# My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Japanese: 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..., Hepburn: Otome Gēmu no Hametsu Furagu Shika Nai Akuyaku Reijō ni Tensei Shite Shimatta..., lit. "I Reincarnated into an otome game as a Villainess With Only Destruction Flags..."), also known as HameFura (はめふら) for short, is a Japanese light novel series written by Satoru Yamaguchi and illustrated by Nami Hidaka. It began serialization online in July 2014 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was acquired by Ichijinsha, who published the first light novel volume in August 2015 under their Ichijinsha Bunko Iris imprint. Fourteen volumes have been released as of August 2024. The light novel has been licensed in North America by J-Novel Club.
A manga adaptation with art by Hidaka has been serialized in Ichijinsha's josei manga magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum since August 2017. It has been collected in eleven tankōbon volumes and licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. A spin-off manga was serialized from November 2019 to July 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by Silver Link aired from April to June 2020, and a second season aired from July to September 2021. An anime film premiered in December 2023.

## Premise

Catarina Claes, the young daughter of a noble family, one day bumps her head and regains memories of her past life as a 17-year-old otaku girl. It is then that she realizes she has been reborn into the world of the otome game Fortune Lover as the game's villainess who, regardless of what route the player took in the original game, is doomed to be either exiled or killed. To avoid these routes that lead to doom, Catarina begins taking countermeasures. This, however, ends up having unexpected consequences on her relations with the other characters of the game's world.

## Characters
### Catarina Claes (カタリナ・クラエス, Katarina Kuraesu, nicknamed "Bakarina" by fans)

    Voiced by: Maaya Uchida (Japanese); Jeannie Tirado (English)
    A 17-year-old high school student and otaku who has been reincarnated as the real-life villainess character of the game Fortune Lover after she was hit by car while heading to school. Having extensive knowledge of the game that her friend Atsuko lends her to play on, she intentionally changes the most important game scenes, altering her own path to avoid as many bad endings as possible. Even though her earth magic was weak, she makes up with excellent charisma and is even able to break through to Sirius and Keith in season 2 from dark magic taking over them respectfully. Her good-hearted nature leads to many of the main characters falling in love with her, but Catarina is too dense to understand their true intentions. Also, in her mind set, she has five Catarina personalities, discussing and solving moments whenever she's in a crisis or at times remembering game moments that plays out between video game and real life. She has been given the nickname of "Bakarina" by fans due to her obliviousness, using the Japanese word "baka" in place of the first two syllables in her name.

### Geordo Stuart (ジオルド・スティアート, Jiorudo Sutiāto)

    Voiced by: Shouta Aoi, Asami Seto (childhood) (Japanese); Griffin Burns (English)
    A prince who became Catarina's fiancé after he inadvertently caused her to trip and injure herself, forcing him to take responsibility. In the game, Catarina uses this to her advantage to monopolize him for herself. In the good ending, he exiles Catarina and marries the protagonist, whilst the bad ending has him kill Catarina and abandoning the heroine due to guilt. Due to Catarina's continued efforts to better herself and avoid the bad endings, he now has developed genuine feelings for her and continuously tries to demonstrate his affection, only for her to remain oblivious of his feelings.

### Keith Claes (キース・クラエス, Kīsu Kuraesu)

    Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara, Sora Amamiya (childhood) (Japanese); Griffin Puatu (English)
    Catarina's adoptive brother and an earth magic prodigy, who her father adopted after his father, a distant relative, passed away. In the game, Catarina bullied him under the belief he was her father's illegitimate child, causing him to grow up to become a womanizer. In the good ending, he has Catarina exiled and abandons his womanizing ways to be with the protagonist, whilst the bad ending has him kill his sister in a fit of rage before disappearing. To avoid these endings, Catarina goes out of her way to be a good sister to him, which improves their relationship but also saddles him with the thankless task of keeping his sister out of trouble, mostly to no avail. Despite being adoptive siblings, he also develops feelings for Catarina.

### Alan Stuart (アラン・スティアート, Aran Sutiāto)

    Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Mutsumi Tamura (childhood) (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook (English)
    Geordo's twin brother and Mary's fiancé. He was jealous of his more talented brother, which made him into an introvert. In the game, Catarina actually does not appear in his path, as Mary serves as the rival character instead. After Catarina becomes friends with Mary, he became angered by how she is constantly ignoring him in favour of her. Over time, however, he and Catarina become friends and his relationship with his brother also improves. While he has a crush on Catarina, he has yet to realize this due to Mary's interference.

### Nicol Ascart (ニコル・アスカルト, Nikoru Asukaruto)

    Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, M.A.O (childhood) (Japanese); Nicolas Roye (English)
    Geordo and Alan's childhood friend and Sophia's brother. He is considered handsome by all who see him, with a smile that can charm both males and females. Details regarding his story in the game are sparse, since Catarina never played his route. Not only this, but the main rival in his route is Sophia Ascart, his younger sister as he is quite overprotective of her. Despite this though, he seems to have developed a crush on Catarina after she got him to open up to her.

### Mary Hunt (メアリ・ハント, Meari Hanto)

    Voiced by: Miho Okasaki (Japanese); Colleen O'Shaughnessey (English)
    Alan's fiancée and the rival character during his path in the game. While she and Catarina had no relationship in the game, she became good friends with the current Catarina after the latter praised with her gardening skills. In the game, she fell in love with Alan after he praised her garden. As a result, because Catarina praised her first, she now has romantic feelings for her instead.

### Sophia Ascart (ソフィア・アスカルト, Sofia Asukaruto)

    Voiced by: Inori Minase (Japanese); Kira Buckland (English)
    Nicol's sister and the rival character during his path in the game, though details regarding her story are sparse since Catarina never played that route. She was considered cursed due to her silver hair and red eyes, causing her to live a life of isolation until she met Catarina and opened up to her because of Catarina's shared interest in romance books and offer to be her friend. It is eventually revealed that she is actually the reincarnation of Catarina's best friend during her previous life, Atsuko Sasaki (佐々木 敦子, Sasaki Atsuko).

### Maria Campbell (マリア・キャンベル, Maria Kyanberu)

    Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese); Melissa Fahn (English)
    A girl who, in Fortune Lover, was the main protagonist and original bullying target for Catarina. Due to Catarina becoming much nicer and charismatic, Maria ironically ends up falling in love with her instead, which in turn gives Maria a route of her own like Catarina. She possesses light magic that is rare for a commoner, which lead to her being alienated during her childhood. But the reason Catarina became friends with Maria is her love of sweets which she's good at.

### Sirius Dieke (シリウス・ディーク, Shiriusu Dīku) / Raphael Walt (ラファエル・ウォルト, Rafaeru Woruto)

    Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda, Yoko Hikasa (childhood) (Japanese); Chris Hackney (English)
    A second-year student and the president of the student council, who played a side role in Fortune Lover. He possesses the fabled dark magic and is the second villain in a secret route where if the main protagonist did not conquer him if one goes down that path, all the characters are killed, leading to the ultimate bad ending. In his childhood, he and his mother were kidnapped by Marchioness Dieke as part of plan to transfer her ailing son's consciousness into another child that will serve as his vessel using dark magic. Seeing his mother sacrificed in front of him as part of the ritual and developing dark magic in the process, a revenge-driven Raphael seeks to kill his oppressors aided by the spirit of the man responsible for the ritual, who too seeks revenge after being killed by the Marchioness Dieke's cohorts. After brainwashing the students to frame Catarina, kidnap Maria, and temporarily placing Catarina into a deep slumber, he was eventually found in his hideout by the group, in which Catarina is able to end the darkness by revealing his true name. After overcoming the spirit, Raphael brings Marchioness Dieke to justice and eventually joins the Department of Magic.

### Anne Shelley (アン・シェリー, An Sherī)

    Voiced by: Azumi Waki (Japanese); Cherami Leigh (English)
    Catarina's personal maid. She keeps tabs on Catarina for her mother, which usually ends with Catarina getting a stern lecture afterwards. It is revealed that Anne is the illegitimate daughter of a noble, Baron Shelley, and one of his maids. Her father decided to keep Anne in his mansion, intended as a tool for a political marriage. However, when a fire broke out in the mansion when Anne was 15, which killed her mother in the process, she was expelled after it was discovered she was scarred. She would later become Catarina's personal maid upon entering the Claes mansion.

### Millidiana Claes (ミリディアナ・クラエス, Miridiana Kuraesu)

    Voiced by: Akiko Hiramatsu
    Duchess Millidiana Claes is Catarina's biological mother and Keith's stepmother. In Fortune Lover, she was a cruel stepmother to Keith since she thought Keith was her husband's bastard child with a mistress. Thanks to Catarina, Millidiana learns that this is not the case, which made her fall in love with her husband again. She is currently dismayed with her daughter's wild and unladylike behavior since the latter is engaged to a prince. As a result, she would prefer Catarina break her engagement with Geordo to save the Claes family any more embarrassment.

### Luigi Claes (ルイジ・クラエス, Ruiji Kuraesu)

    Voiced by: Takuto Yokoyama
    Duke Luigi Claes is Catarina's biological father and Keith's stepfather. After Catarina got engaged to Geordo, he adopted Keith, who was the bastard son of one of his relatives, to continue the Claes family name. However, this caused a misunderstanding with his wife who thought he did not love her, and Keith was his biological son before Catarina helped cleared up the misunderstanding. Luigi loves his family and is a good boss to his servants where he defended Anne after she refuses to follow her father after the latter tried to force her into an unwanted marriage with another noble.

### Geoffrey Stuart (ジェフリー・スティアート, Jefurī Sutiāto)

    Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese); Adin Rudd (English)
    The eldest brother of Geordo and Alan, and the first prince in line for the throne. While he acts like a fool in public, in reality he is a genius mastermind who uses his public persona to gather greedy and corrupt nobles who think they can control him so he can have them arrested when the time comes. He loves his brothers dearly and keeps a large collection of pictures of them in his room. Despite being first line for the throne, Geoffrey has no interest in becoming king and would rather have one of his younger brothers be king instead.

### Susanna Randall (スザンナ・ランドール, Suzanna Randōru)

    Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka (Japanese); Erin Yvette (English)
    Geoffrey's fiancée. A master of disguise, she is also known as Larna Smith (ラーナ・スミス, Rāna Sumisu), the head of the Kingdom's Department of Magic. Despite being engaged, both Susanna and Geoffrey have no feelings for each other and are only engaged out of convenience. She seems to have feelings for Catarina as she enjoys hugging her and lets her join the Department of Magic with Maria.

### Ian Stuart (イアン・スティアート, Ian Sutiāto)

    Voiced by: Yusuke Shirai (Japanese); Daman Mills (English)
    The second prince in line for the throne and Geordo and Alan's second eldest brother. He tends to be quiet and shows little emotion, which led to rumors that he is cold and is unhappy with his engagement to Selena. In reality, Ian does love Selena but is embarrassed to show affection to her as he feels it is inappropriate to show it to her in public until they get married.

### Selena Berg (セリーナ・バーグ, Serīna Bāgu)

    Voiced by: Yui Ogura (Japanese); Julia McIlvaine (English)
    Ian's fiancée. The daughter of a prominent noble family with powerful magic, she was engaged to Ian as part of an arrangement between their families. Being in love with Ian since they were children, Selena strives to become a woman worthy of being his wife. However, as they grew older and it was discovered Selena was actually weak in magic, people began to disapprove of her engagement to Ian, with even her parents thinking they should call off their engagement, causing Selena to be insecure about herself.

### Rufus Brode (ルーファス・ブロード, Rūfasu Burōdo) / Sora Smith (ソラ・スミス, Sora Sumisu)

    Voiced by: Kohsuke Toriumi (Japanese); Kylen Deporter (English)
    A butler seemingly under the employment of Selena, he is instead using her to kidnap Catarina and then take the fall later, eliminating the major competition for Geoffrey to become king. He wields dark magic, which he uses to hypnotize his victims. Over time, he begins to warm up to Catarina and reveal his vulnerable side to her, eventually turning over a new leaf and joining the Department of Magic after the mastermind behind the kidnapping is arrested.

## Media
### Light novels

The first light novel volume was published by Ichijinsha under their Ichijinsha Bunko Iris imprint on August 20, 2015. As of August 2024, fourteen volumes have been published. The light novel is licensed in North America by J-Novel Club.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | August 20, 2015 | 978-4-7580-4753-1 | November 17, 2018 (e-book) May 5, 2020 (paperback) | 978-1-7183-6660-2 |
| 2 | September 19, 2015 | 978-4-7580-4756-2 | February 8, 2019 (e-book) July 7, 2020 (paperback) | 978-1-7183-6661-9 |
| 3 | February 20, 2016 | 978-4-7580-4800-2 | May 4, 2019 (e-book) September 1, 2020 (paperback) | 978-1-7183-6662-6 |
| 4 | July 20, 2016 | 978-4-7580-4838-5 | August 6, 2019 (e-book) November 3, 2020 (paperback) | 978-1-7183-6663-3 |
| 5 | May 20, 2017 | 978-4-7580-4950-4 | April 26, 2020 (e-book) January 5, 2021 (paperback) | 978-1-7183-6664-0 |
| 6 | March 20, 2018 | 978-4-7580-9045-2 | June 28, 2020 (e-book) March 2, 2021 (paperback) | 978-1-7183-6665-7 |
| 7 | October 20, 2018 | 978-4-7580-9113-8 978-4-7580-9114-5 (SE) | September 23, 2020 (e-book) May 4, 2021 (paperback) | 978-1-7183-6666-4 |
| 8 | July 20, 2019 | 978-4-7580-9189-3 | November 28, 2020 (e-book) July 6, 2021 (paperback) | 978-1-7183-6667-1 |
| 9 | April 20, 2020 | 978-4-7580-9261-6 978-4-7580-9262-3 (SE) | July 1, 2021 (e-book) February 1, 2022 (paperback) | 978-1-7183-6668-8 |
| 10 | February 20, 2021 | 978-4-7580-9339-2 | October 20, 2021 (e-book) June 7, 2022 (paperback) | 978-1-7183-6669-5 |
| 11 | August 20, 2021 | 978-4-7580-9390-3 978-4-7580-9391-0 (SE) | January 24, 2022 (e-book) September 6, 2022 (paperback) | 978-1-7183-6670-1 |
| 12 | October 20, 2022 | 978-4-7580-9499-3 | January 31, 2024 (e-book) | 978-1-7183-3222-5 |
| 13 | September 20, 2023 | 978-4-7580-9582-2 | December 20, 2024 (e-book) | 978-1-7183-3224-9 |
| 14 | August 20, 2024 | 978-4-7580-9668-3 | — | — |

### Manga

There have been two manga series associated with the light novel. The first, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, has been serialized in Ichijinsha's Monthly Comic Zero Sum since August 28, 2017, and adapts the light novel series into manga format. The second, My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: On the Verge of Doom! (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... 絶体絶命！破滅寸前編), was also serialized in Monthly Comic Zero Sum from November 1, 2019, to July 2, 2021. This manga focuses on the question of what would happen if Catarina were to recover her memories when she was fifteen as opposed to during her childhood, leaving her without the friends and relationships that she garnered as a result of early planning against her bad ends. Both manga series are licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment.
Ichijinsha published a yuri anthology of the series, titled My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: Girls Patch (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... GIRLS PATCH), on June 26, 2020. The anthology is also licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment.

#### Volumes
##### My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | March 24, 2018 | 978-4-7580-3338-1 | September 7, 2019 | 978-1-64275-329-5 |
| 2 | October 25, 2018 | 978-4-7580-3394-7 | November 19, 2019 | 978-1-64275-730-9 |
| 3 | April 25, 2019 | 978-4-7580-3429-6 978-4-75-803430-2 (SE) | April 7, 2020 | 978-1-64505-230-2 |
| 4 | October 25, 2019 | 978-4-7580-3464-7 | October 13, 2020 | 978-1-64505-765-9 |
| 5 | May 25, 2020 | 978-4-7580-3513-2 978-4-7580-3514-9 (SE) | April 13, 2021 | 978-1-64827-107-6 |
| 6 | January 25, 2021 | 978-4-7580-3576-7 | November 23, 2021 | 978-1-64827-355-1 |
| 7 | September 30, 2021 | 978-4-7580-3653-5 978-4-7580-3654-2 (SE) | August 9, 2022 | 978-1-63858-307-3 |
| 8 | September 30, 2022 | 978-4-7580-3792-1 | August 22, 2023 | 978-1-63858-897-9 |
| 9 | June 30, 2023 | 978-4-7580-3903-1 | April 23, 2024 | 979-8-88843-764-3 |
| 10 | March 29, 2024 | 978-4-7580-8484-0 | December 24, 2024 | 979-8-89160-647-0 |
| 11 | December 26, 2024 | 978-4-7580-8632-5 | — | — |

##### My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: On the Verge of Doom!

| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | May 25, 2020 | 978-4-7580-3515-6 | December 28, 2021 | 978-1-64827-382-7 |
| 2 | January 25, 2021 | 978-4-7580-3577-4 | March 29, 2022 | 978-1-63858-148-2 |
| 3 | July 30, 2021 | 978-4-7580-3632-0 | November 8, 2022 | 978-1-63858-609-8 |

### Anime

An anime adaptation of the light novel series was announced by Ichijinsha on October 19, 2018. The anime was later announced to be a television series on July 18, 2019. The series was animated by Silver Link and directed by Keisuke Inoue, with Megumi Shimizu handling series composition, and Miwa Oshima designing the characters. Natsumi Tabuchi, Hanae Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Saiki, Miki Sakurai, and Shu Kanematsu composed the music.
The series aired on Tokyo MX, BS11, MBS, AT-X, J Tele, and other channels from April 5 to June 21, 2020. Angela performed the series' opening theme song "Otome no Route wa Hitotsu Janai!" (乙女のルートはひとつじゃない！, "There's More Than Just One Route For a Maiden!"), while Shouta Aoi performed the series' ending theme song "Bad End". Crunchyroll streamed the series with subtitles. On May 15, 2020, Crunchyroll announced the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day. Muse Communication has licensed the series in Southeast Asian territories and released via Animax Asia.
A second season aired from July 3 to September 18, 2021, on the Super Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS and their affiliates, as well as BS Asahi. Angela performed the second season's opening theme song "Andante ni Koi o Shite!" (アンダンテに恋をして！, "Fall in Love at Andante!"), while Shouta Aoi performed the second season's ending theme song "give me ♡ me." An OVA was bundled with the special edition of manga's seventh volume, which was released on September 30, 2021. After the conclusion of the second season, it was announced that the series would receive an anime film. The film's title was revealed in April 2022; it premiered in Japan on December 8, 2023.
On May 18, 2021, it was announced that Sentai Filmworks had acquired the home video distribution rights.

#### Episodes
##### Season 1

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "I Recalled the Memories of My Past Life..." Transliteration: "Zense no Kioku o Omoidashite Shimatta..." (Japanese: 前世の記憶を思い出してしまった...) | Keisuke Inoue | Megumi Shimizu | Keisuke Inoue | April 5, 2020 (2020-04-05) |
| Catarina Claes, a young noble girl, one day bangs her head and recalls lost memories from her past life, in which she was an otaku who had been killed in a traffic accident after staying up all night to play an otome game known as Fortune Lover. After inadvertently entering an engagement with the young prince Geordo Stuart, Catarina realizes that she is in the world of Fortune Lover itself, reincarnated as the villainess who is doomed to either exile or death regardless of the routes the player take in the original game. As Catarina begins taking up magic and farming as countermeasures to avoid a "doom flag", she acts friendly towards her new adopted younger brother Keith to keep him from becoming lonely. Catarina tries to get Keith to teach her golem magic, but ends up getting herself injured, leading Keith to feel guilty, attempting to isolate himself in his room. However, Catarina goes as far as chopping down his bedroom door with an axe to reach him. Unfortunately for her, her mother finds out about the broken door and drags Catarina away to scold her with Keith looking on with a warm smile. |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "A Prince Challenged Me to a Fight..." Transliteration: "Ōji ni Shōbu o Idomarete Shimatta..." (Japanese: 王子に勝負を挑まれてしまった...) | Junya Koshiba | Megumi Shimizu | Mirai Minato | April 12, 2020 (2020-04-12) |
| Catarina is invited to a tea party where she meets Mary Hunt, a shy young girl whom she asks for advice on growing her vegetables. As the two become friends, Catarina unintentionally uses a line from Fortune Lover that Mary's fiancé, Geordo's brother Alan, was originally supposed to say to her. This causes Mary to pay more attention to Catarina. The next day, Alan visits the Claes household and accuses Catarina of seducing Mary, challenging her to a tree climbing contest as chosen by Catarina. However, he loses every time as Catarina's previous otaku incarnation was an excellent tree climber. To change the tides, as well as wanting the matches to end so as not be found out by her mother, Catarina suggests a musical competition in which she is blown away when she hears Alan play the piano. Praising his skills, Alan becomes upset when Geordo makes a comment and runs off. As Alan feels inferior compared to Geordo, Catarina, noticing his talent with the piano, shows him that even Geordo has things he's bad at, and that Alan should be proud of his own individuality and strengths, causing Alan's heart to begin healing. |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "I Met a Beautiful Brother and Sister..." Transliteration: "Uruwashi no Bikei Kyōdai to Deatte Shimatta..." (Japanese: 麗しの美形兄妹と出会ってしまった...) | Yamato Ōuchi | Megumu Sasano | Kōji Sawai | April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19) |
| At a tea party hosted by Geordo and Alan, Catarina comes to the aid of the beautiful Sophia Ascart, finding she has read one of her favorite romance novels. Thrilled to have found a companion to share her love for reading, Catarina quickly befriends the timid girl. Coming over to Catarina's house alongside her brother Nicol, another love interest from Fortune Lover, Sophia is delighted when Catarina compliments her appearance, which is often insulted by others, and asks to be her friend. Catarina then spends the day at Sophia's house, where she meets the siblings' parents and learns about some of Nicol's charms. Noticing Nicol's love for his family, something overlooked by others, Catarina delightfully praises it, causing Nicol to open up to her and genuinely smile for the first time. Seven years later, as Catarina turns 15 years old, she prepares to enter the magic academy, where the main story of Fortune Lover begins. |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "I Enrolled in the Magic Academy..." Transliteration: "Mahō Gakuen ni Nyūgaku Shite Shimatta..." (Japanese: 魔法学園に入学してしまった...) | Keisuke Inoue | Megumi Shimizu | Yūichi Nihei | April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26) |
| Upon enrolling at the magic academy, where Fortune Lover is set, Catarina becomes concerned about Maria Campbell, the main heroine of the game, who is allegedly already forming relationships with the boys. As Catarina spends time at the student council and gets to know Maria, she steps in to protect her from some bullies when Maria brings in sweets she had made herself. Catarina later realizes that in the original game, it was she who bullied Maria and Geordo who comes to Maria's rescue which is what begins their romance route. However, since Catarina inadvertently stole Geordo's event, it seems the route is taking a unique, unexpected turn. |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "I Visited the Heroine's Parents' House..." Transliteration: "Shujinkō no Jikka ni Ojama Shite Shimatta..." (Japanese: 主人公の実家にお邪魔してしまった...) | Hidehiko Kadota | Megumi Shimizu | Kōji Sawai | May 3, 2020 (2020-05-03) |
| While seeking to become closer with Maria, Catarina once again saves her from being bullied. As a result, she unintentionally steals a major romantic scene from Keith. While visiting a farm on her day off with Keith, Catarina decides to visit Maria's hometown, where she meets Maria's mother. Remembering how Maria experienced severe loneliness in her childhood due to false rumors about being a noble's illegitimate child, her mother is relieved to find that she has found a true friend in Catarina. Catarina's mother, on the other hand, is less than pleased to see Catarina after finding out she had secretly been running a farm at school and prepares to scold her, much to Catarina's dismay. |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "I Had Fun Over Summer Vacation..." Transliteration: "Natsuyasumi da Kara Tanoshiku Asonde Shimatta..." (Japanese: 夏休みだから楽しく遊んでしまった...) | Junya Koshiba | Megumi Shimizu | Katsuyuki Kodera | May 10, 2020 (2020-05-10) |
| During summer vacation, Geordo plans to take Catarina with him to the lake for a date, but Catarina, misunderstanding the situation, ends up inviting everyone else along too. Later, Catarina goes shopping with Sophia and Nicol, where Catarina is taken aback by Nicol's sudden advance. Afterwards, Catarina joins Mary in attending a piano recital by Alan in which it is hinted that Alan has feelings towards Catarina which he is oblivious about due to Mary's interference. Catarina then tries to finish her summer homework before school resumes as she has left everything for the last day of vacation. As she falls asleep that night, she has memories of a friend she spoke to in her previous life. |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "I Entered a Dangerous Dungeon..." Transliteration: "Kiken na Danjon ni Haitte Shimatta..." (Japanese: 危険なダンジョンに入ってしまった...) | Yamato Ōuchi | Megumi Shimizu | Kōji Sawai | May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17) |
| Sophia has a dream about Catarina's friend in the real world, Atsuko Sasaki, who was very saddened by Catarina's sudden death, thus she made a wish that when it was her turn to die, she would like to live her next life again as Catarina's friend. Meanwhile, as part of their practical exams, everyone is tasked with entering a dangerous dungeon for a magic stone, with Catarina on a team with Geordo, Keith, and Sophia. During the chaos of one of the dungeon's traps, which Catarina sets off by accident, Catarina ends up falling down into a hidden passage, where she unknowingly finds the magic stone while harvesting mushrooms. Guided by Nicol's wind magic, Sophia comes to Catarina's rescue when she almost falls off a cliffside, upon which they are both saved by a mysterious whirlwind. As the rest of the group joins them, Maria notices a dark presence clinging to Catarina |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "I Became Engulfed by Desire..." Transliteration: "Yokubō ni Mamirete Shimatta..." (Japanese: 欲望にまみれてしまった...) | Michiru Itabisashi | Megumu Sasano | Kagetsu Aizawa | May 24, 2020 (2020-05-24) |
| While studying in the library, Catarina and several others get sucked inside a magic book. Mary and Maria, who witness everything, try to figure out how to rescue everyone and find that the only way to free them is to let one of them fulfill their desires within the book world. Unfortunately, Mary is unable to let them play out their stories to the end since they all involve everyone hitting on Catarina. Realizing that none of the stories have involved Catarina's desire, the two let a scenario play out in which Catarina gets to eat as many sweets as she wants, a desire that proves too much for the book to contain, which frees everyone as a result. In the aftermath, Alan, whose story was the only one not read as a result of Mary not wanting him to realize his feelings, finds Catarina playing outside and joins her. They share an intimate moment as they sit atop a tree to look at the sunset, but it is cut short when Mary finds them and runs towards them to prevent anything from happening. |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Things Got Crazy at a Slumber Party..." Transliteration: "Pajama Pāti de Moriagatte Shimatta..." (Japanese: パジャマパーティで盛り上がってしまった...) | Hidehiko Kadota | Megumu Sasano | Yūichi Nihei | May 31, 2020 (2020-05-31) |
| As Catarina and the girls hold a slumber party to celebrate passing their exams, her maid, Anne Shelley, notices everyone's feelings towards Catarina that Catarina herself is oblivious of. A flashback reveals how Anne, the daughter of baron and his maid, was scarred in a fire that took her mother's life and was deemed unfit for marriage by her father. Upon joining the Claes family, she originally tried to act as merely a tool until Catarina's personality changed following her accident, after which she learned to be herself thanks to Catarina's kindness. When Anne's father tried to marry her off, Catarina stood up to him and convinced him to call the marriage off and let Anne stay by her side. On another day, Geordo has high expectations upon receiving a fancy invitation from Catarina, only to discover she had invited everyone to help harvest her crops. Afterwards, Catarina is confronted by someone who claims she will expose her evil deeds. |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Moment of My Doom Arrived... Part 1" Transliteration: "Hametsu no Toki ga Otozurete Shimatta... Zenpen" (Japanese: 破滅の時が訪れてしまった...前編) | Hyottokosai Ichimuan | Megumu Sasano | Kōji Sawai | June 7, 2020 (2020-06-07) |
| Mimicking the judgment event from the game, Catarina is accused of bullying Maria, but Maria and the others vouch for her innocence. Although Catarina is relieved that she has evaded a major doom flag, Maria goes missing after investigating a dark aura coming off the instigators. Three days later, Geordo discovers that the list of "evidence" the instigators used against Catarina was not actually written by them, and that they themselves have no memory as to why they accused her. He suspects that they were being manipulated by dark magic, with Maria's ability to detect it leading to her capture. That night, Catarina has a dream where all of her friends die and is unable to sleep. Fatigued the next morning, she takes a rest at the infirmary. As she walks back to class, Catarina sits down on a bench and reminisces her first time meeting Maria. However, she is interrupted by Sirius Dieke, the student council president. Recalling what Atsuko said in her past life about a hidden character from the game who possessed dark magic, Catarina soon realizes that the true culprit is Sirius, who declares his hatred for Catarina and puts her into a slumber. |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "The Moment of My Doom Arrived... Part 2" Transliteration: "Hametsu no Toki ga Otozurete Shimatta... Kōhen" (Japanese: 破滅の時が訪れてしまった...後編) | Keisuke Inoue | Megumi Shimizu | Keisuke Inoue | June 14, 2020 (2020-06-14) |
| While remaining unconscious, Catarina's mind is trapped in a world resembling her previous life as an otaku. Realizing that she could die if she remains in an eternal sleep, everyone tries their best to find ways to wake up Catarina to no avail. As Geordo and the others lament on how they feel about Catarina, Sophia, who is revealed to be Atsuko's reincarnation, hears her voice and goes to Catarina's side so Atsuko can reach her inside the dream world and guide her back to the world she belongs to. Going off Atsuko's parting words, Catarina learns where Maria is located and goes with the others to rescue her and confront Sirius. |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "The Final Event Has Begun..." Transliteration: "Saishū Ibento ga Kite Shimatta..." (Japanese: 最終イベントが来てしまった...) | Kagetsu Aizawa | Megumi Shimizu | Mirai Minato | June 21, 2020 (2020-06-21) |
| Sirius, whose real name is revealed to be Raphael Walt, explains how Marchioness Dieke had a mage kill his mother to acquire dark magic to do a ritual to transfer the real Sirius' mind and memories into Raphael's body. She then murdered the mage to keep him quiet. Gaining dark magic alongside Sirius' memories while still retaining his own, Raphael swore vengeance. Reminded of his mother's kindness thanks to Catarina's help, Raphael learns that the true dark magic was the mage that possessed him following his death and finally manages to drive him out. Afterwards, Raphael leaves the school to atone for his sins while Marchioness Dieke is brought to justice. At the second year graduation party, the setting of the final event of the game where Maria is supposed to confess to one of the romance interests, Catarina finds herself greeted with what she believes to be a friendship ending, remaining oblivious that she is actually the focus of a reverse harem ending. With Raphael joining the Department of Magic and becoming another one of Catarina's admirers, Catarina looks forward to a life that goes beyond what is covered in Fortune Lover. |||||||

##### Season 2: X

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
| 13 | 1 | "I Avoided My Doom Flags, So I Got Carried Away at the Cultural Festival..." Transliteration: "Hametsu Furagu o Kaihi Shita no de Bunkasai de Ukarete Shimatta..." (Japanese: 破滅フラグを回避したので文化祭で浮かれてしまった...) | Keisuke Inoue | Megumi Shimizu | Keisuke Inoue | July 3, 2021 (2021-07-03) |
| Catarina is excited she avoided her doom flags. While she is gardening, a flashback shows how she was able to accomplish this. Sometime later, Geordo informs her of the school festival before he is confronted by a jealous Keith. Afterwards, Catarina meets up with everyone in preparation for it. On the day of the festival, Catarina is enjoying herself. During this time, she misinterprets Keith and Mary's argument as them secretly having feelings for each other, receives a love confession from Nicol disguised as a rehearsal of Sophia's play, and Maria asks her to join the Department of Magic. Finally, while Catarina is hanging out with Geordo and Alan, she meets their brothers Geoffrey and Ian as well as their respective fiancées, Susanna Randall and Selena Burke. Geordo is then informed of a troubling situation. |||||||
| 14 | 2 | "I Turned Into a Villain..." Transliteration: "Akuyaku ni Natte Shimatta..." (Japanese: 悪役になってしまった...) | Junya Koshiba | Megumu Sasano | Masayoshi Nishida | July 10, 2021 (2021-07-10) |
| When one of the actresses in Sophia's play is unable to act due to injury, Catarina reluctantly agrees to take over. Sophia's play, which is similar to the story of Cinderella, has Maria as Cinderella, Mary and Catarina as the wicked stepsisters, Geordo as the Prince and Keith as a villager who's friends with Cinderella. During the play, Catarina loses the script she hid in her fan so she improvises by acting as a villainess, which impresses the audience. Inspired by Catarina's performance, Sophia adds a new character for the play, the Masked Thief played by Nicol. However, a jealous Geordo and Keith duel with the Nicol due to the latter's role of kidnapping Catarina's character during the ball scene. With some quick thinking, Catarina explains to the audience the fight was part of her character's plan to win the attention of the Prince. In the end, Sophia's play becomes a success with many of the actors thanking Catarina for saving it. Later that night, Catarina heads to a party to celebrate the end of the festival but is suddenly drugged and kidnapped. |||||||
| 15 | 3 | "I Was Captured..." Transliteration: "Toraware no Mi ni Natte Shimatta..." (Japanese: 囚われの身になってしまった...) | Chihiro Kumano | Megumi Shimizu | Kagetsu Aizawa | July 17, 2021 (2021-07-17) |
| Geordo receives a ransom letter demanding he renounced his right to the throne. Meanwhile, Catarina wakes up in an unknown mansion and learns her kidnappers are Selena, her butler Rufus, and maid Lana. While Catarina is treated well as a hostage, every time she asks Selena why did she kidnapped her, Rufus dissuades Selena. Elsewhere, Catarina's friends conclude another dark mage is behind the kidnapping. Later that night, Selena meets with Catarina and explains that due to her insecurities and Ian acting cold to her, Selena started to believe rumors that he hates her, so she came up with the kidnapping to help Ian's chances of becoming king as a final act of love to him before she turns herself in to the authorities. Catarina tells Selena she does not blame her and she should not trust rumors and ask Ian himself if he does love her. Touched by her kindness, Selena decides to release Catarina, but is put under a sleeping spell by Rufus, who reveals himself as the true mastermind as he wants Selena to be the scapegoat for his plans to make Ian, Geordo and Catarina disappear. |||||||
| 16 | 4 | "I Had a Friendly Tea Time With an Attractive Butler..." Transliteration: "Iroppoi Shitsuji to Nakayoku Ocha o Shite Shimatta..." (Japanese: 色っぽい執事と仲良くお茶をしてしまった...) | Keisuke Inoue | Keisuke Inoue | Keisuke Inoue | July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24) |
| Rufus reveals his master, David Mason, wants Geoffrey to become king. He is flabbergasted and amused that not only is Catarina not afraid of him but finds his life as a spy cool. As they get to know each other, Rufus reveals he was sold into slavery as a child for stealing and was bought by Mason. Rufus also remembers his past as a nameless orphan living in the slums before being adopted by a kind mage who gave him the name Sora before he was captured for trying to steal medicine for his dying guardian. When Rufus learns Mason's plot has been exposed, he accepts his upcoming fate to be arrested by the authorities led by Lana, who is actually Larna Smith, the head of the Department of Magic and Raphael's boss, but not before making a promise to travel with Catarina to other countries if they ever meet again. Ian is reunited with Selena and reveals he does love her and he apologies. Catarina is reunited with her friends, who freak out when they discovered Rufus gave Catarina a hickey without her realizing it. To make Catarina realize his feelings, Geordo kisses her much to everyone's shock. |||||||
| 17 | 5 | "Love for the Younger Brothers Poured Forth..." Transliteration: "Otōto-tachi e no Ai ga Afurete Shimatta..." (Japanese: 弟たちへの愛が溢れてしまった...) | Michiru Itabisashi | Megumi Shimizu | Kōji Sawai | July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31) |
| Catarina dismisses Geordo's kiss as a dream while her friends become overprotective to prevent Geordo from seeing her. Meanwhile, Larna is revealed to be Susanna, who is a master of disguise. The Stuart brothers talk about their past where Alan, who was sick as a child, had to be cared by their mother while the others were raised by servants. As a result, Geordo became cold and indifferent as their mother was not there for him while Alan grew insecure and resentful due to everyone always comparing him to Geordo. But thanks to Catarina's influence, she help mend the relationship between Geordo and Alan. When a succession crisis made their father the new king, the Stuart brothers became targets of opportunistic nobles who wanted one of them to become the next king. Ironically, despite what the nobles think, the brothers care for each other in their own way and are not rivals for the throne. Later, Catarina meets Geordo again with the latter kissing her again to prove what happened was not a dream, which makes her realize Geordo really loves her. |||||||
| 18 | 6 | "I Had a Summer Adventure..." Transliteration: "Hito Natsu no Bōken o Shite Shimatta..." (Japanese: ひと夏の冒険をしてしまった...) | Kōki Onoue | Megumi Shimizu | Masayoshi Nishida | August 7, 2021 (2021-08-07) |
| Geordo invites Catarina to his family vacation home during summer vacation, but much to his annoyance, Alan has also invited their friends over as well. Despite being aware of Geordo's feelings, Catarina admits she does not feel the same way and does not want to marry into the royal family since it would mean the end of her carefree lifestyle. Hearing her worries, Maria suggests Catarina should join her at the Department of Magic. As they stay inside a cottage while it rains, Catarina, Mary, and Sophia tells Maria about their childhood when they first stay at the Stuarts' vacation home. While searching for a ghost at a nearby forest, Catarina, Mary, Sophia, and their maids headed inside the cottage while waiting for a thunderstorm to end. With Catarina's help, Sophia was able to overcome her fear of thunder using her imagination. Later that night, the children learned the so called ghost in the forest was actually Catarina's mother scolding her daughter for climbing up trees again. Back in the present, the girls show Maria the beautiful scenery of the forest after the rain stops. Catarina and her friends then watch the fireworks from the balcony. |||||||
| 19 | 7 | "My Wish Was Granted..." Transliteration: "Negai ga Kanatte Shimatta..." (Japanese: 願いが叶ってしまった...) | Toshiyuki Sone | Megumu Sasano | Mirai Minato | August 14, 2021 (2021-08-14) |
| Raphael is at the Department of Magic where he complains to Sora about the work environment. He then reminisces when Larna took him under her wing. The next day, Catarina and her friends arrive there. Inside, Larna shows them a wish-granting dollhouse. While she is away, the dollhouse activates itself when Catarina opens the door. Larna, Raphael, Sora, and Anne observe Alan, Nicol, Sophia, and Geordo's dreams where they want to be with Catarina while they are a bird, cat, fairy, and pirate, respectively. Meanwhile, Catarina dreams about doing nothing. Raphael and Anne then decide to find the doll that controls the dollhouse and rescue everyone. When they split up, Anne observes Maria wanting to have bulging muscles, Mary wanting to take Catarina away from Geordo while being of a higher rank than him, and Keith wanting everyone to be genderswapped. When Anne finally finds Catarina, they go looking for Raphael, only to find that he does not want to leave. When Catarina gets through to him, they are confronted by the doll, which is ultimately defeated by Catarina. Once everyone is set free, Anne prevents Catarina from learning about the dreams they had. |||||||
| 20 | 8 | "I Had an Arranged Marriage Meeting..." Transliteration: "Omiai Shite Shimatta..." (Japanese: お見合いしてしまった...) | Shuntarō Tozawa | Megumu Sasano | Shuntarō Tozawa | August 21, 2021 (2021-08-21) |
| After giving it much thought, Nicol agrees to participate in an arranged marriage meeting as a way to move on from Catarina. Meanwhile at the Magic Academy, Fray Randall has a conversation with her friend, Ginger Tucker. Just then, Catarina arrives and Ginger acts like a tsundere towards her. Back at Nicol's mansion, Nicol spends several days interacting with the candidates. When he meets with Fray, she admits to him that she is not interested in getting engaged. While they are taking a walk, Fray reveals she wants work at the Department of Magic due to her admiration for Larna. She then tells him that he should be honest with himself concerning Catarina since she has not reciprocated Geordo's feelings despite their engagement, which is similar to the advice he previously received from Raphael. Afterwards, Fray tells Ginger what happened. Later that night, Sophia scolds Nicol for participating in the meeting, revealing their mother was once engaged to another man before she met and married their father, much to his surprise. Following Raphael and Fray's advice, Nicol makes an effort to spend more time with Catarina. |||||||
| 21 | 9 | "Keith Disappeared... Part 1" Transliteration: "Kīsu ga Inaku Natte Shimatta... (Zenpen)" (Japanese: キースがいなくなってしまった...（前編）) | Yūsuke Onoda | Megumi Shimizu | Kōji Sawai | August 28, 2021 (2021-08-28) |
| Catarina and Keith run into their friends while they are hanging out together. Once they are finally alone again, she admits to him that she is not really interested in marrying Geordo. A few days later, Catarina's mother gives her a letter from Keith claiming that he has run away. As such, Catarina vows to find him and apologize. Just as she about leave, Geordo has her see Larna first. At the Department of Magic, Catarina receives a teddy bear Larna made for Geoffrey named Alexander, which is capable of locating people. Afterwards, Catarina, Geordo, Maria, Larna, and Sora begin searching for Keith. While taking a break, Larna reveals to Catarina how she became interested in magic before they continue on. Meanwhile, a kidnapped Keith recalls being approached by a woman he recognized. He is then confronted by his older brother, Thomas Coleman, and a mysterious young girl. |||||||
| 22 | 10 | "Keith Disappeared... Part 2" Transliteration: "Kīsu ga Inaku Natte Shimatta... (Chūhen)" (Japanese: キースがいなくなってしまった...（中編）) | Chihiro Kumano | Megumu Sasano | Yūichi Nihei | September 4, 2021 (2021-09-04) |
| Catarina, Geordo, Maria, Larna, and Sora decide to spend the night at an inn. Later that night, while Catarina and Maria are having a conversation, Larna contacts Raphael about the investigation into Keith's disappearance. The next day, the group continues the search. Meanwhile, Keith is again confronted by the young girl, who reveals that she is going use him as a test subject for dark magic. Back at the inn, Geordo attempts to comfort Catarina, but he is interrupted by Sora. The group then heads to Noir where they split up. When they get back together, Maria notices the young girl walking in an alley. Larna later informs everyone that Keith was actually kidnapped when his birth mother was manipulated by dark magic into handing him over to someone else. She also tells them that they will be heading to a mansion on the outskirts of town first thing in the morning. |||||||
| 23 | 11 | "Keith Disappeared... Part 3" Transliteration: "Kīsu ga Inaku Natte Shimatta... (Kōhen)" (Japanese: キースがいなくなってしまった...（後編）) | Keisuke Inoue | Megumi Shimizu | Keisuke Inoue | September 11, 2021 (2021-09-11) |
| The next morning, the group heads to the mansion where they notice it is heavily guarded. Sora creates a distraction allowing them to sneak in. Once Sora, Geordo, and Larna defeat the guards, the group finds a mortally wounded Thomas. They then notice a secret room where Keith is being held. However, he is engulfed by a large aura of dark magic. When a distraught Catarina approaches him, an item Geordo bought her activates, allowing her to save Keith. When he awakens, he kisses Catarina. Afterwards, she gains a dark familiar in the form of a dog. This is immediately followed by Catarina and Geordo being confronted by the young girl, who tells them that they will meet each other again someday. The group soon heads home. Sometime later, when Catarina and Keith have a conversation, he confesses his love for her before they are joined by their friends. |||||||
| 24 | 12 | "My Graduation Ceremony Happened..." Transliteration: "Sotsugyōshiki ga Yatte Kite Shimatta..." (Japanese: 卒業式がやって来てしまった...) | Junya Koshiba | Megumi Shimizu | Mirai Minato | September 18, 2021 (2021-09-18) |
| Susanna informs Geoffrey that the real culprit behind Keith's kidnapping was a young girl named Sarah. She also informs him of Sarah's potential ties to the Dieke family and how Catarina was able to save Keith. Meanwhile, Catarina and her friends have graduated from the Magic Academy. Afterwards, Catarina enjoys herself at the ceremony before she heads off to a party and a girls' night in. At the party, Catarina has fun with her friends. Later that night, she meets up with Keith, who once again confesses his love for her. She then has a conversation with Mary, Sophia, and Maria during the girls' night in. While she is asleep, Catarina has a dream about Atsuko where she learns about Fortune Lover II. After tending to the garden with her friends, Catarina and Maria head to the Department of Magic. There, they meet Cyrus Lanchester and Dewey Percy. Catarina is shocked as she saw them in her dream. |||||||
| 25 | 13 (OVA) | "I Met My Destined One..." Transliteration: "Unmei no Hito ni Deatte Shimatta..." (Japanese: 運命の人に出会ってしまった...) | Michiru Itabisashi | Megumi Shimizu | Shuntarō Tozawa | September 30, 2021 (2021-09-30) |
| Geordo, Keith, Mary, Alan, Sophia, and Nicol reminisce about their first meeting with Catarina. |||||||

### Video games

Bonus DVDs containing demo versions of Fortune Lover, the in-universe otome game, were included in the limited editions of the anime's first season Blu-ray releases. A free-to-play mobile game titled Katarina's Farm (カタリナ農園, Katarina Nōen) was released on July 31, 2020, with an online trial version being made available from June 19 to August 31, 2020. A game for the Nintendo Switch titled My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Pirates of the Disturbance was released on December 23, 2021. The game has an original story that takes place beyond Fortune Lover's final graduation event, showing Catarina having evaded all the doom flags only to face a new doom flag related to a new meeting and encounter with a pirate. The game was released in English by Idea Factory International on November 28, 2023.

### Merchandise

On September 27, 2020, Premium Bandai began selling book cushions which "feature art of Catarina and her four (main) suitors" from the series, which each cushion folding up like a book, "featuring the character's name on the outside."

## Reception

The light novel and manga have over 600,000 copies in print. The manga adaptation was ranked 4th in the 2019 Next Manga Awards in the print category.
Some reviewers have described the anime series as focusing around Catarina Claes, who amasses a polyamorous, bisexual harem pining for her as she tries to avoid being a villain and becomes very thoughtful. Reviewers pointed out two queer female characters: Mary Hunt and Maria Campbell, all of whom have crushes on Catarina, as reviewer James Beckett of Anime News Network pointed out.
In May 2020, seven of the 10 spots of a "weekly favourite couple poll" by Anime Trending featured Catarina paired with most of the characters. After the first season ended, with a "friendship ending", one reviewer calling it a "very definitive ending for Catarina and Her Polyamorous Bisexual Harem of Doom," and the series was later praised by Rebecca Silverman and Theron Martin of the Anime News Network for being well-done, and offers "a rewarding bisexual power fantasy" which Catarina is unaware of due to her dense nature.