My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom (2020)

[乙女ゲームの破滅フラグしかない悪役令嬢に転生してしまった…]

Director: Keisuke Inoue
Studio: Silver Link
Starring: Maaya Uchida, Shouta Aoi, Tetsuya Kakihara
Episodes: 12

Synopsis:
A girl finds herself reincarnated as the villainess in an otome game she was playing before she died and tries to figure out how to avoid her character's doom.

Impressions:
The premise for this series seemed promising, so I decided to check it out. The comedy was enjoyable and I liked the characters, which was enough to carry me through to the end. Our protagonist Catarina is dumb as a rock and dense as a neutron star and most of the comedy comes from how the other characters play off her. I think there was a bit of a lost opportunity with Catarina completely shedding her villainous nature once her body is taken over by the protagonist. It might have been interesting with her cynically trying to manipulate the other characters for her benefit and then changing along the way. It's not a deep story in the slightest, but it does make for pleasant light viewing. Give it a watch.

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