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Are there any otome games with a misunderstood villainess MC?

ynnaliaa

ynnaliaa

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I feel like I see this trope all the time in manhwa/manga, but I rarely come across it in otome games. I'm looking for an MC who is seen as a villainess or genuinely disliked by the LIs because they believe she's a bad person, when in reality she isn't.

I'd especially love something where the misunderstanding actually plays a big part in the story, rather than just being there for comedy. I'm looking for a heroine with a strong personality, good character development, and a story that takes the whole villainess premise seriously.

Basically, I want that "everyone thinks she's evil, but she's actually not" experience LOL. Any otome recommendations that fit this?
 
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Virtually none. Even if there are characters similar to a misunderstood villainess, they aren't the female lead—they're actual villainesses.

Characters whose appearance resembles that of a villainess might be positioned as the female lead's best friend.
 
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I really hope there's an otome game where we start out playing as the heroine. After unlocking all the LIs' good endings, we unlock the villainess as the new heroine with a brand-new set of LIs lol. Two heroines!

Now that the villainess has regressed, she's trying to change things in her own route. Maybe this plot is already so overused that it's hard to make one stand out. BUT I WANT ONE!
:akazukin_cry:
 
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ooooh i'd give anything for an otome game where you play as the villainess 🗣️

but ig it's too much to ask for one where she's actually mean at the start, not just misunderstod, and then she begins to change/go through a redemption arc

:boys2_sob:
 
It's definitely not a common trope in otome games.

I think the game Majo'ou (魔女王) from Quinrose would fit this trope. The MC is literally a demon and most of the LIs start out thinking she's evil but she's really a big softie inside.

Unfortunately it's only been released in Japanese and got mixed reviews. Up to you if you want to try it.
 
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xopeachy said:
ooooh i'd give anything for an otome game where you play as the villainess 🗣️

but ig it's too much to ask for one where she's actually mean at the start, not just misunderstod, and then she begins to change/go through a redemption arc

:boys2_sob:
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Not isekai (though Snow White the fairytale exists and is discussed within the story, so you might argue there's some meta commentary about being a heroine/villainess) but Narisokonai Snow White is kind of like this!
 
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Well, I'm not aware of any villainess games myself, but I'd guess the trope comes from authors that aren't very aware of otoge, except for maybe the visual style of Angelique, as well as influences from 70s shoujo, with the aristocracy theme and all

Most of the time, female characters in otoge are more of a wingman-type characters than rivals ;b

As for recommendations, I second the Majo'ou one! It's the closest game I can think of with this trope. Cinderella Phenomenon doesn't really fit, but it has similar visuals too
 
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The only ones I can think of are the protagonists of the two Jooubachi no Oubou games (each protagonist is the antagonist of the other game), but that's an eroge (for women) so doesn't really count...
 
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fr4pp3cinn said:
Well, I'm not aware of any villainess games myself, but I'd guess the trope comes from authors that aren't very aware of otoge, except for maybe the visual style of Angelique, as well as influences from 70s shoujo, with the aristocracy theme and all
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This + the funniest part is that Angelique's 1998 PSX version does let you play as the rival and befriend the heroine lmao. So the modern trend isn't even much of a subversion...
 
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depends on how u look at it, manhwas with this trope are usually set so the MC reincarnates as the villainess not the protagonist of the game.So by that logic the game you're playing yourself you would be the protagonist yourself? (the good mc or whatever u wanna call it) or did you mean it more literally like the mc is someone who plays otome within the game itself and then she reincarnates as the villainess within that otome game? i don't know if i explained this well myself lol
 
If you want the manhwa trope played straight, I think some indie creator did a kickstarter for a game like that a while back. I think it was called Save the Villainess? It's not one of the projects I follow and I haven't tried it nor kept up with it, so idk how it is or when it's coming out, but if it interests you the demo should be still available on itch io.
 
It's more a novel/manga/manhwa trope than actual otome tbh
Sometimes I wonder how it's started
 
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