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My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

14 primary works • 15 total works

Book 1

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At the age of eight, Katarina, a girl of noble birth in another world, has an accident that unlocks her memories - of playing an otome game that’s exactly like the life she’s living now. There’s one problem: she realizes that she’s playing the role of the villainess, and only bad endings await her! What will it take for her to “break the game” and live a happy life?

Book 2

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At the age of eight, Katarina, a girl of noble birth in another world, has an accident that unlocks her memories - of playing an otome game that’s exactly like the life she’s living now. There’s one problem: she realises that she’s playing the role of the villainess, and only bad endings await her! What will it take for her to “break the game” and live a happy life?

Book 3

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FALSELY ACCUSED! Katarina Claes, reborn into her favorite dating sim, has finally met and befriended Maria Campbell, the heroine of the game, in the hopes of avoiding exile or death. But when Maria disappears, it’s up to Katarina to figure out who’s behind it. Could it be the same people who accused her of harassing Maria? Or is there something even more sinister at work? Doom approaches, and the vilification of Katarina is about to begin!

Book 4

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ASLEEP AND SCHEMING After Katarina discovered that student council president Sirius Deek was a hidden villain in the dating sim she was reborn into, she fell under the spell of his black magic. Now, in a deep sleep, she must navigate her previous life to uncover information that will help her save Maria from the same fate. Will she wake in time to defeat Sirius? Or will Katarina finally meet her doom?

Book 5

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DOOM AFTER DOOM Having survived the graduation party, the final event in the dating sim Fortune Lover, Katarina has successfully avoided exile and death! To her great relief, every potential courtship with the game’s heroine, Maria, has ended platonically. But unbeknownst to Katarina, there’s a sequel to Fortune Lover! What new doom awaits her at the school festival?

Book 6

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After being reincarnated as the villainess of an otome game, Katarina has now successfully cleared not only the end of the game's storyline, but also graduation from the Academy of Magic, without meeting any Catastrophic Bad Ends!...Or so she thought! Get ready for... Fortune Lover II! In the sequel to the original otome game, the evil character of Katarina Claes returns full force, and faces even more disastrous endings!As Katarina joins the ranks of the Magical Ministry to avoid being swept off to the castle by Jeord, she may have jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire! With bad ending flags everywhere, will she ever be able to lead a peaceful life?

Book 6

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THE CAPTURER IS CAPTURED!

Katarina has been kidnapped! And it seems like Selena–Jeord’s brother’s fiancée–is the culprit! As if that weren’t bad enough, Jeord has received a letter demanding he renounce the throne! What are Selena’s motives? And who is the true mastermind behind all of this? The answer may shock you!

Book 7

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Despite being reborn into the role of the villainess from an otome game, Katarina has successfully graduated from the Academy of Magic and overcome all of the Catastrophic Bad Ends that awaited her. Now she's working at the Magical Ministry with her friends and her reliable and adorable Dark Familiar, Pochi, at her side! Surely there can be nothing but happy days ahead. Not so fast! Turns out there's a sequel to Fortune Lover, and it takes place at the Ministry! If Katarina returns in the game, does that mean that she could face even worse fates than before?! After already meeting one character from the sequel, Dewey the boy genius, Katarina now has to make sure that she doesn't run afoul of Cyrus, the stoic anti-ladies'-man. And if that wasn't enough to deal with, she now has to search for an ancient magical contract! Join Katarina once more in the seventh volume of the popular romantic/catastrophic comedy!

Book 8

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Katarina was reincarnated as the villainess of an otome game. Now that the game’s events have passed, all she wants to do is live a peaceful life working at the Magical Ministry with her friends. But things are never that easy — Katarina has now found herself living in the sequel to the original game!

This time, her character‘s fate is supposed to include getting her hands on some powerful Dark Magic and then her defeat at the hands of the heroes. Although she‘s done her best to avoid going down this path, she‘s now ended up with a Dark Familiar (Pochi, the puppy) and the Dark Covenant in her possession!

Katarina still has no idea how to escape certain doom, and now she suddenly has to attend some kind of international event at the castle. Could this be part of the sequel game too?

Find out what happens next in the eighth volume of the popular romance and doom comedy!

Book 8

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A RIVAL APPEARS!

Katarina and her friends mount a daring rescue mission to save Keith from the clutches of dark magic users, but in the end, they’re still expected back at school, where graduation is just around the corner. Having dodged every doom flag, Katarina is tempted to let her guard down—but she never expected the appearance of a new rival, Marcia. Not only is Marcia in love with Prince Jeord, she’s one of his past fiancée candidates, and she wants Katarina out of the picture once and for all!

Book 9

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Reincarnated as the villainess of her favorite otome game, Katarina Claes has taken her next life by the horns and thwarted every bad ending imaginable. Her reward? The most dangerous threat yet, of course—a sequel!

That’s right! Instead of getting to enjoy her hard-won life at the Magical Ministry with all her friends, Katarina is now fighting to foil even more terrible fates, both for herself and others. For now, it’s off to the southern seaside retreat of Ocean Harbor, but don’t think for a moment that Katarina is here to vacation! She’s here to wait tables undercover! A young noblewoman has gone missing, and Katarina, Maria, and Sora have been tasked with investigating a potential human trafficking ring. What could go wrong?

Doom draws dangerously near in the ninth installment of Katarina’s adventures and antics!

Book 10

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DOOM IS IN THE AIR

After a disorienting first day at the Bureau of Magic, Katarina quickly settles into her new position. Luckily, she has her friends to fall back on, especially after finding out there are even more doom flags to come—it turns out the Bureau of Magic is the setting for the sequel to Fortune Lover, which features the return of the formerly banished villainess, Katarina Claes. With a whole new set of love interests thrown into the mix, Katarina needs to stay on top of all these new doom flags, lest she accidentally set one off and meet a fate even crueler than banishment!

Book 11

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Katarina has tried time and time again to avoid becoming the villainess she is seemingly destined to be, and yet she’s acquiring more and more Dark Magic items by the day. Thankfully, Raphael has an idea—a certain spell that just might be the key to avoiding her impending doom! 

She has a lot more on her plate than just avoiding bad ends though: her relatives have been pressuring her to go ahead and get married already and then she gets summoned...by the king himself?! 

With all this going on, she decides to visit the village that Maria used to live in, where she makes some new yet familiar acquaintances...

Join Katarina once more in the eleventh volume of the popular romantic/catastrophic comedy!

Book 12

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Katarina was so looking forward to a peaceful career at the Magical Ministry, interspersed with sunny days spent tending her vegetable garden... Too bad fate has other things in store, namely new potential Bad Ends and an array of new powers befitting a villainess. The latest threat emerges in the form of a power-hungry nobleman seeking to exert influence over the royal family. Meanwhile, a challenger appears to contest Katarina’s protracted engagement to Prince Jeord! What’s more, this rival turns out to be someone Katarina knows very well. Hijinks ensue in the twelfth installment of the disastrous rom-com we can’t get enough of!

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Katarina continues to fight(?) her way through the sequel no one expected—least of all her!

She never asked to be the villainess of her favorite game, but she’s growing into the role day by day. She’s now collected a plethora of Dark Magic items and the Magical Ministry higher-ups even want her to start taking Dark Magic lessons. Too bad Katarina’s attention is elsewhere, for one of her superiors—former farm boy Cyrus—seems to be showing a different kind of special interest in Maria. Can Katarina help them get closer without inviting disaster? Doubtful!

It’s time for another event from the game, meaning new opportunities for our favorite dessert-fueled duke’s daughter to stave off doom once again (and maybe win a few hearts in the process)!