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I think this is only the second season two of a villainess anime ever? Hard to believe none has received a sequel since the OG of the genre four years ago.

I think this is only the second season two of a villainess anime ever? Hard to believe none has received a sequel since the OG of the genre four years ago.

I think this is only the second season two of a villainess anime ever? Hard to believe none has received a sequel since the OG of the genre four years ago.

tsog wrote:

I think this is only the second season two of a villainess anime ever? Hard to believe none has received a sequel since the OG of the genre four years ago.

Haven't Bakarina count as one?

Haven't Bakarina count as one?

I think this is only the second season two...

tsog wrote:

I think this is only the second season two of a villainess anime ever? Hard to believe none has received a sequel since the OG of the genre four years ago.

I guess it depends on how strictly you define "villainess anime." Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs is at least villainess-adjacent, though there's still no word on when its second season is due out (and the announcement was two and a half years ago).

I think this is only the second season two of a villainess anime ever? Hard to believe none has received a sequel since the OG of the genre four years ago.

This is also the reason why I'm never giving up on hoping for another season of 7th Time Loop. Like this series, the BD sales of the anime is not that good but the source material received a boost on sales.

tsog wrote:

I think this is only the second season two of a villainess anime ever? Hard to believe none has received a sequel since the OG of the genre four years ago.

3 reasons.

1. Four years isn't very long. (Technically 5 as Catarina Claes was unleashed on the world in April 2020.) It was four years between the first 2 Re:Zero seasons, and Re:Zero was a massive industry changing hit. Also 4 years between One Punch Man seasons. A 5 year gap between Classroom of The Elite, a flat out major hit, and its sequel season. And a 7 year gap between Rascal Does Not Dream of A Bunny Girl, the second biggest "pure school" anime on MAL to Toradora (everything else is a hero school, supernatural school or sports and school) its second season. Which brings us to ...

2. The villainess genre is much bigger with critics - and certain fans - than with mainstream fans. Note that ANN has picked up at least one villainess anime for episode reviews, and sometimes picks up several, nearly every season since the trend began. But their ratings haven't been very big. Also, note that on MAL, only 4 shows in this genre, despite their creating a tag for it, has over 200,000 members. 2 of those are courtesy of Catarina Claes, which are #1 and #2 respectively. The third is 7th Time Loop, which with its busty swordfighting heroine and plot that was as much about action and political intrigue as romance clearly picked up up some shonen action fans as a periphery demo (strange that more shoujo and josei works don't aim for multi-demo appeal). By contrast, a middling show like Kimisen had 330,000 members on MAL, was even more popular in Japan, yet also had a 4 year gap between seasons with season 2's budget being so low that it was a debacle where an entire multi-episode arc consisted of the characters taking a train ride from one city to another (where the first season had them hopping between three countries in the same episode). Which leads us into ...

3. On budgets, the villainess shows have fantasy and/or video game settings. While they don't require Demon Slayer or Solo Leveling budgets, it takes more than, say, Blue Spring Ride or From Me To You, in contemporary settings where 80% of the show takes place in the same classroom and the protagonist's (typical family) home and there is not much in the way outlandish costumes or effects-driven fantasy or action sequences. And as ratings almost always drop from season 1 to season 2, there is almost no chance of recouping the investment.

In order to get more seasons, or even to sustain the genre, there needs to be more shows that emulate 7th Time Loop to increase the target audience. Of course, that would run counter to what a lot of the western villainess fans want, which is more shows like I'm in Love with the Villainess.