Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou.

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Synonyms: I'm in Love with the Villainess, WataOshi

Japanese: 私の推しは悪役令嬢。

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 3, 2023 to Dec 19, 2023

Premiered: Fall 2023

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 00:30 (JST)

Producers: Asmik Ace, King Records, Ichijinsha

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Platinum Vision

Source: Light novel

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Girls Love

Themes: Isekai, School

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.35¹ (scored by 44,876 users)

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Ranked: #2531²

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Popularity: #2077

Members: 100,025

Favorites: 943

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Rei Oohashi is a burned-out office worker by day but otome game heroine Rae Taylor by night. After her long workdays, Rei immerses herself in the world of her favorite dating sim, Revolution, as a student at Bauer Kingdom's prestigious Royal Academy. Instead of focusing on the male love interests, Rei obsesses over the romantic rival: the game's villainess, Claire François. One evening, however, Rei's exhaustion catches up with her and she passes away.

When Rei opens her eyes again, she finds herself reincarnated as Rae and in the presence of her beloved Claire. Given this miraculous opportunity, she wastes no time declaring her love for the golden-haired villainess and her endearing attempts at bullying. Winning Claire's heart is no easy feat, especially as the game persistently throws the three male leads at Rae—but she has no intention of allowing the dating sim logic to come between her and the one she truly loves.

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Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou. was released on Blu-ray on February 14, 2024.

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Adaptation:	Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou.: Revolution
Other:	Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou. Mini Anime

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Characters & Voice Actors

Taylor, Rae

Main

Serizawa, Yuu
Japanese

François, Claire

Main

Nanami, Karin
Japanese

Ralaire

Supporting

Kurisaka, Minami
Japanese

Sousse, Manaria

Supporting

Mizuki, Nana
Japanese

Jur, Misha

Supporting

Terakawa, Aimi
Japanese

Bauer, Yu

Supporting

Hikasa, Youko
Japanese

Aurousseau, Lene

Supporting

Hasegawa, Ikumi
Japanese

Bauer, Rod

Supporting

KENN
Japanese

Bauer, Thane

Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke
Japanese

Lilium, Lilly

Supporting

Iwami, Manaka
Japanese

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Ikenori, Shougo

Producer

Ooba, Hideaki

Director

Takakuwa, Hajime

Sound Director

Hisao, Ayumu

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Opening Theme

"Raise Y/Our Hands!! (レイジョアハンズ!!)" by Rae (CV: Yuu Serizawa) & Claire (CV: Karin Nanami)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Optimum Combination (O.C.)" by Rae (CV: Yuu Serizawa) (eps 1, 3, 6, 8)
	2: "Optimum Combination (O.C.)" by Claire (CV: Karin Nanami) (eps 2, 4, 7, 9)
	3: "Optimum Combination (O.C.)" by Rae (CV: Yuu Serizawa) & Claire (CV: Karin Nanami) (eps 5, 10-12)

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Dec 18, 2023

Marinate1016

Recommended

2023 has been an amazing year for anime in general, but Yuri fans in particular were well fed. With series like Tenten Kakumei, Watayuri and Hikikomari, this year has been stacked with quality Yuri releases. I believe Wataoshi stands head and shoulders above the others, and is the best fantasy girls love story to date.

Unlike most otome isekai, Rae Taylor says “fuck the hot guys, I want the girl.” Rae’s rejection of many pre-existing tropes otome tropes is really what makes this stand out to me. She and Claire’s gradual progression from unrequited crush, to friend, to best friend and ultimately to lovers is so ... well done and you can’t help but get giddy every time you see the two of them together. The romance is pure, but also logical. We as the audience get a front row seat for Claire’s ice cold tsundere heart slowly melting and opening up to Rae.

The world building is also something that stands out for me. Particularly the focus on the commoner/noble divide. Now this is something that isn’t novel, as we see it in a lot of fantasy stories. A couple things make it stick out for me here though. Firstly, Rae is herself a commoner with no particular famous family or special background. She’s basically reincarnated as a mob character. This creates some uniques challenges for she and Claire’s relationship. Secondly, Claire’s cognitive dissonance in terms of her relationship with some commoners vs commoners as a whole. To give a better example, you know how racist people always say “I can’t be racist, I have black friends?” Or “yea, but he’s one of the good ones?” This is the type of contradictory logic that prejudiced people use to justify their actions. We don’t often see that in anime, though. Throughout the course of the show, we see Claire go from totally looking down on commoners as inferiors and not even worthy of being near her, to slow accepting Rae in her inner circle, but even then, she still holds discriminatory views towards those besides Rae. Her hypocrisy is really brought to light during one mini arc in the story and I just loved that sort of nuance in an anime character. It might be a minor detail to most, but to me, creating characters who think like this is very human and improves my immersion.

The other thing that really sets this show apart is how maturely it handles same sex relationships. It doesn’t treat it as some highly sexualised fetishised trope, but like any other normal relationship. There’s a scene in episode 3 which contains the most mature and balanced blunt conversation about homosexuality I’ve ever seen in an anime. The way the supporting characters are so receptive to Rae’s sexuality and don’t belittle her, but actively encourage her is nice, but I also appreciate that the author doesn’t beat around the bush and bait us with Rae’s sexuality. She is straight up gay and has never had any sort of attraction to men. I just found this such a breath of fresh air for this genre. Most of the other Yuri shows this year have kind of beat around the bush with characters’ sexuality and left things on the fence, not here and that makes it a much different experience.

The show features some lovely art and character designs as you’d imagine from the gorgeous LN art. While the animation is not anything crazy, it’s more than serviceable for any action scenes. It’s a very solid show production wisez

From Rae’s backstory, to the class debate to how LGBTQ is handled in the story, Wataoshi is just one of a kind. It’s been on my radar to read for years now and I still haven’t got around to it, but after this amazing anime adaptation I already know I’ll love the books. I’m very pleased with this show and think it is the industry standard for Yuri.

Wataoshi gets a very easy 9 out of 10.

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Dec 29, 2023

thisismello

Mixed Feelings

I didn't start watching this anime with high expectations because sometimes you just need something fun to watch, you know? This was a fun watch if you ignore the incest trope and its tasteless comparison to gay relationships. 👍

The power system feels basic and isn't fleshed out but I enjoyed most characters, except the perfect superhuman, I forgot her name. She was perfect in every way which was kind of the point I guess? But I didn't enjoy it.

The story isn't anything special but it was enjoyable. If you are looking for a fun watch, I would (hesitatingly) recommend it.

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Feb 7, 2024

Biev

Not Recommended

The MC is a simp who spends all 12 episodes harrassing her romantic interest. That's it, that's the whole show. The girl who's being lusted after is treated like a prize to be won from beginning to end -- often literally, via dumb contests. None of the characters have any depth, and there isn't much of a story. It's all contrivances to force the target to stay in close proximity with her pursuer. The magic stuff is all filler, it could lift right out. Not only does the MC never learn to take no for an answer, enablers convince her that backing down would mean ...

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