The HameFura: My Next Life as a Villainess movie adaptation now has a trailer to entice isekai fans. Officially, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Otome Game no Hametsu Furagu Shika Nai Akuyaku Reijō ni Tensei Shite Shimatta / I Reincarnated into an otome game as a Villainess With Only Destruction Flags), but we will use the shorter title for brevity’s sake. The series is also known as HameFura.
It’s been a while since the movie’s announcement. This movie will follow the first and second seasons, but it will feature a new story by the original writer and premiere on December 8th, 2023. We have a trailer to enjoy until then.
Silver Link, the artists adapting the series, have maintained a home page to promote HameFura: My Next Life as a Villainess. That is in addition to an official Twitter page. Fans of the series can find behind-the-scenes information and the key visual.
Reborn as the Villainess
The new movie’s plot is still unknown, but we can still recap the series plot for those new to HameFura: My Next Life as a Villainess. Catarina Claes (Maaya Uchida) was a high school otaku from Japan from her past life. A vehicle hit her (Truck-kun not implicated this time), and she died on her way to school. A head injury eight years later caused her to recall her previous life. She then recognized the world around her as that of the otome game visual novel Fortune Lover, a game that she truly enjoyed. She also remembered that Catarina is either exiled or executed at the end of every romantic route in the game.
This premise is like The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen From Villainess to Savior, wherein the isekai protagonist knows her ultimate fate and uses kindness and ingenuity to avoid it. Catarina works to evade these “death flags” by improving her magic, swordsmanship, plus gardening. She does this while working to befriend those who may control her fate in the future. Catarina initially befriended the third prince Geordo Stuart (Shouta Aoi), her fiancé, and her stepbrother Keith (Tetsuya Kakihara). Her kindness attracted a lot of romantic attention, something she is oblivious to.
HameFura: My Next Life as a Villainess Origins
Satoru Yamaguchi posted his novel to the user-generated website Shosetsuka ni Naro from July 6th, 2014, to March 23rd, 2015. Ichijinsha picked up the rights and hired the artist Nami Hidaka to adapt the series to the light novel format. This run is published in the Ichijinsha Bunko Iris imprint and has released twelve volumes since it began on August 20th, 2015.
Nami Hidaka would also illustrate the manga adaptation. This iteration of HameFura: My Next Life as a Villainess appears in the Monthly Comic Zero Sum magazine. Eight volumes are available after the run started on August 28th, 2017.
Studio Silver Link adapted the series to anime on April 5th, 2020. There were two seasons and an OVA for fans to watch and enjoy. Besides all that, there are multiple video games, merchandise, and a manga spinoff. Fans have plenty to choose from when enjoying the otome world of HameFura: My Next Life as a Villainess.
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Are you excited to see more of Catarina’s adventures in trying to avoid the numerous villainess’s bad endings? Have you followed the series for a while, or is this your first introduction? Who is the Best Boy in the series? Let us know in the comments below.
