I'm in Love with the Villainess - Ch. 57 - Burning Passion

[Sunzo]

Hopefully it won't turn out like Rae Taylor's dream.

 

[shinshom]

Hopefully it won't turn out like Rae Taylor's dream.

IMO the novel did to the aprt 2 (novel only, the big arc that comes after this one) did even worse imo lol.... I'm glad we are skipping that.

 

[TheWritingWriter]

I wonder how much they're going to adapt from the Novel

 

[IamaTire]

So, at the end no part is on the commoners side.

 

[SrNevik]

I'm interested in what happens next. I'm pretty sure there was a major change in this chapter. It's all still great though. This arc of the series is a fan favorite because of how it slowly raises the tension until it boils over and I think the manga has handled that part really well.

Everything Rae promised early in the series is happening now and the dire nature of these events helps explain Rae's wilder behavior early in the series. It was all calculated to prepare for this point. This is everything she was worried about and knew was coming. Nothing is playing anymore. It's a lot of fun but seriously worrying.

These events really raise the quality of the series by allowing it to be more than another simple story and I hope the manga version sticks the landing the way the LN did. I don't really mind the few complaining that the story isn't just typical comedy anymore or fluff; it's predictable that the dramatics filters certain people out. Nothing has been complicated though, so being confused about the events confuses me.

This one is popular and stands out largely because of its ability to raise the stakes, have some real dramatic tension and reach a lovely climax, so I hope the change I saw in this chapter doesn't affect that. I always get the feeling the manga author is changing things in order to squeeze Lily back into places she wasn't before, but we'll see. Most of what she's done has added to the story, so I'll go with it. Inori actually discussed the popularity of this arc recently. I'm sure she's also excited.

 

[MuYu]

That page of Claire looking out over the town though... goosebumps. Feels like that's the page that's meant to go "Hey, remember how the game they're in is called 'Revolution'? Well, here's the Revolution it was named after"

 

[onipuck]

I have lost the plot, what the hell is even happening?

 

[dexdoujinmanga]

2000 years of civilization, and they still wearing heavy armor equipped with melee weapon? I know it's a world that have magic, but come on...
Need more pew pew pew.

 

[Rafalga]

Mass mind control? You have just fucked your story up for good. Anything is possible after this point. So whenever something happens, you just go "why not mind control?"

Also, as a supposed MC of the game, Rae is pretty worthless as an individual. Her "true plan" is just letting everything play out as normal but make sure Claire stands with the winning side at the end? There seems to be not much planning in that plan. Does she expect her to stand still and watch everyone she knows get killed?

 

[Siete]

Even with the changes to the story, the original novel was pretty much this dramatic in its climax.

 

[BrotherCoa]

2000 years of civilization, and they still wearing heavy armor equipped with melee weapon? I know it's a world that have magic, but come on...
Need more pew pew pew.

Please remember that we also had that up until some 300 years ago when guns truly became so reliable that we stopped considering melee as a option. And little above 140 years since guns became so effective that melee combat and heavy armor lost all of it's point.
And before that, you have history of the civilisation that goes all the way back to 10.000 years BC. Maybe even more if we take into account that everything we build is slowly being digested by time and earth.

Also, on another note, people needs to take into account how lucky we were to develop gunpowder weapons at all. Chinese had gunpowder for much longer than Europeans, and had some primitive missiles etc, and they still did not developed it properly by the time British came to wage war on them in 19th century. Even for Europeans it took centuries of it since arriving to Europe as a strange black exploding substance to being used as it is today. And that is after constantly being worked on and being upgraded by various European powers who waged constant wars and were looking to upgrade themselves in order to not lose the edge.

So the only time in fantasy setting this could even be considered to be developed if it has a situation like late medieval/early modern Europe with constant wars and armed race. Which almost never happens in those settings, where you have few kingdoms or a single empire at most that are in relative peace.

edit: I almost forgot but magic also plays a major role in this. In these kind of settings, where magic exists, primary drive is on it's research while everything else is taking a backseat. Indeed, why would some notable scholar (scientist) work on developing firearms or electricity or medicine when they can research how to shoot lightning from your arm?

 

[Serenata]

Why are we still pretending this was just a slice of life comedy yuri when the assassination attempts and the incest part started like 3 or 4 years ago? if you come and say "Oh I accidentally skipped 6 entire volumes tehee silly me " then I believe what you say, even if it is bs.
I do like the original take on the manga because its a different medium so it should have it's own proper ending, but will it be a happy one? I don't know...

 

[GamKHT]

Basically in regular timeline Rae would be advanced in romance with one of the princes supporting the revolution and Claire + Nobility would be executed as the enemies.

That's not what they were asking... They asked what happened in the LN, because everyone is saying it's different from what we're getting in this arc

 

[Neeckin]

Man it seens like the best option is for the gang to pack it up and go to a different kingdom at this point,what more is there to do? The revolution went off without a hitch and now they are going to be branded traitors

 

[Imryse]

can this damn arc just be over already, this completely changed genres at this point and it's just bad.

 

[Imryse]

ohhhh I see.... they are just putting more details and more characters on this but next chapter should explain everything.
But think like the original game was supposed to all of this happen while MC (Rae) is romancing one of the prince, and then during the revolution the prince ascend as a king and the nobility + Claire get executed.
They are showing more details how it happened and all, the revolutionary group working with Salas but now getting betrayed, Salas actually supporting the Empire that is taking advantage of the situation to make themselves take a piece of the pie that will be after this chaos.

Basically The Nobility is being exposed as corrupt, the Royalty is supporting the revolution because they want non of this shit, and because of that the Nobility needs to pay the price by being executed.

There are more details that now would be a spoiler but thats mostly whats going on.

and god damn is it boring.

 

[Ironclad]

Really everyone is just drugged?

 

[bluebutterfly15]

For people asking about what happens in the original novel, that answer is… not a whole lot. At the time, the series was almost entirely told from Rae’s perspective, so all she did was spout exposition while Claire did the food drives and negotiations. Most of the actual revolution happened in the background. I’m sure part of it was Rae keeping Claire away from any unnecessary action scenes while making sure she only got involved in ways that would put her in a positive light.

All the other scenes the manga has shown are new additions that could have happened in the background, with the exception of Arla turning on Salas, only to be assassinated by her own people. That was something that definitely did not happen in the novels. As far as I can tell, she allowed Salas, the man who destroyed her family, to hijack the revolutionary government as a means to an end, even if it meant selling out to the Nur Empire. Considering her only real goal was to abolish the aristocracy, and she doesn‘t do anything afterwards, this change actually paints her in a better light. It lets her maintain some integrity, even if she has to die for it for the rest of the plot to happen. Her “role” in the final conflict isn’t necessary and can be filled by anyone else.

 

[TanyaTheEvil]

Things are coming to an head. Looking forward to the next chapter. Thank goodness that Rae has a plan in place. Thanks for the chapter and translation

 

[galaxia9]

It's almost as if people willing to burn their own country to the ground and kill their fellow countrymen to gain power can't be trusted. So long, hot criminal lady.

Will be interesting to see what comes out of the rubble of this manipulated revolution. Thanks for translating.