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Though I Am an Inept Villainess

Fantasy / RomanceTV12 EP/12 Jul 2026

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THOUGH I AM AN INEPT VILLAINESS HAS NO VOTE THIS WEEK

Synopsis

When a body-swapping spell tears through an imperial court against one woman's will, the fallout is way more compelling than it has any right to be. Futsutsuka na Akujo dewa Gozaimasu ga is set in a gorgeous historical Chinese-inspired kingdom where five noble clans each put forward a daughter to compete for the role of empress. Kou Reirin is the frontrunner, elegant, virtuous, basically flawless, except her body is so frail she can barely stand. Meanwhile, Shu Keigetsu is the so-called "court rat," looked down on by everyone and seething with envy. During the Lantern Festival, Keigetsu uses magic to steal Reirin's body and identity. Now Reirin is stuck in Keigetsu's healthy but socially worthless body, trying to navigate a court that suddenly treats her like trash. The hook here is watching someone whose power was always tied to status and reputation figure out who she really is when all of that gets stripped away. Doga Kobo is handling the animation, the source is a light novel, and the villainess angle gives it a different flavor than your standard court drama. If you liked the court intrigue vibes of My Next Life as a Villainess but wanted something with more teeth, or if The Executioner and Her Way of Life sold you on fantasy stories centering women with actual stakes, this one's worth keeping on your radar for 2026.

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Hasn't been a bad episode thus far and we're sure as hell not gonna start now. This episode, we deal with the fallout of the secret coming out among a select few and everyone's opinions regarding that, which was definitely fun to watch, however, it made me wonder just where this series was going to go now that the main plot wasn't really unknown anymore. Thankfully, we also had the introduction of a new plot point which is in some way already starting to impact the characters in the show, and I assume it'll keep doing so the more we get into it. Additionally, we also got to see some flashbacks of the older cast during their younger days, so we're getting some much needed development in that aspect too. All in all, fantastic episode with everything done in a superb way.