English Dub Review: Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs “This Isn’t a Game”

Overview:

Leon and company are sent on a mission to protect Carla’s family from sky pirates. Stephanie also plants seeds of doubt in Olivia’s mind, which causes her to behave differently.

Our Take:

It’s time for Leon to help Carla’s family like he promised to a couple episodes back. However, it turns out that this mission is actually a ploy by Stephanie. Carla is just her puppet and she lies to Olivia. As usual, Stephanie talks down to Olivia and her words stick in Olivia’s mind. Olivia now doubts why Leon is so nice to a commoner like her.

Brad and Greg from the prince’s entourage are enlisted to assist on this mission as well. Leon doesn’t need their help though, as he manages to defeat the sky pirates single-handedly.

When they arrive at Carla’s homeland, Carla tries to lie and say this whole ruse is Olivia’s idea. Leon stands up for Olivia and Carla has no choice but to tell the truth.

When all that’s done, Leon goes to check on Olivia since she’s been acting strange. She asks Leon why he’s so nice to her and says that she feels like she’s being treated like a pet. I’m sure she doesn’t really feel that way, but Stephanie continuously put those thoughts in her head, I can see why she lashes out at Leon like this.

Speaking of Stephanie, she has another interaction with Angelica. She tells Angie about her plan and Angie threatens her if anything happens to Livia. Brad also talks a little about Stephanie’s family since the two were engaged. Brad says that Stephanie’s family helped against a Black Knight invasion and that’s great. However, Stephanie herself had nothing to do with that, so she’s still terrible.

This is a solid episode overall and we’re starting to see some interesting tension and development. Luxion mentions to Leon that his morals are starting to get in his way, which makes me curious if that will change his behavior. Not to mention, I want to see if Leon’s relationship with Livia will change.