I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss (Manga… (2024)

VIDEO REVIEW HERE: https://youtu.be/DzVfzQBblHE

THIS ENDING WAS SO GOOD!!!!

Absolutely loved every single moment of this!!! Just so well done and it's already in my favorites of series-that-deserve-nothing-less-then-five-stars!

How everything played out and the sweetness of certain scenes was so so so good! Definitely was on the edge of my seat the whole time and was surprised to learned that there are more light novel volumes but that we only got three manga volumes! I would LOVE to read more and see what happens next even though I was so very happy at the end! (Our King here is truly a cinnamon roll character and those bonus stories only confirmed how much he is!)

I think one of my favorite parts about the conclusion is that turn of events for villainess and protagonist. SO. STINKIN'. GOOD!!!!!! Like *chef's kiss* I could not even! The internal dialogue, the paneling, the art. It all came together to deliver such epicness!

And not just then! But time and time again we see that being delivered in every single page of this manga! I LOVED IT SO MUCH!

This is definitely going among some of my all time favorites! I absolutely love these characters and the originality of this story that I'm going to have come back and read this again! SO wonderfully well-written (and well-drawn!) and highly recommend!

The first volume was packed full of tropes and had a hard time escaping or subverting them, and the execution of the tropes themselves was mediocre. Since the characters themselves were tropes (which is integral to trope-subverting stories like these otome isekais), they ended up feeling one-dimensional. There was a lot of promise, but not much payoff. The pacing was well done and the art was good, and the story had enough potential that I picked up the second volume. I'm glad I did.

In the second volume, the story came into its own. The tropes that had been established in the first volume were neatly subverted or wielded for the story's own ends; the characters developed and grew more dimensional; several extremely likable minor characters got a lot more screen time (and their presence gave more context and nuance to the main characters); the antagonist revealed an actual motive (rather than just being excessively and pointlessly evil, as is often the case); and the plot was taut and page-turning.

The third volume was even better, with some twists I didn't anticipate (and given my knowledge of story structure as a writer and editor, in addition to my vast reading experience with manga and its tropes, I don't get caught off guard very often). The final conflict, rather than being gaudily violent in an attempt to be epic, fit the tone and motivations of the characters and concluded in a very satisfying way. The plot threads came together, and I don't think it's truly spoilers to say that we got a happy ending. The extra chapters at the end were pure fluffy goodness and added a pleasant resolution.

All in all, this series is a worthy contribution to the otome isekai genre.

Volume 1: 2.5 stars rounded up
Volume 2: 3.5 stars rounded up
Volume 3: 4 stars

I SO LOVE how she got the upper hand. That second “Prince”!! OOOHHHHH!!! I want him SQUISHED like a BUG!

TRIGGER WARNING:

Attempted rape in this volume. It’s not graphic and only attempted, but it’s an ugly action and the perpetrator wasn’t punished NEARLY enough for my taste.

I want to see the Demon King play with Aileen more. It’s so cute to watch her being on the receiving end of it.

Though what she did and is having done to her could be considered sexual harassment…I’m taking it as the OTT of both of the characters that is more the characters being shy and young, not actually being bothered by it. But YMMV, be aware.

5, I’m glad it worked out but THOSE BAD GUYS need to go DOWN, stars.

I'm sad this series is over. I would love for more to be written even if it was more cute dude stories. I love how their relationship has developed and how obvious it is that the demon king cares for her. It was a twist on how this all played out. It got a bit dark near the end but I think it was all for the full development of the characters and to bring about a true end to the plot. I just love them all so much I don't want to let them go.

Este volumen fue mejor que el anterior, pero igual fue una verga, así que pinchó ver la adaptación a anime de esta historia.

2.5 de 5 estrellas.

November 2023
Kindle edition
Manga

Worth it. I thought this series went on longer but maybe that was just the light novel. Tempted but not yet. Defo one of my faves. The nasty trio got what was coming to them. I'm curious about the seemingly possessive brothers that popped up in the ending there. Where were they when all this was happening? The side stories ended me. Just gone. Cute, slightly sadistic and adorable. Loved it and now I own them. Whoop! My poor bank balance lol.

This manga offered a ton of stereotypes that I enjoyed and uniquely ended the manga in a way I completely did not expect! Overall, I would express that I wish we got a marriage scene >_> But kinda relieved we didn't have a "look at our children" scene. It's nice having the short stories consist of cut-scenes and childhood memories.

This was a short, fun manga adaptation of the LN. It was very stereotypical for the otome/villainess isekai genre. If you had a checklist of known tropes/plot points for the genre it would have ticked off most of them. Though it was very very predictable, it was enjoyable enough to read and the demon lord was hot.

Uh CW for a scene of sexual assault...?

And casual reference to it? Several times???

As the final volume it all wraps up decently well. The side stories were cute, but in some ways this felt a bit rushed. And Lilia was the WORSTTTTTT

Cute ending!

My reviews sound a little harsh after writing them out, but I still enjoyed the series well enough. It was short and entertaining enough to have me keep reading, fulfilling my interest to see a new story through to the end.

I might have liked if something more was done with the isekai-like premise. It was basically just a way to set up the primary conflict and have some wacky character framing. And I guess our protagonist is just going to live her best life as Aileen now. What about the other girl, is she just living her worst life as Lilia now? Did none of the characters really have to grapple with anyone's identities?

One part I'm realizing has me unsure is if the series is based or unbased when to comes to gender expectations. Aileen seems kind of like a girlboss, and the male lead is pretty soft and described as pretty. Aileen being into fashion and appearances could be a stereotype, but I think it was mostly intended as a way in which she asserts her influence. And like, being into fashion is only bad if it's like "well of course I'm into fashion, I'm a girl".

I do think it wasn't great that Aileen seemed to end up being dedicated towards being super competent and skilled, but only for the sake of her male partner. Again, I'm sure that was meant to show how she is asserting herself and that her first partner was a jerk for not liking that. But then in the end, everyone's still just like "yeah isn't it so awesome that you get to be the king's wife and assistant", when she's clearly the more competent one and was the one doing everything in the plot. Maybe that's more of a "celebrating monarchy" issue than just a feminist issue though, and I could be reading into things the wrong way.

(I still think we could have had at least a BL side story...)

Adolescenziale. Bellissimo.

Last volume and I have mixed feelings. I enjoyed this series mainly for the characters, but I’d say the series as a whole is a 3/5. I liked the ideas but idk just kinda lost steam after the first volume.
The second volume had a pretty boring and uninteresting plot about setting up a buisness. The third volume is more interesting as it’s the finale with battles and high stakes but… idk I only enjoyed it really cuz I love the cast. It’s too fast I think, I wanted another volume. There wasn’t enough time to develop the romance and the political plots. It just felt underwhelming. Especially Lilia’s character. Idk she was such an interesting antagonist! But the way the conflict with her wraps up just feels like it was a side plot rather than the big event. Again, underwhelming.
The big battle was kinda cool but just kinda lacked the impact it was trying to make. Just kinda generic I’m the hero and I’m gonna win cuz I’ve had character development idk… I’m disappointed cuz I loved Aileen! But really i didn't get the sense of "look how far she's come!". And really the romance while there was some chemistry, and I do think they're cute... idk. It took 3 volumes to develop but it just feels kinda sudden when they do get together. Didn't feel earned. If you're gonan do a will they wont they you gotta make it feel earned whey they do get together.
Maybe they should have added another chapter idk. I mean come on 3 chapters for the last volume and the rest are bonus comics. Which were better than the actual volume.
Also there was a random scene involved SA, it felt out of place in a series that was pretty light hearted. Also because in the first volume Aileen tries to use an aphrodisiac on Claude and it’s played for laughs… it’s just really odd and felt out of place. I could see a scene happening in a YA dark fantasy story, it was so jarring here.
Though I’m glad I read this series, it was fun! But I’m a more critical reader now, and I can see that this was a pretty half baked story but with a lot of charm. I wish I got to see more of Claude and Aileen in manga form but alas.
The series feels like cotton candy, I don't consider it pure junk food there is some actual substance in this, but in the end it does kinda feel like a comic that will entertain you but it won't really stick with you.
Oh well! There’s an anime adaptation of this, I don’t watch anime anymore but I might check it out to see if it’s better idk. There’s also a light novel which was the source material but LN never interest me.

⭐3.5 rounded up but it's for the series as a whole

This volume became a bit dark. 9 out of 10 time a sexual assault feels totally unnecessary. Especially in fantasy stories. But this was one of the times it actually felt like it made sense. Not just for the one who attempted it but it also had another reason behind that.

Still it's not something I will ever enjoy reading about. And the used goods line- not a fan.

I did missed seeing more of the demons!

The downside of some aspects of the story is that is was superficial. When it's light and fluffy I don't mind but for the somewhat darker stuff I want to see more.

All in all I had a very good time. The series is short and even if it's somewhat open-ended it still feels complete.

Will I read the light novels though? Based on the translation of these volumes I won't. Some sentences were akward and some words felt really out of place.

Also I have zero interest in starting to actually read light novels. I have one on my shelf but it feels like one of those teenage books associated with the magazine. I devoured those as a teenager but they were very easy and generic. I get the same feeling with light novels. If I want to read some easy books in this style I'll read some Star Trek novels.

Hm. Conflicted. I heard that the light novel is still ongoing... I might pick it up.

First thing's first, the art is BEAUTIFUL. Much better than the anime. I couldn't stand the anime's colours.

Secondly, I loved how it started off! I am a sucker for shoujo romance & an isekai-based shoujo romance is interesting.

My gripes: Pacing is so fast. A lot of lore is just narrated over. Some transitioning is terribly handled. And I'm also at a loss as to how Aileen knows certain information (like I get that in her past life she played this game obsessively, but were those information all attainable since she played as Lillian and not Aileen? idk)

Honestly, I called out the reason for King Claude's transformation at the end. It was delivered... okay-ish. It was so fast I felt like I didn't have time to process. What saved it for me was just the entirety of Chapter 13 lol all of the romance.

It was short but had some very cute moments. Definitely plays into so many of those common tropes in the genre, but I did overlook that. Honestly would rate it about 3.5 stars overall? The book was good but it wasn't /great/, it lacked a lot of oomph and I feel like you could find so many novels and manga with the exact premise and nothing would be different. The antagonists were barely fleshed out and felt a little 2-dimensional honestly. The ending was kind of unsatisfying to me, but that might just be because the antagonists didn't really face any kind of consequences for their actions.

The conclusion was pretty short but I’m happy with how it ended, though I do I wish it was drawn out a little more. It got a lot darker than I thought it would for a moment and I was glad when it went back to being lighthearted and funny.

The extras were fun.

Claude is such a simp.

Some things were a bit rushed but I enjoyed reading this manga. The characters were funny and I was totally ready to stab a bitch... or two.

That's the last volume?!
Such a cute story. I wanted more.

4.5 stars rounded up

TW for attempted assault during the climactic scene at the end.

3.8 actually
میشد خیلی بیشتر ادامه بده مانگا رو مثل ناولش
خیلی سریع جمعش کرد

Posessive Claude is 👌💞
I love this story so much, it was short and so much fun! I especially loved seeing younger Claude in the flashbacks.

And the story is done. It was too cute. Such a fun set of books.

"I hate to break it to you, but... You're not the protagonist. I am"
Wie gut kann eine Reihe sein, dass ich mir den selben Content, in drei verschiedenen Medien reinziehe und sie in allen drei liebe und verschlinge, als würde ich die Ereignisse der Story zum ersten Mal erleben?!

Ich hoffe, dass die anderen Noveln noch adaptiert werden oder zumindest der Rest des Animes, aber so wie es scheint, war das leider schon der letzte Band und wir bekommen nur noch einen 'Happily ever after' Band. Natürlich freu ich mich auch auf diesen.

Chronique complète :
https://sunread26.wordpress.com/2024/...

Extrait :
Avant dernier tome pour la série, mais dernier tome de l’intrigue. Ma sœur ayant lu la série avant moi, elle m’a un peu prévenue, mais c’est vrai que cela reste assez spécial comme manière de conclure une série. Visiblement, le manga s’est contenté de suivre la trame principale, allant ainsi au plus court et nous faisant « zapper » les parties un peu plus secondaires, mais tout aussi intéressantes. Du coup, certaines d’entre elles ont été ajoutés à la fin, ainsi que dans un tome quatre bonus.

L’intrigue de la série se termine assez vite avec ce tome, ainsi une partie de celui-ci est composé d’histoires courtes. Il en sera de même pour le tome 4, dernier tome de la série, qui sera entièrement composé de bonus. La tournure des événements donne vraiment l’impression que tout s’enchaîne super vite. Encore une fois, le light novel doit être bien mieux rythmé, et cette adaptation est sûrement là juste pour lui faire un peu de pub. Pour ma part, c’est assez réussi, je vais donc me diriger vers l’anime, et si le light novel sort un jour en France, je le prendrais aussi. D’ailleurs, c’est encore une fois dommage que de ne pas proposer celui-ci, au moins une fois que la publication du manga est finie. À croire que l’éditeur n’avait pas connaissance du déroulé de l’intrigue et de son rythme. Pourtant, ça serait un bon coup à jouer, puisque tu vogues sur la popularité du manga, sur l’envie des lecteurs dans lire plus, pour sortir le light novel. Surtout que ce format commence aussi à avoir sa petite place en France, même si le bon n’est pas aussi impressionnant que pour les webtoons par exemple. Il y a des adaptations manga qui sont très complètes, ou du moins, qui semblent l’être, car elles prennent leur temps. Pour celles-ci, il est vrai que le light novel, n’est peut-être pas nécessaire rapidement. Mais pour les séries comme celle-ci où c’est tout le contraire, je dirais même que le light novel est une obligation (et ce n’est pas la seule série concernée).

Aileen continue tant bien que mal de préparer le terrain afin d’empêcher le roi démon de succomber comme dans le jeu. Quant à la pseudo héroïne, dont j’ai oublié le nom, elle continue aussi ses propres plans. Manque de bol pour elle, suivre l’intrigue du jeu ne suffit plus pour réussir à avancer, comme elle pense qu’elle doit le faire (elle s’est contentée de suivre l’intrigue du jeu elle). Le passage entre le prince et Aileen me rappel une série webtoon, et j’avoue que je déteste toujours autant ça (TW : tentative de viol). La pseudo H (pour faire plus court), se fait passer pour gentille, mais elle est tout le contraire. Ses pensées et ses actions sont en totales opposition avec ses paroles. Même si elle finira comme le dindon de la farce, autant le dire franchement, j’aurais aimé qu’elle ait un réel coup de karma. Peut-être que celui-ci vient plus tard, et qu’il n’est donc pas montré dans le manga cela dit.

[...]

Après avoir dévoré les deux premiers tomes, je me suis aussitôt jetée sur le troisième opus. Bien que j’avais énormément aimé les deux premiers tomes, je peux vous dire que ce troisième tome était encore meilleur que les autres! Je trouve que ça monte crescendo et plus on avance dans la découverte de ce manga, plus ça devient génial! Je suis beaucoup trop enthousiaste concernant ce titre, vraiment c’est un gros coup de coeur j’adore!

Dans ce troisième tome, Aileen qui s’est réincarnée en méchante aristocrate de jeu de drague pour fille. Elle utilise tous les moyens possibles pour lutter contre son destin d’une fin de destruction, mais à cause de la machination du personnage principale Lilia et de son ex-fiancé Cédric, l’événement de l’éveil du Roi-démon qu’elle était censée avoir évité s’est déclenché. Une épreuve sans précédent l’attend !

Ahhh qu’est ce que j’aime ce manga! Le second tome se terminait d’une telle façon qu’on avait envie de se jeter sur la suite. Et c’était fortement intéressant encore une fois! J’adore le personnage d’Aileen, elle se donne à fond dans sa mission de contrer son destin. Et elle le fait à la perfection d’ailleurs. Elle se donne du mal pour arriver à ses fins. Je trouve aileen si mignonne! Elle est drôle également et parfois sa façon de faire les choses me font beaucoup rire. Coup de coeur pour le personnage de Claude! Je suis vraiment fan du roi démon, je le trouve extrêmement touchant. On a droit à quel passage de son enfance et je craque totalement, il est beaucoup trop mignon et adorable je meurs vraiment. J’aime beaucoup également la relation entre Aileen et Claude, elle commence doucement à changer et elle évolue d’une façon que j’aime beaucoup. Nous ne sommes pas dupe, on voit bien que l’un comme l’autre ne sont pas insensibles à l’autre! Je suis super impatiente de découvrir les autres tomes pour voir cette relation évoluer encore et encore!

Un troisième tome encore plus excellent à lire que les deux précédents. Coup de coeur pour ce manga que je trouve incroyable. On est tenu en haleine tout le long à chaque fois. L’histoire ne cesse d’évoluer, de se renouveler, on ne s’ennuie pas une seule seconde et surtout, on s’attache énormément aux différents personnages, que ce soit les principaux ou les secondaires! Je suis fan de Belzebuth d’ailleurs! Je meurs d’impatience de découvrir le quatrième tome, cette histoire est géniale et j’ai hâte de découvrir l’anime, je sens qu’il est excellent!

I read all 3 volumes back to back so I can't remember exactly what each books covers so I'm going to do a review of all 3 below.

First of all, THIS STORY IS SO GOOD!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!!
Freaking love Aileen and OMG CLAAAAAUDEEEEEEEEE HAS MY WHOLE HEART and AILEEN X CLADE IS THE BEST RELATINSHIP!

The overall story is fleshed out and great and all the major plot points are tied up by the last volume. The story could continue even after the ending with some of the minor plot points that were left unfinished like how the people will react to Claude's position him being the crown prince again and their attitude toward Aileen and her cosmetics business and position as the new sword maid lady (sorry i cant remember what the actual title was for the lady who carries the sword . I loved so many of the characters like Almond and Bel and I forgot what Aileen's crews names were but they were great! Obviously I hated cedric and lilia like seriously they are so annoying and I guess we are supposed to be a bit sympathetic towards them because it was revealed cedric feels like he's in Claude's shadow and isnt good enough and I think Lilia unfortunately decided to end her life in the alternate (real) world and she was just living her new life in the game similar to Aileen. But those things don't justify the stuff they put Aileen through like the part where they were gonna get cedric to.. attack Aileen... absolutely horrible and they did that just so they could trigger Claude to become the demon dragon and then kill him... That's like premediated murder ugh. Luckily our girl Aileen is one smart and tough cookie and saved her man :D Anyway, Aileen is a boss and I'm going to obbsess about this story 5eva.

Note to self, next vol looks like more side stories, don't bother

[Leído en Inglés]: Aileen tiene serios problemas para arreglar las cosas, no puede evitar siempre estar cerca de los problemas y las cosas no parecen ser realmente lo que aparentan. Es la cuenta final para terminar el "juego" y alguien está obsesionado con arreglar las cosas a como "son en realidad", pero entonces el final feliz para nuestra heroina y nuestra villana pueden estar en peligro. ¿Será este el fin del hombre araña?

Este libro ya tiene rato que llegó, pero esperé a poder tomarme un tiempo para leerlo. ¡Que mejor día que mi primer marcha del orgullo! Esta lectura la hice primero, si no mal recuerdo, en 2019... El anime se viene y sé que voy a llorar.
Este librito nos cuenta el final de este arco, el climax de la historia.
Este tomo nos lleva más allá que el primero, conociendo más a los personajes, dando importancia a otros y revelando secretos de muchos.

¡Me complace traerles el final de una de mis series de manga favoritas!
Mi top tres de personajes son sin duda:
#1: Claude
#2: Aileen
#3: Isaac

La novela ligera aún no la tengo, por lo que no la he leído, pero espero poder hacerlo para este año~

Se los recomiendo a todos aquellos que no conozcan mucho del género o aquellos veteranos a este, a aquellos que busquen algo nuevo que leer, a los amantes del manga y a los que adoran a protagonistas fuertes, decididas e inteligentes.
Si alguien lo ha leído háganmelo saber, porque no conozco a nadie y necesito platicarlo~

(Rating is 4.5!)
Aah, the big finish! This series ended much quicker than I thought it would and felt like it was a tiny bit rushed in the last few chapters. But it still ended in a decent way, so I can overlook the rushing. I honestly wish this series had gone on longer, but keeping it as a trilogy still works very nicely. It's very satisfying to see all the plans that had their groundwork set up in volume two, come to fruition in volume three! It is a little disappointing that they didn't do more with Lilia. It feels like they hinted that she would turn out to be evil, but then never really did anything with her. Also, I thought they implied that Lilia can mind control people but...I guess she can't? Or was that something to do with her being Holy Maiden? The whole Holy Maiden thing felt like a weirdly done MacGuffin, but I can't tell if it really was a MacGuffin or if I was just missing something. The bonus chapters were cute, I liked the romantic one.

Also, CW/ TW for attempted SA near the end of the volume. That scene was so out of the blue, it honestly startled me when I realized what was happening. Nothing NSFW is shown, the most explicit thing is you see her bra. I understand WHY they put that scene in there, and that it was strictly for plot reasons. But like...it got really dark for a moment there.