Akuyaku Reijou no Kyouji: Konyakusha wo Ubaitotte Gishi wo Oidashita Watashi wa, Douyara Ima kara Hametsu suru you desu.
Proud to be the Villainess: I'm Doomed After Stealing my Half-Sister's Fiancé and Having Her Banished

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A little bit back... a little further... yes further..... FURTHER!

‘Proud To Be The Villainess: I'm Doomed After Stealing My Half-Sister's Fiancé And Having Her Banished’ feels a bit like someone constantly shouting “keep going backwards” while someone else parks in reverse. Because: a grand plan is revealed here by showing dozens of flashbacks.

When Wellmy's mother marries a nobleman and she not only gets a father, but also a big sister, she can hardly believe her luck! But she soon witnesses her parents mistreating her beloved sister. She simply cannot bear it and decides to save her sibling. However, because she is powerless against her parents, ... she decides to disguise her plan as bullying and at the same time accepts that her beloved sister hates her.
An interesting idea, the classic ‘otome game (Japanese love game, better google the term, it would take 30 lines to explain it) antagonist’ in a different way, but how is that supposed to work?

The manga demands a huge leap of faith right at the beginning. It wants you to believe that Wellmy really had no choice but to disguise her rescue as bullying. This is never really explained and feels a little strange, but it's easy to ignore.
What follows, however, is a work that is written in a very interesting way. ‘Interesting’ because it has a unique way of telling the story. It begins with the ‘revelation’, i.e. the moment when Wellmy's plan is finalised and all the accusations are thrown at her, which normally leads to the antagonist's downfall. Not a page goes by without some kind of flashback. Flashbacks that summarise so many years in just a few drawings that they seem like expedition dumps that are often rather difficult to understand. Imagine ‘Poppy's Playtime’ notes and videotapes strung together as a film. It's damn uncomfortable to read and feels like one of those ‘modern novels’ you read at A-level or even university.

Yet the manga works - somehow. I have no idea why, but even though it feels like swallowing large, sometimes sharp-edged stones, it's fascinating. In fact, the manga manages to grab the reader to the extent that you just want to know how Wellmy's crazy plan turns out. Probably mainly because you do feel sorry for Wellmy, her fate began to interest me. The art style is also striking and I liked it.

In the end, I would only recommend ‘Proud To Be The Villainess: I'm Doomed After Stealing My Half-Sister's Fiancé And Having Her Banished’ to a handful of people, those who really like such ‘otome game’ stories or modern books.