Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito: Danzai sareta Tenseisha no Tame Usotsuki Heroine ni Fukushuu Itashimasu
The Person in a Villainess

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i kinda just stumble upon this manga searching for random isekai mangas to cure my boredom so i thought it would be just your good ol villainess manga reincarnation where she does her best to change the story to make the villain look good then the heroine (villain) appears and tries to distrupt her plans n stuff.

this manga does that but the heroine is just someone who could make you punch the screen or the book depending on what ur reading on, it just infuriates you the way she takes all of the effort the villainess put into being good, so much so that you ... could burn whatever media ur reading this manga on, and plus she always has this damn face that turns her into the most gorgeous punching bag in existence.

when you see the villainess revenge againts this punching bag you will be rock hard just seeing punch bags face just salten like she just ate somt real sour.

please dont mind my shitty review and read atleast 1 or 2 chapters, you wont regret it, but then again people have diff taste so if its not to your liking then i understand, this is my first review ever on anything here so that may speak volumes.

this review above me does a much better explanation of this manga than i did so if you still dont get anything i said, do read his/her review please.

I like villainess stories. I think that the premise inherently allows for a deeper exploration of characters than most shounen/seinen stories do. That being said this villainess manga, which are not nearly as common as villainess manhwa mind you, trades in this unique aspect of the premise in favour of subversion. Here the original villainess comes back to her body after the saint like transmigrator is betrayed. From here on the villainess wants to do right by the transmigrator and take revenge. This manga aims to combine the villainess setting with the ever popular kingdom building isekai subgenre. And while it is moderately successful at ... doing this I do think that some of the aspects of the story are a bit lacking.

The main character, aka the original villainess called Remilia, is a pretty likeable protagonist exactly because she isn't overly generous or kind. She does good things mostly because she wants to set the stage for, and keep up the reputation of the transmigrator, Emi. While she appears like the typical dense saint like character to others, she herself is very much aware of what is going on and is pulling the strings behind the scenes. Sadly our antagonist, the original saintess Pina, doesn't have nearly as much of an interesting dynamic. She is cartoonishly evil in an irredeemably annoying way. It is clear that she is written like this so that the reader dislikes her and wants to root for the protagonist, but the end result is just that her character lacks depth. Because of the nature of her character Pina's goons, aka the original love interests, don't get any chances to shine either. This lack of depth for the antagonists has really sucked out most of the joy of this series. There is no reason to be interested in the politics or stakes because it will all work out for the protagonist anyhow. And any revenge taken against the cardboard cut outs we call antagonists in this story will just feel empty and boring at the end of the day.

The main bulk of the story so far is focused on the village that Remilia sets up and the way they gain power thorugh trade and political warfare. It is executed competently though I must admit that I am personally not the biggest fan of the genre itself. The art of the manga is generally quite good. It is a monthly series so there is a quality to the chapters that is definitely better than most weekly series. Sometimes there are truly breath taking panels with unique enemy design or very creative background choices. Sadly action is not really a main focus of this story, yet atleast, and as such these highlights don't seem to be making a comeback.

Overall I would say this manga is pretty solid. I personally expected a much more impressive story though, considering the 8.26 rating it currently has on this site. In my opinion while it has its highlights the current product is little more than a very competently made isekai manga, which I suppose only goes so far in being able to differentiate itself from the others in the genre.

A revenge manga that spends most of its runtime on setting up the revenge.

Plot
Emi dies and wakes up as Remilia (villainess) in an otome game. She uses her knowledge to help the male leads and create a happy ending for villainess. Pina (heroine/saintess) is also an Isekai-ed soul and uses magic artefacts to force the male leads to fall in love. The crown prince finally breaks his engagement with Emi, when Pina shows fake evidence/witnesses of Emi bullying Pina. Meanwhile, OG Remilia's soul, trapped inside Remilia's body was watching everything via Emi's memories and gets back control of her body. She will now ... take revenge on behalf of the gentle Emi.

Review
The good stuff
* Short length - around 30 chapters for core story + another 10 chapters for side stories.
* villainess is actually evil and cruel (towards the people she hates).
* OP female lead. no need for a male lead to "heal" her heart with romance or save her in a pinch.
* Good art. gorgeous character design for OG/Dark Remilia.

The bad stuff
* irrelevant side quest filler - around 70% of the time is wasted on pointless generic world-building (gods, demons, miasma etc..) and village-building (pitiful orphan children, modernizing agriculture etc..). The majority of the actual revenge only happens in the last 10% of the series (climax) and even that "revenge" is just a public trial at a banquet.
* shallow dumb antagonists - Pina (or her supporters) are often written to be annoyingly dumb and designed to be ugly. With their negative IQ, they would have destroyed themselves without Remilia having to lift a finger.
* weird hacks for plot convenience - Demon king's eyes can find out whether someone speaks the truth. He also knows a magic spell, where you can use a hair sample of a person and watch/record all of their past memories (umm.. wtf?). Random bullshit to prop up Remilia (as if she wasn't OP enough with her 24/7 spider spies and literally god killing powers).

I want to specially mention the tragedy of antagonists. The introduction panel of Pina (at the end of first chapter) shows her with a really irritating and ugly expression to bias the readers. Pina was written nowhere as intelligent as a modern Isekai-ed person should be. Pina was also isekai-ed recently, compared to the villainess who came here years ago. she never stood a chance. The author did everything he could to make the readers hate her (and her supporters).

If you can ignore the subpar writing and the lack of quality supporting cast, this can be a decent "junk food" manga to binge. Personally, I would have loved it if Remilia was just going around and beating up people, instead of spending years on setting up this round-about revenge.