Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta...

Most people would prefer being the protagonist of a world full of adventure, be it in a game or in another world. But, unfortunately, a certain girl is not so lucky. Regaining the memories of her past life, she realizes that she was reborn in the world of Fortune Lover—one of the games she used to play.

Unfortunately, the character she was reincarnated into—Catarina Claes—is the game's main antagonist, who faces utter doom in every ending. Using her extensive knowledge of the game, she takes it upon herself to escape from the chains of this accursed destiny.

However, this will not be an easy feat, especially since she needs to be cautious as to not set off death flags that may speed up the impending doom she is trying to avoid. Even so, to make a change that will affect the lives of everyone around her, she strives—not as the heroine—but as the villainess.

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Claes, Catarina Main

Uchida, Maaya Japanese

Ascart, Sophia Main

Minase, Inori Japanese

Claes, Keith Main

Kakihara, Tetsuya Japanese

Campbell, Maria Main

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Stuart, Geordo Main

Aoi, Shouta Japanese

Ascart, Nicol Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Stuart, Alan Main

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa Japanese

Hunt, Mary Main

Okasaki, Miho Japanese

Dieke, Sirius Supporting

Masuda, Toshiki Japanese

Shelley, Anne Supporting

Waki, Azumi Japanese

Kaneko, Hayato Producer, Planning

Aoi, Hiroyuki Producer

Simone, Jamie Producer

Nishi, Kei Producer

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Jun 26, 2024

Lay_Dark

Recommended

Loved it. What a great anime. Finally, a world where everyone is potentially pansexual.

Jokes aside, I really loved the story behind the game and how we see their bonds being formed in childhood. I didn't think it was possible to actually like how everyone is absolutely smitten by the protagonist. Normally, this stuff grows stale pretty quickly. But with Katarina Claes, we understand. It's not only that she is pretty, rich, posed... It's actually everything but that. The connections are believable and, of course, she already knows those characters from the game. She does have intel about how to get their attention, even if she ... didn't plan to make everyone fall in love with her.

I just wish they commit more with Katerina interests. She can be interpreted as asexual, which is great (and also would explain her love for cakes). But if she eats that many sweets and desserts is all she desires, she could have been bigger and we would have other body types represented. Also, they probably wanted her to be oblivious to everyone's advances for the laughs, than to represent an ace characters.

Even so, I loved it. Everyone is great. I don't know who I'm rooting for, I guess I'm rooting for Katarina (maybe I'm smitten myself).

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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May 8, 2024

Legolaspt

Mixed Feelings

Otome Game Flag is quite a good comedy. It is fun, the pacing is okay, the characters are charismatic, the production is okay, the intro is good, and the jokes and comedic scenarios are mostly good.

That being said, I watched from episodes 1-7 in basically one sitting, but the second half of the show was much worse, because the comedy started to get stale and the focus from the series changed drastically to drama

And, unfortunately, Flag does not work well as a drama nor as a romance; mostly because of three reasons:
1st - The heroine's personality. She is just too dumb and it is ... impossible to take her serious;
2nd - How the protagonist achieves so much just because of her compassion. She does not work hard, nor smart, nor strategically. Instead she just solves all her problems by being empathetic and somewhat nice to others, and this makes no sense and also removes much of the investment the viewers could have for her;
3rd - The extreme way most of the cast regards the protagonist is too absurd to be taken seriously. This works perfectly well for the comedic and slice of life aspects of the show; but it also makes the drama and romance very hard to digest.

Overall, Flag is a solid comedy anime that fails miserably when it shifts its focus to drama and plot progression, as the show is unbelievably boring regarding its romance and drama.

It is also worth mentioning that there is a clear disconect between the light-hearted comedy and the high stakes of some of the plot points near the ending of this season. I don't think this is a major flaw, and I believe that fixing other aspects of the show could definitely alleviate this problem

I would recommend watching the show until episode 9, as it is quite entertaining. I would not recommend watching the last arc as it is bland, uninspired, and extremely boring.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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May 22, 2024

electrowiz

Not Recommended

The supposed reincarnated villainess "Catarina Claes", does not face any real challenge or anything being called worthy of a flag of doom throughout the entire series. Even the ending doom flag, feels like it was kind of forced. The antagonist had no real purpose of going against the villainess. Revenge is stated as a reason but the object of revenge was not the villainess to begin with, so it makes little sense as for why she was targeted.

The real problem of the series is the MC kinds of befriends every doom flag that is supposed to appear in the years before they actually appear. ... She wakes up at the age of 5 which is very early to harbor any kind of bad reputation or anything of that sort and proceeds to intentionally or unintentionally befriend anyone that will likely cause her to be flagged as a villainess in future. Thus when the actual plot, the academy story line beings, the situation is such that no matter what happens, she is not going to be cast away to begin with.

This lack of challenge which you would kind of expect in this genre of stories, is what makes this series disappointing for me.

So, a rare bad rating from me and obviously I will not recommend anyone to watch this series being fooled by the title.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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