Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu

Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a particularly punishing dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table. But Leon has a secret weapon: he remembers everything from his past life, which includes a complete playthrough of the very game in which he is now trapped. Watch Leon spark a revolution to change this new world in order to fulfill his ultimate desire... of living a quiet, easy life in the countryside!

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

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Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu began as a web novel on Shousetsuka ni Narou on October 1, 2017 and completed on October 15, 2019. Micro Magazine-sha has released a revised and illustrated version of the series since May 30, 2018 under its GC Novels label.

The series has been published digitally in English as Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs by Seven Seas Entertainment since November 19, 2020, and in print since February 16, 2021.

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Dec 3, 2020

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Recommended

Preliminary (61/207 eps)

MobuSeka, not an average romance isekai story. Minor spoilers included.

Story 9/10
The series starts with a male protagonist, Leon, who gets reincarnated into an otome game. (a video game for females where they can have relationships with the opposite gender) He soon discovers that the world is messed up and that society functions with a caste system. To secure his safety, he ventures out on a small adventure to obtain an AI companion. (Luxion, a pay to win cheat item)

Conflicts throughout the story are initiated by uncivil nobility who are obsessed with power and wealth. As a matter of fact, many choose to involve themselves in ...

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May 14, 2024

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Mixed Feelings

It has been a journey, not going to denied this is a good read (I gave it a 7/10) however not a strong one (I can only gave it a 7/10). I believe to most of us light novel is an undiscovered gold mine and unlike amines there is no aging for literatures so there are plenty gems hidden in the depth of the light novel world. Thus, although "Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu" is good enough, the others are just better. If you decide to give it a try I highly recommend to read this novel accompany with its spin-off ... "Ano Otome Game wa Oretachi ni Kibishii Sekai desu"(IF: Mari line) to have a much full filled experience. Let me explain...
*When I mentioning earlier volume I am generally referring to Arc 1(first year) and first half of Arc 2(second year)

Character: The most important part for any story in my opinion, and in terms of characters this novel is semi-ok (very mid). For main characters, aside from the MC Leon, Mari, and Luxion got a sort of decent development the others are barley got any attention given to their characters especially the harm girls they are pretty boring and serve strictly as plot devices I think they take more of a side-liner supporting roles even compares to Mari's gang (the 5 idiots). On the other hand, the spin-off(IF: Mari line) introduces new perspectives to and from different characters while providing them space to be developed which makes their characters more dimensional than just flat harm girls. The actual side-liner supporting characters in this novel is positively ok, there are many characters were introduced through out the journey and they do affect the overall direction of the story and sort of memorable where I could recall their involvement of the story when their name appeared during the final finale but who is he/she still the first thing comes in my mind no one really stand out.

World building: The world building is quite 'loose' in the earlier volumes which you can tell the author was just thinking on the fly which also did get a confirm during epilogue. After the world building takes off majorly of the dots got connected and the world structure got expended, it is a pretty interesting world and personally I am satisficed.

Plot: "Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu" is a power fantasy with harm elements, cannot give much detail without spoiler but plot is where this novel shine. The MC is reincarnated in a dating sim with game knowledge but as a side character (duh as title suggested), so we can get a reality check of the clichés and tropes of the dating sim from a bystander's perspective where the simple fantasy clashes with complex social norm and expectation shifts with MC's perspectives when he is not the MC of the 'story'/dating sim which a lot twists and turns. The 'under dog actually overpowered' + 'bad guy is actually good' type of tropes was used a lot in the earlier volumes, and as a power fantasy the MC always overpower the norms and expectations to become the true MC of the 'story'. In the later volumes, it is just world saving power fantasy mixed with political dramas while more world building and random events keeps being introduce... To be honest I do prefer the earlier volumes but the later volumes also have their charms, which always makes me wondering what if the MC didn't get into the spot light due to the nature of the power fantasy and where the plot is heading if the MC stays in the shadow and makes different options? this is where the spin-off(IF: Mari line) comes in, if the "Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu" is the alternative-line(where the MC actively intervenes the 'story' of the dating sim) then the spin-off "Ano Otome Game wa Oretachi ni Kibishii Sekai desu" would be the side-line (where the MC intervenes much less? with the prior knowledge of the true ending/alternative-line it actually could be more) and follows more truly towards the game progression, however as we already knowledge in both parent and spin-off this world is much more complex than it seem and since the spin-off has been only been half way of the Arc 1 (web version goes further) there is no telling of which ending is going to be the better or worst yet...

To sum up, this is a quite good light novel to read if you decide to read it. Is it a mind-blowing masterpiece? no; Is there better reads out there? yes; Am I regretting to read it? NO!

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May 28, 2023

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Not Recommended

Preliminary (40/207 eps)

This review will only come out because of the force of my hate and to remind myself never to read another LN & WN with an MC more DENSE than a bag of rocks!
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Story ★★ - World-Building at the beginning is indeed interesting, how a Matriarchal society deals with men, and how they are treated in society and of course the consequences when a War occurs and their lack of "supply", but of course this is the first Arc , from then on it's just downhill, if the LN ends in the first arch, a 7/10 would even be a valid score, but no... The ... Author has to extend himself in the WORST possible way.
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Character ★ - And here begins the DOWNHILL, our MC Leon at the beginning wants to be a Mob, he doesn't want to call attention to himself, but it's the cliché that the less attention he wants to have, the more attention he has, being a character who is always reacting to problems, the action moments are even OK and some even cool, the problem is the Romance, and why it exists in this work.... Is the character DENSE? He is denser than adamantium, I don't know why Japanese authors follow this cliché even more when the guy in question is a man in his 30s who was Isekai, it makes no sense, even more so when he has TWO BRIDES at the end of the first arc , there comes a later moment in the story that both want to sleep with him, the same thinking it's a shit test, takes MEDICINE TO SLEEP, did you imagine this scene in your head dear reader? Calm! BECAUSE WORSE, so cowardly, the two BRIDES start kissing at a certain moment (NTR), while our MC is rushing to solve a problem he set for himself, these events I told you are just the end and the middle of the Iceberg, unites its development that is NULL, with its cowardly side both in the romantic issue and in the battle (fear of killing), self-esteem on the ground even more after saving the Kingdom in which it lives, in short it is a COMPLETE PILE OF GARBAGE !
- Of course this is just the MC, what about the other characters? Apart from the quartet that is there for the comedy, which actually works, Maria is an OK character, the Harem girls are nice, but due to the lack of "action" by the MC themselves they turn into a pile of garbage, some characters sidekicks are BETTER than him in that regard.
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Art - 10/10 is very good!
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Enjoyment ★★ - As I said, the world-building is really cool in the beginning, the fights are even OK, what drags this into the abyss are the characters.
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General ★ & 1/10 - Sincerity? Stay away, this LN is not worth wasting time with, because of it I started to hate DENSE characters with all my might, I always look for a review if the story contains romance, so as not to pass this anger and run away again, enough in one level that gives the reader agony, as you read the LN thinking REACT DAMN IT! LOOK AT THESE TWO BEAUTIFUL BLONDES WANTING TO BE WITH YOU AND YOU TAKING MEDICATION TO SLEEP FOR SUCH A COWARD YOU ARE! Anyway, this LN is INTRAGABLE, of course even after the V8 that's where I left off, something happens, the path is very painful and not worth your time.
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If you read this review thank you very much and may God bless you!

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