Review of Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord

Sadly the journey came to an end , I m usually not the biggest fan of the Otome villainess genre , not only cuz of the isekai/regressor elements but also the tropes that come with it naturally like the evil heroine , the reverse harem and more . Villainess Lv 99 manages to solve a lot of these problems with adding action to the mix ( which is very rare in these ) for some eps , but the majority of the time it is the high-school/slice of life and romcom elements that are prevelant . I was nicely surprised with the characters , Yumellia( my aunt) is my fav character of the season easily with her socially akward personality , intimidating presence and sometimes cute interactions, Patrick the love interest who went from this beta male like guy to one of the strongest characters in order to rizz her , the deutaragonist Alicia is the happy go lucky shoujo heroine ( she is overhated tbh ) and her reverse harem of douchbags lol , and there is the stupid ojousama ofc which I heard will get her arc later , and finally the most notable character the final boss who i thought was gonna be a generic demon , but turns out to he was one of the better characters , I wished he had more screen time .

I surprisingly really liked the tracks they used especially the main one with all it remixes and some noticeable others too , pretty rare for these kind of low budget shows . Speaking of low budget , the presentation is decent at best artstyle is a downgrade from the manga which itself is a downgrade for the LN , majority of monsters are cgi ( at least its better than the shield hero turtle lol ) , my biggest issue with the show tbh .

I heard they didn't follow the source material which means we probably aren't getting a s2 , but I will definelty check the manga after it reaches later volumes of the LN . Overall a solid watch , the surprise of this season 7/10