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First Impressions: My Next Life as Villainess Season 2 anime + Please Classmate, The Sweet Blood, Love Alice or Not and Young and Beautiful dramas Eps 1-3

Okay, I find myself not finding anything new to talk about My Next Life as a Villainess and I was thinking that maybe First impression is probably not needed anymore for sequels. But I remembered that I still did one for  Lascivious Lady  season 2. Plus I have pending First Impressions from four reverse harem dramas. So in true Reverse Harem Garden fashion, we're going to do this in one go again.  Coincidentally, all four dramas have third guys who have either not yet appeared or their love-interest status is still dubious.  My Next Life as a Villainess: All Roads Lead to Doom X Season 2 anime- 12 episodes / added under Summer Reverse Harem 2021 The story continues with the start of their second year. New characters are introduced. From what I've been seeing from the grapevine, there will be more members who will join the already full boat of Katarina's admirers. But it's not yet clear in the first three episodes. The first episode is basically a recap of all the charac

News Round Up: My Next Life as a Villainess OAD and stageplay + new manga, light novels and webcomics (The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent: The Other Saint manga, The Reincarnated Princess Spends Another Day Skipping Story Routes LN, The Princess's Jewels webcomic & Let's Play S3 webcomic)

light novel volume 11 cover  special edition The seventh manga volume of My Next Life as a Villainess will be bundled with an original anime disc (OAD) which will ship out on September 30. It will feature the early childhood of the characters based on the light novel's first volume. Meanwhile, volume 11 of the light novel will ship out on August 20. The special edition will also include an original story of the early childhood of the four princes to link to the fifth episode of ongoing anime. Source: ANN In addition, My Next Life as a Villainess is also getting a stageplay adaptation in the summer of 2022 in Tokyo. Source: Crunchyroll  Seven Seas has licensed The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent: The Other Saint manga. It's a companion tale of The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent. It will be released in May 2022. Source: Seven Seas  (I already mentioned this news in the anime review) Not a confirmed reverse harem, see Levels of Reverse Harem .  Plot: Aira Misono is a run-of-t

Revese Harem or Not a Reverse Harem? Part 2 of 3: As The Villainess, I Reject These Happy-Bad Endings! (light novel)

As The Villainess, I Reject These Happy-Bad Endings!   ( Watashi ga Seijo? Iie, Akuyaku Reijou desu!)  light novel by Iota AIUE, art by Kuroyuki, translated by Moly Lee The main character gets reincarnated as Iris du Chevalier; the villainess of her favorite otome game. No matter which love interest the protagonist chooses the ending will turn into something dark hence happy-bad and even worse for the villainess. The love interests are the controlling prince Reseda; sadistic knight, Nigel, and dangerous mage, Cytisus. While trying to change the events, she head-on faces the soilpox disease and in the process, people seem to think she's the holy maiden.  Disclaimer: a review copy was provided by publisher. In my history of reverse harem, this is by far the most confusing reverse harem. Ever. After I started reading the novel I realized I misunderstood a tweet thinking it was a reverse harem. Then suddenly it's turning into one! But as I read further it veered away from the rever

Reverse Harem or Not a Reverse Harem? Part 3 of 3: Princess Maid (webcomic) 37 chapters - ongoing

Princess Maid/Maid to be a Princess (webcomic/manhua) 37 chapters - ongoing by Koowa Group & Ayu & Heibaigeer Princess Sophia is a spoiled princess of  Vesperang. Then overnight everything will be taken from her and the princess becomes a maid in the neighboring kingdom, Norterang. In Norterang there are five brothers: Alex, the cold eldest prince; Luka, the second prince loyal to Alex only; Cecil, the third prince with unknown motives, and the fourth prince Darcy who is sickly. There's a fifth brother not in the picture, the youngest prince Harry.   The start of the story is reminiscent of how Akatsuki no Yona started but instead of going with Hak she was taken by Su-Won. But that's how far it goes in terms of similarities and it's a different story of its own.  Sophia's strength is her cleverness.  It's not super battling of the wits but I enjoyed how the story banked on that . I  feel for her when she's being bullied but she hangs on and proved herse

Reverse Harem or Not a Reverse Harem? Part 1 of 3: Those Not-So-Sweet Boys Vol. 1 (manga)

Here are the titles I've procrastinated yet again to review as the reverse harem status of the two titles is maybe it may become one in the future while the other one made me really confused. Reverse harem or not a reverse harem? That is the question. Also, check out Levels of Reverse Harem .  Those Not-So-Sweet Boys Vol. 1 ( Amakunai Karera no Nichijo wa)  by Youko Nogiri   To help her family's finances, Midori Nanami is working part-time but it is against the school's rules. She was caught and may lose her scholarship. The only way to keep it is to convince the three boys to go back to school. The boys are Yukinojo Ieri, son of a doctor; Rei Ichijo, son of the head of Ichijo conglomerate and Chihiro Goshima, successor to Goshima Gang. They have a bad rep in their school but Midori believes they are nice as they have helped her before. The manga has a  slice-of-life  feel with  typical highschool scenes that is just right.  We are slowly getting to know the characters. You

Related Reviews: The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent and Pretty Boy Detective Club anime

Both are not reverse harem anime so I decided to combine the two, The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent and Pretty Boy Detective Club, under 'Related Reviews'. As if two non-reverse harems can magically add up as one reverse harem. Based on Levels of Reverse Harem , they fall under two or maybe three flowers. The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent - 12 episodes Sei got home late from working and when she steps inside her home, she goes to another world. They welcomed the other girl that was also summoned as saint and then ignored her. With too much time on her hands now, she began taking interest in herbs and potions, but her creations seem to be more potent than usual... Check the  First Impression  here.  The anime perfectly captures the essence of the book and executed well. Check  here  for the reviews of the light novels' first two volumes. It's so relaxing to watch this with the likable heroine and wholesome story.  The anime deserves to be part of your sel

News Round Up: New cast from Hakuouki drama, Hakuouki anime OVA , Ouran stageplay and more!

new cast screenshot of the teaser which is region-locked Here are the additional cast members of the live-action TV drama adaptation of Hakuouki. Kotoko Wakayanagi bested 200 applicants for the role of Chizuri. Film and TV actor Masato Yano plays Saito Hajime while stage actor Sonde Kanai plays Okita Soji. Source: ANN . The Hakuouki anime franchise gets a new OVA and a new character Sakai Hyogo. Source: ANN 葉鳥ビスコが描く「桜蘭高校ホスト部」待望のミュージカル化! 歌劇『桜蘭高校ホスト部』 2022年1月東京・大阪にて開幕! #須王環 役: #小松準弥   #鳳鏡夜 役: #里中将道   #常陸院光 役: #二葉勇   #常陸院馨 役: #二葉要   #埴之塚光邦 役: #小西詠斗   #銛之塚崇 役: #加藤将 ほか https://t.co/2lC5iKPo9D pic.twitter.com/xJ12smtRzs — 歌劇『桜蘭高校ホスト部』 (@ouran_m) June 18, 2021 Ouran High School Host Club gets a stageplay musical adaptation which will run on January 2022 in Tokyo and Osaka. Source: ANN Check out the cast of the Collar x Malice stageplay adaptation which will run on September in Tokyo. Source: Official Twitter final episode commemoration video Fruits Basket is getting an anime spin-off