ros_lanta's Reviews (988)

The premise of this manga has a lot of potential, a library full of spellbooks containing dangerous creatures. The story started off pretty well, with an interesting beginning and some library-related incidents that made me smile with their relationship to real libraries (I did wonder if the author is a librarian or has worked in a library). 

Unfortunately my enjoyment did go down somewhat as the story continued. The plot failed to really hold my interest and it wasn't helped by the fact that the art was sometimes hard to interpret. The characters seemed interesting but didn't feel fully developed in this first volume. The cliffhanger ending was also honestly annoying. 

Overall I think it is decent but underwhelming. It is only the first volume and I do believe the premise and characters have enough potential that the series could easily improve as it continues. Considering how expensive manga can be though, unless I find volume two in a library one day, I might not end up reading it. 

I really enjoyed this. Even though I'm tired and I was struggling not to fall asleep while reading it, I forced myself to keep awake because I was having such a fun time. 

Based on a webnovel/light novel, this manga adaptation of I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History has only just recently come out in English. I first discovered this story through the anime version, which is currently airing its first season, and I have been looking forward to every new episode. 

I've now consumed a fair few stories with the popular "reincarnated as a villainess" Isekai trope, and this one is easily my favourite. There's a nice twist on the usual concept as Alicia actually wants to be a villianess and sets out to be the strongest one possible...  albeit her idea of what wickedness is seems a bit on the skewed side since she has a pretty strong sense of ethics! 

My only real criticism of this first volume is that there are already signs of setting up the love interest, despite the fact that at this point Alicia is only 10 (albeit with the memories of a past life), and the love interest is several years older. There were a couple of moments that felt a bit uncomfortable. 

Generally though I had a really fun time with this and I'll be picking up volume 2 as soon as it is released. 

This was really cute.  There's a nice twist on the standard Isekai 'thrown into a video game' trope, and while honestly there isn't much plot there were enough interesting things hinted at for the future to make me want to read volume two quite soon. It's fun and cosy and I just had a good time. 

There's plenty I enjoyed about this manga. I really like the female lead, she's a super strong witch who absolutely knows her own mind and has plenty of agency. I also think she has plenty of chemistry with the male lead, who I rather like despite the fact that he definitely does not know how to take no as an answer - he constantly tries to pursuade her to marry him. (I suspect some people will dislike the series for that reason.) 

I suspect that this will be a slow burn romance over multiple volumes and I hope that's the case. I'm not yet totally in love with the series but I'm intrigued enough to carry on with it and see where it goes.