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My (Completely Normal) Obsession with Villainess Stories
The #villainess Subgenre has been huge in Light Novel and Manga (and Manhwa!) circles for years, and finally the wave has crested into Anime as the next big trend -- which asks the question: What exactly is a villainess story, why am I obsessed with them, is there a difference between Japan's and Korea's interpretation of the subgenre, and where should you get started on your villainess journey? This video aims to explore those very questions from My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! all the way to Please Don't Come to the Villainess' Stationery Store and beyond!
If you're looking for a specific section of the video's associated manga/manhwa/anime - check the subtitle track for English (CANADA) and you'll find it the title of the story in place of the caption.
Chapters:
Intro - 0:00
What is the Subgenre? - 1:56
What makes the "Villainess" Protagonist Work? - 3:43
Incredible Malleability of Premise - 5:30
1st Set of Recommendations - 8:17
Difference Between Japanese and Korean Villainess - 10:29
My Favorite Villainess Story - 14:13
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Links to official Villainess Manga/Manhwa explicitly mentioned in this video (with thanks to the groups that introduced me to these stories *wink wink nudge nudge* if applicable):
May I Ask For One Final Thing: www.alpha-manga.com/manga/665000279 [Thanks to: Not A Scans Scans Group]
Sigrid: tapas.io/episode/2834864
Beware the Villainess: tapas.io/series/beware-the-villainess/
My Fiance is in Love With My Little Sister: comic-walker.com/detail/KC_003915_S?episodeType=first [Thanks to: Tapioca Scans]
I Swear I Won't Bother You Again!: sevenseasentertainment.com/series/i-swear-i-wont-bother-you-again-manga/ [Thanks to: Amplified & Puni Translations]
Villainess Anthology: bookwalker.jp/series/220809/ [Thanks to: Haru Party, Solace Translations, Secret Land Castle, Mistakes Were Made, Puni Translations, Knights of Earl Grey, Le Moin Tart Scans, Bored Corona Kids, and others]
With One Day Left / RTA 24 Hour Record: comic-walker.com/detail/KC_004816_S?episodeType=comics [Thanks to: Yudrinn Scans & Great Northern General Endeavors]
One Within The Villainess: comic.pixiv.net/works/7926 [Thanks to Amarrez & Baddies' Asylum]
Villains are Destined to Die: tapas.io/series/villains-are-destined-to-die
Raised my Fiance with Money: page.kakao.com/content/63336337
Time to Change the Genre: tapas.io/episode/2219561
I Shall Master This Family: tapas.io/series/i-shall-master-this-family
Knight to a Lady: www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/from-a-knight-to-a-lady/list?title_no=3164
Stationary Store: tapas.io/series/the-villainesss-stationery-shop/info
Holy Grail of Eris: global.manga-up.com/manga/195 [Thanks to: Mistakes Were Made, Amarrez & ginrezis]
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Music:
Montauk Daisy - Apothecary Diaries OST
all this metal - SSSS Dynazenon OST
Gin Tonic ~Oyaji~ - Bartender OST
How Cute - Kaguya-Sama OST
Sophia's Shop - Persona 5 Strikers OST
Grandport, Center of Commerce - Octopath Traveler OST
Oasis in the Sparkling Sands - Octopath Traveler OST
Temenos, the Cleric - Octopath Traveler II OST
We're Finally Landing - Home (ua-cam.com/video/M-0TB9JMpdE/v-deo.html)
Colony 9 - Xenoblade Chronicles (Remastered) OST
Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 G-Major
Noblesse Oblige - Code Geass OST
Queen's Gardens - Hollow Knight OST
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @user-rs4rp4nr7f
    @user-rs4rp4nr7f 2 години тому

    I started reading these in highschool when there were only 8 titles tops on the manga sites. This video makes me so happy you have no idea

  • @morasiregar1052
    @morasiregar1052 2 години тому

    Villainess >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Isekai genre I've been reading villainess stories since 2021 and there are still new stories that I haven't read yet.

  • @morasiregar1052
    @morasiregar1052 3 години тому

    Penelope's story is good!

  • @rubiepie
    @rubiepie 3 години тому

    My watch for villain/ness story literally in our blood lol. In our t.v and movies in our country. We always have a t.v drama show where the protagonist is a Villain who fall from grace and goes to a revenge route to take back it's place.

  • @talaofthevalley
    @talaofthevalley 6 годин тому

    One of my favourites is The Wicked Tale of Cinderella's Stepmom. As the title implies the female lead has reincarnated as the stepmom in the fairytale of Cinderella, but the story actually spends very little on said fairytale. In reality it's about a widowed woman in an aristocratic society trying to make sure her three daughters are well-taken care of in a world where noblewomen are not allowed to work and their only way of supporting themselves is through marriage. The characters are so amasingly layered and have realistic flaws, from the main family to the love interests, who in particular have flaws that make perfect sense for their standing and priviledge. The art is pretty like a picture book and is just a genuinely enjoyable read.

  • @digitalpenguinrpg6037
    @digitalpenguinrpg6037 7 годин тому

    So i was not the only one obsessing over this

  • @n0denz
    @n0denz 13 годин тому

    Thank you so much for mentioning Matsumoto. She's so aggravatingly underrated. Also, Kekkai Sensen alone is some amazing confluence of things I love.

  • @markdavidteodoro3443
    @markdavidteodoro3443 13 годин тому

    I have the same obsession with these genre. I dunno why, but I just got sucked in with it and ended up enjoying it. lmao

  • @christinamyers7452
    @christinamyers7452 19 годин тому

    wait... can you do a villainess alignment chart video?? im so intrigued

  • @thelonlyhunter6104
    @thelonlyhunter6104 21 годину тому

    “Beware of the villainess” is my favorite villainess manhua

  • @yurikyurik4458
    @yurikyurik4458 21 годину тому

    I shall master this family is not a villainess 😅 its just regression

  • @ryangamerz8388
    @ryangamerz8388 23 години тому

    Haven't started the video, just wanted to say "same"

  • @Oliver-yu7nt
    @Oliver-yu7nt День тому

    I’ve read all of these … they’re so good

  • @opssie7969
    @opssie7969 День тому

    My current villainess stories: Death is the only ending for the villainess and the villainess reverses the hour glass

  • @helsreach8954
    @helsreach8954 День тому

    hmmm a vilianess story huh? how about chaos;child?

  • @fishlover3546
    @fishlover3546 День тому

    The Villainess Is Adored by the Crown Prince of the Neighboring Kingdom and Fiancee's Observation Log of The Self-proclaimed Villainess are my first taste of this genre i'm really glad hamefura's success opened up the genre for a lot of people cuz man a good number of these stories are just so damn good people need to experience them

  • @konohamaru77
    @konohamaru77 День тому

    now hear me this a manga isekai of shounen protagonist meet an isekai villainess heroine! NOW IMAGINE HOW EPIC

  • @theimmortal3125
    @theimmortal3125 День тому

    Please follow up. So good

  • @Ayame55555
    @Ayame55555 День тому

  • @WhiteHairSupremacy
    @WhiteHairSupremacy 2 дні тому

    I'll always love KR Otome Isekai stories because most of the protagonists have white hair lmao

  • @KasumiPGR
    @KasumiPGR 2 дні тому

    Joined for villainess content stayed for villainous content

  • @BraindeadSenpai
    @BraindeadSenpai 2 дні тому

    I need more recommendations PLS!

  • @Black_company101
    @Black_company101 2 дні тому

    We don't talk about the manga at 6:36

  • @jin_raven192
    @jin_raven192 2 дні тому

    No place for a fake princess was my first manga/manwha? I've read about villainess. It's cute yet heartbreaking about the relationship who felt abandoned by the people she thought was important yet she feels very lonely and wants to have her quiet life rather death. I can't really spoiler it. It has good memories when I've read it-

  • @skulmask9647
    @skulmask9647 2 дні тому

    my first villainess manhua was PBMMV 🙏

  • @domikatz
    @domikatz 2 дні тому

    im so exhausted of the 300+ villainess stories ive read 150 are garbage 100 are out of my memory unmemorable. 20 are bangers, 30 are ok.

  • @MeiMeiMeiGGZ
    @MeiMeiMeiGGZ 2 дні тому

    Medea is really good

  • @aurostice1168
    @aurostice1168 2 дні тому

    Death is only ending for the villainess Best one tho that I've read best plot twist The Fake heroine

  • @maheee
    @maheee 2 дні тому

    ever since hamefura, i went into the hole. and its comfy i like it.

  • @alfonsopalacios2725
    @alfonsopalacios2725 2 дні тому

    Accomplishments of a Duke's Daughter was the OG. That got me into the villainess rabbit hole. Political Thriller, Romance, Kingdom Management, it has it all. But honestly though, I'm kinda tired of making the heroine the villain. That's why I love Magirevo and Beware the Villainess, heroines are heroines for a reason. With, that let me tell you my ideal villainess story: I want to have a sweeping villainess epic about enemies, to friends, to lovers with all the teenage angst and politicking in the midst of a nation that is a powder keg of revolution, and ending with the villainess sacrificing herself to save the heroine that she truly loved from the bottom of the heart, and then we see a code geass style montage where we see the cast of characters moving on and living their best lives and seeing a nation that is healing and rebuilding itself, and then we see another time skip where the heroine is a now a grandma sitting down her rocking chair and clutching to the ring that her love gave her before her demise. P.S. I want Melissa to step on me.

  • @Yulan_
    @Yulan_ 3 дні тому

    I want a full video of the villainess alignment chart

  • @urallnoobs8943
    @urallnoobs8943 3 дні тому

    I'd recommend "I used to be a disqualified daughter of the duke" but that one might not exactly fit. Glad to see there's so many people of culture in this world

  • @luna5031
    @luna5031 3 дні тому

    This is a lose-lose situation, which in the story and in real life I'd say needs to consider some more factors: 1) one's developmental capacity for emotions and decisions (as to judge if just or not), 2) one's capacity to effect change. The premise being that no living being is pure evil albeit full of flawed beliefs, misperceptions, and unskilfulness. So #1 includes the fact that one is capable of processing and therefore feeling and deciding upon certain things within a limited range based on our unique makeup and development - Hyakkimaru learning about love, rejection, joy, grief and having had a very very isolated upbringing with all the implications that come with that, then we can speculate/expand about each character in a comprehensive & compassionate light as to be most truthful/precise to their capacities and limitations. And #2 includes the fact that when the root issue is still there one's choices/actions to change superficial circumstances may be moot - The Moth Demon that protected a village in exchange of killing all children plus current travelers showcases this point as the villagers' root problems brought the whole village into flames. My take is that potentiality is relevant here, as in, full bellys are important but not more than one's internal world, if inside is rotten to the core I prefer to starve. It's not all about survival, and who we are in the hard times tells us a lot about ourselves - particularly when having time to think as opposed to reacting... who we consciously choose to be in harsh times defines us most. The collective of the village's dark emotions and unskilfulness burnt everyone including children who had no chance to see if they could develop better and effect change: would Dororo be to blame for the child's life or the villager who in a selfish rage tried to keep all the rice left for themselves? In this case, the villager, because Dororo couldn't foresee this and it wasn't Dororo's direct intention or flaw consequence. So i think same logic can be detailed for Hyakkimaru and his fam but i better finish this text. All the best ❤

  • @photonemoncoordination8437
    @photonemoncoordination8437 3 дні тому

    Try read the 24 hour RTA Villainess, its short manga, but its so good, the premis was the villainess only have 24 hour to avoid her death and ruin decade of heroin plan, also there is twist in the end

  • @Malaluna_
    @Malaluna_ 3 дні тому

    Penelope can step on m~eeee.

  • @azueschii
    @azueschii 3 дні тому

    i only clicked this video because i saw Kayena in it

  • @FAIRYILOVEYOU
    @FAIRYILOVEYOU 3 дні тому

    I need more villainess stories can't find one I haven't read it one that isn't trash(some I just don't like the art style) GIMME MORE 😫🙏

  • @lavanyaroy6720
    @lavanyaroy6720 3 дні тому

    i neeeed to see the alignment chart

  • @raf_underscore
    @raf_underscore 3 дні тому

    I've always loved your Hyouka series. It's hands down one of the best pieces of aninalysis on the internet. I'd like to recommend Seirei no Moribito. I trust that it's an anime you could get a lot from

  • @beckyreeves-kp8fy
    @beckyreeves-kp8fy 3 дні тому

    i love the Villainess in these stories like the girl who was the fl originally but now shes evil for god knows why of the makes se

  • @KeiMidori_
    @KeiMidori_ 3 дні тому

    im ngl that assumed scenario of a villainess being scorned by the male lead that became the premise of almost every villainess story? i cant name a single story ive read where that happened. the whole idea of the genre is supposedly subverting a seemingly popular trope but i can't remember an instance where said trope is ever used 😭

  • @lisi3062
    @lisi3062 4 дні тому

    If you're at all open to reading danmei, I think you might really love Married Thrice to Salted Fish. It's not exactly a villainess story, but the reasons I like it and its main character so much are super similar to the reasons you enjoy villainess stories! It has a disenfranchised, mistreated main character whose relationship with the love interest is all but doomed from the start, but due to their scheming and the main character's ruthless proclivity for effective vengeance they're able to work towards pulling through and having the life they deserve together! Honestly, the main character really could be described as a villainess in the best way possible. Just thought I'd proselytize back for a moment. I'll definitely be checking out some of your villainess faves!

  • @flowey8550
    @flowey8550 4 дні тому

    You’re me 😩 I love these villainess and reincarnation stories. Some a bit cliche but others, despite coming from the same starting point they can expand their world and trama in such a beautiful and crazy way it’s always exiting and intriguing wondering what kind of thing it’s hiding under its sleeve.

  • @k7n832
    @k7n832 4 дні тому

    Roxana is one of my personal favorites, The art style and its dark story are awesome

  • @Athy-qe5ie
    @Athy-qe5ie 4 дні тому

    I think I might need help I literally already read all these… I personally really like dark plots with revenge and gore so one of my personal favourites is Your throne. Medea is just so badass and all the politics and stuff rly intrigues me. But I think I read too many villainess stories so I’m getting kind of bored of it and moved on to bl and action, where there are more different plots. So… yeah. But still, I personally really recommend reading your throne and also how to protect the female lead’s brother

  • @RohanSingh-zc4bm
    @RohanSingh-zc4bm 4 дні тому

    I'm sold

  • @ElevatorIsStuck
    @ElevatorIsStuck 4 дні тому

    Amen

  • @RexZShadow
    @RexZShadow 5 днів тому

    Definitely read them all to some degree at some point.

  • @RexZShadow
    @RexZShadow 5 днів тому

    Yo the peak is when we get the villianess is destine to die anime but it be hard to match that art quality.

  • @tyranniccubone8259
    @tyranniccubone8259 6 днів тому

    My issue with the scene really is that he does nothing to restrain her while they are still alone in the room together. Euphemia struggles to stand before then announcing that she is off to kill all of the Japanese, and Lalouche is all "cool, let me just sit here and consider what's happening for a second, I'll catch up with you in 5 minutes." It would have been prudent to knock a bitch out at that moment.