Romantic comedy novel series inspired by spinoffs, manga, and anime
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Seven Seas Entertainment announced Inori and Hanagata Akuyaku Reijō’s adaptation of I’m in Love with the Villainess (Watashi no Oshi wa) will be adapted into an English audiobook on Friday. Voice actress Courtney Shaw will narrate the audiobook through Seven Seas audiobook publisher Siren. I’m in Love with the Villainess (Audiobook) volume 1 will be released on November 16, while volume 2 is scheduled for release on December 7.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the light novel and released the novel’s fifth volume in July 2022 digitally. The company describes the story:
Ordinary office worker Oohashi Rei wakes up in the body of the main character of her favorite otome game, Revolution. She was delighted when the first person to greet her was also her favorite character, Claire Francois – the main antagonist of the story! Now, Rei is determined to date Claire instead of the game’s male protagonist. But how will her villainous lover react to this new courtship?
Inori launched the series on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in January 2018. GL Bunko began publishing the story digitally, with the first volume released in February 2019, and the fifth and final volume was released in August 2021. Hanagata illustrated the novel.
AONOSHIMO launched a manga adaptation of the novel series in Ichijinsha’s Comic Yuri Hime magazine in June 2020. Ichijinsha published the manga’s sixth compiled book volume on May 17. Seven Seas Entertainment is also publishing the manga in English. Volume 4 was released in January and volume 5 will be released digitally on October 12.
The series is inspiring an anime adaptation that will premiere on October 2. Hideaki Oba (Love of Kill) is directing the anime at Platinum Vision. Ayumu Hisao (Love of Kill, Devils’Line) both wrote and supervised the series. Youko Satou (7SEEDS, Saiyuki Reload Blast) is adapting the character designs of AONOSHIMO and Hanagata into animation.
Inori launched a spinoff story titled Heimin no Kuse ni Namaikina! on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in May 2021 and ended in October 2021. GL Bunko released the story digitally, publishing volume 2 in December 2022. Seven Seas Entertainment also licensed the spin-off novels and released volume 1 in January 2023 titled I’m in Love with the Villainess Spin-Off: She’s so bold for a commoner. Volume 2 releases on April 9.
Source: Press release, website
