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Continuing my recent Villainess trend, I finished both seasons of My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! I definitely enjoyed the first season. Catarina was a fun character, and watching her gather an ever-growing group of admirers was always good. I liked how a lot of the comedy came from them competing and undercutting each other so that none of the rivals could get close to her... and, meanwhile, Catarina is oblivious and just thinking about snacks or whatever. The second season wasn't nearly as good, though. A lot of the characters got really pushy with their romantic interest, to the point of it being uncomfortable rather than funny. The arcs in S2 were too dark for my tastes, too.

It was still a fine anime, but it's nowhere near my favorite Villainess anime. Of the four I've seen, my ranking goes Endo and Kobayashi > Last Boss Queen > Next Life Villainess > I'm in Love With the Villainess. There's a sizeable gap in the score between all four of those, too. It's honestly kind of impressive how distinct all four of those feel given that they're all part of a pretty narrow subgenre. I still have one more, the "I'm Taming the Final Boss" one... at least until next season! There will be two more Villainess anime in Winter 2024, "Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord" and "7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!". These shows always have such impressive titles. I'm enjoying this subgenre, so I'm looking forward to both of them!