My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X
乙女ゲームの破滅フラグしかない悪役令嬢に転生してしまった…X (Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta... X)
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Isekai
- Romance
- Reverse Harem
- School
- Villainess
- Episodes
- 12
- Duration
- 23 min per ep
- Aired
- Jul 3, 2021 to Sep 18, 2021
- Status
- Finished Airing
Synopsis
With her dreaded “doom routes” seemingly behind her, the warm-hearted yet oblivious Catarina Claes settles into calmer days alongside the friends and family she’s gathered around her. Free of immediate worries, she throws herself into enjoying the school festival to the fullest.
But the world of *Fortune Lover*—the game she once knew inside and out—still has more in store. New faces arrive with their own intentions, and fresh mysteries begin to surface around Catarina and those close to her. With the future no longer clear in her memory, steering away from another bad ending may be harder than ever.
Otaku Consensus
All Routes Lead to Doom! X lands as a comfort-food sequel rather than the clever reset-button comedy its first season was: SILVER LINK.'s breezy ensemble handling and Catarina-centered cast chemistry still make the franchise easy to like, and outside criticism continues to rate its character work and production above its plotting. The verdict is softer because X leans harder on repeated crush gags and Catarina's immovable obliviousness; fan complaints most often target stalled pacing, flanderized character beats, and romance comedy that crosses into uncomfortable boundary/consent territory.
Why You Should Watch
Watch X if you want a reverse-harem comedy that keeps the women in the romantic competition, not a male-only parade, and if you enjoy low-conflict ensemble banter more than route-by-route drama. It scratches a nearby itch to Ouran High School Host Club's affectionate harem chaos and Bofuri's harmless problem-solving energy, but with the otome-game joke turned into social comedy rather than battle spectacle. The season works best as a post-crisis hangout cour: school-life events, jealous orbiting, and Catarina's absurdly practical instincts become the entertainment. Viewers who need romantic progress or sharper plotting may bounce off it, but fans who want cozy isekai without grim stakes get twelve more episodes of the franchise's specific bisexual-harem warmth.
Key Characters
- CCatarina Claes(VA: Maaya Uchida)
Catarina remains the franchise's comic engine because her farming-minded practicality and total romantic blind spot turn harem tension into social slapstick instead of melodrama.
- MMaria Campbell(VA: Saori Hayami)
Maria is central to the show's reputation beyond standard reverse harem, with critics singling her out alongside Mary Hunt as part of Catarina's queer female fanbase within the cast.
- KKeith Claes(VA: Tetsuya Kakihara)
Keith represents the sequel's more possessive side of the Catarina orbit, which is exactly where many viewers felt X pushed the comedy further than Season 1 did.
- NNicol Ascart(VA: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka)
Nicol gives the ensemble its quiet-prince contrast, relying on restraint and presence while louder characters carry the repeated jealousy gags.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
X structurally changes the appeal of the series by removing the first season's clear 'avoid the destruction flags' engine; several viewer reviews identify that loss of a concrete goal as the reason the sequel feels less driven.
- 2
The harem dynamic is broader than the genre label suggests: critical writing on the series describes Catarina's following as polyamorous and bisexual, with Mary Hunt and Maria Campbell explicitly noted as female characters who are romantically interested in her.
- 3
SILVER LINK. produced the 12-episode TV season that aired from July 3 to September 18, 2021, keeping the franchise in a compact cour format rather than stretching the sequel into a longer adaptation.
- 4
The season's reception is notably split: its MAL score sits at 7.25 from 124,147 votes, while user reviews repeatedly criticize the same issues, especially one-note character gags, dragged pacing, and the handling of romantic boundaries.
- 5
The sequel's comedy depends more on ensemble repetition than escalation, which makes it a cozy watch for established fans but also explains why reviews compare it unfavorably with the first season's clearer character-growth hook.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- Comic Watch's series review scored My Next Life as a Villainess at 7.4/10 overall, with Character Development and Production both rated 8/10, higher than its Writing, Plot, and Music scores of 7/10.
- Fun fact 2
- The franchise's otome-game joke later came full circle with My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! -Pirates of the Disturbance-, which reviewers described as feeling like a few anime episodes packaged into a visual novel.
- Fun fact 3
- Reviews of Pirates of the Disturbance praised its cozy character charm and ease-of-play features, but also criticized predictable writing and, in one review, uneven translation quality.
- Fun fact 4
- On MAL, X is popular enough to rank #1026 by popularity while landing much lower by score at #3459, a useful snapshot of a sequel with a sizable audience but more muted enthusiasm than its premise might suggest.
- Fun fact 5
- The main Japanese cast includes several high-profile names credited in the season data: Maaya Uchida as Catarina, Saori Hayami as Maria, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Nicol, Inori Minase as Sophia, and Tetsuya Kakihara as Keith.
Studios
- SILVER LINK.
