I’m a Villainous Daughter, so I’m going to keep the Last Boss Vol.1 (I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss (Manga) #1)

Rebecca

Rating: really liked it
This is fun, although nothing special in its genre. I have, however, noticed that these "villainess redeemed" light novels/manga tend to fall into one of two categories:

Befriending the Original Heroine:
My Next Life as a Villainess
The Male Lead is Mine
As the Villainess, I Reject These Happy Bad Endings

Original Heroine BECOMES Villainess:
Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter
Since I Was Abandoned After Reincarnating, I Will Cook With My Fluffy Friends
I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss

Outlier:
I'm Not the Final Boss' Lover

Not that anyone besides me cares, but I find it very interesting. :)

angie

Rating: really liked it
I loved this so much. This was a super cute manga that I would 100% recommend to fans of the 'isekai' trope. I'm so excited for the upcoming anime! The main character was hilarious and funny. The romance was a bit lackluster for me, but it was cute enough in my opinion. Moreover, this had a found family trope in it that was really adorable. It gave me what I wanted which was something lighthearted and fun. Not that dramatic but full of funny antics and endearing fluff!

Rod Brown

Rating: really liked it
I got tricked into reading a manga adaptation of a light novel again, but gosh darn it if I didn't enjoy it again too. (I'm thinking of the equally weirdly titled "The Ideal Sponger Life" and "If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord.")

Aileen is the female antagonist in a fantasy dating video game, and once her prince has broken off their engagement for the commoner with whom he has fallen in love, she becomes self-aware enough to have a flash of a sick person IRL and prescient knowledge that all her outcomes in the game lead to death in three months. With everything closing in around her, she realizes the only way to escape her fate lies in gaming the game and unlocking an ending she will write herself.

A fun subversion of fairy tale cliches with a strong, go-for-broke female lead.

Laura Grace

Rating: really liked it
VIDEO REVIEW HERE: https://youtu.be/DzVfzQBblHE

SO MUCH FUN!!

I don't usually pick up reads with demon kings (in fact, this is my first one), but when I was at the bookstore a while back I was strongly in the mood for a "villainess" manga. Since the ones I wanted they didn't have, I decided to try this one in store and it was SO worth it!

I laughed A LOT in that first quarter! Aileen is a very fun main character and was cheering for her right from the beginning! I loved her spunk and go-getter attitude to go ask Claude if he would marry her followed by all her antics. Deeply looking forward to seeing what she will do next and appreciate how she takes matters into her own hands.

For Claude being a Demon King, he was nothing like I expected! (I expected I think more dark magical elements but there were none at in this first volume. There was barely even any magic as it was!) He is a cinnamon roll character and seeing his emotions being "on display" was a hoot! (Even more so when Aileen doesn't realize what they mean. LOL!) Plus, his "right-hand man" is priceless and really liked Keith too!

I really enjoyed the overall cast, though that plot twist had me like "ummmm…" Yeah, definitely NOT liking that one character! :p But I am hyped for volume two!

This was a deeply enjoyable read!

Elley Murray

Rating: really liked it
This is a fun spin on the very popular isekai (genre? trope? I'm not sure what to call it!) where the heroine (sort of...) wakes up as the villainess in a dating sim game. Determined to avoid a bad end, she tries to recall the various flags and possible game routes to get the best ending for herself. Her best best - romancing the final boss, the demon king! This manga is so fun, and I really fell for both Aileen and the Demon Lord Claude very quickly. I DEFINITELY ship them, and can't wait for the next volume! I love that the story has all sorts of twists and turns you're not expecting, and you really do end up rooting for these characters that are supposed to be the "villains" of the story. It just goes to show that everyone (even the villain!) is the hero of their own story. This first volume ends with a bit of a twist and I cannot wait to see where it goes in volume two.


A digital ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via Edelweiss+ for review. All opinions are unbiased and my own.

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Gabrielle

Rating: really liked it
This manga was a big surprise to me. I know the whole isekai villainess plotline is big right now but I thought this was a really fun, engaging, and distinct enough manga from its predecessors like My Next Life as a Villainess. I think a big aspect of this manga that sets itself apart from My Next Life as a Villainess is the main character. Right away we learn about Aileen's past life and how it has shaped who she is as a character. I also thought her interactions with the Demon King and his demons are actually kind of adorable. If I were to give a comparison, this manga is like My Next Life as a Villainess meets The Devil is a Part-Timer.

Lissa Hawley

Rating: really liked it
4.5 stars. Fun take on this trope, though the villainess in question is a little more conniving than I am used to.

Jen

Rating: really liked it
Ya'll, I have re-discovered my college era love of manga and NOW there is something JUST as good or even BETTER out there and it is LIGHT NOVELS, basically manga with only a few GORGEOUS pictures and the story written out as a prose book.

It is my book version of dark chocolate. I have an affinity for the "otome isekai villainess" genre, where the MC h is a contemporary Japanese female, usually teen to young adult, who is whisked away to a usually fantasy type European style world that the protagonist realizes is based off of an otome game that she played when she was in Japan and that she is now the villainess of the game and is trying to avoid the "death flags" so she survives to a ripe old age, rather than to be used as the stepping stone for the "heroine" to have her "happy" ending.

This book 100% fit the bill for me. The stories tend to be on the formulaic side, but if written well and made different enough, I really enjoy them. This is one I really enjoyed, to the point that after finishing this, I pre-ordered this and the next one on Amazon.

(Not going to lie, I brought it with me to work to read during my lunch break. I have only ever done that ONCE with another NG book. THAT'S how well this one wrapped me up in it's world. I was SO SAD to hit the end, MOR MONSTER WANT MOR!)

So. Yes, this is similar in structure to other books in the genre, but it does a good job of being distinct and OMG the hero is just PERFECT. Highly recommended if you are interested in this genre.

5, how could I give it anything less and do I want to pauper myself by getting the manga as well, stars!

My thanks to NetGalley and Yen Press/Yen On for an eARC copy of this book to read and review.

Tamara

Rating: really liked it
Read up to ch. 5 Completed.

Amusing characters, lovely story, strong MC but the antagonists sucked big time. Specially the crown prince Cedric who committed some serious atrocities like kidnapping and attempted rape but was only demoted to second prince as punishment. I dont know why he was let off the hook too easily but I didnt like it at all!! /TДT)/

I also didnt like how once again the ‘heroine’ of the game turned into a two-face biatch. So cliche.

Overall; I wish the manga explored this cool concept and a MC who is ACTUALLY A STRONG ONE more but the novel is still running so give it a chance if you want to read what happens next.

Andrea

Rating: really liked it
3.5

I thought this was a cute fluffy romance read

Curious Madra

Rating: really liked it
It was nice at first to see the FL and the demon king getting use to each other but yeah the story just dragged on for me to continue….

Hisgirl85

Rating: really liked it
4 stars. Fast and enjoyable read. I was delighted and enjoyed the faster pace

Stas

Rating: really liked it
This is lovely.
Quite fun.

Laura D

Rating: really liked it
This was fun but nothing new in the genre. If you have read/watched one villainess/otome isekai the plot will be very familiar. The demon lord is hot though!

Catherine Queen

Rating: really liked it
I was hesitant to read this because I thought it was just another twist on My Next Life as a Villainess. I was so mistaken, it is wonderful in its own right. I love the lead girl and the interaction with the Demon King had me laughing out loud. I can’t wait to read the next one.