Tensei Akujo no Kuro Rekishi

I thought this was going to be a very mid villainess story but it's actually one of the best depictions of how weird and horny middle school girls are. And all without sexualizing the female protagonist. The main character is reincarnated into a story she wrote as a middle schooler, but she's in her 20s when it happens. It's not my favorite trope. The character animation is pretty low quality but I think it's because they decided to put more money into unique animations that convey emotion or vibe which worked well and really saved it imo from looking too cheap. I also think, given thatthe world was written by a middle schooler, the animation seems apt. We get so much empathetic anime about chunibyo boys and it's about time we got something equally empathic towards girls of the same age. And it's not just acknowledging it, but omg also growing from it? Commenting on her internalized middle schooler misogyny?! I feel undeserving of something so wonderful. It's legitimately funny and very obvious that the people who made it, cared. I think it's the first piece of media about teenage girls that actually made me feel seen.

This was an absolutely delightful play on the isekai trope that refuses to take itself seriously. The author is giving Osaka/Kansai coded humor, which was so much fun to watch. Even more so when you understand the fun little play on words going on throughout the show as well. Critique (possible spoiler): The only thing that threw me off guard was having the only blatantly queer character be a villain and an implied r*pist. As much as I enjoy seeing queer kisses on screen, this definitely left an odd taste in my mouth. Our FL does acknowledge that, in MS, she basically made all relevantfemale characters lesbians since "everyone needs to love the heroine." Her current self, on the other hand, sees past this 2D way of writing stories/characters. This then becomes a bit of a... depends on how you want to interpret it situation. 1) This villainization of a lesbian character is due to her middle school self needing every single person in her story to be obsessed with the Heroine. This is not actually a negative commentary on the queer community but rather a jab at her past self for making such a villainous female character. 2) The anime is just going along with the homophobic rhetoric of queer people being predatory. Aka, a mindset that can, unfortunately, still be found here in Japan.

I think this show did a great job of executing exactly what it promised us: a story written by a dumb, edgy teenager, and said teenager facing the consequences after growing up. The cringey and generic parts feel intentional, making it not painful to watch and instead just pretty funny. I would definitely recommend it if you enjoy villainess stories and dramatic main characters with wholesome intentions. The story isn’t very predictable, and, as one may expect from a story written by a young teen, slightly all over the place, but not in a bad way. The main character is a bit paranoid about deathflags, but this is mainly because she thinks in absolutes: she wrote her characters as stereotypes, with said things they would ‘absolutely’ do, such as protecting the heroine, her sister, and things they would ‘absolutely’ never do, like trusting her, the villainess. She believes this, while forgetting the human aspects the characters have gained after her story became her reality. Hoping for a second season :>

The villainous isekai genre doesn't have stories that revolutionized fantasy, but damn, they're fun. Something I'll always say about the genre is that, being so limited, it always forces you to be creative in some aspect. Tensei Akujo was creative in the figure of its main villain or antagonist. It's already a classic for the protagonist to reincarnate in a story of her own creation. It's just that the protagonist's writing counterpart isn't usually given much focus. Something they do here, and in a very entertaining way. Since the story was written by her teenage self, she's constantly attacked for the embarrassment of her teenage fantasies.It's hilarious to see how every conflict that arises within the main story is simply because the girl was raging on a summer day. While there are characters who are the villains of the moment, they only serve to let us see an aspect of the protagonist's personality. Furthermore, the rest of the world is designed for the protagonist's convenience, who was created to be a self-insert. So, since she's reincarnated as the villain, everything she designed for her own satisfaction is now what puts her in danger. I'm telling you, these aren't stories that will revolutionize the genre, but you'll never be short of fun. On the downside, the comedy can sometimes be too annoying. There's a point where you enjoy the characters, but then it gets to the point where instead of being funny, they become irritating. The protagonist steals so much of the spotlight that the supporting characters are somewhat neglected. The story doesn't invest any time or resources in the secondary characters. They only exist to embellish the protagonist's story. All the stories revolve around the villain, so the other characters can't develop properly because they depend on the story giving them that moment with the main character. The production overuses chibi models. There are moments where seriousness is needed, but for some reason, the characters remain in their chibi form. It's not really annoying, but it does break the immersion a few times. It's an anime made for fun, nothing more, nothing less. If you give it a chance, at least a laugh is guaranteed.

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