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The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess
The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess
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The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess

8.1 / 10
2025
1 season
12 episodes
AnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

Konoha Satou’s dark fictional past becomes her reality when she’s reincarnated as Iana Magnolia, the villainess of her own adolescent fantasy. Now as a role she meticulously designed to be despicable, remembering every last detail is now a matter of life and death. Will she be able to rewrite her character’s fate into something peaceful?

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Cast

Yoshino Aoyama

Mao Ichimichi

Shohei Komatsu

Makoto Furukawa

Shunichi Toki

Arthur Lounsbery

Atsushi Tamaru

Tomoaki Maeno

Seasons

  • Magical Ability is More Important Than Study Ability

    1.Magical Ability is More Important Than Study Ability

    8.0
    09-10-202524m

    Office worker Satou Konoha dies in an accident and is reborn as a character from a story she wrote as a student—The Dark History. Instead of reincarnating as the heroine as she'd h...

  • A Lavish Ball Is Better than Obon Dancing

    2.A Lavish Ball Is Better than Obon Dancing

    6.5
    16-10-202524m

    To save Konoha from the monster that kidnaps her, Iana triggers her own death flag. With help from Sol, Ginoford, and the others, Konoha's rescue succeeds. Iana barely has time to...

  • You're the One Who Sent Me The Dark History?

    3.You're the One Who Sent Me The Dark History?

    7.0
    23-10-202524m

    As Iana grows used to life in the world she's been reincarnated into, a young man comes to visit—her childhood friend Yomi, back from studying abroad. When Iana remembers Yomi, a c...

  • No Matter Who Dies, I'll Be the Suspect Anyway.

    4.No Matter Who Dies, I'll Be the Suspect Anyway.

    7.0
    30-10-202524m

    Yomi mistakenly believes that Sol is oppressing Iana. Out of pure feelings and loyalty for Iana, he tries to kill Sol. Konoha is attacked by a man-eating flower created by Yomi's m...

  • A Sick Person's Temperature Is Taken Forehead to Forehead

    5.A Sick Person's Temperature Is Taken Forehead to Forehead

    7.0
    06-11-202524m

    Iana confronts Yomi, taking up Sol's sword in his place, but it's so heavy that Iana can't even swing it. Yomi, who loves Iana, concedes the duel, casting his own sword aside. The...

  • If the Suspect is Identified, Is Death a Certainty?

    6.If the Suspect is Identified, Is Death a Certainty?

    7.0
    13-11-202524m

    Iana sneaks into town with Konoha where she sees just how popular Konoha is, and how despised she is herself. Back at home, a man named Cheneau drops by. He's vice captain of the P...

  • These Mental Images Are Rated for All Ages

    7.These Mental Images Are Rated for All Ages

    7.0
    20-11-202524m

    Iana heatedly declares to her new friend Menoa's older half-sister, "This girl is no slave!" By causing an uproar at Duchess Amaryllis' party, Iana attracts even more suspicion fro...

  • "Original" Is a Magical Set of Letters

    8."Original" Is a Magical Set of Letters

    6.0
    27-11-202524m

    Duchess Amaryllis is Bloody Rosa, the person who has been kidnapping beautiful girls. In order to save Menoa, Iana convinces Cheneau to help her, and they commence working together...

  • Self-Evaluations Are Unreliable

    9.Self-Evaluations Are Unreliable

    7.0
    04-12-202524m

    To save Cheneau, Menoa, and the abducted beauties, Iana confronts Duchess Amaryllis as the brilliant villainess, Iana Magnolia! The Hydrangea unit arrives just in time, but Iana re...

  • I Choose the Beauty of the Elves Over the Normies of the Human World

    10.I Choose the Beauty of the Elves Over the Normies of the Human World

    7.0
    11-12-202524m

    Iana has fought hard to change the Dark History, but she realizes that the story is being altered in ways that she can't control. While visiting a country villa, Iana and the other...

  • Life Is More Important than Adoration!

    11.Life Is More Important than Adoration!

    7.0
    18-12-202524m

    The seal on the stone tomb is broken. As Iana races to look for the one who is missing from the coffin, she is attacked by elves who have turned into vampires. Sol and Yomi come ru...

  • Kindness, Strength, and the Man I Must Erase

    12.Kindness, Strength, and the Man I Must Erase

    7.0
    25-12-202524m

    Iana attends upon the Vampire King, but it's all an act. Traces of Konoha's saintess blood on her handkerchief allow Iana to escape being turned into a vampire, and she challenges...

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