Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita

A fantastic comedy in which you can't help but admire Aileen, the main heroine, and one who was reborn into the world of an otome game as the villain. Does this sound familiar? The show resembles Hamefura in some ways. The show's premise is as follows: Aileen is dumped by Cedric. Aileen makes Claude fall in love with her in order to avoid the fate of the character she was reborn as. Claude falls in love with Aileen, and the two live happily ever after.... or so that should have been the case. Aileen tries everything in her power to avoid doom flags and her fate of being killed in one way or another. The show is fairly lighthearted, with the goal of demonstrating Aileen's perseverance and determination, while also highlighting her good-hearted nature and, in the process, exposing those who have evil intentions and dare to stand in her way. Aileen's ability to influence those around her is uncanny, making her one hell of a main heroine. Her feminine wiles aren't to be overlooked either, with a personality that makes everyone around her admire and even fall in love with her. A funny story backed up with well-developed characters, this series is something worth noting of. Art-wise, this show isn't the best. I still can't get used to the show's art style. In terms of animation, I'd say it is pretty good, with nothing particularly disappointing to mention. And the OP and ED are perfect for the show. I was already feeling them in the first episode of the show. The VAs should not be overlooked for how well they portray the characters to which they are assigned. Overall, aside from the show's art, I can't think of much to complain or dislike about it. Maybe if you consider that it has a very similar premise to Hamefura, then yeah, I can see why people might be put off watching it. However, the execution and handling of both premises was very different. I would definitely recommend this show to anyone who enjoys watching light-hearted and entertaining shows. Aileen, you go girl!!!

'Taming the Final Boss' is a mildly enjoyable diversion at best: it's an uninspired romantic comedy in an uninspired fantasy setting with a convoluted premise, a badly rushed plot, and lackluster romance and comedy. Though the setup is superficially similar to this year's excellent 'Trapped in a Dating Sim', what develops is much less impressive: like a winning chess position, except every piece is slightly misplaced. The pacing is a disaster: the season is crammed with standalone arcs, each of which is rushed, all of which together leave little time for characters and relationships to develop. Nine episodes in, the show is still introducing entire factions in thirty-second expository clips. I thought we were going to see a video-game villainess seduce a demon lord: are we done with that? I feel like we could have squeezed more out of it. Actually, it's not clear at all how the story builds on or benefits from the premise. Why make her a villainess? Why reincarnate her? Why in a dating sim? Any one of those elements could have taken the story in an interesting direction if it had been treated as more than just isekai overhead. It's not difficult to imagine: an evil heiress gets dumped, tries to get even, and winds up fixing her life, and the kingdom, essentially out of spite. Or how about this: reborn into fantasy high society, an ordinary modern girl has to act the part of a notorious noblewoman or face destruction. As for being trapped in a dating sim — I mean, that one practically writes itself: it's funny when a normal person has to deal with stupid genre tropes. Unfortunately, the show delivers none of the above. The animation is noticeably cheap, but the real problem is the lazy writing, whether it's solving mysteries offscreen — no time for fun, we've got plot points to deliver — or ruining a joke by explaining it. The fight scenes lack tension because everyone has poorly defined magic powers. The romance is half-baked. The antagonists are not well motivated. Like 'The Dungeon of Black Company', a much better show, the protagonist is refreshingly motivated. But instead of pruning her overgrown backstory and giving her room to grow, the writers merely embroidered her with isekai kitsch. Although I mildly enjoyed parts of every episode, I wouldn't watch another season.

HameFura (you know, the one with the lovable dense blonde MC Bakarina Claes), MobSeku (you know, the one with the shitty MC Leon Fou Bartfort), and finally the 3rd entry in the now Isekai space that is the Otome Game sub-genre: Akuyaku Last Boss (or AkuLas for short feat. yet another blonde MC). Damn, looks like Isekai has a new winning formula that's only starting to pick up right now, but only getting more predictable as time passes. Out of the Otome Game adaptations we've had so far, I really have to concede the fact that HameFura is the overall better handled show that we have seen of this now start-up "Villainess Otome Game" isekai sub-genre. And while MobuSeka was just ugly throughout and kinda rushed in its adaptation, Akuyaku Last Boss a.k.a AkuLas is the mix between the both the good and the bad being a decent show overall, with the same overarching story that is already beginning to wear the audience out of its idea, but with the execution being both favourable and not depending on where the game's route goes according to the original LN author that is Sarasa Nagase. But if there's one thing that we can all agree on, is that the show's pacing whacks in your face being faster than the speed of dating and harnessing a harem all at once, with everyone being the wiser. But I'm getting ahead of myself here, let's rewind from the start. If you've watched either HameFura or MobuSeka for that matter, AkuLas's story is essentially the same copy-pasted blurb setting of its main female MC being Isekai-ed into the game, with her memories intact of how the game is being played out and navigating thereabouts so that she can reach the outcome of the game's "good end" and avoiding the "bad end". But as the saying goes: "Truth is stranger than fiction", and even if the game turned out to be predictable, there is always that small hole-sized void that'll plunge the female MC into self-perception if there exists an area that wasn't part of the main story (e.g. special spin-off character routes), regardless of how well she can memorize the entire game inside out to play exactly as how it would be panned out. And the main female character in this game is this girl called Aileen Lauren d'Autriche. Having been reincarnated from the real world, knowing fully well that she's the villainness whose destiny is programmed for death, she does what any other character would do to turn away from the fated death that awaits them. Only this time, AkuLas takes a very different approach and hinges it on the demonic side of the family rather than the stereotypical kingdom noble royalty, which provides something new to the table to make things interesting. This is especially so if you can get the reference of the source title itself to tame the "Final Boss", and for one, Alieen already has her sights set on the game's "Final Boss" that is Claude Jean Ellmeyer, the lord of the demons, and simultaneously the older brother and former heir to the throne whom he lost his claim to his younger brother Cedric, who is the default love interest of the game's heroine. And what's a prince without the princess a.k.a the game's heroine, and she is none other than Lilia Reinoise, the proclaimed self-righteous princess to stand alongside Cedric as the Holy Sword Maiden, which imbues her with power enough to defend against demons. I swear that the way that I'm sounding here makes you think that there're lots of characters, and yes there are many, but easier to follow than the almost cluster-fish that is HameFura. Having already gone though both HameFura and MobuSeka in the same manner, you should already know that the game isn't definite on everything, and it's the same choice for Aileen here. Having been kicked out of the kingdom due to Cedric's incompetence of his older brother Claude being the more intelligent and bright of the two, the self-centered narcissism of Cedric forcing his way to get revenge for rejection, Aileen's a smart girl who knows her way around such travesties, and chose to join the dark side instead where Claude is posted at, at his demonic house, which has no short of assistants ready at the sound of his call. Claude's servants of right-hand man Keith Eigrid and Beelzebuth handle the small, intricate details while refining their loyalty towards the Demon Lord himself. Keith is a naturally competent assistant who's a jack of all trades and master of all, and it's no wonder if Claude is out on business that Keith can be in charge being the acting lord. Beelzebuth a.k.a Bel may be rowdy with his non-mannerisms and etiquette, but at least he respects Claude's space by trying to not embarrass him as much as possible. Rounding off the demons is a crow named Almond, after Aileen managed to successfully be tamed it to get to like her. Also, this may be a minor spoiler, but the duck scenes in the show are absolutely hilarious to say the least. Overall, this demon dynamic has been a somewhat subtle affair of Stephen King's quote: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on both of us." To be presented the same setting 3 times in a row, albeit following the game's different layouts and characters symmetrical to the plot, it's a hard one to swallow for both anime-onlies and even LN source readers. As an example, the manga that was based on the 1st game alone covers 3 volumes, and the show manages to clinch that record in 4 episodes. That is some blazing blitz speed if ou ask me, the amount of sacrifice just reeling for content to reach its eventual end point, leaving the audience perplexed and confused about missing plot pointers that could help expand the story more. Sadly, under studio Maho Film's in-house director Kumiko Habara, it felt like sound advice was abandoned in favour of content adaptation as quick as it comes, and I swear at times that I was jawdropped at how fast things were going, to the point that aspects such as character development would get overshadowed. To my dismay, the worst fears are realized, and the anime is done in such a way that it dishonours the source material. But there's a silver lining in all of this. Despite the fast pacing, the characters are fun to watch, especially Aileen and her group of demons after successfully "taming" them, even Claude himself to reckon herself as his lawful wife as means to get back at Cedric for the shame that he incurred to her. Karma deserved on Cedric's part, which is actually good since villains have a hidden side to them that makes us feel pissed off at them all the time. Where the story falters, the characters make up for the slack, and I would say that the good balances the bad to make for a decent product overall. And despite being produced at Maho Film, the visuals do pop at times, which more actually more reminiscent towards the studio's light-hearted works like Leadale no Daichi nite a.k.a In the Land of Leadale. It's been quite some time since I've ever heard a Rie Takahashi song ever since the many displays of the Takagi-san franchise, and truth be told that her OP song was one that at first, I despised it for the same zany, off-the-whack vocals, but it grew on me and I began to like it the more listens it got, being very energetic and lively, something that I've come to expect of the typical RieRi song. ACCAMER's ED song is pretty much the same, except that it was forgettable at best, even with the playful visual drops accompanying the song itself, which is a nice touch to say the least. If there exists an anime world where neither HameFura nor MabuSeka ever existed, AkuLas would've been treated as something totally new towards the Isekai genre of its many sub-groups and given an equal amount of criticism that would sway towards recommendations. But as it is, my original point still stands that HameFura is the better of the 3 Otome Game adaptations, and this show, while being good in spots, has its own flaws that aren't negligible, and somewhat disappointi…

The villainess trope is something we’ve seen a couple of times now as it has slowly become more popular. I myself was questioning if this could follow up on the success of something like My Next Life as a Villainess. I must say, I think it kind of did as this was an enjoyable ride to sit through, but by all means, it isn’t perfect and can be a little bit goofy at times. I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss is a fun watch for those interested in it, but it can definitely have been improved upon. Art: 6 I always say that art isn’t the biggest factor in my enjoyment of an anime, and while the art style and animation aren’t the worst, it's honestly not the best either. Sometimes character movements seem stiff, and to be honest other than the main duo the character designs themselves were a little bit boring, but conversely, I thought the colors meshed well together and really made some moments pop out. I also thought the ost was fine at best as well. Characters: 8 I believe this is where this anime strived the most and is really where it kept me in my seat. I think Aileen is a pretty good female lead and has a certain charm behind her serious yet nurturing personality. I also really liked how they portrayed Claude as well, they showed both his softer and stricter side very well. To be honest I dont have many complaints when it comes to the side characters either, other than designs. My main issue lies with the antagonist as their motives never were the clearest, and kind of seemed a little shallow, but overall, the cast was great. Story: 6 While I do think the characters made the show enjoyable, the story wasn’t anything too special, as the pacing at times would be a little all over the place, and the main antagonist kind of got less interesting to watch after the first arc which affected the overall plot as they were the main driving source for it to move forward. That being said, I dont think it's bad enough to drop the whole anime and for the right person, this can be an enjoyable watch. I’ll give it 6 almonds out of 10.

Terrible everything? I genuinely don't understand how this got approved, watched and liked. The story is straight forward enough, for two seconds, and then there's a billion new characters without proper introductory arcs, so I cant even understand what their relationships and motivations are or even role within the story is, wacky out of place magic, overpowered lord demon, a heroine that doesn't care about pacing because she will do whatever she wants, whenever she wants, even if it means throwing all the sense out of the story out the window. To further elaborate without boring you to death, the pacing is absolute garbage, it's like hodge poding a thousand concept, all together into a monsterous clump of a story, memory loss, villainess trope, becoming king, betrayal, demon essence (whatever that means), political conflict, marrying the prince....and it JUST MAKES NO SENSE!! the story wants to be everything, and fair enough, but the pacing is too nonsensical that it's comical, I tried to understand, but every episode I felt gaslit into thinking I skipped an episode... It's your ADHD brain on shrooms kind of writing and pacing. I really wanted to like this because it hit me in my weak-for long haired fictional men with a sweet voice and tortured lone wolf personality-spot, but it just makes no gosh darn sense, NONE OF IT, NADA, 0... Maybe read the source material? I wouldn't know, but I am fairly sure it would better than this mess.

Akuyaku Reijou is an anime that I can only really recommend as background noise. The isekai and reincarnation genres have always been a refuge for shows with wasted potential, but even if lost potential is unavoidable, Akuyaku Reijou is utterly self sabotaging. However, I did give this show a 4 not a 0, so I'm inclined to point out a few of its redeeming qualities before I disparage it. Pros: It can be fun, I'd say somewhere half way through the show I would confidently state that I was enjoying myself watching the show, certainly keep your brain off while watching, but once your brain is off it can be mildly entertaining. It's not a slow burn at all, the main character and her pet (the demon lord) are openly head over heels for one another by like the third episode. So if you hate the will-they-won't-they-tropes that plague a lot of the romance genre, maybe you'd prefer this. I personally think they shot themselves in the foot having the two main characters get together so quickly, but I can see it appealing to a few people. The comedic beats do land sometimes, not always mind you, but often enough to give the show an upbeat feeling so good enough. Cons: The pacing is terrible. The show should have absolutely ended at episode 4, it is as if they crammed all their main ideas for the concept into the first 4 episodes, then realised they still had 8 episodes left to fill. Instead of going back and trying to give more depth and flesh out what could be considered the core of the story, they instead just tacked on 8 episodes worth of nonsense. It's the writing equivalent of being sold a bag of flour by the pound, opening it and finding two-thirds of it is rocks. It isn't "I'm the villainess so I'm taming the final boss", it is "I tamed the final boss in 4 episodes, now watch me go on side quests for three hours." The depth of this show is lesser than the depth of my carpet. No character development whatsoever, the only exception I can maybe think of is Keith; the demon lord's right hand man, and Levi but they are both side characters and their arcs only last 1 episode. Otherwise if there is "development" it isn't really development, it is just a random and inexplicable shift in a character's attitude, see-> the demon lord during the third arc, or prince Cedric in the final episode. The character with the most interesting concept was probably Lillia, and her motivations absolutely deserved exploration, but no, nothing. Don't expect anything in the realm of high quality writing, you will inevitably be disappointed. It doesn't make sense. I don't think this warrants an explanation, I just thought I would leave this here, if you even pay a modicum of attention to the screen you'll probably become extremely confused and frustrated. There's way too many characters. Maybe this explains why the show couldn't be bothered to develop any of them, but my god why are there so many of them. Although preferably they wouldn't constantly introduce new characters, the issue is only further exacerbated by the show's refusal to drop them from the screen after they are no longer relevant to the current arc. Furthermore the characters aren't even eye-catching, the designs are all bland, and you couldn't even consider them to be gimmicky, they all have cardboard personalities with few exceptions. Almond. Fuck his inclusion in the final two episodes, he alone dropped my rating by a point. Let's wrap this up. You should watch this show if you have an infatuation with the isekai/otome game genre and a thing for lord claude. You should not watch this show if you don't belong to the former group.

I'm not gonna get too into it, mostly because this show didn't earn the right for me to spend too long on a review for it, but I simply had to say it: this might be one of the worst paced shows I've ever seen. This show has a DIZZYING pace and there is just no time to get to like any of the characters or enjoy any of the story. Yes, it's tropey, but I genuinely enjoy these kinds of tropey shoujo, I was looking for simple good tropes. But for some reason this show tried to cram easily two seasons worth of story into one and by Episode 3 the "final boss" is already thoroughly tamed making the premise kind of stop involving him for the most part for the rest of the show. Trust me, unless you need to consume mid, uninspired, way-too-frantic tropey shoujo to survive, don't watch this. It's too short and not horrible enough to be a straight out "avoid at all costs" show, but it really isn't worth anyone's time.

"Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita" is a 2022 Issekai romance from Maho Film. The plot is quite simple: the protagonist, as a classic Issekai scenario is supposed to be, finds herself in the world of a video game, where she finds herself in the role of a villain whose destiny is death. The task is clear: to change the plot of the game by defeating the final boss...with her love. Romance, though. The series itself is divided into three arcs, in each of which the story changes, the characters remain the same (except that new ones appear). In my opinion, the first and second arcs are very good, but the third seemed boring and unnecessary, although in general, the plot of the anime could have been finished at 4 series (the end of the first story). There are quite a few characters in the anime, but not all of them decided to reveal. Of the 5 assistants of the main character, Aileen, only Isaac was given time, while the rest became third-rate. The music is present, but the same music is played time and time again throughout the anime. A tense moment - long live the medieval melody. Drawing looks a bit sparse, although maybe Ufotable Studios have lavished me with artistic beauty, but for 2022 it does look a bit lacking. But come on, it's all subjective, it's a my opinion. I didn't really get the gist of it. Maybe the author wanted to say that even in the game love and friendship work wonders and solve many issues, change the fate, but most likely the anime is just a normal isekai, covered with the feelings of the main characters. Some characters are revealed, discarded, and what is timeless is the beauty and allure of the prince of darkness, Claude. By the way, I would argue with the word "darkness." After all, all the darkness is crows, furry critters, cyclops, and green-haired helpers... Seriously, they even have a fortress? A fortress for one man, two demons and beasts...that's "darkness." Whatever. I found the anime and its plot entertaining enough, despite the third story. The occasional interesting characters were also fun to watch. I want to mention Kana Hanazawa's wonderful acting as Lilia, it was gorgeous! That's all for now :D

Frustrating. I am sure there is a good story (four stories?) buried in here. I think the main character is interesting and well acted of course. I think this could have been great... if they had only slowed down for a minute! Side characters are introduced and disappear and pop up again. Wait, that guy was, what, an architect? Or something. Those guys hanging around with nothing to do except dress up nicely were... what again? I am sure I've seen them before. Wait, that girl was at a fancy school for the elite and now she's a chambermaid (what would her parents think)? Frustrating. That guy is the demon lord and that is terrible.. but the demons are just fluffy creatures living in a wood and they love him... what is this all about? She's just met him... now they're in love... when did that happen? 12 episodes for four stories and dozens of characters. It is just too much. Such a pity.

The first 7 or so episodes were really enjoyable and fun. But towards the end it felt so, so RUSHED. I'm so disappointed. This anime could have done with being twice the length it was. I loved how badass Aileen was and how she wasn't the usual useless damsel you normally see in romace manga. She is her own person and makes her own decisions and has tons of confidence in herself. She actually has a personality, instead of being a self-insert character! I loved that. I'm also an absolute sucker for romance framed from the "villainess" POV. I really enjoyed the back and forth, will-they-won't-they of Claude and Aileen's romance and their growing affections for one another. Unlike another certain anime in the same genre, it's so refreshing to see their relationship actually GO SOMEWHERE instead of constantly stringing the viewers along with a reverse harem snorefest. But the last few episodes of Last Boss were really unfulfilling and left me wanting. Spoilers ahead: We never get an explanation for why the empress dowager was doing what she did. We never get an explanation for who Lilia really is and her actual motives, nor any meaningful discussion between her and Aileen about being isekai-ed into an otome game besides some petty squabbling/exposition. I mean come on, you meet someone just like you who also wound up in another world, there is no way you wouldn't want to talk about that more to someone, right? I cannot for the life of me understand why Cedric would continue to like such a callous person as Lilia after all that time and seeing how she acted. The whole subplot with Elephas was glossed over, was poorly explained and left the viewer to guess just wtf was actually going on. Certain parts of the plot end up so rushed that the reasoning behind them are super unclear. Aileen and Claude didn't even kiss at the end of the final episode. 6/10 for me. Left me feeling very unsatisfied.

It's my first time writing a review on MAL. The community average score doesn't really portray the actual quality of the anime. Hence, I watched this with expectation it would be decent. Whole storyline was so forceful, everything is rushed without proper build-up especially Aileen and Demon King's relationship. FL just approached her fiancee's brother because she got dumped, and so ML and FL just happened to fall in love. It's not even predictable at this point, rather everything is so forcefully put together. I do hope the manga/LN is at least well-put together. I got recommended from 7th Time Loop, compared to that, this is so far behind. Truly not recommended.

I think you're enjoyment of this will depend on how much you like the 'villianess' subgenre. Personally I like the strong female protagonists and the humour combined with the rather chill plots. For what it's worth, this has all of those things in spades along with a rather surprisingly adorable love story. Pros - The dub is excellent. Truely one of my favourites. - The characters are funny, loveable and superb. They remain consistant in their motivations and make the show. - The art style is pretty, and doesn't have too many of the romantic flourishes I tend to find frustrating. - This show is seriously funny. - Unimportant duck. cons - The last arc moves at a record pace. The plot itself lost me by the end but it honestly didn't matter. - 3 major arcs might be a bit much for a 12 episode run.

I was really surprised to like this anime considering the reviews I had read. For that reason, I decided to write this review because I don’t think this anime is getting the love it deserves. I agree the story is rushed and I'm really sad about it because most often we have empty plots being dragged on and this story really had potential to develop beautifully. Because of that, naturally, the pacing and even the characters are a bit unstable at times. The good thing is that it made really curious about the manga because of that. Concerning other aspects - I liked the art, the songs, I really loved the tenacious and brave female lead, the demons were really sympathetic (Almond I’m looking at you!) and Lord Claude was very charming imo (the way he says Aileen Lauren Dautriche is unforgettable lol). It might not be the most original story in these times of otome/isekai, but I considered this a peculiar one, a very light and sweet romance with exciting adventurous situations. For my taste and for what I was looking for, it was really good to watch. Finally, I know it's not for everybody and because of that I should choose “mixed feelings”, but I’m choosing to really recommend this because I think it’s a great choice for people interested in this kind of story :)

I adored everything about this show and most definitely the MC. Naturally, I binged it in one night :-) The MC not only defies the game and its storyline, but she does it without hesitation and the plague of most female MC's in anime; the constant, frustrating and enraging bouts of self-doubt, pity and insecurity. A completely unique heroine/villainess in Aileen and I hope we see more 'rom-coms' and animes in general that showcase smart decisive MCs just like her. Although I wished she would have appreciated and threw some of it back at him regarding the straightforward way Claude interacted with her when expressing his feelings, desire and sexy flirting. That alone made me a fan within the first 3 minutes of the 1st episode. So watch it. It's completely binge-worthy.

Indeed, this anime is not for everyone. But still one of the few shoujo anime some might actually kinda dig. Right off the bat, we get the typical RPG setting of the evil demon "last boss" that the hero(es) needed to defeat. It is an instant red flag for everyone who watched a dozen of the isekai/RPG type every year. As a dead horse that needed even more beating, these anime are not the ones that should be recommended to a first-time anime watcher. Or maybe the Netflix anime watcher. Although, again, as the title suggests, they mashed the RPG genre. With the recent spiking in popularity genre/trope of villainess as the protagonist. That alone is already making it a distinctive watch. Competing with a small market with only a few better competitors. The recent popularity aside, the show properly does the trope justice. The story itself is relatively straightforward. Enough animation for a show that is not action-focused. Intriguing choice of VAs, especially for Aileen. The writer adequately understood who their target demographic is. Going a bit more critical, the overly hostile villains show how this anime is literally going for a no-frills plot device. It does help younger audiences to enjoy the show. While also being too simplistic for some to invest in the story. Even for the romance, many scenes are just too dramatic to be natural. Seeing how they decided to do a lot of story arcs in a 12 episodes anime, the pacing is on the quicker side. Although, there doesn't seem to be any character growth or relationship progress. Viewers would only get bombarded with info dumps to flesh out random characters. Yes, there are a lot of characters that don't get much screen time. This is part and parcel of when a show uses fast pacing to advance the story. It is a straightforward show, yes, needing minimal attention to understand what is happening in the anime. Probably would not be the last of the trope, but certainly, be placed on the upper echelons.

uhhhh i started it because i thought it would be a nice shojo romance, stayed for the overall goofiness. To be honest, objectively, it wasnt good. BUT there' s a badass woman MC, witty, quick-thinking and kind which makes you want to see what she does next. Background characters although there were never fleshed out, but yk, cool romance. Overall, the plot jumps around a lot, the pacing is super weird, (there's a whole ass arc that could be 6-7 episodes crammed in 2-3) and there were a lot of points or problems solved in ways i didnt really get, but instead of trying to make any sense of it, i just vibed and went along. That is generally the mindset you have to have with these types of anime. It was my trash anime of the season, goofy and fun. If you re into more traditionally good anime maybe you should skip this one.

Once again, villain/villainess in an otome game, reborn in a game, reborn with knowledge of events yet to pass. *sigh* That means, the story gets heavy character(s) development. Or should. Easy to understand why is that, yes? But usually these anime (and their source) are lacking, so I don't watch most of them. Even though it wasn't my intention, I watched this one. Dunno why. But as you might've guessed, I was right in trying not to. This anime is sht. I'll go very fast, because there's no need for an in-depth review. Visuals are meh. Some cute, some simplistic, mostly meh. Audio meh. Some interesting tracks are used but the rest is meh. OP boring and bland. ED a bit more interesting (both visuals and soundtrack), but still meh. VAs had nothing to work with. The pacing is fked up, too. Same for the world building. The soft magic system is used as the plot needs it. Character development? Ha! Don't make me laugh.... Overall, low production value. And now, the "good" stuff. The first few episodes made me think they knew that the story is bad and they tried to make it as funny as possible. Unfortunately, that was funny/cute in the beginning. By mid-season I was bored and the last episodes were torture. As I was saying earlier, they used some interesting violin tracks. It gave it a soap opera vibe. The "no need to be too serious about it" kind. But the story became too crazy for that so it no longer felt like something "easy" to watch and be done. So, no, don't bother. If you like this kind of settings, re-watch something you liked. Here, the comedy is lacking, the romance is more like a tease, and the "story" is just crazy. It gets a rating of 4, barely. Not recommended. I never intended to post this review but the size of the positive feedback is worrying. Once again, people are using "i like this anime therefore this anime is good". Because we can't like bad anime, right? For those a bit slower, "I like this anime" is NOT the same with "this anime is good". Learn to make the difference, pls... *sigh* Have a lovely evening.

“I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss” is what happens when You have an interesting premise and rush everything like You create for people with ADHD. This show is a perfect example of wasted potential and lazy writing I’ve seen in the last decade. Every part of writing is rushed so much that it flattens any and all drama the situations the MC gets herself into, might have. It’s especially visible within the first arc and its conflict. Before we start I would like to explain something. I will be talking about “plot” and “story”. Many people use those terms interchangeably. I’m not one of those people, so to make sure everyone is on the same page… I use the definitions for “plot” and “story” as Lisa Cron describes them: “What happens in the story is the PLOT, the surface events.” “STORY is about how the things that happen affect someone in pursuit of a difficult goal, and how that person changes internally as a result”. Let’s start with the story. It’s actually pretty cool. Reincarnate finds herself in the body of Aileen — a villainess from an otome game she played in her previous life — and is forced to change the outcome of the game to survive. I would call that a very solid foundation. So why the hell is the plot absolute garbage? The show has 3 arcs, each representing a different title in the franchise and having different BBEGs (Big Bad Evil Guy). Unfortunately the only original arc is the first one. The second and third arcs are just lazy cliches You saw a million times over in a lot of isekais. But there is something that unites all of them. They are all rushed, lazily written, have minimal world building and every character in them has bland design and only one trait that pretends to be a personality. Apart from the MC (and even that can be easily debated) all characters are just forgettable. I think most of them are there because writing a good show with just 4 actors would be hard for anyone, let alone the author of this travesty. I will credit where credit is due, Aileen is actually an entertaining and properly written character. She’s proactive, she has a goal that she wants to achieve and even has more than one side to her. For all the trash writing in the plot department I can honestly praise her writing. I even like that her “love” is a bit, and by “bit” I mean “a lot”, motivated by self preservation. She is fully aware that if she doesn’t get hitched with the demon king(I really wish someone would find a more original title for this position) she will end up dead and not in a peaceful way. From the very beginning we are shown how diabolical and persistent she can be. That same motivation actually is repeated through all 3 arcs. Externally she plays a love struck maiden but internally she mostly thinks of her survival. I like that. Granted that is also the reason why I think this show is a bit controversial in choosing its heroine. A protagonist should be someone who the viewer could identify (at least a little bit) with and cheer for. In the case of Aileen… yeah… I’ve got nothing. I couldn't care less if she lives or dies, even if I tried. She’s two faced and manipulative. Not exactly sure if those are the traits that should be promoted. Yes, she does do good things, help to rebuild the palace, give jobs to her allies that were fired recently, tries to build a connection between humans and demons but after hearing her motivation it all seems self-servient. She even gathers competent underlings as her private squad. Officially they do serve her fiance but in reality there aren’t many scenes (and by that I mean that there is one) that would show that anyone but her has any authority over them. I didn’t really get a scene that would convince me that it all started as a way to survive but turned into something more. Despite that I really think she’s properly written. Her morality aside, she does have more than one dimension to her. If the writer took time to write everything with this type of three dimensions this show would have been a good one. That’s it for the positives. The first thing that is obvious from the get go is that everything in this show is rushed. Plot points happen one after another with little to no (mostly no) time to breathe. In just one episode Aileen gets thrown out, rejected, saves a demon pup and gets a date. Listen I love efficiency, I’m probably #1 fan of it, but this isn’t it. You are telling (well.. showing) a story. You need contrast and room to breathe. Elements should flow into each other, not get hammered together. In the same episode where the demon king is annoyed with Aileen, he changes his mind 180. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Give the situation some time and consequences. I’m not saying this shouldn't happen, it’s a damn pseudo-romance anime, of course it will happen but give it room. I get it, balance is a difficult thing, most shows are too slow when it comes to such plot points, this is the opposite problem. It’s way too fast. Claude (the demon king) starts trusting Aileen way too fast and gives her way too much responsibility and freedom for the type of relationship between human and demons that is set up. Also the way he acts is far from love, it’s more like desire or possessiveness, maybe even infatuation, than actual love. The same goes for Aileen, she is possessive not in love. She declares love but acts only when there is need to keep her “love” in check. Is this how love is in Japan or something? One thing that shows me how bad the writers are is the fact that a lot, A LOT, of plans aren’t shown in their planning phase. Aileen needs money? No problem, they have a meeting where they get an idea and 5 minutes later everything is running perfectly. She needs a marketing strategy? No problem, she gets a random idea and in the next scene we see how it worked perfectly and the cash is flowing in. Why the fuck even bother setting up those challenges for her to overcome if You’re not committing to actually showing how she does that? What’s the point? You could have scraped those scenes and nothing would change. I would even say that the show overall would be more coherent for it. All 3 arcs suffer from the same thing. Most important things, that are clearly set up, happen out of view but You don’t get anything worth attention for it. The first arc suffers the most because of it but the second and third aren’t exactly immune. Aileen is presented as intelligent and cunning but because there are scenes missing on how exactly her plans are executed it is mostly superficial and meaningless. She comes off as a cheap villain (which in all honestly, she was in the game) and not a proper cunning strategist. Well.. there is a saying that a writer can’t write someone smarter than himself, so there’s that too. Do I think this anime is bad? Yes, yes I do but… I am able to see how someone who just wants to turn his or her brain off and just watch something simple and fast would like it. I really think this anime is a waste of potential. It could have been amazing if given a competent writer.

First of all I want to pay my respects to Serinita. Thank you for the great recommendation, and happy 2025! Wish you have an amazing new year and I hope you know you always worth it. Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita is really a new type of animes that I never watched before(Well actually I did not watch so many animes, just a rookie hh). The otome theme is quite fresh for me. And to be honest the beginning of the anime really made feel like I was watching feel-good dramas(which use to be really popular in my area hh). Well let me break into some specific aspects... Sound 7/10 I really like the op of this show. The fast-paced part of this song sounds pretty good. Aileen's voice is really charming. And also, Hanazawa Kana's voice is unique as it always is. The ed...... I think is just normal. But the other parts are nice. Character 6/10 Well there are quite a lot supporting characters in this anime and I'm not quite into this mode. Some names just made me feel strange. It actually covered three stories withiin 12 episodes so I think it's understandable that the portrayal of some characters is not very profound. However some characters are still good. I really like Aileen's courage and intelligence to face so many difficulties and finally overcame all of them. And I also like Elephas as a character with suspense(not pure bad and not pure good, just...... the complexity of humanity and I think it's cool to show it). Art 6/10 The visions are beatiful. Aileen is charming(Especially the "women dressed as men" version). The setting of the weather is interesting hh. Story 6.5/10 Honestly it's quite interesting to watch three stories in 12 episodes...... They connect to each other and it feels quite reasonable to me. Emm but the stories are not so deep as it dosen't have so much time to develop them...... It's still cool. Enjoyment 7.5/10 This show is that type of animes that everybody can see. It covers so many elements like romance, friendship, loyalty and even some inference (though they may not be like very outstanding). I felt really great to receive the great recommedations!

I think I already came across another anime with a very similar concept of isekai into a Otome game as its villain character before, nonetheless I did find this show entertaining. The story plot is decent, and our main girl Aileen is a pretty interesting character. Anyways, the main thing that made me write this review was what seems to be overlooked a lot in these underrated, non-widespread seasonal anime: its OP and ED songs. The OP, sung by Aileen's VA Rie Takahashi by the way, was an absolute banger, and the ED was even better. Quite unfortunate that the show wasn't that popular, 'cause I feel like these songs deserve to be on the chart.