Akuyaku Reijou wa Ouji no Honsou (Dekiai) wo Shiranai - Vol. 1 Ch. 1

[MangaDex]

 

[Dwarfy2k]

Normally you won't see me comment on art in series but this one wooof, the overall art is fine but there is waay to many speech bubbles where it became a puzzle on who was talking and the flashbacks where almost incomprehensible. Overall its on ok series seems like most other Villainess reincarnation series and seeing no signs this will buck the trend anytime soon.

 

[Elhao]

Belltier is fine. There can only be one Bertia.

 

[Willie29]

we all know that her "friend" will be the heroine

 

[Ahodegozaimasuru]

I like older sister/motherly fl, looking forward to the next chapter.

 

[sellmeformoney]

Great translation! I've been waiting for this series to be translated a long time. So glad someone did it!

 

[ForTheJerusalem]

I don't like when they start with them being a child....
SHE WILL GROW UP AND I WILL BE SAD CUZ WE LOST A CUNNY.

 

[Seraphus]

You're talking aboit having a "bad friend" (who we know will be the heroine), but you seem to be a pretty shit person, yourself.
So, yeah; the guy made the business decision about engagement, amd that's one thing. But... the fact that you immediately state that you simply refuse to help in any way, and make a big deal about acting like a superficial friend?
Like, you're not interested in actually being a friend, but you're willing to act like one on the surface... and you consider that going out of your way?!
You sound like a piece of shit, lady.

 

[YourDeadNanForever]

You're talking aboit having a "bad friend" (who we know will be the heroine), but you seem to be a pretty shit person, yourself.
So, yeah; the guy made the business decision about engagement, amd that's one thing. But... the fact that you immediately state that you simply refuse to help in any way, and make a big deal about acting like a superficial friend?
Like, you're not interested in actually being a friend, but you're willing to act like one on the surface... and you consider that going out of your way?!
You sound like a piece of shit, lady.

So what do you expect a kid in that position to do lol
If anything she's doesn't have to do shit about his situation. He's the one who encroached into her life because she was convenient, why should she go the extra mile for someone who is just using her.
Her plan is the best she can do for him lol. Be a friend so he's not lonely. She doesn't even owe him squat in the first place.
Did you expect the mc to immediately jump at the chance of interfering in the battle for the throne or what?

 

[zerio]

You're talking aboit having a "bad friend" (who we know will be the heroine), but you seem to be a pretty shit person, yourself.
So, yeah; the guy made the business decision about engagement, amd that's one thing. But... the fact that you immediately state that you simply refuse to help in any way, and make a big deal about acting like a superficial friend?
Like, you're not interested in actually being a friend, but you're willing to act like one on the surface... and you consider that going out of your way?!
You sound like a piece of shit, lady.

Honestly, the translation is kinda confusing, so I'm not sure which of us misunderstood.
But from what I understand, it's not that she didn't want to help, she just didn't know the right way to save him.

The prince seemed to be hated by the people in the palace, so he was lonely and his heart was empty. She assumed that the role of heroine in the game was to fill that hole. But she never got to play his route, so she didn't know how. Not to mention, she's the villainess. And given how she felt she couldn't help her siblings in her past life, she felt even more unsure about how to save the prince.

But she knew it would suck if the prince grew up alone. So, she wanted to become his friend. She wasn't planning to be someone who can save his heart, but she would become someone he can talk with. At least until the prince meet the heroine.

So yeah, I don't think she's a bad person.

 

[Umbrecola]

Poor Belltier was parentified in her past life, that's rough

 

[Seraphus]

So what do you expect a kid in that position to do lol
If anything she's doesn't have to do shit about his situation. He's the one who encroached into her life because she was convenient, why should she go the extra mile for someone who is just using her.
Her plan is the best she can do for him lol. Be a friend so he's not lonely. She doesn't even owe him squat in the first place.
Did you expect the mc to immediately jump at the chance of interfering in the battle for the throne or what?

Show a basic amount of human compassion.
That's what I would expect of any human; see a child hurting, show them basic compassion.

It's not difficult, unless you're a sociopath or an edgelord.

As an example:
Leading Man: I am hurt by this thing.

Main Character: That sucks; I am so sorry to hear that. (Accompanied with a sad smile, or even a light touch if permissible)

See how it didn't require ten pages of justification? Nor a comment section of people bending over backwards to justify the words and actions?

Basic human compassion, that's what.
I thought it was clear, honestly?

And she does, literally in the next chapter; but the way it is written in this chapter, the one where I typed this, is totally fcked up.
It sounds like she's a sociopath, whether she is, or not.

 

[Seraphus]

Honestly, the translation is kinda confusing, so I'm not sure which of us misunderstood.
But from what I understand, it's not that she didn't want to help, she just didn't know the right way to save him.

The prince seemed to be hated by the people in the palace, so he was lonely and his heart was empty. She assumed that the role of heroine in the game was to fill that hole. But she never got to play his route, so she didn't know how. Not to mention, she's the villainess. And given how she felt she couldn't help her siblings in her past life, she felt even more unsure about how to save the prince.

But she knew it would suck if the prince grew up alone. So, she wanted to become his friend. She wasn't planning to be someone who can save his heart, but she would become someone he can talk with. At least until the prince meet the heroine.

So yeah, I don't think she's a bad person.

These are all great points, and I don't really disagree, that just isn't how it came across to me; maybe it is the translation, as you suggest.

To me, it seems like the MC's initial reaction is one of mild disgust and apathy; some bother that she just can't stand, but may as well deal with for a second... and then she justifies being nice to him while giving herself a somewhat negative pep-talk, and decides that she will not actively treat him like shit... as long as it's convenient.

That's how it reads to me, even a second time through; she doesn't give a shit about a borderline abused child because it would take minimal effort to say something nice, and minimal effort is almost too much.

And that is a thoroughly shite human.
A person who doesn't have enough basic compassion to comfort a small child in pain? That's plainly somebody the world is better off without.

But maybe it is a poor translation, and she isn't doing that... but I have seen the exact attitude in about 576 different manga, and it's a fairly normal way of thinking for some places in the world, so... not sure it's a mistake.

Remember: in most manga, helping other people is a "selfish" act.
And, if helping is socially negative, then this translation is spot on... and she is a shite person (by western standards).

....

I think I'd rather be wrong than have this all be real... but I'm not convinced I am...


[EDIT]
I forgot, and now hasten, to add:
She does any like a wonderfully compassionate person in the very next chapter; but the "getting there" part of it, and the rationale behind it, is simply odious.
Unless, as stipulated, it's just a wonky translation.