Forum - View topicREVIEW: An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess Anime Series Review
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FanGamer24
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Honestly the stuff with Heronia is the weakest aspect of this series. The show wants to present her as the main antagonist for our heroes to overcome but they don’t really present her like that. She comes across as a misguided fool rather than some malicious villain. She doesn’t even do much and mostly comes across as an annoyance so when it comes time for her comeuppance it doesn’t feel satisfying just needlessly cruel because like I said she hasn’t really done anything but be an annoyance and it feels like the whole problem could be resolved by just talking to her instead of allowing things to escalate.
It doesn’t help that Heronia as a character is poorly developed both before and after the reincarnation came into play. Honestly I lost interest because of this and didn’t watch the last few episodes but maybe it ended better than I expected. |
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Joe Mello
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I think part of the secret sauce is how being a VN isekai is essential to the story Observation Log tells. "What if an isekai was told from the game's POV?" is already novel enough and probably would've been worth a look on its own, but then it uses the concept of branching paths/endings to show how choices matter and how choosing kindness matters and IMO that's really cool move.
Bertia's voice was certainly one of the more unique-sounding I've heard |
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Key
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Definitely one of my favorites (if not my overall favorite) of the Springs '26 season. The only point in the review I'd slightly disagree on is that this is a better series than May I Ask For One Final Thing?, but it was one of the most satisfying series I've seen recently.
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