I Reincarnated into an Otome Game as a Villainess With Only Destruction Flags...

is the name of a light novel series, a manga and later, an anime adaptation, commonly shortened to Destruction Flag Otome, or from the original title,Hamefura, and published officially in English under the title My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The series is a part of the isekai genre and follows a girl who's reincarnated into the body of a villainess in an otome game.
==Canon==
The protagonist was an otaku who loved otome games in her past life. One night she stayed up late playing the game Fortune Lover and as a result slept in the next morning. In her haste to bike to school on time, she was struck by a car and died. She was then reborn into the body of Katarina Claes, the daughter of a duke, and at 8 years old received a blow to the head that made her remember her past life and discover that she was now living in the universe of Fortune Lover, inhabiting the body of the villainess of the otome game whose canon plotlines all ended with death or exile. 
===Characters===
*Katarina Claes — the protagonist who's trying to avoid being killed or exiled.
*Gerald Stuart — the third prince of the kingdom the series takes place in; engaged to Katarina. He was very cruel and a capture target in Fortune Lover.
*Keith Claes — Katarina's adoptive brother. He was a lonely womanizer and a capture target in Fortune Lover.
*Mary Hunt — Katarina's friend who's engaged to Alan. Plays the role of rival in Fortune Lover.
*Alan Stuart — Gerald's twin brother, the fourth prince of the kingdom the series takes place in; engaged to Mary. A capture target in Fortune Lover.
*Sophia Ascart — Katarina's friend and Nicole's younger sister.
*Nicole Ascart — Sophia's older brother. A capture target in Fortune Lover.
*Maria Campbell — a commoner born with strong, special Light magic. The protagonist in Fortune Lover.
===English Light Novel Licensing===
In March, 2018, two users brought up Destruction Flag Otome in the "Novel pick-up requests" thread on J-Novel Club, a site that licenses light novels for English translation directly from Japanese publishers. One of the users cited the books having a high rating on Amazon Japan as a reason to consider translating them.Novel pick-up requests thread March 3rd, 2018. Another user noted that the Japanese publishing company, Ichijinsha, had been purchased by Kodansha in 2016 and that that might complicate the process of licensing the novels.https://forums.j-novel.club/post/14275 Novel pick-up requests thread] March 7rd, 2018.
Only a few months later the translation request thread was closed and replaced with a subforum for licencing suggestions, where each suggested title could have its own thread. On May 17th, 2018 J-Novel Club member myskaros created a thread for Destruction Flag Otome requesting that it be licenced for translation by JNC. In addition to citing how likeable Katarina is as a protagonist and how fun and charming the series is in general, myskaros noted:
Several other fans agreed that they'd like to see it translated, and in August 2018 the thread was locked because JNC announced that it had the English licence at Otakuthon and would be releasing the first volume in December, 2018.AnimeNewsNetwork announcement, 2018-09-27.
==Fandom==
The early English fandom was centered around fan translations of the light novels and therefore mostly fannish interest was spread by word-of-mouth. The series gained more attention and interest when the manga was released and translated into English. 
Destruction Flag Otome was nominated for Yuletide 2018 and several well-received fics were produced. It was also nominated for Hurt/Comfort Exchange 2019 and requested by two people across three requests.
Katarina seems to mostly be shipped with Gerald, Mary, and Maria, although the small size of the fandom makes it hard to generalize. Many people are fans of poly-shipping for Katarina and her harem.
"Bakarina" is an affectionate fandom nickname for Katarina, sometimes used to differentiate her from the original Katarina Claes of the Fortune Lover game. Katarina is seen as a big draw to the series:
==Fanworks==
===Fanfiction===
* DLC: The Noble Lady's Kindness by MarsDragon
* Villainesses Must Stick Together by ConvenientAlias
===Fanart===
* Portraits of Katarina, Mary, Alan, and Gerald by reptilmastaren
* portrait of Katarina by Zerakhii (line art) and rose-acia (color)
* Fortune Lover otome game cover by min 春24 東4ち11a
==External Links==
* AO3 tag
* "Destruction Flag Otome" tumblr tag
* TVTropes
* Destruction Flag Otome wiki
==References==
Category:Books & LiteratureCategory:MangaCategory:Fandoms by Source TextCategory:Light Novels