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

[Ichigo69]

No the novel's complete, it has been for years. It's just expanding upon the final arc because it's both: one of the favorite chapters and the manga is still quite popular. Inori didn't have an editor when she wrote the final arc so having one here and a mangaka who knows how to structure story has allowed it to grow.

In the original light novel, the last chapter has quite a lot of A to B and moving fast to the end. So it's been nice to put more emphasis on certain things.

God, I hope the editor can fix the last stupid arc in the LN.

Spoiler

The dumb matrix-like bullshit caused me to disavow everything after the fun time with them and the twins. Esp. the stupid AI... God I despised that character....

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[shinshom]

God, I hope the editor can fix the last stupid arc in the LN.

Spoiler

The dumb matrix-like bullshit caused me to disavow everything after the fun time with them and the twins. Esp. the stupid AI... God I despised that character....

it kinda destroyed all the setup drom the powerwcale that was carwfully crafted lol part 2 is just a disaster.

From what I heard from ppl here, I think there will be no part 2. Manga will adapt only the revolution arc and fuck the empire and Unlimited Rae Works lol.

 

[SierraComix132]

I have a feeling that Lilly will switch sides and help Rae because she still love's her

I suspect this comes from a place of misunderstanding about what's going on with Lilly (did you read chapter 53?) but you might not be wrong. Last chapt seemed to be setting up that Alter, the evil guy living in Lilly's head, might be redeemed. He even seemed to have feelings about Rae and Claire(?) which would make sense considering he says he's the personification of Lilly's worst thoughts. I could absolutely see this angle.

 

[MuYu]

God, I hope the editor can fix the last stupid arc in the LN.

Spoiler

The dumb matrix-like bullshit caused me to disavow everything after the fun time with them and the twins. Esp. the stupid AI... God I despised that character....

It's already confirmed that the manga is going to conclude at the end of the Revolution Arc (end of LN2). Not because of axing, that's just what... I think it was Inori, decided? The manga is popular and doing well, it's not for lack of popularity, they just think it's better to end it there - and I'm inclined to agree with that. I don't mind the LN3-4 and LN5 arcs, but they'd drag this adaption out something fierce if it did them, I think ending it with LN2's ending being the ending will be a good length.

I would very much expect a slightly tweaked ending compared to the LNs to wrap things up neatly though, I would be quite shocked if

Spoiler

we don't get at least one epilogue chapter with the twins

 

[MuYu]

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?

Her background plan from the start has been

Spoiler: Sort of spoilers I guess?

To have Claire survive. Claire dies in the actual endings to the game Rae knew, Rae's plan is to keep the story on track so she can apply her knowledge of the game to keep Claire alive at all costs. Derailing the story risked going in an unfamiliar direction where Rae couldn't predict things anymore and all the preparations she's been making rendered worthless. She just wants Claire to live, no matter what happens, even if she ends up hating her and everyone else she knows gets killed

 

[shinshom]

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?

the thing is probably she realized there were too many moving parts that the revolution was unavoidable.

You have to remember that she "spawned" in the university. At that point, way too much was already happening. Without much spoilers but most of the unavoidable pieces were already set, what she could try to do, as you said, is make Claire

 

[Ashton_Art]

I just want my yuri without angst. Is that too much to ask?

 

[Ichigo69]

I just want my yuri without angst. Is that too much to ask?

In this story, yes. That IS too much to ask. Try reading stuff serialised in Manga Time Kirara.
(Disclaimer: MTK is great)

 

[shinshom]

I just want my yuri without angst. Is that too much to ask?

The name of the game was "revolution". Your desire was doomed from the start lol

 

[NinjaGoemon]

God, I hope the editor can fix the last stupid arc in the LN.

Spoiler

The dumb matrix-like bullshit caused me to disavow everything after the fun time with them and the twins. Esp. the stupid AI... God I despised that character....

Spoiler: ln 5 spoilers

It's not a matrix situation. It's Xenoblade. It's very different.

It's already confirmed that the manga is going to conclude at the end of the Revolution Arc (end of LN2). Not because of axing, that's just what... I think it was Inori, decided? The manga is popular and doing well, it's not for lack of popularity, they just think it's better to end it there - and I'm inclined to agree with that. I don't mind the LN3-4 and LN5 arcs, but they'd drag this adaption out something fierce if it did them, I think ending it with LN2's ending being the ending will be a good length.

I would very much expect a slightly tweaked ending compared to the LNs to wrap things up neatly though, I would be quite shocked if

Spoiler

we don't get at least one epilogue chapter with the twins

Yeah it mutually decided to finish here. Aono sensei was okay to keep working on it but this allows it to finish strong no possibility of an axe-cident midway through. But they're expanding the ending quite a bit I feel it'd be remiss

Spoiler

to not include their children and wedding

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[Echo2772]

Can someone tell me if Arla survives or not? i don't want her to die

 

[Rafalga]

Her background plan from the start has been

Spoiler: Sort of spoilers I guess?

To have Claire survive. Claire dies in the actual endings to the game Rae knew, Rae's plan is to keep the story on track so she can apply her knowledge of the game to keep Claire alive at all costs. Derailing the story risked going in an unfamiliar direction where Rae couldn't predict things anymore and all the preparations she's been making rendered worthless. She just wants Claire to live, no matter what happens, even if she ends up hating her and everyone else she knows gets killed

She should have just learned mind control instead of wasting time till now. It looks pretty easy.

 

[Imryse]

does this ever get back to being a comedy/romance/girls love? or is it just lame drama for the rest of it's run, like, I don't care about any of this and was never given a reason to care by the manga, so should I just stop waiting for it to be what I signed up for in the beginning again?

 

[MuYu]

does this ever get back to being a comedy/romance/girls love? or is it just lame drama for the rest of it's run, like, I don't care about any of this and was never given a reason to care by the manga, so should I just stop waiting for it to be what I signed up for in the beginning again?

In what the manga will cover? It might get back to how it was at the start for a few chapters at the very end. I would expect the adapted ending to have at least one chapter of the "maturer but still silly and gay" vibe the ending of LN2/start of what would have been the LN3+4 arc has.

There will definitely be more of the romance and girls love angle in the rest of this though. It's just more drama/romance/GL than comedy/romance/GL for most of the rest of this arc.

 

[KitsuKyouno]

They are going full Rose of Versalle

 

[210astat]

963 chapters moare please xD

 

[nnnn20430]

it kinda destroyed all the setup drom the powerwcale that was carwfully crafted lol part 2 is just a disaster.

From what I heard from ppl here, I think there will be no part 2. Manga will adapt only the revolution arc and fuck the empire and Unlimited Rae Works lol.

Since I don't plan to read the LN can you spoil what all the crazy stuff that happens in later LN parts, that are so weird?

 

[shinshom]

Since I don't plan to read the LN can you spoil what all the crazy stuff that happens in later LN parts, that are so weird?

Spoiler: Arc 2 spoilers. Might spoil End of current arc of the manga so be careful.

Arc 2 is when the story shifts to the Empire.
The Empire was always lurking in the background during Arc 1 — it’s the one that made the poison that nearly killed Thane, and it kept popping up as this shadowy, underlying threat. For plot reasons, Claire ends up being sent there, and Rae obviously tags along.


Right from the start it gets weird: the Empire is absurdly, aggressively pro-homosexuality and accepting of all kinds of relationships. This clashes super hard with the rest of the world, where basically everyone is clueless and uncomfortable about that stuff. So you have this one neighboring country that’s suddenly the total opposite of everything established. The manga and some of the newer novel volumes/adaptations try to justify it a bit more, but honestly it still feels forced to me.

But that’s not even the biggest problem.

Later on, Arc 2 introduces a new enemy faction that starts unraveling the entire origin of the world — how the world was created, the fundamental rules, all of that. And a ton of it directly contradicts what we thought we knew from Arc 1. The way Rae knows the “game,” how Rae even kicked everything off in the first place, the entire premise — it all gets retconned or heavily altered. It basically pulls the “oh actually everything you knew was only half-true” card so the author can do whatever they want now.


On top of that, it completely breaks the world’s power balance. Arc 1 had a pretty clear magic system with the four elements, Manaria being the strongest nation because of their twin princesses, etc. Then Arc 2 just drops three new overpowered characters who operate on totally new magic concepts that were never even hinted at before and instantly shatter the established hierarchy.


The official excuse is that Arc 2 is loosely based on a side-story game that was released way back, but personally I think the adaptation and writing of this whole arc just wasn’t executed well.

(And yeah, I’m keeping it somewhat vague on purpose so I don’t spoil the ending of Arc 1 for the person I’m explaining this to lol.)

I think the crux of it is that basically people loved so much and were obssessed with the main story + side stories (even a 18+ side story lol) that the auhor just felt "forced" to write more, and I guess backtracking of what she worked hard to stablish in the first place was hard and actually ended up very flawd. At least in my opinion. MAny ppl love Arc 2 so there's that.

 

[TheRealDrMcCoy]

I wish she would rewrite without some of the bullshit like messing so much the powerscaling or the "pseudo matrix" crap... idk....

Spoiler: Full LN, full final plot twist spoilers, you've been warned

I still really really really hate the implications of the final reveal, the background story of real Rae. The simulation time loops make human life basically meaningless. She damned the whole of humanity. That's not life. And then she grew tired of living with her Claire across all the time loops? I mean, yes, understandable because that is essentially a metaphysical hell she created, but still, that's such a kick to the stomach, such a depressing thought. And I'm not sure the author is aware of how tragic that is. I hate it. I hate it.