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English Dub Review: From Bureacrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated! “Dad Gets Trapped”

By Ben Schmidt

June 11, 2025

 

Overview:

When the student council gets trapped in a labyrinth, it’s up to Grace, also known as Kenzaburo and Anna, to save everyone.

Our Take:

I’ve never seen a Rubik’s Cube that could transport people to another dimension. This event was originally used in the game to get extra “affection” for Anna and whichever suitor the player was interested in. But in this case, it’s Grace who gets all of the affection by solving these puzzles. They don’t have riddles in this world or something, because one of the most basic riddles that everyone knows gave Anna issues.

At this point, I think that Kenzaburo needs to find a way out of this game, or he’s going to end up marrying some guy eventually. In this version of the game, everyone loves Grace, including Anna. So the game has been changed, but I think this version of Grace is for the best. I still wonder what is going to happen with that version of Grace that was in a cage, but we haven’t seen anything involving that yet.

I don’t see how this gets wrapped up in a few episodes, but I’ve been wrong before. As far as I know, this is based on a light novel, and those tend to go on for a long time. I hope that no big plots get introduced only to not be resolved.