I'm in Love with the Villainess (Light Novel) Vol. 4
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- Create Date：2022-02-16 09:51:34
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Inori
- ISBN：1638581118
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Mark
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Claire and Rae are still in the Nur empire， trying to make the world a better place。 There were demons last time， which might become relevant again， but only after a cooking contest， a fancy ball， endless betrayals， discussions of gender issues， and a whole lot of politics。This one is going to hurt。 However， this volume had a lot less of what I like about this series and a lot more of what Inori does not do particularly well。 While I said last volume justified its existence， I don’t know that th Claire and Rae are still in the Nur empire， trying to make the world a better place。 There were demons last time， which might become relevant again， but only after a cooking contest， a fancy ball， endless betrayals， discussions of gender issues， and a whole lot of politics。This one is going to hurt。 However， this volume had a lot less of what I like about this series and a lot more of what Inori does not do particularly well。 While I said last volume justified its existence， I don’t know that the same can be said for this one。The first part of the book is probably the best， as the digressions from anything important here are okay and feature Claire and Rae being totes queer for one another （although Rae having to fight off advances from one of her students constantly is… a thing…）， which is great。The ballroom sequence winds up being pretty fun， although the cooking competition is a weird digression that doesn’t really lead anywhere （though the running gag about rampant capitalism driving Rae nuts is pretty good） and sees the allegedly impressive cooking chops of a six-year-old girl。Which leads me to my next point - too many people in this book are ludicrously special and that ends up proving to be dull， since if everybody is special， well， nobody really is。 To this end， Rae and Claire end up becoming even more special and this thing feels like it’s turning into a shonen fighting tournament in terms of abilities。The commentary on gender dysphoria is appreciated， I believe it’s still a bold stance for a Japanese author to take， but the storyline this ends up involved in is very ham-fisted and the ending is way， way too pat。 I’m glad the series is constantly throwing stones against society for social justice， but it doesn’t fit well。Everything here feels like a precursor to the final volume and not in a good way。 Hindsight might make me view this more fondly， but for now it’s filled with a lot of annoying parts where Rae says she knows something or someone but will explain it later and never does。 There are literally no answers to any of the many questions that keep coming up and even the attempts to raise the stakes feel very underwhelming。 Partially because the story takes no time to really emphasize the stakes， pulling its punches constantly this time around。 This volume might have the most boring and silly coup ever plotted。Inori’s truly at their best when writing a goofy school romance between an overly affectionate girl and the villainess who hates her。 The brilliant big reveal of everything Rae had done while in school was a properly climactic moment and there’s nothing here even close。 The lone bonus story at the back where Claire’s tsundere tendencies have unintended consequences is the best thing in the whole book。This is just a story that gives too much time to the wrong things， suggests far too little for foreshadowing， provides no answers， and rushes between its plot。 Just giving a name （a boring name at that） to some great menace lurking in the wings is no great shakes of a cliffhanger。 One character who leaves and comes back turns out to have changed prodigiously and it feels absolutely unearned because the description of their actions is so scant。Apparently the final volume is really something and I certainly hope it is， but until it arrives I can only review what’s in front of me and this series has never been weaker for my money。 Light novels are thinner and more direct by their nature， but this just doesn’t work as well as it needs to。3 stars - there’s just too much going on and not enough done with it for my liking。 Even with my huge blind spot for this series it’s impossible to overlook my issues with how this plays out。 Hopefully the final chapters will redeem this arc。 。。。more
Pieter
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With the issues surrounding the visit of the pope out of the way， Rae and Claire can focus again on dealing with the Empire。 Acquiring allies is not easy though， and it is soon clear that Rae's knowledge on the world based on her experience with the game in her previous life， is rather limited。 Things are afoot that have definitely never been mentioned in the source material。Volume 4 focusses more on the plot and less on the romance， although Rae and Claire's house life is not ignored。 I am intr With the issues surrounding the visit of the pope out of the way， Rae and Claire can focus again on dealing with the Empire。 Acquiring allies is not easy though， and it is soon clear that Rae's knowledge on the world based on her experience with the game in her previous life， is rather limited。 Things are afoot that have definitely never been mentioned in the source material。Volume 4 focusses more on the plot and less on the romance， although Rae and Claire's house life is not ignored。 I am intrigued about what exactly is going on even if I am not a very big fan of some of the writing techniques used （having the MC comment to herself things that hint these are written long after events and things might have gone differently if she had known then what she knows now） to raise those questions with the reader。 Still， these were not so common as to distract and there are more subtle clues。 Of course， the cliff-hanger ending is a bit irritating as well。 It is not the life-hanging-in-the-balance type， but still。 I certainly hope volume 5 gets translated。。。 。。。more
Cams
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