Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Ura-Boss desu ga Maou dewa Arimasen
Duração: 23 min per ep
Gênero: Fantasy
Estudio: Jumondo
Sinopse:
The beginning of Light Magic and the Hero, an otome RPG, unfolds fairly normally: the heroine, Alicia Ehnleit, meets her three love interests one after another and then inevitably comes face-to-face with the villainess. Yumiella Dolkness may be of noble descent, but her dark hair and rare dark-type magic—both associated with the Demon Lord—spark fear in anyone who sees her. When she is five years old, Yumiella regains memories of her previous life in modern Japan, also realizing that her fate is to become the hidden boss that appears after Alicia and her suitors defeat the Demon Lord.
Yumiella refuses to live as the game dictates and, as she prefers the game's fantasy elements over its romance, she decides to cultivate her magical skills and level up in secret. However, everything falls apart on the day of the Royal Academy's entrance ceremony. Yumiella's powers are measured at level 99—something thought impossible even for the royal knights, let alone a 15-year-old girl. With the royal family requesting her help, and everyone else insisting that she prove her strength, Yumiella realizes that her dream of a quiet life is no longer an option.
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Comentários
PanzerIV-J
"Villainess Level 99" should've been a masterpiece, but it turned out to be good instead. Honestly, this series was really disappointing, and not in the way that it is overall bad, but it just felt like it had much more potential than what it concluded with... What I mean is: Characters don't really have very much characterization, and the plot feels a bit skewed. 1. Characters don't really have very much characterization: The entire plot tries to focus around the next hero's party, which makes sense why they would work towards that because the plot proclaims that the demon king will attack. The problem with this isn't thefact that the characters do stupid nonsensical stuff, the issue is that the story doesn't actually focus around the main character "Yumiella Dolkness" for a decent portion of the series, especially after episode 6.
This is a problem since most of the "hero's party" are somewhat useless characters that don't make a difference to the plot. The only characters that actually somewhat matter to the story are; Yumiella, Alicia, and maybe Edwin. The other hero party members, William and Oswald, are basically all meant to draw a fake romantic conflict between Alicia and Edwin. That being said, there simply isn't enough time for you to get enough development to like these side characters to actually get to really liking them, plus it actively destroys the MC's own character development and likability since there is less development and screen time actually showing these characters gain traits.
2. The plot feels a bit skewed:
This almost entirely only comes into effect at the end of the season, the finale with the demon king was very uneventful for an ending, and didn't come across as all of what it should've been. The last episode felt rushed, while the rest of the series felt very slow, possibly due to the amount of time the anime focused onto side characters, as I said in #1, but it also doesn't help that the characters were pushed out to fight a character that the viewer has no knowledge of, and the anime didn't make a good impression with the demon king.
This isn't to say that this show was any bit unwatchable, it's actually pretty good. The lack of distinct focus on the plot and narrative really just hits this show right in the guts, making it feel much less worthwhile than contemporaries.
Overall, this is a good anime though, it just has some issues, and had a lot of potential.
🗿 7.5/10 🗿
KANLen09
Villainess Level 99 - The smarts of a villainess, played like an actual Otome Game character who's nonchalant about its routes and goes on her own tune: I don't care (but deeply care), my way IS the correct way. *Pikachu face* "Reinventing the wheel". This has been a phrase ongoing and about for just about any kind of source work needed to inject a fresh look into genres that with so many potential formulas, has become pretty much copy-and-paste ideas, which give a sour taste at the afterthought. This is pretty much true in all sorts of media, even the AniManga industry, and especially when newgenres take flight and the potential is there, no matter how good or bad it is. For the Isekai genre, that is the Otome Game/Villainess theme, which has seen its share of highs and lows. This season, the Villainess theme is on a high, thanks to novelists Touko Amekawa's Loop 7-kaime a.k.a 7th Time Loop and this show: Satori Tanabata's only work that is Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Ura-Boss desu ga Maou dewa Arimasen a.k.a Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord.
"Acting like an Otome Game, but also breaking its fundamentals". I love how Villainess Level 99 just wants to make its viewers think they're on a traditional route, only to give a middle finger and subvert expectations soon thereafter. This is quite the common theme going into this show, which features its titular MC of Yumiella Dolkness who does the whole boring Isekai reincarnation shtick but remembers her roots of playing an Otome RPG, only that she's not the specified demon lord, but only a hidden boss that still stands in the way of its titular hero and her companions on the tried-and-true "We must defeat the Demon Lord" objective/goal. The thing is, her mindset of being dived into the game and living a peaceful life away from trouble, that is a problem on so many levels: her dark hair and dark magic which are considered vile by the kingdom and its inhabitants, and literally everyone will stand at least 10 feet away from her, even if she doesn't have any evil intentions. So then, she decides to level-grind for her entire childhood, only to realize that she's quite literally maxed out her character status at Level 99 once she reaches into school, breaking the expectations of her entire magic academy (since Level 10 is the highest expected). With the consequences laid out, Yumiella must now find her place within this "new" Otome Game plot, prepare everyone for the forthcoming of the Demon Lord and negate the preconceptions of her dark hair and magic. What a wrench into the "quiet and peaceful" life, for Yumiella has duties to do, all while trying to get along with the people around her.
"The gamer soul is fueled not for the main story, but on side quests". This is pretty much Yumiella's MO workaround when it comes to the traditional Otome Game story of "Light Magic and the Hero", where she has to now satisfy a lot of requirements to get back to her pre-programmed route, while hastening the background routes in the process.
Let's start with the assumed hero and her companions: Alicia Ehnleit is the Hero of the game, and obviously the anti-thesis of Yumiella due to her light magic. However, like the rest of the student body, she is assumed to be a max of Level 10 at best given her rare light magic, something which Yumiella finds concerning because of her fate to face the Demon Lord much later in the game. At first, both the hero and the villainess do not get along (which SHOULD be obvious) due to their disparities of light and darkness, and Alicia is left with the capture targets, the original love interests of the game, which now programmed with the fact that Yumiella has to basically rewind herself back to where she was within the game, it really is a distaste of proportions leaving her even more vulnerable to face the Demon Lord in the future.
Interestingly enough, where the capture targets are supposed to assist in the original game, the new timeline basically took them for scraps and made them very ignorant and selfish, separating both Alicia and Yumiella in their hopeful collaboration and constantly harassing the latter about faking her true level while smoothing relations with the former, which is the total opposite of what the usual Otome Game RPG will be like. Starting with Edwin Valschein, he's the second prince of the kingdom, and a magic swordsman with the affinity of all classical elements: fire, wind, earth and water. His two attendants are the magic prodigy of Oswald Grimsarde, which can handle all elements better than Edwin, as well as William Ares, a master swordsman. It's easy to refer to these 3 young upstanding but self-centered nobles as The Three Stooges, because they do have their reputation behind their names, though this is nothing but one word for Yumiella: catastrophe. Edwin is the least of faults since he only abuses Yumiella verbally, unlike both Oswald and William, where they strike at Yumiella physically, giving her a taste of their superiority complex. Of course, Yumiella doesn't mind, since all she has is her Level 99 skills and dark magic to speak for itself, which as the story progresses, made her more a viable target, but also a valuable comrade who is the only magic user who can face demons her size.
They say, "revenge is sweet", and this is none further placed than through Eleonora Hillrose, the daughter of her father Duke Hillrose, the leader of the noble faction. Everyone in the magic academy has a side they stand on, but this does not apply to Yumiella as the neutral party, and this causes said girl to pick on her to try her best to recruit Yumiella into her faction. Conversely, she is into Prince Edwin by the lovestruck and naivety of feels, but as is with the Three Stooges, she also has her clique to go by. Though this would turn out to be a false facade as they are also jealous of her upbringing and are willing to do anything to lose her standing with Edwin, which Yumiella has to come to her rescue due to the common interest and love for dragons, citing that she is far better than the "clique" she has, thereby earning her as a best friend.
"Dragons chomp people's heads for a greeting, as well as a romance subtext plotline between the unlikeliest of characters." Speaking of dragons and best friend, this subversion might just be the highlight of Villainess Level 99 as a whole. We all know Yumiella as the Hidden Boss but not a Demon Lord, and she has a loyal follower: Patrick Ashbatten. The son of a lord who's good at wind magic, he's the only one who didn't coward himself out of the fear of Yumiella's true Level 99 status. As the story progresses, Patrick trying to understand Yumiella's unusual and peculiar method of doing things that could result in the death of her and/or others, he just couldn't crack her head and thought process of everything she does, even becoming her caretaker in the process. Despite that, where the female Hero typically has her love interests, this time, EVEN the villainess ALSO has her love interest, though an obvious one-sided affair but with potential. The aloof Yumiella, who is intensely dedicated to her leveling-up craft, and yet have the Kuudere trouble of the terms of expression despite meaning well with her kind-heartedness, the one who holds no loyalty to kingdom politics nor family (who basically shunned her), as well as the confident Patrick, they're the rarest of couples, yet their banter makes the relationship work against all odds. Also, Ryu may be a dragon that Alicia is supposed to find during a game event, but Yumiella by hook or by crook, hacked that event and made it hers, nurturing it with dark magic, leading to its dark appearance just like her master. And like Yumiella, it too is regarded as a source of calamity, but it takes after her and is properly tamed and affectionate to everyone. But it's greeting of nonchalantly chomping heads can be seen as one of the many out-of-pocket gag comedy things in the show that is hilarious and trust me, it never gets old.
I've expected of this when it came to the production: studio Jumondou may be a fairly old studio being established right at the tail end of December 2009, and has recently started working primarily as a studio since Spring 2022's Kono Healer, Mendokusai a.k.a Don't Hurt Me, My Healer!. 2 years on, and I've come to accept that like last season's Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! a.k.a I Shall Survive Using Potions!, the studio has not one single prowess other than it being just like many B or C-tier studios out there. Regardless of past works, Villainess Level 99 being its 3rd main show, and I can finally say that Jumondou has hit its stride in adaptation quality. Yes, the usage of CGI is still terrible, however, with that said, this is easily the best effort that the studio has put out thus far. So, great job to director Minoru Yamaoka and the staff team for putting their best forth into this adaptation, especially to legendary series composer Fumihiko Shimo.
The one thing lacking about Villainess Level 99 is in the sound department. Granted, there isn't much, but what is here, still is decent to good in acceptability. The former singer of Myth & Roid, Mayu Maeshima, she may have her strengths for Re:Zero theme songs, and this show...is no different at all. Outside of Re:Zero, "Love or Hate?" is easily one of the best OP songs of the season with its dark-sounding blitz and power, and I love it to pieces. Yet another out-of-pocket moment, comes with the ED song with the pairing of Yumiella and Eleonora boasting about the love of their lives, I for sure as hell, did not expect the level of tenacity when it comes to professing romance, even going as far as to make it a song. Simply ingenious (though the song is rather meh).
"Expect the unexpected". That's all I'll say about Villainess Level 99, and it's such a while that I haven't been able to be entertained this much, let alone a sub-genre that in my opinion, has been mindlessly jacked up like its Isekai/fantasy genre counterpart. I'm truly impressed of what this anime brings to the table: unexpected things that work so beautifully with one another, yet is kept consistent, and definitely an Otome Game-based show that's worth endless recommendations.
If you want to be surprised, watch Villainess Level 99, I can guarantee confirm plus chop on it.
tosifusouou
I don't get MAL ratings for the isekai genre. Terrible shows where the author exhausts their premise by episode 4, thereafter devolving into a loop of the main character beating up weak enemies over and over, can be found in the 8s, while here sits Akuyaku 99 in the low 7s. Sad world. Maybe I watch isekai for different reasons than most people? What's good about Akuyaku 99 is its telling of a complete story arc. Very rare, unfortunately. The protagonist, Yumiella, meaningfully moves the plot of the video game she's reborn into, and in a way besides "the named characters join her harem" or "thebackground character becomes the hero". The author doesn't make fights the center of the show, since that would be boring; as soon as it is established that Yumiella is OP, the drama revolves around the social problems a godlike character causes in this setting. People regard her with suspicion, then jealousy, then fear and revulsion. Groups try to flatter her, or manipulate her to supporting their political or social needs. The theme of why Yumiella should want to save this world that treats her like a dangerous semi-domesticated animal is explored. In the end, the resolution to this conflict is not terribly original, but it's thematically sound and comes with the fulfillment of the plot. Yes! This is a complete story! Gold star to the author.
The two things that detracted from my enjoyment were a few annoying one-dimensional characters and the abysmal CGI animals. Other than that, it was easily among the top three comfort food isekai I've watched. Recommended.
BadGuyBoog
This show exemplifies a lot of things that have just been annoying me about anime, especially modern anime. First thing that is pretty inconsequential but actually pisses me off is the long and overly specific titles. It is a title, not a premise. Why couldn’t this just be called Villainess Level 99? That’s all we need. It tells us the main character and the premise of them being OP. If we want to know more we could read the synopsis or, I don’t know, watch the fucking show. This next complaint might just be a cultural difference but it is the utter unoriginality in anime.And what I mean by this is that there is an entire genre to “getting trapped in a otome video game as the villainess”. This is such an oddly specific concept and yet for some reason, there are countless anime and manga on it, each with just a tiny little caveat that makes it ‘unique’. That’s the extent of the creativity that goes into these shows. It’s the same thing except ‘she’s op in this one’ or, ‘she’s in love with the hero’. It’s the same damn thing. I have watched the first episode of every anime that came out this season and 90% of them were isekai or some fantasy world setting. I only finished 3 of those shows. Everything is just a tweaked version of the other. But the unoriginality doesn’t stop there. Because every anime is an adaptation of a manga. It’s a teaser saying to read the manga or for people who are just too lazy to read them. It’s a waste of an entire medium. Saying the show is unoriginal is not fair because actually, it’s the manga that’s unoriginal. On top of that, the premise of entering an otome game is unoriginal. It truly is just a self-insert. It’s looking at another person's work and saying “I would have done this if I was the character.” Every person thinks that and if you really want to see shit like that play out for whatever reason, go to Wattpad. Why are these actual studio productions? I feel like most manga now are just fanfictions. That’s why they are all power fantasies. It’s unoriginal and hinges on validating and playing out fantasies instead of actual compelling storytelling. This show is nothing. Every character is bland, it’s inoffensive, it’s predictable (it ended exactly as they said it would 3 episodes prior), it gave you the mindless rush of “yeah, show the people who doubt you!”, the cgi sucks dick and I’ll probably forget it exists by tomorrow. The only reason it’s so high is because it’s just inoffensive. I don’t hate it, I enjoyed parts of it. I don’t need to talk about specifics because of how unoriginal it is.
thraximus
I'll start by saying I went into this one knowing the plot entirely from the books. My review will focus more on the technical side than on the story itself. The general story is good, and the characters as well, but the main issue in this anime, is that they have extremely rushed through everything. Some parts that would take over half an hour of reading, would be covered in less than a minute of animation, some parts entirely skipped. Since I know what was missed, I can't honestly say if things will feel out of place to someone who didn't read the source material, but I haveto say that from my perspective its just very rushed.
If I were to judge the story only on its merits I'd give this a 9. But I had to do a -1 for the rushing, and another -1 for animation quality.
The production value was pretty low, it was obviously done on the cheap side. It's watchable enough if you are interested in the story, but if you are the type to want to watch for pretty visuals, this anime isn't for you. Many combat parts boil down to power point presentations, there are some atrocious uses of low quality 3d models as well.
I know I was very negative in this review, but that's because these are most of the negatives. If you don't mind this pace, and aren't too picky regarding the visuals, it's a fun show to watch, and I would recommend it if you are interested in the otome isekai genre at all.
rikiki109
“This looks like an Otome game ; Oh right, it's one” -Yumiella Dolkness In a world where the Isekai genre is dissimilar to the Otome game/Villainess genre, you get a lot of anime which are very basic and don't reinvent the wheel. From the few Otome game anime that I've watched, it never clicked right. It was always a bit too girlish and unoriginal. But then, out of the blue, a new fighter joined the arena, it's called... *clears throat* Villainess Level 99 : I May Be The Hidden Boss But I'm Not The Demon Lord ! (At this point in this current day and age,it's not that much of a long name isn't it ?). After watching this anime for the whole winter 2024 season, I came to the conclusion that this anime was quite enjoyable, I even learned what 99 is in japanese with the amount of times it's said in the anime, “Kyu.ju.Kyu”
To start with, instead of doing things cringy, it understands what it is and makes meta jokes about the average Otome game story, how it's generally pretty shit and easy to foresee what's gonna happens next, added to the base fact that those anime are generally girls getting truck-kun'ed into their favourite Otome game that they played on the switch the night before. For somes anime, it's just one minute at the start and then becomes irrelevant into the main story, making it kinda just like a fantasy ? Well, this anime clearly isn't just all that, Yumiella keeps refering to her massive knowledge of having finished the game and 100% it to make everything goes as smooth as she wants, but then.. you get to see that the events gets changed with her actions, how will she adapt to this !? You'll need to watch this anime to find out. But for real, the comedy is on point and is generally nicely sprinkled sometimes in the anime, Yumiella is also a badass character, since she's level 99 (the max), it's basically impossible to stop her, her darkness magic is unrivalled and makes up for a lot of events unfolding in the story, like imagine that : in the beginning, we get told that the most op character so far is level 60 only, and it's exponentially way more powerful the higher the level is. Of course, fucking op characters was a novelty in the Isekai genre in 2016, but the mix of people scared, people who wish to get her powers, friends made along the way, the fact that she wants to stay lowkey all makes up for something nice. There's always fucking epic magic fights every few episodes, all in the goal to kill the demon-lord (how original indeed). To somewhat wrap up what makes the story not bad in my opinion is also the other side characters, they are all quite different with each their goal, and somes character development is made throuhough all of the 12 episodes which wraps up nicely two whole years of high school.
To continue, all of the parts around the meat, the ones that support the story, the visuals and sounds, they aren't revolutionary, but they are fine. Of course, considering that this anime is made by Jumondo, who made one of the worst visually appealing anime of 2022, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, we wouldn't expect something made by the best of the best, which is also explained by the 3D monsters (shocking I know from a somewhat shitty anime, but as us shitty anime watchers, we can go through this and find the small fun parts of it) used in the anime. The other visuals are honestly fine, it keeps a consistent visual (which is always great to have, I'm looking at you COTE) which is quite polished, you could argue that the emotions aren't well represented on the faces, but it's hard to do that when the premise is that the MC is as apathetic as possible, which also makes up for somes interesting moment xD, but that's the initial goal. It also kinda uses chibi a little too much which may be a way to cut corners, but if it's to keep the rest decent, I'm all in. On the other side, I wanna mention how both the OP and ED are fucking bangers and are somes of the best this season imo. OP sang by Mayu Maeshima, who was in Myth & Roid before, who did a few Re:Zero song and even did the last OP of it by herself, so it was a certified banger. The ending is more special, a girl singing suki and dancing is an easy recipe for greatness, or should I say Dolkness ?
To conclude, this anime isn't boring, and that's the good part ! I had a fun blast watching it, it gave me hope and made me interested again in the Villainess genre, with it's somewhat basic everything, but good execution overall. It might not be the shiny stone or unbeknownst to everyone the best anime this season (when you see Frieren having 0,3 score higher than FMAB, it's hard to beat hihi). But as something pretty chill to watch and simple, it worked well and I'd recommend you to watch it as a good introduction to this genre or perhaps if like me you had lost hope long ago and cameback to the original 50 words long isekai name reincarnation into another world with the most overpowered powers in this another world for christ sake.
Rian_Rahmat
I think this is the best anime this season, even though I was doubtful at first because it had a pre-existing synopsis dies and goes to the world of the game he is playing. Honestly, this is a bit of a cliche. The character designs are all made in detail, even if they are NPCs. Especially for male characters, usually in anime with an Otome game theme, the male characters are made too flashy or you could say Ikemen. But it's not like that here, so for me, who hates Ikemen characters, this anime really suits me. In my opinion, the storyline is not too convoluted, andnot too focused on how the game's storyline progresses.
There isn't much drama, let alone telling about the past which isn't too important.
The comedy is also quite funny, especially when you become a Chibi character, although most of the cuteness consists of innocent Yumiella.
The main weakness is in the Action section, if only this section were made more epic, this anime would definitely be the best.
Especially in some scenes and depictions such as Dragons and several other enemies which were created using stiff CGI, the impression becomes strange when looking at it.
There is nothing different about the magic used, for example using Black Hole, Dark Lance and various other types of magic which are already cliche.
phoepb
I was hooked. This anime was well-executed in my opinion. Unsure why there are so many complaints as it was an enjoyable anime. There were parts where I actually giggled, it was well done despite being a little predictable. Would have loved to see more romance in it but obviously the MC will always be the oblivious one who is a little different to everyone else and sees things differently. The ending felt a little bit rushed though. Overall an enjoyable anime, if you want to see a deep plot then you might want to look somewhere else. I would still recommend this if you enjoy isekaianime.
TheAnimePlunge
IF YOU HAVE LIMITED TIME TO WATCH ALL THE AWESOME ANIME YOU DESIRE, SKIP THIS ONE. Fair anime to spend time in. However, I found the ending too hurried. It's like having the first episodes too slow and realizing the need to catch up on the plot by the end. Watching this on a weekly basis was fun and I was always looking forward to it every Tuesday. However, if I'd be critical, I guess this anime is standard OP trope but with an oblivious girl protagonist in a little romance/adventure story. Animation was not it's strong suit, and I think if it were to havebetter action scenes, this anime would've been famous.
The story is straightforward, and almost had no twists in the plot. Although this is the case, I guess I kind of enjoyed it only because it was fun having something to look forward to every week. The premise of having dark hair and dark magic and knowing what is to happen just only gets this show so far.
Marinate1016
With villainess adaptations becoming increasingly common in recent years, they can start feel a bit repetitive at times. Luckily, Akuyaku99 does just enough differently to deliver a fun experience. Featuring one of the best girls of the season as an mc, some well done comedy and an interesting story. If you’re at all a fan of the genre, you’ll find this one entertaining. The biggest thing separating Akuyaku99 stand out from its competitors is the MC, Yumiella. Whereas most protagonists in this genre are based on the main character of a video game, she’s based on a secret boss and wants to stay that way. Shewants nothing to do with the spotlight and just wants to live out her days in peace. Sadly, due to her being extremely OP she’s not really able to. Seeing her try to stay lowkey and not bother anyone, while getting harassed by royalty, nobles and the general populace literally for just existing was definitely an experience. Her deadpan comedy and bland facial expressions make everything 100x funnier too. Imagine the entire world overreacting to the most basic of things while a character is just sitting there with a straight face wondering what’s going on.
It’s so enjoyable seeing Yumiella try to get the spotlight on the actual protagonist of the game. The relationship that develops between the two is quite wholesome and I also liked seeing Yumiella make everyone who assumed she was evil, based on preconceptions of her power level and hair, feel really dumb.
That leads me into my one big issue with this series, the supporting characters can be quite stupid. Everyone besides Patrick and Yumiella are cognitively challenged, I swear. If you know someone is the strongest person on the face of the earth, why are you provoking them, harassing them and just being a general ass to them? Yumiella receives so much hate purely for existing due to the insecurity, jealousy and fear of most of the supporting characters. It was mind boggling at times.
The other issue I have is the animation. The CGI in particular is not great, and it shows. The series can get away with it because it’s not really action oriented, but in scenes with Yumiella’s dragon, it definitely shows. The animation in general is also pretty bad, but the comedy and Yumiella as an MC makes up for it for the most part.
While not Konosuba levels of hilarious, seeing Yumiella deal with all the stupid people around her and just trying to lay low is very funny. If you’re looking for a good laugh and want a villainess show that doesn’t just focus on romance and traditional Shoujosei tropes, this is one for you.
Akuyaku99 gets 8/10
kchakrak
This isn't really a 'villianess' show in the strictest sense, it's a slice of life comedy about being overpowered and fitting in when you have little to no social skills even before your power difference. I highly recommend it, it's genuinely funny with great characters and many heartwarming moments. Let's keep things simple, because the show does. If you want deep worldbuilding, clever subtext and an action packed plot this isn't for you. If you want a slice of life comedy with a fantastic protagonist whose wonderfully clueless this is absolutely for you. I enjoyed this as a great counterweight to the also-brilliant, but deeper,7th Time Loop (also from this season, fyi).
orpheusbreeze
This is a good anime, I’m surprised I enjoyed this! The best way I can describe the main character is if you got Sawako from Kimi Ni Todoke and made her overpowered/strong with powers, then that’s the premise of the show 😆 I would say this anime is more like a comfort anime, not something to take too seriously. It’s like a slice of life with the backstory of Yumiella trying to blend in the background and not attract too much attention in order to let the otome game’s protagonist continue as normal. It’s quite a funny show that has similar humor from Sawakoin Kimi Ni Todoke, so if you enjoyed that show you might enjoy this one.
The show had more depth than I expected. I found myself sympathizing much for Yumiella and her daily encounters of bullying and discrimination, to slowly being able to make 1-2 friends by the end of the show.
The love interest minor sub plot was well worth it, I really admired seeing a different kind of storyline where the guy is working hard to level up and be almost on par with her (driving him to improve himself), and also him being a big supportive friend throughout the series. So yes, the romance sub plot was well deserved and I won’t spoil anything, but I will say that I’m happy with the outcome and that we didn't have to wait in til the last episode (hate this cliche lol).
Yumiella is quite the nice/kind strong (but dense) gal, and I hope people give this show a chance at being a comfort/laidback anime.
Tigris_
Ok don't go into this anime hoping for a story with a lot of depth and fleshed out characters and flawless animation. However, it's still a very fun and enjoyable show. Normally I need an anime to have those elements, but this show was the exception. The main character is hilarious, the main ship is super sweet, and the show overall is quite funny. I have not read the light novels but from what I understand it has a bit of a different tone and the anime differed on some parts. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing though, the anime ending was stillenjoyable for me, although it did seem a bit rushed.
The show also has awful cgi, which normally is a deal breaker for me, but it fit the vibe of the show it just made me laugh harder. If you go into it expecting a just a fun show, you'll enjoy it.
Chuy_diazz
An isekai where the protagonist is reincarnated as the villain of the story and tries to change her story but is too naive to do so, shut up and take my money. The story of Yumiella Dolkness is one that can easily become your comfort anime. The protagonist is the face of the work and she doesn't need anyone else to make it entertaining. To exemplify what the dynamics of this work is like, let me use as a reference a game that we can all know, Pokemon. Imagine for a moment that you are already champion of the league, that you have all your Pokémonat level 100 and you decide to return to route 1. On this route it occurs to you to look into the eyes of a small bug catcher who decides to challenge you to a duel. . He takes out his best combatant which is a level 5 Caterpie and you can't do anything except take out your level 100 Charizard. The only thing that will happen is that you will mop the floor with the poor rival. Yumiella is the level 100 Charizard and the rest of the characters are level 5 Caterpies, the only thing Yumiella can do, even if she restrains herself, is make fools of the rest of the characters who dare to challenge her.
Jumondo is a studio that I didn't know about but I liked how they worked on the work, especially with the chibi models of the characters. It is what gave more charisma and personality to the work because they contributed a lot to that trait of naivety and innocence of our protagonist. The work may have negative aspects such as not using other characters in their entirety, but its intention is not to tell a story with them, the true intention is that they are cannon fodder to make Yumiella look good. The story is not trying to be ambitious so it can be forgiven for these kinds of details.
In conclusion, Akuyaku Reijou lv99, if you let yourself be carried away by the atmosphere it proposes, if you are convinced by the humor they use and if you get attached to the protagonist, it can easily become a comfort anime. One of those animes that you would like to revisit even once a year. Because both the novel and the manga are still airing, it is unknown if the anime will decide to continue the story. Even if they decide not to do it and leave it as a single season, the ending is round and closed enough to be satisfied with what they gave us until the last chapter. So far this theme of a girl who is reincarnated as a villain has not disappointed me and I hope that future stories continue along the same lines.
IchUndAnime
Reborn as the last secret boss, the protagonist of "Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord" quickly becomes the most powerful being in the world. But not only does she have real no-good parents, she is also immediately labeled a liar! When I watched this, I thoroughly enjoyed the first two episodes, but after that I could only wonder what the show is going for now? Is it about the protagonist helping people level up? Does she have to escape her parents' political intrigues? Or does she have to keep listening to new stupid lies that are thrownat her? Because somehow the anime tries to do everything three ways and doesn't do any of it well.
Especially the fact that stupid rumors keep being spread about her by the same people who got in trouble for it the first time - seriously?! At some point, enough is enough.
My opinion on the first four episodes, but now the series is over - so what's my conclusion?
The whole series feels as if someone tried to cram the entire story of the original into it - or at least the story up to a certain point. As already described, the first two episodes are the most enjoyable, probably because the series takes its time to allow characters or themes to take effect. After that, the anime gets caught up in a jumble of themes that could have been interesting in their own right, but which are quickly rehashed, leaving you with no idea what the anime wants to show. As a result, this confusion clears up and you are soon left with a few topics that you can at least understand, but which are still blasted through extremely quickly, only they don't end as quickly because they are longer. Yumiella's lack of social skills is one such topics.
The few moments when the intrigues of the nobility or characters have time to have an effect on the viewer are fun. But unfortunately, the assassination attempts on the protagonist have to be dealt with in one episode, while the contact with an enemy empire or even the fight against the demon king don't even get an episode.
So the anime throws up a heap of themes, ideas, situations and characters at the viewer's feet, which could be interesting if they hadn't already been chopped up, pre-digested and then partially regurgitated. This is most noticeable in the final episode.
Ellenya
This is a really refreshing anime on the theme of Isekai Villains! Animation: Above average for the genre, but lacks expressions on the characters (our main character has zero expressions due to personality, but it stills makes the animation feel lazy). Plot: Very interesting and well developed, doesn't really leave us with unanswered questions. The pacing of the story is good and brings forth each character's story a bit, while always keeping the focus on the main character. It has a lot of ups and downs, plot-twists, and even redemption for the character's wrongdoings. Character development: Outstanding for the genre! It's definitely this anime's strong point! Each characterin the anime has a development and grows as the story progresses, and by the end of the anime there won't be a character that you can truly hate (even though some are really nasty to the main character in the beginning!) because they all have properly suffered the consequences to their acts and reflected on it in order to become better versions of themselves.
Romantic development: Really cute! The romance starts shy and you will be more interested in the main character's circumstances than in the romance, but then the fact that someone is crushing on her becomes a really great development for her! From someone with no friends and no hopes of being "normal", to someone that even has a boyfriend, this romance has the right spice to make the story richer.
Overall: It's a must-watch if you are a fan of this genre! Its unique story and great character development are really refreshing, this anime doesn't know the word "cliché", you will have a great time watching.
Panda_Roll
Villainess Level 99 had and idea, a good one too... but around the half way point it got ditched to follow the well traveled generic road instead. Our "villainess" is the usual /I got Isekaied into an Otome game and I'm the villainess/. As the title suggests she's the hidden boss of the game so very much post game content rather than the final boss... why would an Otome have that?!? The hook here is that she's indifferent. She's not trying to change the route, be the number one villainess, hack the game...etc. Her focus is literally just leveling up and being strong, That's it. TheOtome game can play in the background for all she cares with it's cardboard cutout characters.
At first this is interesting as the tropes of the genre are thrown to the side as "boring" and our MC simply does her own thing, which in this world takes things to funny extremes.
Around the midway point however the allure of the well traveled road was too much and the whole thing gets ditched so as to follow the generic beats of the otome game, with said boring cardboard cut outs, only with the addition of the super OP MC that can easily one punch the final boss to make it easy.
It's rushed, the side characters get the depth of a teaspoon, the 3D is distracting.
Overall it's a fun little show but I wished it carried through with it's promise instead of shifting attention away from the MC to characterless NPCs.
million_boxes
This is just a chill slice of life/comedy-ish drama. Very hit or miss. Good things: Yumi's fun to watch, the magic is cool (nothing special but pretty flashy), animation does it's job. Overall, it has some wholesome themes (though very tropey) and decent execution. The fight scenes are...okay. Like...if you enjoyed Saiki and Saitama one-shotting enemies you'd enjoy this too. There's not much else in terms of action though. I mean, honestly this is like the many many overpowered reincarnation animes just that this one is female-led and without a harem. So yeah. I did like Yumi and Alicia's relationship, she seems to have the most organic reactionto Yumi. Yumi and Patrick's cute too. Alicia and her trio of admirers less so, mainly because the 3 boys are reduced to brainless animatronics in her vicinity, bound to fawn over her and attack whoever she's interacting with without the least provocation. The show needs to understand that just because the premise is an otome isekai, doesn't mean you can write your entire secondary cast like otome characters.
More flaws: Edwin is annoying as fuck. Like I get that Yumi's terrifying, not to mention a new phenomenon to them and everything but I feel like Os and William had much more tolerable and reasonable reactions to her. I'm glad he got over it eventually but it really overstayed its welcome.
Also, the ending is...kind of cringy...but I liked that they remedied everything (unlike the other versions of this story) because I really did like Alicia quite a lot.
SO: you'll probably know if this is for you within 1-2 eps
Flacion
A person trapped in an otome game as the secret boss, who decides to just avoid the hero and her party, but is it that easy? Villainess level 99, is a show that follows Yumiella who regains her memory of being a normal person playing the otome game she is now trapped in. She knows she is the hidden boss, and decides to carve a path that will lead her life away from the hero’s party and give her a peaceful life. The plot revolves a lot about Yumiellas trying to live a normal life, which is way harder than it originally seemed to be. Suddenly peopleknow how strong she is, some people need help, and she thereby keeps being dragged into all kinds of situations. The plot is generally very light hearted and in some ways bland, which has the positive side of it being easy to watch, but not that enticing to watch.
The characters are very much built on stereotypes and is both more open then a pure stereotype, and very firm in its role. Yumiella is mostly a very simple person, and sometimes shows a greater depth, which could have been shown some more.
When it comes to animation it is rather basic and the monsters are sometimes very simplistic animated, which makes it less exciting to watch fights with monsters. Otherwise the animation is very average and not that special.
The special thing about this show is the atmosphere, it is very clear how Yumiella sees things and the atmosphere it brings with her. The interesting thing is then how the side characters react to this.
Overall is it a nice watch I would recommend for fantasy and isekais fans, i just feel like it could have done a bit more.
