#my next life as a villianess: all routes lead to doom

[santuariodemary]

Hamefura World Geography?

Last night, some friends and I were analyzing the information revealed so far to create a possible map of Katarina and her friends' world. It will be fun to update this as more information is revealed. Hopefully the real map will be revealed eventually.

Consider this map a rough sketch please, there's probably a lot of things we'll need to include in the future!

I'm always curious about your opinion @maboroshi-no because I know you are always ahead of us!

[thanakite]

This panel is so funny to me, they are all so jealous and it's just like fair

[shionsky]

happy pride 💖

[sophieinwonderland]

Catarina Claes and Low Self-Esteem - A Ramble

Here's a draft I was saving for after I wrote my Plurality of Catarina Claes post, but I haven't done that and don't feel like it, so I'm posting this anyway...

I was thinking about Catarina while scrolling through the Crunchyroll comments describing her as denser than a black hole, which while funny the first time, and the second, starts to wear on you by the hundredth.

I mean, I get a community having running jokes, but I'm talking literally every episode has at least one person saying this, and sometimes multiple.

The thing about these comments is... they're not wrong. Catarina can be really dense and oblivious. It's one of her defining character traits. Everyone knows it...

But... I think there's more to it than this where it concerns her love interests.

Catarina, in my opinion, doesn't recognize that people love her because she sees herself as unlovable.

Putting Ourselves In Catarina's Shoes

Imagine for a moment that you've always been the strange girl at school.

You have one close friend. You've never had a romantic partner. You're a disappointment to your parents who see you as just some lazy girl. And then, at 17, you die completely unaccomplished. A failure.

You get a new life though. You're reborn with no memory of who you used to be.

And the person you are now... is a brat. A spoiled rich brat who hurts everyone around her. Then you get hit on the head and have memories from your last life flood your brain.

Now there are two very different lives in your head, but there are common themes in them.

In both, you have a mom who puts you down at every turn. In both, you haven't really known love before.

And on top of all of that, you realize that your new life is as a villain. A rival who is supposed to compete with the heroine for a man who doesn't love her. Someone who only agreed to be engaged with her to avoid other offers.

This is your destiny.

And it confirms everything terrible your parents told you about who you are across two lives.

By the time she enrolls in the magic academy, she's had over 30 years to internalize her sense of worthlessness, and nearly a decade to internalize her destiny as a villain who exists only to be a rival in someone else's story.

Catarina Isn't Just Oblivious. She's In Denial.

She's built an entire self-concept around being the unlovable villainess that she literally cannot fathom anyone having genuine romantic feelings for her.

Even while she loves her friends (platonically), she's still convinced through the series that they're going to kill or exile her in the end.

No matter how many times people drop hints or even outright tell Catarina they love her, she can't accept that.

All in all, I feel dismissing Catarina's obliviousness as her just being dense (which again, she is) does a disservice to the character.

[herbivorinne]

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S1xE10

[kaereth]

Kofi request drawing of Katarina Claes and Sophia Ascart (from My Next Life as a Villainess) getting married! This took a long time but I really like how it turned out ^^

[blue-blaze]

Some hamefura art that I commissioned!

Chibi comms by @/tkimichi

Colored sketch comms by @/ppyuuingles

Flash comms by @/emotsper

[beckyblah]

Ok so… I’m gay

Ummmm so I’m not usually into cute funny fluffy stuff and I’m definitely not usually into anime but this show has captured my heart. And I think Mary is peak gay weirdgirl so I of course ship her with katarina LOL

[marykata]

marikata warmup<3

[nonameidentified]

Katarina keep on bringing up the fact that Maria would be an excellent wife like JUST ASK HER TO BE YOUR WIFE ALREADY, IDIOT. I'M SURE SHE WON'T REFUSE.

[shionsky]

happy valentine's day 💗

[beebo26]

Imagine Katarina's harem watching her past life and when they got to the point of her playing the fortune lover, all they can see is her past life version simping over the game version Maria.

There is Katarina having a meeting inside her head for creating a best way to escape the embarrassing scene unfolding in front of her.

And there is Maria smiling and blushing and deep inside celebrating cause she know she has the upperhand against the harem battle.

[overworkedblorbobattle]

Overworked Blorbo Battle Round 1 Poll: 51

[wardenofthesixtyninth]

Katarina: they say 1 in every 4 people is gay so there must be two in my friend group. I hope one of them is Maria, she's super cute.

Keith: .....

Keith: I'm starting to think you're the other one.

[aashiyancha]

March of the Flowers Day 1: Daffodils (A new start!)

Featuring Bakarina and Maria!

[maboroshi-no]

Hamefura Manga Vol 10 Extra Images