©Izumi Okido/Jun Hayase/KADOKAWA/“I will likely be a nasty woman who will go down in historical past” Manufacturing Committee
I am a giant fan of this current pattern in anime that focuses much less on the usual fantasy theatrics of being a hero and extra on making an attempt to exist in these worlds in a singular means. Not everybody shares the identical fantasy of being born or despatched to an alternate world. Some folks need to achieve energy in a particular means, whereas others do not need to be a hero in any respect. At first, I will be a villain who goes down in historical past looks like one of many lamest makes an attempt at being distinctive, and the presentation doesn’t assist issues. That is most likely one of many whitest reveals I’ve ever seen, with extremely washed-out colours and pores and skin tones that make nearly each character virtually glow on display screen. There are some cute visible quirks right here and there, like our heroine having a chibi model of herself announce a section of the motion. However apart from that, for a premiere episode, there’s little or no to have interaction the viewers at first look, narratively or visually.
If the premise appears lame and the presentation is dangerous, why did I nonetheless need to see extra after the credit rolled? I am turning into a villain wastes no time in establishing its premise and the place it desires to go. Whether or not that’s the precise route the story takes, nonetheless, may very well be very totally different. This can be a traditional isekai sequence the place a woman wakes up within the physique of a seven-year-old woman born right into a noble magical household. She is aware of the principle path of the online game story and is aware of that her function will likely be to tackle the function of the villain. Nevertheless, since our most important character by no means preferred taking part in because the hero, she wished to be the very best villain she may very well be as an alternative. An entire 12 months handed earlier than we reached the midway level, together with her bodily and mentally coaching to attain that aim.
Nevertheless, the story appears to plant the seeds that her habits instantly impacts the written story. One of many most important love pursuits that’s presupposed to be with the heroine appears to have taken an curiosity in our protagonist (it feels a bit bizarre for a twelve-year-old to be so in love with a seven-year-old, however no matter). There’s even a scene the place the king of the nation particularly asks her, on the ripe previous age of eight, how he ought to enhance the financial system. It’s weird once you say it out loud, however within the context of the present, it may lead someplace. Maho film has picked up a bunch of distinctive reveals that as a rule go towards the grain of what you’d usually see. Typically they’re attention-grabbing, and generally they’re boring, so I ponder which means the pendulum will swing this present after this primary episode!
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