I Like Villains, So I Reincarnated as One, Vol. 1

Light Novel

By: Kei Tadano

Narrated by: Neo Cihi

When one man is isekai'd into the game he's been playing, he winds up becoming the doomed villain. Can his knowledge of the game help him avoid a disastrous fate or will his meddling cause more harm? A fantasy light novel about rewriting fate and facing the inevitable!

Video game character Weiss Hamilton is destined to lose everything--his position, his family, and ultimately his life. A tragic villain who was overshadowed by his talented sister, blamed for mismanaging his territory, and fated to fall at the hands of the game's hero, Weiss is nothing more than a failure. And to be reincarnated as him? A fate worse than death! Or is it? Armed with knowledge of the game's plot, the new Weiss has a second chance to rewrite his fate and become a proper villain with a better future. Using his own cheats to avoid every pitfall, Weiss has the ability to avoid doom and impending tragedy, all while winning the hearts of the beautiful ladies around him. Can he maintain this new course, grow his harem, and survive the plot that's written against him?!

©2023 Kei Takano (P)2023 Kei Takano

Very Enjoyable Despite Unoriginal Premise

Let's face it, there are about a thousand of these copy of a copy of a copy light novels out there. Some are still good. Most are quite bad. This one, fortunately, is one of the good ones.

I will say that the title should be "I feel bad for characters that are down on their luck and treated as villains so some random god put me into a world that is just like a videogame I played a too much for absolutely no reason and with absolutely no explanation as to why such a world even exists to begin with" but I realize that may be a bit verbose. The main character doesn't like villains, and he is very much not a villainous character.

With that said, I still did like the main character - and all the characters, actually. The story was also well written with a clear plot and a nice resolution at the end. The story could stand alone but also easily continue as a series. For a light novel, you can't really want much more than that, right? I recommend giving it a try.

Enjoyable story

This is an enjoyable story. Simple and pleasant. Looking forward to next volume too bad it won’t be for a while.