Though I May Be a Villainess, I'll Show You I Can Obtain Happiness! - Vol. 11 Ch. 2 - I Got Dumped, So I Stole My Ex-Fiance's Fiancee!?

[someunregpunk]

The duchess be like

And I'm all for it.

ah Electric Six. Good taste.

 

[doonser]

I fw this heavy. After a series of chapters that were either poorly written or didn't really land, this one refreshingly did what it set out to do and did it well.

 

[TheGodEmperor]

That was more original than others and cross dressing fun, but she was also great dressed in a dress and such. She shoulda been made aware here femininity was fine too. Ah well.

 

[oleanders]

YURIIIII 🔥🔥🔥 but that aside this feels like a proof of concept more than anything, the idea is there but i think itd need more than a one shot to actually flesh out these characters some. seeing mc slowly reintegrate with society while crossdressing and regaining confidence in herself + reincarnator girl grow bored with the novelty of "breaking out of the story", while actually making the duchess a character would be fun.

 

[JamieTMR]

Y'know, I don't really get the hate. Yeah, okay, we could have spent half the story focusing on her being taught how to be a gay host club member, where women dress as men to treat a woman in an emotionally mature yet affirming way (while, y'know, being a thirst trap to get money out of ladies' pockets)...

...But that leaves no room for resolution, and y'all would say even harder that the ending feels rushed.

Others pointing out that yeah, the real issue is that she looks and sounds more masculine than other girls, rather than That Doe Eyed Cutie We Need To Protect (And a yes girl, because that's a very common theme in these engagements, insecurities from the guy translating into "You're too smart, go away!")

It could, indeed, be more solid if it were a series, but I feel like it would end up something like the villainess' kingdom one, or the convent where the sisters are all ex-villainesses helping solve the problems of people who are about to be called villainesses (by, in this one, welcoming them to the Host Club), and while reading those, I distinctly remember comments like "I hope this isn't all it is" (Yes, yes it is) and "I hope there's some actual romance" (Well, maybe.)

Personally, I love it. Doesn't outstay its welcome, shows everyone except jackass being happy (or about to be made happy), and it's a take I've never seen before, in a genre where the fresh ones are indeed the ones with takes we haven't seen time and time again.

EDIT: Ooop, before I forget, the "stolen" part. It's a little misleading, since the thought process is "I got the hot guy, but he turned out to be trash... HOLY CRAP, HOT CROSSDRESSING WOMEN, MY OTHER FAVOURITE THING! SCREW THE TRASH, TAKE MY MONEY!"

Not exactly the shitty thing that makes folks go "Ugh", that...

 

[Lucky]

Nah this is definitely at least in my top 3 for this anthology.
Finally, yuri? Check. Women Knights? Also, check. Some humor that actually makes sense to me and I think was pretty good? Yup. Good art and designs? I think so, at least. I think establishing herself as a "villainess" for being a catalyst for the isekai girl breaking up with him was also thematically appropriate, some chapters hardly go that far.

The only issue I have is with the constraints of the manga volume itself, but moreso the resolution with the guy. Just going up to him and being like, "yeah you suck, stole your girl, lmao" and that ruins him entirely is a bit anticlimactic, even if it is thematically appropriate (he verbally abused her, so she bites bake).

I guess I just think her words could've been sharper. Maybe it sounds better in Japanese.

 

[V01D]

I actually really liked this one, even if it was a bit undercooked in the story aspect. The moral of embracing your body for it’s unique qualities is a nice and generally sweet, positive message.

 

[moderateTrouble]

Another win for bisexuality. One of the more refreshing entries to this anthology in a while, if only for its unconventional plot!

 

[BobTheSkrull]

What I'm getting from the negative comments is that the real problem here is the lack of a full, multivolume series.

 

[TinsleyNocturnal]

The story for this one was kind of disappointing and not totally fleshed out, buuuuuuuuuuuut... YURI! YURI! YURI!

 

[hushhsound]

This was so uncomfortable and bizarre, I hated this one the most of this entire anthology. A woman explicitly thinks, "I wish I were more feminine, like this duchess," and the solution is to make her masculine?? The solution for insecure women is to crossdress? God this entire chapter freaked me out it felt like the salon could have been a horror plot in a different light. The idea that women with deep voices, slender figures, and sharp jawlines have to crossdress for those aspects to be considered charming is INSANE. 😭 It was never sapphic either my god it felt like indoctrination into a cult.

It just felt like the narrative said "If you aren't a sexy, curvy, or cute woman, and you've been bullied and objectified, you just have to be a man for your confidence and life to get better! Look, she got revenge by... stealing the fiancee... of her ex... Wait, no, we're not going to actually make her gay or anything, this is just a revenge thing. For some reason. Because in the end objectifying women is still cool(???)"

I know it was supposed to be a comedy but it actually gave me the heebie jeebies. As someone who reads so much GL and was starting to think "Aw, women supporting women, reassuring and validating all kinds of femininity, always love this," this was like a bucket of pond water over the head.

 

[riflow]

This is cute, love yourself bifauxen ending is quite sweet.

 

[gum_rummy]

1000 years of crossdressing prosperity

 

[IrregularPerson]

the gender envy is real with this one. and I agree with other users that the story needs some work.

 

[looc64]

I like that the heroine wanted to try a fresh uncharted route instead of trying for the harem path and becoming the antagonist.

Yeah I liked that part too. Thought it actually sorta worked as a quick, "what is this heroine's deal," explanation.

I was more annoyed by the MC talking about being a villainess? Feel like that's not something characters native to the setting should know or care about.

 

[ngkn92]

In my bias opinion, 10/10. An unique concept, outstanding from the most of the rest of this series.