The Perks of Being a Villainess

🪻Deborah Seymour (FL)

• caring. Was taken advantage of in past life
• OP character famed and feared
• coldhearted, talented archmage father
• her actions unintentionally come across as menacing
• going to start a business
• “it’s better to be feared than disregarded”
• mused to be an engineering student. All magic based on maths. FL ends up excelling in magic theory

🕷️📜 Velreck Seymour

• brother of FL and was a love interest in novel
• crazed. In mage tower
• has twin brother. Competing for dukedom

⚜️ Blanc Master Informant / Isidor Visconti

• secret identity
• pet golden lion that is fond of FL
• was the mastermind behind schemes of crown prince (a love interest) in novel
• famed among women for his looks

⚔️ Diera Orgoe

• sensible
• master swordsman. Prodigy. Mastered Aura at 19

Tiere Orgoe

• 2nd son. Frivolous, teasing, lighthearted

🔥Sir Philip

• elemental sorcerer
• condescending, temper, prideful
• obsessed with Mia (MC of novel) after she saved his life

🌸🍷 Mia Binoche

• divine powers. Considered reincarnation of saint
• cynical, two-faced, calm, dissonant
• manipulated by Ophelia
• her hair dyed pink. Her holy blood fabricated

——— ASPECTS / TROPES ———

• hit by a truck and…
• possession into reverse harem story
• Blanc information guild
• somewhat an academy romance
• FL introduces modern day concepts (capitalism): franchises, formulas, coffee, patenting formulas, monthly subscriptions, memberships, electrolyte drinks, deceitful advertising, celebrity endorsement
• He falls first
• A secret society puppeteering Mia
• FL making her business the most successful

Powerful Families Houses:

• • 🔯 Seymour of Magic. Oversees Tower
• • 🅾️ Montez of Spirit
• • 🚹 Orgoe of the Sword
• • ✴️ Visconti of the Gold

FL just does these kind of out of place things like randomly bursting into a meaningful, emotional speech or deciding to only give her father letters from his dead wife one at a time then telling him it’s to make it more exciting?! I’m surprised the father amuses it and even thanks her. Like it’s a meaningful gesture but…he really hated and despised her just a few seconds ago.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Abuse, sexism, blood, bullying, blackmail, domestic violence, suicide ideation, sexual references, child abuse

The ML is actually the RIZZLER. Like bro??? I love this ML

AND FL?? SHES A BADDIEEEE OMG HER INSULTS AND THE WAY SHE SHUTS PPL UP IS SO SATISFYING

About 100% cliche, but performed quite well and the art is good, rarely venturing into great.

Official translation isn't bad, and reaper are also okay.

It's a nice story, with an interesting approach compared to others in the same genre.

I only stopped because the translation is completely broken, and I don't like to have to guess what the sentence was.

reviewed @ch45 (season 1 end)
It's a little weird that their knowledge of mathematics is so poor amongst specialists but i guess the church did retard our own sciences by blindly believing everything aristotle and such said
it give a couple laughs, more smiles.
I wish it followed a couple less tropes, though. Like the 2 main males so far