Warning: The following contains spoilers for Trapped in a Time Loop: When All Else Fails, Become Villain Episode #1!
Summary
Selene Vixent turns evil in a unique villain series. Stuck in a time loop fueled by Selene's quest for revenge. Selene's evil path and vengeance help distinguish the manga from the typical villain series.
A new reincarnation manga titled Stuck in a time loop: When all else fails, become the villain is very different from other series in the same genre because of its main character, Selene Vixent, truly embraces evil where other villains in her situation often try everything to become heroes. Selene may not be like her peers, as she didn't start out as an ordinary girl who turned into a fictional character after getting hooked on her favorite romance novel or anime, but she He still experiences many of the same things about the genre – and yet chooses a completely different path.
That's because Trapped in a Time Loop is an example of a lesser-known villain series in which the main character actually lives in the world where she was originally possessed by demons. before finally going through the common rite of passage that subjected her to the embarrassing spectacle of a public annulment.
In fact, Selene's situation most closely resembles that of Rishe in Crunchyroll's 7th Time Loop: The villain enjoys a carefree life married to her worst enemy for good reason. there. Rishe continuously dies and is reborn as soon as her fiancee breaks up with her, just like Selene, except that Selene eventually becomes evil, unlike Rishe and basically every other villain.
Trapped in a time loop fueled by revenge
The original series was created by Sora Hinokage & Tsukasa Kiryu
The events preceding Trapped in a Time Loop also followed this trend, as Selene Vixent managed to stay alive for the first nine time loops. Every failed attempt ends in death, and since she's been betrayed every time, there's now nothing to stop Selene from getting revenge as she avoids death by doing evil. A part of What makes Stuck in a Time Loop work is that it feels like a revenge storyand it worked because the first person she sought revenge on was not her fiancée but her father, and indirectly her sister.
There is almost nothing worse than being betrayed by your parents, but because Selene is cruel, her revenge is all the sweeter and more immediate. It's even more effective because the way she treats him complements his initial betrayal. Selene's revenge on her father not only affects a family member, but her sister becomes an unfortunate accessory. This adds another dynamic to the outcome of Selene's revenge because her sister was never cruel. Instead of this becoming two in one, it offers another, better experience.
Selene's polar opposite is further proof of how different it is to be stuck in a time loop
While Stuck in a Time Loop is a compelling revenge story, its delivery is heightened because it deviates from the genre. On one level, this manga is different from its most obvious counterpart, Time Loop 7: The villain enjoys a carefree life married to her worst enemy !
Although never officially stated, Rishe of the 7th Time Loop made the world a better place through her actions, especially at the end when she struggled with her master. his former lover, Michel, who is willing to sacrifice the world for his own selfish purposes. Meanwhile, the majority of antihero series in which the protagonist is drawn into a romance novel or game see the heroine make a conscious effort to reject the their evil ways.
However, many “transformed” villains pursue this strategy to avoid their character's fateful death. Without a doubt, the most extreme version of this is HIDIVE's most heretical final boss Queen: From villain to savior as the heroine named Pride is more interested in being subdued The character's evil tendencies whose body she now inhabits are because they were wrong, rather than because these actions led to the character's death in the original fictional story. As such, the actions of the reborn Pride provide a heartwarming and sometimes even sad take on the usual, albeit understandable, selfish views of most unwitting villains.
Being stuck in a time loop is not the same as this. However, Selene's embrace of evil is equally refreshing. Stuck in a time loop: When all else fails, become the villainif not more, just because it's rare to see such a damaged character in a leading role, especially when she wants and seeks revenge in such a great way.