Gyakkou shita Akuyaku Reijou wa, Nazeka Maryoku wo Ushinatta node Shinsou no Reijou ni Narimasu ~Seijo Anna no Monogatari~ - Vol. 1 Ch. 4

[MangaDex]

 

[Darkshade13]

I'm still not sure what to think of this spinoff. It's weird trying to reconcile that while it's the same characters as the main series, the story is unfolding differently and everyone will behave differently because of it. I keep forgetting that this Rachel won't be nice and personable like main series Rachel is, or that this Prince isn't necessarily as infatuated with her as he is in the main version.

 

[Robyn_Banks]

I'm still not sure what to think of this spinoff. It's weird trying to reconcile that while it's the same characters as the main series, the story is unfolding differently and everyone will behave differently because of it. I keep forgetting that this Rachel won't be nice and personable like main series Rachel is, or that this Prince isn't necessarily as infatuated with her as he is in the main version.

I like it. Since it appears to be the timeline before main series Rachel's regression, it gives some great context for why Rachel is the way she is, what kind of person she was and now strives to avoid being. It also provides details for the world and storyline itself that are somewhat glossed over in the main series because Rachel's focus is so much more insular in the main series. Finally, Anna's cute. It doesn't seem like we'll be seeing this version of her in the main series, so I'm just enjoying that here.

 

[MagnaDrake]

I'm still not sure what to think of this spinoff. It's weird trying to reconcile that while it's the same characters as the main series, the story is unfolding differently and everyone will behave differently because of it. I keep forgetting that this Rachel won't be nice and personable like main series Rachel is, or that this Prince isn't necessarily as infatuated with her as he is in the main version.

It's also showing us Anna before her personality got rewritten. This side story is sort of giving us a "what if", and that what if is the implied fact that this Anna and Rachel of the second timeline would have been good friends.

 

[Illusione-Tempus]

I'm still not sure what to think of this spinoff. It's weird trying to reconcile that while it's the same characters as the main series, the story is unfolding differently and everyone will behave differently because of it. I keep forgetting that this Rachel won't be nice and personable like main series Rachel is, or that this Prince isn't necessarily as infatuated with her as he is in the main version.

Eh I think it makes sense.

Rachel had always been kinda nice, just that she was in bad company (aka being friends with bitch girl who wanted the queen position and basically started misleading her so she gets bad rep) + the crown prince seeing her more as a political tool due to her strong magic powers (and possibly the same thing with Anna when she gets saint powers).

 

[Tatsuya-Kai]

I like it. Since it appears to be the timeline before main series Rachel's regression, it gives some great context for why Rachel is the way she is, what kind of person she was and now strives to avoid being. It also provides details for the world and storyline itself that are somewhat glossed over in the main series because Rachel's focus is so much more insular in the main series. Finally, Anna's cute. It doesn't seem like we'll be seeing this version of her in the main series, so I'm just enjoying that here.

I'm not so sure on that, alot of this seems to imply that this is the second time period, but at the same time it's like she doesn't have her memories.

Spoiler

Don't quote me on this but i believe the person on the cover is her boyfriend who died on earth as well.

 

[Darkshade13]

Thanks to everyone who quoted/responded.

I do get that it's supposed to be different. I'm just finding that reading these two variations of the timeline side by side gets things muddled in my head a little bit because I sometimes forget what is supposed to be canon or normal to one version but not the other. Like today really focuses on Anna generally being nice and a bit timid/flighty, but in the main series it contrasts with that version of her going a bit dark and seeming like she's resolved herself to possibly screwing Rachel and others over in her pursuit of getting things "on the right track" for the story.

My issue is not that I don't understand what's going on in either story, it's just that I'm used to these sorts of stories following in sequence and not necessarily being published side-by-side when they tend to go in starkly opposing directions with the overlapping characters at the same time.

and I say this as someone who usually has no issues with time travel/parallel universe/groundhog day loop/sliding doors type stories where you have to keep the iterations and differentiations straight in your head. I love that kind of stuff. Maybe this is just different because it's not one story using that as a narrative device, but two distinct stories using the concept as a launching pad.

 

[azuraflame]

Look like this Anna and the one in the main stories is different people on the inside, since the Anna in this Spin-off doesnt know about the stories at all.

 

[halcer]

thanks for the chapter!

 

[DoingScience]

All the flashbacks to the "original" timeline in the main series showed Rachel fully developed in her villainess-ness. It's difficult to say if this series is looking at that timeline or a third timeline. I hope it is the latter, since it would feel sad watching this Rachel get led astray to her doom.