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Edjwald
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(A) Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even (TV) Source: Light Novel (ongoing @ 7 volumes, written by Metabo Hagure, illustrated by Masami) Demographic: Animation Studio: Studio Comet Genres: drama, fantasy Themes: aristocracy, medieval, revenge, royalty, sorcery Plot Summary: Elizabeth Leiston, daughter of the influential prime minister, is a picture-perfect lady on the path to becoming the future queen of the Kingdom of Haldoria. But her life takes a sudden turn for the worse when her fiancé makes a show of publicly calling off their engagement. Soon after, he throws her in jail and starts spreading nasty rumors about her. The encouragement Elizabeth receives from her loyal waiting-maid, Mireille, and her inner fury are all she needs to reconsider her goals. She will get even with those who wronged her and bring down the damned kingdom, even if it's the last thing she does. Luckily, Elizabeth is no damsel in distress and has seven powerful magic grimoires she won't hesitate to use. Air Date & Platform: July 06, 2026 (Monday) Available on: Crunchyroll Episode Count / Runtime: Pending Trailer [EDIT: Fancy opener stuff edited. -TK] |
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Eilavel
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Ep1 was was completely fine. Its adequately executing what it is. Its extremely generic; do you want a show with a hypercapable, villainess-style lead who is on an obsessive, amoral quest for vengeance? That is also the answer to if you want to watch this show.
The advantage over its male-led comparable shows is that (I hope) the vengeance is less likely to end up being sexualised. The show makes a nominal effort to show why some of the wider cast behaved stupidly beyond the standard broken engagement, and the paperwork ect suggests some of the action may be in the faux-kingdom building style. I can't really commend it but I may watch it. |
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rapata
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Sign me up for some ice-cold kingdom-wide revenge, the more amoral the merrier, let's go full Count of Monte Cristo. Anyway, the setup here is a bit clumsy -- absolutist monarchy and all that, but attitude of the king and the chancellor were not really rational at all, even if we can stomach that the prince is an idiot and still bestowed with political power to jail his fiancee without trouble arising. It's also very convenient the MC is some sort of master of magic, and has easy access to tools of revenge. So not really expecting a literary classic here, even if the start is somewhat better than several other shows of this type.
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DuskyPredator
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I did think it was a bit too of a generic start, but exactly those traits that have a little bit interested. Frankly, although likely without the megalomania, she sounds a bit like a gender bent version of one of my favourite characters in fiction. A confident and hyper capable master of magic, politics, business, and hell bent on getting revenge on who they see as wronged them that she would destroy them utterly. I just need something like her being a master of science (although she already made a clone with magic), speak in the third person, and take over the kingdom herself, and she would be perfect. |
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Edjwald
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I've read the above opinions and get both sides - this one's a weird call to make.
The problem as I see it is the scope of the thing. If this is/was an anime primarily about the MC getting revenge on the Royal Family and her own family, I wouldn't have any qualms. I'm a Dexter fan, incidentally. But setting out to destroy an entire kingdom because the public is doing what the public does and turning on a famous figure because mobs love tearing down the people they set up on pedestals is a bit different. A kingdom is also full of children, elderly, kind people just quietly going about their lives and trying to ignore politics as much as possible, etc. So I guess what I'm saying is, exactly what kind of revenge goes into toppling an entire kingdom? Are large slaughtering armies going to wind up invading the borders? Are the common people who mocked the MC and their children going to wind up being sold into slavery? This is a work of fiction, and that is a factor. And even hypothetically, not knowing anything about the nature of this enemy empire is another factor. It might be better for a kingdom being led by the people we've seen to be absorbed into a more stable system of government. It may be that the MC's efforts are the only thing that have allowed a corrupt kingdom to get away with matters for so long. Long-winded way of saying I'll give this one a chance but with reservations. |
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DuskyPredator
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The ungrateful masses, who did not appreciate her efforts shall feel the wrath of.... ELIZABETH! |
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Eilavel
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I don't know, but my presumption is that while she was wronged her own vengeance isn't really morally justified (honestly, it's generally not). An anti villain piece, essentially- which I'm happy to be entertained by but if moral righteousness is key to the fantasy buy in for someone - my guess would be this may not deliver.
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rapata
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Not really clear the revenge on the kingdom will be very literal, I'd expect this is mostly a catchphrase, while in practice it'll be mostly political, and any possible proper vengeance limited to those who wronged her personally. The show seems to have some need to motivate her actions morally, and not very subtly, so my guess is only those characters who were depicted twirling their mustache are going to be on the receiving end.
I don't actually remember many recent shows where MC did significantly amoral actions, with the narrative not trying to justify them somehow. Only one that comes up is Overlord. Episode 2 continues with problems in the writing (pretty massive penalties for burglary + trademark infringement, etc.) but it's entertaining enough, and I like the MC. |
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Eilavel
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While I haven't read the LNs and don't really have spoilers, the subtitle is "How I crushed my Kingdom". So I do think; there will be Kingdom Crushing.
Yes. They also rather skipped over doing soap production and initial customer penetration. Its possible that this is more detailed in the source and they've just alluded to it here as not being central, I suppose, which would actually be reasonable. I was amused, rather than outraged, at how trivial it is to bribe judges in the Empire. Not that this would be unusual in the time period (strict trademarks or quality control on goods, much moreso...). I did note she had hidden her powers from the Kingdom even before her exile. This does suggest a scheming element to her personality that she just hadn't publicly revealed. Overall, I was entertained despite its expected limitations and will probably watch the whole season. |
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Edjwald
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The world building is a bit messy...is there a dual system of justice, or is the empire a theocracy? Do the red robes of the investigators suggest that the policing is done by some kind of cardinal branch? Is there a set system of well-defined penalties, or is it up to the individual judge to just show up, listen to the people in red, and make declarations?
Does the church extend across oceans and kingdoms, like the medieval church, or is the empire run by a singular religion? In regards to the quickness and vagueness with which the MC established the production and distribution means of a successful (if small scale) business geared towards elites, I don't think this is going to be an anime that sweats the small details. As to the lead keeping secrets before the betrayal, it's been established that she's not dumb. Her father wasn't affectionate, the kingdom doesn't seem to have a trial process, and she didn't have a good relationship with the @$$wipe prince and didn't care if he had concubines on the side. I can't remember...is there something forbidden about the magic she practices, or is it just ancient and inaccessible to most people? Don't know if I'll stick with this one or not. I am sort of invested in watching the douchebags pay some consequences. |
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DuskyPredator
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I think we were mostly told in the first episode that she had economic strength, so I think the second episode was supposed to show that she has it and can do so without unfair rich resources. And also a bit of what her revenge can look like.
I want some villain stuff, and tricking someone into giving people chemical burs and leveraging apparent generosity to the church to take possession, is a start. |
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Gina Szanboti
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She seemed to be extra outraged that they added a charge of treason after she escaped. I hate to break it to ya, girl, but plotting to take down the kingdom and hand it over to another is kinda the definition of treason, whether or not said treason is justified.
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DuskyPredator
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She hadn't even done anything yet. They just added the treason charge to save face by the fact she had been deemed bad by the royal family. There is no indication yet that they know she plans to bring them down. Seems more that it justifies her actions to get even. |
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