Episode 5 – The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess

Hey Ianna, how are you? Like…how are you?

I mean, obviously not. You have died and been reincarnated as an antagonist in the world you created as a teenager. Everything around you is a silly, exaggerated reflection of your adolescent desires, fantasies, and anxieties. You wrote this novel because you were deeply dissatisfied with your life and would rather escape into an ideal where everyone around you admired you. Plus, you’re lying in bed with a fever and all the attractive men you’ve created are trying to get into your personal space to check your temperature.

We already know that Ianna is relatively isolated at school, but this episode also gives us a brief glimpse into her adult life, and it’s not pretty. The physical and mental strain of stopping Sol and Yumi’s duel causes her to collapse, and in a fever dream she forgets where she is. She was confused as to why her uncomfortable bed had suddenly become so soft, and when she woke up she was actually dragging herself on the floor so she wouldn’t miss work. This was partly so that Yumi could overhear her mutterings BL And thought it was something Konoha was using to blackmail Ianna, allowing the pranks and misunderstandings to continue.

Despite this, Ianna never seemed to completely leave her otaku-Sex; she just stopped imagining that she actually escaped to another world. Instead, her escapism takes a more capitalist form of consumption, focused on purchasing goods for the creations of others. Instead of immersing herself in the fantasy, she erased herself. I’m starting to wish I’d gone to a cultural studies master’s program, because if I had more of a solid theoretical foundation, I’m pretty sure I could write a fantastic paper on how moving from a transformative fandom to a consumptive fandom is seen as more “adult” and more socially acceptable, even in otakuOriented towards escapism.

Fortunately, the story doesn’t dwell on her empty, miserable adult life, but it did leave me with the impression that there could have been more escapist elements The dark history of the reincarnated evil girl More than I originally thought. After all, once Ianna convinces everyone around her that she’s a danger to Konoha and survives all the plot events her hormonal teenage brain concocts, she’ll be a noble, have a sister, and probably at least one man who loves her. She would live a more comfortable and fulfilling life than Konoha Sato.

As the story pauses and breathes, we’re also forced to face a fact that has been glossed over until now: teenage Sato Konoha wrote Ginoford Dandelion as her ideal boyfriend, and now she’s watching him fall in love with someone else. Konoha Mulan bears no resemblance to the Ianna she once was. It is said that her impersonator was never honest enough with herself to write her self-insertion as a weirdo gremlin.

Ianna didn’t hold any ill will or resentment against Konoha in this regard, as she had moved away years ago. Despite this, Ginoford eventually stopped doubting Ianna as he came to believe that she had been trying to protect him and Konoha, and instead cared for her in her hospital bed, including reading her stories. Iana reflects on the evolution of this ideal boyfriend character she created as her own tastes changed and drew on different characters as models on which to base him.

The part that makes me giggle the most in painful admission is her memory, imagining him beside her, walking with her under an umbrella, shielding her from the wind, doing… other things, if you know what I mean. While I don’t have an original character “Don’t Steal” boyfriend, I spent a lot of time imagining myself walking hand in hand with Quatre from “Quatre.” Gundam WYuki Ren comes from cardcaptor sakuraand Hotohori from Immortal Wood Gamewait. I smiled weakly, thinking that people my age must have had boyfriends by then. Did you know? I’m now a happily married adult, but I still get imaginary crushes. Akihiko from Persona 3 Arena, call me!

This episode takes a more grim tone and all but ends the current storyline. Yumi still stubbornly clings to his belief that Ianna hates Konoha and that he should absolutely kill her, but Ianna has found a way to control him: be mean to him. Don’t make emotional pleas or try to convince him that you’ve changed. That boy in Kabedon pretends to be the cruel Dom he fell in love with, and you want him to calm down about all the murders because you’re playing the long game and he’s in the way. I’m not sure if this works as a long-term strategy, but at least it gets him off her back. With Yumi tamed and Ginoford and Thor less actively suspicious, we should be ready for the third boy in the opening scene.

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