Audience reviews
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FMAYasha12
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…
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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.…
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“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 even…
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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…
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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.
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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 episo…
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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 t…
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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.
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"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 char…
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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…
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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 tha…
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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 unforgetta…
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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.
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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 sho…
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'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?…
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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 inst…
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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…
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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 themsel…
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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…
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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 wh…
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