I really really really love Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Ojisan/From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated. I am a sucker for all things villainess but this is just the cherry on top! I love the twists its done to the villainess and isekai genre.
I LOVE that he’s not dead and in a coma, he’s still connected to his first/original life. I like that he mentions and thinks of his first life. That there’s a chance he can go back to living his life as Kenzaburo Tondabayashi.
So often it feels like they just kill off the person and have them completely move on detached from the life and experience they lived as an excuse to make them op. Sometimes I wonder why not just have them be born in the fantasy world and just make them op?
I LOVE that it shows the perspective of his family! And that they can see what he’s doing AND CAN HELP HIM! I love that! I think that's such a unique and brilliant concept for this genre!
Usually with villainess manga the one reincarnated is a business woman/salary woman in her 20s or 30s so the fact he’s a middle age man is a fun twist. He acts like it too.
Also the elegance cheat is absolute gold!!
I really love this manga and the anime is doing a fantastic job recreating it! I was so excited for this week’s episode and I can barely contain myself for next week’s!
I hope to buy this manga soon (hopefully for my bday). I can easily say its one of my top favorite manga! I'm gonna reread the chapters available to tide me over until next week.
Also the opening and outro are peak