English Dub Review: I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History “A Villainess and Trespassing”

OVERVIEW (SPOILERS)

Alicia finally meets Liz Cather, the proper protagonist of the game this world is based on.

OUR TAKE

It seems like with this episode we have finally made it out of the prologue stage of the series as the episode ends with a three year time jump and Alicia being old enough to attend the magic academy everyone else is at already. But more importantly, we finally get to see who was originally supposed to be the star of this story before Alicia (or the girl currently inhabiting this version of Alicia) took over: Liz Cather, whose main claim to fame is that she can use all five types of magic (fire, water, plant, dark, and light), which makes sense considering she would normally be controlled by a human who would want to go down a route and learn more about a specific type when pursuing one of the many male love interests. Except now that she’s not the protagonist (in the actual story) she gets to have her own personality and character arc. It’s basically one more way that Alicia’s involvement and self-actualization is impacting things she normally wouldn’t, in addition to now also having her magic a few years earlier than most people and being labeled a “Divergent” (not like the Shailene Woodley Hunger Games knock off).

However, Liz is still a significant player in things because of her magical versatility, so now the two are bound together because the higher ups want Alicia, someone who clearly has a lot of control over her magic, to oversee Liz, who later has her magic go out of control for some reason. If I recall the last time this general premise happened, this may also lead to Liz falling for Alicia like Duke, the blue love interest, already has. Liz has already shown a strong interest in being Alicia’s friend so it wouldn’t be too far out of left field, although so far they seem to not be focusing so much on the love interest parts at the moment, though that may change. What’s also being impacted by this Alicia being controlled by an actual person is that she is making connections and setting up relationships that probably would not have happened normally, as is the case with Jin, the boy who got beat up in the exile town she met the old guy. With her warped view of “villainy”, Alicia basically motivates him to keep living but keep says she’s actually a bad person, continuing to confuse everyone because of how fucking stupid she is while also winning them over because she’s actually a good person. Anyway, onto the time jump!