Review of Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord
I'll start by saying I went into this one knowing the plot entirely from the books. My review will focus more on the technical side than on the story itself. The general story is good, and the characters as well, but the main issue in this anime, is that they have extremely rushed through everything. Some parts that would take over half an hour of reading, would be covered in less than a minute of animation, some parts entirely skipped. Since I know what was missed, I can't honestly say if things will feel out of place to someone who didn't read the source material, but I haveto say that from my perspective its just very rushed.
If I were to judge the story only on its merits I'd give this a 9. But I had to do a -1 for the rushing, and another -1 for animation quality.
The production value was pretty low, it was obviously done on the cheap side. It's watchable enough if you are interested in the story, but if you are the type to want to watch for pretty visuals, this anime isn't for you. Many combat parts boil down to power point presentations, there are some atrocious uses of low quality 3d models as well.
I know I was very negative in this review, but that's because these are most of the negatives. If you don't mind this pace, and aren't too picky regarding the visuals, it's a fun show to watch, and I would recommend it if you are interested in the otome isekai genre at all.