Feels like ages since we got a novel-based isekai anime series. The protagonist here has been reincarnated as the plump villainess of her favorite novel, with a terrible fate to meet by the end. Naturally, it’ll be fun to see her work to avoid this fate and perhaps find her own love interest. Wouldn’t it be fun if her love interest were a yandere? The Final-Boss Prince Is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me (The Chubby Villainess for short) (Odebu Akujo ni Tensei Shitara, Naze ka Rasu Bosu Ōji-sama ni Shūchaku Sareteimasu) might showcase a rare male yandere character.
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The Chubby Villainess News, Cast, Staff
The titular villainess(?) and two of her noble friends are as follows:
- Celine Eldred — Haruka Shiraishi (Chitose Shirakawa from The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten). Celine is a reincarnator from Japan.
- Adele Eldred — Fuka Izumi (Utena Hiiragi/Magia Baiser from Gushing Over Magical Girls). Adele is Celine’s divinely gifted sister.
- Wilfred Percival — Takeo Otsuka (Aquamarine Hoshino from Oshi no Ko). Wilfred is Celine’s yandere royal love interest.
Celine will begin to change her fate sometime in January 2027. Studio Lings is producing the anime adaptation, with Naoyuki Kuzuya and Shusaku Kato directing, and Mitsutaka Hirota writing the series. Fumino Kakihata and Yukiko Sekita design the characters, and Tsubasa Ito provides the music.
The Chubby Villainess has an official website, a TikTok account, and a Twitter (X) account with more information and key visuals.
The Chubby Villainess Loses Weight, Gains a New Attitude, and Changes the Story
It feels like it’s been even longer since we’ve had an isekai series where the protagonist starts with a weight problem. Well, there’s Kuzulesse Oblige – 18-kin Game Sekai, but I doubt we’ll see an anime adaptation of that anytime soon. The title is still a bit silly since Celine drops the weight pretty quickly. We even see her older, slimmer figure in the PV. Sorry, fans of the chub, she drops the weight along with the original Celine’s bad habits.
Celine’s original life in Japan was plain sad, so being reborn as a chubby villainess destined to die feels like a kick in the teeth. Her plans to avoid that fate seem perfectly fine on the surface, though they might have unintended consequences. Celine planned to get her sister and the first prince together, but both seem more preoccupied with her than with each other. I hope that doesn’t affect the novel’s original story and the intended happily ever after! Also, the second prince is a real yandere, which is fun to see.
I really can’t wait to see what happens, since this story doesn’t seem to follow the typical tropes.
A Closer Look at The Chubby Villainess
The Chubby Villainess manga summary:
After dying of illness, she has been reincarnated as Celine, the selfish, fat, villainous duchess, sister of the heroine of a popular novel. If she stays this way, she will be killed by the hero prince and die a miserable death, just as in the novel. She vows to reform herself with all her might and begins to struggle, but she finds herself caught up in unexpected doting and obsession…! Will Celine be able to find “peaceful happiness”? A fantasy love story about a reincarnation in another world where she is loved too much by a Yandere.
Kotoko and Kaname Hanamiya released the original The Chubby Villainess manga series on April 17th, 2023. Kadokawa Shoten has published five volumes in Comico Japan.
Will you watch the premiere of The Chubby Villainess in January? Have you read the manga? Do you want to see more novel isekai series? We get plenty of game isekai series. Let us know in the comments.
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