Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess! - Vol. 9 Ch. 128 - I Will Always Be By Your Side

[Omega_Keiichi]

Did you forget what Dorothee said not three or four chapters ago? The system (read as "The Game") is trying to reassert itself so the story plays out as normal. She's trying to throw as many wrenches into the cogs as possible to fully break the game, and having her past self/replicate experience taking on the curse for Evie to come swooping in to reaffirm her love and devotion, thereby pushing back the curse is all a part of the plan.

To be honest, this whole arc has just been weak writing. I mean this new system thing was already somewhat forced, especially since this is the first showing of the system since chapter 58 when The Villainess system was "recovering" (aka disappearing never to return because it's hard to write around). Even then, that means the ONLY person that claims this new system exists is the SAME PERSON that was revealing that they are antagonistic this chapter. Perhaps this was all another part of the ruse that Dorothee is using since she obviously has hidden intentions.

And if Dorothee had something planned about pushing back the curse, then I missed that part where that was mentioned. To be fair, the rules of the curse are pretty vague too, as it supposedly drains ones mana/vitality constantly until the holder dies--as seen by Yvonne's mother--but can be activated by emotions or.. whatever happened a couple of chapters ago.

My thought is that Elsa and Dorothee are separate individuals, and Dorothee is the anomaly that is being erased. She just needed Elsa to believe that she is a replica to further push the system into breaking.

This is an interesting direction the author could go, so I hope this is the case.

 

[King_julien]

Thank you for the translation!

 

[galaxia9]

I can buy that repeated time loopings would strip you of you morals as you saw your loved one die repeatedly no matter what you did. You'd get desperate and start discarding self imposed limits to try and find some way to save her. It was a good plan to create an innocent version to continue the love plot while your darker true self works to combat fate.

The plan does have a flaw in that if Dorothee was the dominant/only one, she wouldn't be the person Evie fell in love with and she wouldn't stay with a stranger who's taken her girlfriend's body. I expect they will end up recombing but the pure Elsa will be the dominant personality with Dorothee's knowledge added in.

 

[weleasewodger]

Maybe in some twisted fanfic out there, I'd see this Dorothee ending up with this Evie

There's a lot of Evie to go around. EviexElsaxDorethee Menage a trois anyone...👍 Gives new meaning to loving yourself ..

 

[hikarimew]

I wonder if the truth is actually the reverse, Elsa is the original/main version who cut off her memories into a spare (dorothee) for her to be able to stay at Evie's side...

 

[nameless0ne]

Sop much gaslighting - hopefully it is for a good cause. Likely there's just no other way just to push through this curse with pure rage.

 

[KeraFury]

sigh, i feel like the writing is getting worse when the author is trying to deal with lofty concepts like this. though im also greatly exhausted of time travel and meta in all of these yuri romances. ironically i actually did like the first time travel because it was fairly easy to follow and showed us more of the main character's past with each other which was genuinely just enjoyable to read. but the entire conflict caused by elsa getting upset over yvonne time traveling just feels poorly excited. its not so much that i think its unreasonable that elsa would get upset but rather that it would be resolved this way. i even empathize with dorothee here because she has had to deal with yvonne dying over and over but im also starting to feel like there are to many plot threads trying to be woven together, like what happened to the story where yvonne has some kinda force trying to get her to kill elsa? theres also a plot about them slowly fixing the problems caused by yvonne's first choice not to let elsa die.

the 2 of them having friction in their relationship and needing to work those problems out is something id like to see but this feels like its trying to do to much at the same time and id just be happier to see that conflict handled in a more down to earth manor with the inclusion of some charming side characters like we had earlier in the series. also yvonne literally did nothing wrong, yeah she neglected to tell elsa about the time travel stuff but a LOT happened immediately after, its very reasonable to get distracted by the whirlwind of stuff that happened and elsa should have given yvonne the benefit of the doubt to explain herself. while im not complaining that drama occurred from elsa reacting so strongly she wouldnt even let yvonne have a conversation with her (which seems out of character) the fact that the entire conflict is being resolved with "there are existential threats to both of you so just get over it and focus on the bigger problems" is unsatisfying. this story is a romance first and foremost, the setting is just the setting, plot elements involved in that setting ultimately should serve to reinforce the main theme of the story being romance but it feels like in this case the setting and plot elements of that setting are starting to take precedent over the romance.

 

[TanyaTheEvil]

That was really heart touching at the end. Thanks for the chapter and translation

 

[arcosapphire]

There's nothing inherently wrong with a story changing in nature over time. Deepening the world, adding more details, creating new challenges, developing characters. Even if it's not what you expected, it can still be worthwhile in its own right.

But I miss the early part of the story when it still related to the title. I was surprised when it didn't end at the end of the last arc, but I find it harder and harder to be invested in what's happening. The plot points are starting to look like dartboard results. Can't these two just enjoy some time together, and have a relationship that nevertheless needs to deal with villainess system hijinks? Wouldn't that be more enjoyable than everything having five layers of twists so that I feel like they'll never know peace?

 

[Gothic_Catalyst]

Thank you for the chapter.

 

[pureyurionly]

ahhh cant wait for next chapter

 

[NoireHeart]

Hmm...
So the "real" Elsa isn't particularly good--at least, not anymore--, but not bad either. She's just apathetic and has her own goals. She wants what's good for Evie but since she got a safety net: time reversals, each Evie looks less special because she essentially has an infinite amount of them so long as she keeps reversing, which in turn dilutes her feelings and makes it so she just wants a "good" ending, not the "happiness" of Evie as a whole... Mmmmm... This is really sad honestly.

I don't think I hate Dorothee as her actions words and behaviour all make sense. Say what you want but she loves Evie. Redundancy is just a mother effer since even the strongest of loves will eventually wither out once you see your loved one die over and over and over, and you realize you always have an exit for it.

This is deep. Let's see how they go about it.

 

[PsychoTheRabbit]

Since Dorothee obviously opened the door for Evie and left the scene, im pretty sure this was her actual intent to help them. I guess she needed to make sure Elsa wouldnt repeat her own mistakes in this current timeline.

 

[MelonManic]

OI MALORI, WHAT SHIT YOU PULLING HERE, SHALL I CALL YOU EVIL ELSA INSTEAD OF FUTURE ELSA!? CAUSE THIS SOME BULLSHIT

I- WHAT, I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ISEKAI HOW THE FUCK IS ELSA FAKE AND YVONNE DIDN'T KNOW!??!? WAIT HOW- nope I'm done, my brain is fried...

Wait so like- this is reminding me of a character I cant- SUBARU, malori is Subaru if saving Emilia was actually impossible damn... Or not Subaru actually nono it feels more HOLY FUCK WHO LET HOMURA IN THIS... Also malori, you've upgraded from me thinking your frustrating to straight hate, you best be glad I'm a twink without the powers to hop into fiction, is rock your shit FOR FUCKING WITH THE YURI MY ENERGY IS BACK

Wait what's happening? why's the curse turning gold? .. MALORI YOU SLY BASTARD THIS WAS ALL PART OF YOUR MASTER PLAN WASN'T IT... Bravo you've upgraded back to frustration

Sonnova, so that was only partly true, the goal wasn't to assilaite Elsa back into you nono cause the goal was always to save Yvonne that takes priority, the goal must be along the line of purging the curse? Still don't know much about Yvonnes prophecized death, but it could definitely be linked to the curse as the curse seems to be a constant of Yvonne, meaning the plan must've been TO SET UP THE YURI TO THE POINT EACH BARE A HALF OF THE CURSE, THEN AFTER GIVING ELSA AN EMOTIONAL OVERLOAD LET YVONNE SAVE ELSA, AND THE PURE YURI POWER PURGE THE CURSE, OR TURN IT INTO SOMETHING USEFUL RATHER THEN DESTRUCTIVE AHAHAHAHA IM BACK ONTO YOU MALORI

I think I love the plot of this one, alot, Have a nice day :|

 

[Ichigo69]

OI MALORI, WHAT SHIT YOU PULLING HERE, SHALL I CALL YOU EVIL ELSA INSTEAD OF FUTURE ELSA!? CAUSE THIS SOME BULLSHIT

I- WHAT, I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ISEKAI HOW THE FUCK IS ELSA FAKE AND YVONNE DIDN'T KNOW!??!? WAIT HOW- nope I'm done, my brain is fried...

Wait so like- this is reminding me of a character I cant- SUBARU, malori is Subaru if saving Emilia was actually impossible damn... Or not Subaru actually nono it feels more HOLY FUCK WHO LET HOMURA IN THIS... Also malori, you've upgraded from me thinking your frustrating to straight hate, you best be glad I'm a twink without the powers to hop into fiction, is rock your shit FOR FUCKING WITH THE YURI MY ENERGY IS BACK

Wait what's happening? why's the curse turning gold? .. MALORI YOU SLY BASTARD THIS WAS ALL PART OF YOUR MASTER PLAN WASN'T IT... Bravo you've upgraded back to frustration

Sonnova, so that was only partly true, the goal wasn't to assilaite Elsa back into you nono cause the goal was always to save Yvonne that takes priority, the goal must be along the line of purging the curse? Still don't know much about Yvonnes prophecized death, but it could definitely be linked to the curse as the curse seems to be a constant of Yvonne, meaning the plan must've been TO SET UP THE YURI TO THE POINT EACH BARE A HALF OF THE CURSE, THEN AFTER GIVING ELSA AN EMOTIONAL OVERLOAD LET YVONNE SAVE ELSA, AND THE PURE YURI POWER PURGE THE CURSE, OR TURN IT INTO SOMETHING USEFUL RATHER THEN DESTRUCTIVE AHAHAHAHA IM BACK ONTO YOU MALORI

I think I love the plot of this one, alot, Have a nice day :|

Okay, remind me of who "Malori" is... I can't remember a character ned that (granted my memory is shit...) The only Malori I can think of is from Mage and Demon Queen.....

 

[MelonManic]

Okay, remind me of who "Malori" is... I can't remember a character ned that (granted my memory is shit...) The only Malori I can think of is from Mage and Demon Queen.....

I think the name they gave her is dorothee, and yeah thats where I pulled that from

 

[Ichigo69]

I think the name they gave her is dorothee, and yeah thats where I pulled that from

Ah, okay, I was getting kinda confused there lol