this a Disney classic? No, but I think it's a series that should be used to compare the story of other mangas to this one, especially in the same genre. It's not demanding you to read 52-100+ chapters for your time (or to catch up) with about the same payoff. It's a book you would read over a weekend, and it thanks you for reading it. I recommend it to those just getting into manga for the story— instead of for fan-service reasons— because it's not the tip of the iceberg, but the start up a grassy hill before your real trip up Kilimanjaro in a spiral, with all of its weird weaves through the mountain to a peak you may never reach. You'll still look back to that soft, simple, grassy hill that you started your journey on.
(Sorry for the weird similes, metaphors, and/or comparisons. I get weird if I ramble too long, but please give this story a try.)
This was meant to be a short read, hit the key points and flush out notable characters enough to satisfy the reader, and then end well. The main protagonist doesn't always need to develop into this perfect person over the entire course of the work, but they do need to show enough to satisfy most readers, which I think they did. The antagonist doesn't always have to have a tragic background to force the readers to like them or feel less bad for them because they want us readers to have our dilemma in justifying the antagonist's actions. It's weird how people don't see that having a straight-up, irredeemable villain in a good story nowadays is actually in the minority, but it once was everywhere in movies.
I know this is going to sound weird, but this manga kind of reminds me of the golden-age Disney movies. People who watched it remember their villains, even though there was nothing good about them in most cases. They didn't need to be redeemed, but they needed to have a satisfying end. The heroes didn't need to always have a strong build-up, but they needed to give them enough development to enjoy their short journey, and satisfy the viewer with their victory.
Is this a Disney classic? No, but I think it's a series that should be used to compare the story of other mangas to this one, especially in the same genre. It's not demanding you to read 52-100+ chapters for your time (or to catch up) with about the same payoff. It's a book you would read over a weekend, and it thanks you for reading it. I recommend it to those just getting into manga for the story— instead of for fan-service reasons— because it's not the tip of the iceberg, but the start up a grassy hill before your real trip up Kilimanjaro in a spiral, with all of its weird weaves through the mountain to a peak you may never reach. You'll still look back to that soft, simple, grassy hill that you started your journey on.
(Sorry for the weird similes, metaphors, and/or comparisons. I get weird if I ramble too long, but please give this story a try.)
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