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[maboroshi-no]

My Next Life As a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Chapter 87

Manga: My Next Life As a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Artist: Nami Hidaka Chapter: 87 - A New Power (2) Synopsis: Katarina talks with Keith about her fear of becoming a villainess. Scanlation: maboroshi-no

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hamefura characters react to you coming out (from that one onion article)

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No but we need to talk about Sora more. He's honestly THE character of all time because???

He learnt an ANCIENT LANGUAGE for a crush. Was it even reciprocated??? Was it just to impress her??? Did it actually help??? We don't know for sure but we do know he still kinda knows how to read it

He still can do fire magic? The dark magic thing didn't replace that? He can very much still set things on fire? At least candles, or enough to light the way.

He has experience torturing people. Idk which previous owner he had decided letting the slave learn torturing skills was a good idea. (Oh right, the one who thought he could kidnap two fiance's of princes)

He's like, the only member of the harem who's had crushes and relationships before? Cezar has had "dalliances" with what are most definitely brothel workers, but that doesn't count. Everyone else is strictly Bakaromantic.

How old even is he???? He's a "young man", Catarina doesn't consider their ages to be too far apart, but he's also an "older" archetype romancable from FL2. I know that he also has no idea, but I need to know if this is 21-23 territory or if he's like 27-29. He could even be over 30 and catarina is just including her past life when comparing. Please.

He's killed. Cezar has guilt about his past, but Sora has moved on with zero worries. I think the anime changed it so that Sora kinda just blacked out for the dark magic ritual, instead of killing the sacrifice himself, but he's also done "all the different dirty deeds". You can't convince me that silencing loose ends wasn't one of them. Also, if Sora was blacked out and didn't shank the sacrifice himself, how would he know it was some elderly guy? He definitely did it himself in the novel.

He has no experience with stability. He's never had a healthy relationship, the only time he had confidence in his next meal and a place to sleep was when he was a SLAVE. His favourite food is the dorm food from the ministry, his dream relationship is one where the girl does something like cook for him instead of want sex. His standards are so low and he deserves so much more (which I can give him)

He spent multiple months unofficially working at the ministry while still not knowing where anything was. No one gave him an induction. Because they were too busy. Like what??? Was he still getting paid at least?????

He has one shirt. He wears the same, illfitting black shirt both when working and on his off days. Please please please can we crowdfund him a new one. That neckline is NOT flattering, it's flapping about everywhere. I want to see him in more suits!!! A different colour shirt!!! Anything, please I'll take anything. I'm pretty sure he only has one pair of trousers too.

He was a slave? A straight up slave? A genuine slave? Passed from owner to owner? The rest of the harem is royalty, nobility, + one prodigy so prodigious other countries have heard of her. But Sora is just a fucking ex-slave??????

His go-to way to get information is to start flirting. His go-to way to get help is to put on a sad face. His go-to way to get out of Consequences is to say he's very sorry. And it WORKS.

Despite this, his charisma stat is only 3 out of 5???????

He can do like any job that isn't writing reports. He has experience driving carriages, being a day worker, butler, escort, bodyguard, whatever it is he does at the ministry, etc

He's canonically physically stronger than everyone else. But Geordo and the princes have regular sword training? Sora barely has consistent meals, where does he find the energy and time to hit the gym??? Is this just the power of being an actual adult?????

I have a folder with a screenshot of every frame from the anime with him in it. Oh sorry, this one is off topic-

Can we go back to the learning a dead language for a crush part?? Seriously, that's really impressive. When did he find the resources to do that. "Hey mr master guy can I have a tutor to teach me Latin 2.0 for no reason. It'll definitely help with your evil plan."

His 5 seconds in the movie were so extra and for what. Bro covered his right eye to act all chuuni. As far as I'm aware, his dark magic vision isn't limited to one eye. Why did he do that.

His fake surname is SMITH. That's so boring. I'm still mad about it. He didn't even get it from someone who's called Smith. It's just Susanna's fake surname that she said he could use as well. I have much better recommendations. My surname is MUCH nicer sounding, but so is literally every other surname in their universe.

He's the only guy with a Japanese name. Everyone else is called either European/European sounding names (except for Cezar or those from Mutraq). I know this is because his name was picked on literal meaning, but that's still a fun fact. It also is more proof hamefura was translated instead of localised, because Sky is a feminine leaning yet gender neutral name just like Sora is.

His hair is BLUE. You could say Alan's hair is platinum blond but More, and Raphael is a redhead but more literal, Rozy is brunette but stylised, and Aquil just has purple tips for funsies or circus reasons, but Sora has a head full of BRIGHT BLUE HAIR, in a world where everyone else is natural colour adjacent, and this is never questioned. Cezars golden eyes are scary and unnatural to the point he hides them, Sophia ghost white hair and red eyes are pretty plot significant, but Sora's blue hair??????? Yeah that's just natural.

His birthday is celebrated on September 25th, because that's when he met Catarina. He doesn't know his biological birthday, so it's just the day that this version of Sora was "born". Sora the Catarina simp.

For all his past relationship experience, his feelings for Catarina are entirely new. As in, he's never felt this type of pure, innocent love before. He gets all flustered about it, and experiences cuteness aggression.

Does this imply he was wooing earlier girl who liked ancient script to get in her bed??? How does that even work? "Me and the older lady I bagged by pretending to be a nerd"??? Again, did it work?

Was the first one to kiss Catarina unless I'm mistaken. This isn't exactly a good point because NONE of her kisses have been consensual. (Seriously, why do people keep kissing her so much. Geordo I'm looking at YOU.) But he IS the only person who has stopped trying to kiss her at every opportunity after realising she wasn't into that. (Geordo. I'm looking at you.)

If he appears in FL2 as a worker in the ministry, meaning the whole kidnapping thing went as scheduled. Does that mean the plot to get both Geordo and Ian removed from the line of succession worked? Didn't that version of Geordo straight up not have a fiancé though? Unless everything was completely different?

He got hired by the Claes family to be Catarinas bodyguard, at least temporarily. AND he got indirectly hired by Mary to interfere with Geordo's attempts to have time with Catarina. He's really living the dream life. PAID to cockblock???? Incredible.

He's from Ethenell but can still do magic, which is supposed to be a Sorcier Special Thing. At least, they absolutely don't have it in Quid. This is just another way in which Sora is amazing 🥰

He saw a childhood friend in trouble, was shocked he wasn't dead, then almost went "nah not my problem". But then he DIDN'T, because of Catarina's influence

Despite being a new addition to the ministry, and, again, NOT BEING TRAINED, he is considered very talented and capable at his work.

Speaking of his work, WHAT IS IT???? they're in the magical tool department but he doesn't make anything? He gets sent outside the office sometimes to do extra work? He randomly appeared in the movie right before the bird was released?? Seriously wtf is his job description.

He has lunch with Catarina and walks her back to her carriage every day yet no one considers him a significant rival. From this we can conclude that Geordo and Mary have no idea this happens.

If you read the whole thing honestly like marry me or something because I need someone who is as insane about Sora as I am in my life. If you have any additional Sora facts I've forgotten PLEASE tell me.

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My Next Life as a Villainess All Routes lead to Doom : the English version is out !

Hello everyone it's just one good thing after the other : the english version with the official subtitles is now available on Crunchyroll !

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Sketch dump.

(about p3) I don't think that produced the desired effect, Catarina.

Text says:

Page 1:

Yoo Joonghyuk: I think we're gonna have to kill this guy, Catarina Catarina: Damn

Page 3: Stole his hairtie in revenge for all the hair ruffling.

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Hello! Saw your post about the hamefura movie and how Sora is your favorite. I love Sora, would you say he is who you wish Catarina to end up with? I love their chemistry together

Any fav scenes of them in particular?

I really hope we get season 3 animated so we can see their movements together from the LN

HELLO GOOD ANON AND FELLOW SORA <3 FAN WHAT A FINE DAY TO YOU

Ok so I have a lot I could say about him and Catarina and who she would end up with so this is going to be a long post so I'll answer the second q first-

My fav scene of them together would probably be the side story in the manga anthology where he had a day off work and bumped into her and they spent the day on a not-date. It was super cute and nothing bad happened, they just had a good fun time and honestly that's all I want for them.

Close second would be during ln9 where she brought up the promise aka the brooch, and he said he didn't know where it was. (I was cackling because the manga had the mini interview where he said it was his most precious object ever. Yeah right he lost it.) THEN in his pov he's like yeah it's actually on him at all times. 💙💙💙 What a liar. I love him.

Ok time for my Catarina analysis.

There's two ways to look at who she would end up with, the first being compatibility, the second being likeliness. Compatibility feeds into likeliness, but high likeliness doesn't mean high compatibility.

Geordo is perhaps the most likely, because it would realistically be hard for him to let go of the engagement. In pirates of the disturbance he only lets go in half the routes, the other half the conversation either hadn't happened, or he was ""putting it off"". Therefore he is most likely to get married to Catarina simply through inertia. However he is far from most compatible, evidenced by how she runs away to the ministry from fear of having to marry him.

Maria is the most compatible for two reasons:

First is that Catarina clearly loves her the most, and says about three times a novel that she wants Maria to be her wife. This is because Maria can bake, is beautiful, kind, and all round pretty much perfect. As expected of the MC of an otome. They get along great and Maria never makes any odd moves, or waste time fighting the rivals. (Which generally causes Catarina to zone out.) Instead she actually talks to Catarina and maximises her use of their time together.

The second is social status. Catarina is still mentally a girl from Japan, and is not suited to high society. She still can't dance, and she breaks etiquette at every event. There's two "another ends" in pirates of the disturbance where she leads a commoners life in another country, and in both it's said that she found them fulfilling. Living a life with Maria would require less adjustment than living with Geordo, or Nicol, etc.

On top of this, Catarina isn't in line for inheriting the dukedom, and Maria is the famous light magic user, so their social statuses could work out. She herself would not mind lowering her status, (since she barely registers it,) her mother thinks her unsuitable for any high rank, and her father just wants her to be happy

This also makes Maria more likely than other options. (Excluding Geordo)

Aside from breaking her engagement, the biggest obstacle to Catarina ending up with anyone is her own feelings. She's in denial of the possibility of anyone having romantic feelings for her, and this is entirely because of her role as the "villainess". The only people she doesn't worry about getting killed by are Nicol, Sophia, Mary, and Maria herself.

Having grown up with the first three, she's put them safely in the friend zone. But Maria is 'new' and romantically available. As a commoner, Catarina feels a kinship, instead of reservation. I'm not really wording this very well, but basically there's less mental blocks against her; Catarina doesn't first have to get past the possibility of a 'doom end'. Maria is the easiest one to see Catarina realising romantic feelings for, and she's also the only one I would say that Catarina actually has those feelings for already.

Once Catarina has the feelings, has accepted the feelings, and spoken to Maria about the feelings, they can successfully convince Geordo to break up the engagement.

The rest of the main cast are not going to happen for a multitude of reasons.

Keith: he's her brother. No matter what he does, she isn't going to stop thinking that. I'm refusing to acknowledge his routes in pirates of the disturbance. They aren't canon anyway.

Alan: lack of chemistry. They are just friends. Also, he didn't even realise his own feelings until recently, and doesn't act on them. This is not going to help Catarina see him in romantic light.

Nicol: has a better chance than the others because of his smile, which is very effective. If he could get Catarina to stop compartmentalising it as a fictional character smile, he would have a chance. Unfortunately, he isn't proactive enough to do this.

Sophia: she wants Nicol to end up with Catarina more than herself.

Mary: too far friendzoned. She isn't feeding Catarina enough GL, and most of her tactics are obstructing the guys, and planning lives in other countries.

Raphael: she never really had any thoughts about how handsome he was, he never made her swoon, but most critically, he's too absent. Poor guy is too stuck in paperwork to be making any advances.

Now for the new cast.

The other two FL2 routes are shockingly in love with Maria instead of Catarina. This is perhaps more tragic. I'm not sure if they have a lower or higher chance of happiness this way. Oh well.

But Sora <33

Now, he is in love with Catarina. and I honestly think he has a higher likelihood than everyone bar Maria and Geordo.

Again, his lack of nobility is a point in his favour.

Second, his carefreeness. He's very chill and goes with the flow, which matches Catarina nicely.

He's knowledgeable in areas where she is dense, and can make up for her shortcomings nicely, but he doesn't admonish her for this (unlike Keith who sighs at her ten times a day).

He does lots of things without making a big deal of them, and is actually very committed to those he loves. (It takes a LOT of effort to learn an ancient language)

He's not overly obsessed with her as some others are. This is good because obsession is just not a good way to have a healthy relationship. It's honestly terrible. Trust me.

The lack of obsession + chillax personality mean Catarina feels very relaxed around him. She's able to have normal conversations without pausing to be like 'oh no have I said something faux pas'. It also means he can have normal conversations with her, without being all 'what can I say to get her to fall in love with me'.

It ALSO means he doesn't fight aggressively for her, which means the others view him lower down on the rival list. Always a good thing.

He can change himself to be better. After the whole him kidnapping Catarina thing, he doesn't pull any physical moves again, because he realised she doesn't reciprocate that. (Muzzing hair doesn't count.) Aside from this, he changes his morality a little, having been influenced by her. That makes them more compatible.

He does these because of her, but not necessarily for her. Again, good sign of a healthy relationship. And again, unlike some rivals (Geordo and Mary I'm looking at you.)

(also just completely as a side note but Rozy accompanies her gardening and makes stuff for her because he wants her to be happy but more than that because he enjoys those things as well. So I genuinely think he might be most compatible out of literally everyone, it's just a shame he's off in a non canon timeline. I could write a whole other post on him but that's for later.)

He is well travelled. Catarina wants to go to other countries, this is a very consistent fact. Not only for rice, but for fun. He knows how to act in these places, can safely accompany her, and bring her to the "authentic" sides. If she travelled with Geordo, they would only ever see the high end places, tailored for visiting nobility. Even Mary, who does extensive research, would still be out of place. Sora <333 doesn't have either of these shortcoming.

They both have weak magic, and they both have dark magic. That's gotta be something.

They're both blue. This doesn't really count but it's also my favourite colour so I thought I'd mention it.

Canonically the prettiest, so much so that even Catarina was wowed. Also canonically the strongest physically but this is mainly a point in his favour because I think it's cool.

But there are points against him.

He's old. She's either 16 or 17 when they meet. That's definitely a child, no matter the legal age in sorcier. Legally they would have no issues, but there's still a mental gap. Idr how old he is exactly but I feel like it was 23-27. You could argue that Catarina is older due to her past life, but I'm really not convinced.

He doesn't know how to relationship in a way that isn't physical. This is outright stated a few times, and also shown by his actions. Yeah he stops pulling moves on her, but he doesn't know what to do instead. All he's got are flirting skills, designed to get information out of people. Such artificial love isn't suited for actual courtship, and he knows this. That's why he ends up confused at what to do and feeling a vague sense of helplessness instead.

He doesn't get much time with her. Even though he walks with her to work every day, and the eat lunch together a lot, the scenes themselves are ENTIRELY SKIPPED OVER by the novel. Clearly, the author felt nothing substantial happens during these times. Which means nothing really develops. I'll be honest, I don't give a shit if these scenes fail to woo Catarina, I just want to see his name on the page a few more times. But if even the author doesn't want to mention him, that's not a good sign.

He's too chill to be making moves. He only pushed her on the bed/kissed her initially because he had great opportunity to. But he's not really interested in forcibly making opportunities to hang out. Normally this wouldn't be an issue, but it's Catarina we are talking about. She needs to be told to her face at least three times that you have romantic feelings for her before she even considers herself as romancable. (Relatable)

He did kinda push her on the bed and would have done more if plot hadn't happened. Now this is explained as him, yk, only having experience in that matter and nothing else, but there's people who understandably cannot forgive him for this. This isn't mentioned in the novel at all, and idk how the author feels about it, but it's still not great.

So within the novel itself his likeliness is lower than both Maria and Geordo, and his compatibility is only lower than Maria.

Outside the novel, I think anyone except Maria has a 0% chance of bagging Catarina.

Its very unlikely that the author will go down the route of actually developing a relationship. Not only would he have to pick, it would drastically change the genre. Catarinas whole thing is that she refuses to acknowledge romance. (Fellow aro???) But more than that, writing recricated love is a different skillset to writing hamefura as it currently exists. And the whole fandom would be expecting something good, something worth the wait.

So the compatibility has to be good, and built up to, and it needs to make sense that whoever it is gets chosen above all others. In both cases Maria wins.

I've already spoken about chemistry, and compatibility. But of course it makes sense for the MC of FL to be picked above all the rest. Plus, villainess x Heroine is a great ship.

Meanwhile, Catarina choosing one of the original cast? Unfair to the rest. The fans would be demanding explanation. Also, I don't see it (for reasons stated earlier).

Her choosing Sora? Now I would in a heartbeat, but for his role in the novel it wouldn't make sense. He arrived late, and we barely see their interactions. I'll forever have ln9 in the center of my hamefura shrine, but that doesn't mean they actually have romantic scenes. If she really ended up with someone who is relegated to background character in half the frames he actually appears in, that just wouldn't make any sense. It would be so incredibly out of nowhere.

So yeah, I think sadly it's not happening, and neither is anyone else.

Selfishly I would want him to end up with Catarina, because it means more scenes with him.

Realistically (within the novel) I want Catarina to end up with Maria, because I think they the best fit. I think he loses out to Maria just a tiny bit due to age. If he was like 19 or smth then they would be tied. Very tragic. Alas, the writers of FL2 wanted a large age range in their romancables.