Help me proselytize about ILTV bestie
happily! i'm in love with the villainess, or watashi no oshi wa akuyaku reijō (私の推しは悪役令嬢, abbreviated as wataoshi) is kind of baby's first yuri isekai since it's probably the most well known of that particular isekai subgenre alongside otherside picnic. i'm like 80% sure i've talked about it on here either when i was reading the light novel or in that one post about non-standard isekai?
regardless i think it really does hold up to the hype. i do think that rae's borderline masochistic relationship with claire through most of volume 1 wears a bit thin after a while, but once it gets past that i think it comes into its own as something really special. plus it's not afraid to comment on what being a lesbian in japan is like, which is not something you see a whole lot of in yuri as a genre, much less yuri isekai.
i think both the light novel and manga are worth reading; the light novel is completed at 5 volumes and inori-sensei is currently writing a spinoff/retelling from claire's perspective. the manga is very far behind the LN--i want to say they've barely gotten though half of volume 1--but it's high quality so it's a good way to go. that being said, the reason we're here is because the anime adaptation by platinum vision is currently airing as of yesterday! i haven't watched any of the other anime studio platinum vision has made but the wataoshi anime looks like they're going above and beyond for it. i also haven't watched the premiere of wataoshi because a certain rabbit is going to break into my home every week and force me to watch it
