The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen

## Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou Last Boss Joou wa Tami no Tame ni Tsukushimasu: Savior

***The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior*** (Japanese: 悲劇の元凶となる最強外道ラスボス女王は民の為に尽くします。, Hepburn: Higeki no Genkyō to naru Saikyō Gedō Last Boss Joō wa Min no tame ni Tsukushimasu, "The Final Boss, the Ultimate Villain and the Cause of the Tragedy, Is the Queen Who Does Everything for Her People") is a Japanese light novel series written by Tenichi. The series originated on the *Shōsetsuka ni Narō* website in April 2018, before being published in print with illustrations by Suzunosuke by Ichijinsha beginning in June 2019. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Bunko Matsuura, was serialized on the *Zero-Sum Online* website between March 2020 and March 2022. An anime television series adaptation by OLM is set to air in July 2023.

The series was discontinued due to the artist's poor health on October 25, 2022, following an announcement from the publisher.

## Overview

As an online novel on the novel posting site "*Shōsetsuka ni Narō*", "*The strongest outer road, Queen Las Boss, who is the cause of the tragedy, will do her best for the people*." The first part was serialized from April 19, 2018, to May 21, 2020 under the title of "*I* *want to save those who can be saved by the authority of Las Boschit and the princess*". The second part is being serialized from May 25, 2020. In addition, it has been published as a book by Iris NEO (Ichijinsha) in June 2019.

A comicalize by Bunko Matsuura is being serialized in "Zero-Sum Online" (*Ichijinsha*) from March 19, 2020.

On August 31, 2018, he won the gold medal at the novel posting site *Shōsetsuka ni Narō* x Ichijinsha Iris editorial department "*1st Iris NEO Fantasy Awards*". As of April 2021, the cumulative circulation of the series, including the electronic version, has exceeded 500,000.

## Synopsis

Pryde Royal Ivy is only eight years old when she realizes that she's been reincarnated, destined to become the future wicked queen and final boss of an otome game. She's got it all in this new life: razor-sharp wit, boss-tier powers, and influence over the kingdom as crown princess. Determined to sow despair and destruction across the land, she... Wait, what kind of a rotten future is that?! Princess Pryde decides to drop the maniacal villainess plan and protect the male love interests instead, cheating her way to saving everyone she can! Will this final boss end up earning the adoration of her kingdom?

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

## List of Published Books

### *Novel*

Written by Tenichi, the series began serialization on the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on April 19, 2018. The series was later acquired by Ichijinsha, who began publishing the series in print with illustrations by Suzunosuke on June 4, 2019. As of November 2022, six volumes have been released.

In June 2021, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they licensed the series for English publication.

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### *Manga*

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Bunko Matsuura, was serialized on Ichijinsha's *Zero-Sum Online* website from March 19, 2020 to March 18, 2022. As of January 2022, the series' individual chapters have been collected into three *tankōbon* volumes. In October 2022, it was announced that the manga adaptation had been cancelled due to the poor health of the artist, and that a new serialization is being planned.

Seven Seas Entertainment is also publishing the manga adaptation in English.

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Manga Vol. 1Manga Vol. 2Manga Vol. 3A new manga adaptation, illustrated by Akiko Kawano, began serialization in Ichijinsha's *Monthly Comic Zero Sum* magazine on June 28, 2023.

## Character

### Aliases:

* The Selfish Princess
* First Princess, Pryde
* The Queen/Empress Pryde

### Affiliation:

* Kingdom of Freesia
* Knights of the Kingdom of Freesia

### Allied:

* Arthur Beresford *[Knight]*
* Gilbert *[Butler]*
* Val *[Knight/Spy/Courier]*
* Sefek & Kemet
* Lotte & Marie *[Personal Maids]*
* Roderick Beresford *[Knight Cap.]*

## 「Biographical Information」

### Traits:

Reincarnated, TS Character, Villainess, Greatest Queen

### Rank:

Royal family of the Kingdom of Freesia *(Princess)*

### Relatives:

* Rosa Royal Ivy *(Mother)*
* Albert Royal Ivy *(Father)*
* Stale Royal Ivy *(Adopted Brother)*
* Tiara Royal Ivy *(Sister)*
* Vest *(Uncle)*

### Occupation:

* High School Student *(formerly)*
* Last Boss *(former)*
* 1st Princess *(yr. 2000)* → 1st Heir to the Throne *(yr. 2008)* → First heir to the throne *(19 years onwards)*
* Knights Captain

### Hobby:

* *(Age 13)* Comparison of what I learned from plant books and flowers in the garden
* *(Age 15)* Tea party between good friends

### Like:

**Food**:* soufflé omelet, quiche, and cake

**Liquor**:

* Cosmopolitan and red wine (flavored)

## 「Voice Actor」

### Japan VA:

Fairouz, Ai

She is the first princess of the Queen of Freesia. At the age of eight, she recalls her previous life memories and finds that she has reincarnated in the body of Pryde that was the Last Boss in a game, the first in the Otome game "Kimi to Ichi no Hikari" (abbreviation: Kimihika) series. She then became the first successor to the throne because she gained the special ability of precognition to prove her succession to the throne. Her brain and fighting power is cheated because of her standing position as Las Boss in the game. She was given permission to teach Stale's swordsmanship, and when she made arrangements with her teacher with her first sword, she quickly blocked her teacher's movements. She properly neutralizes her opponent in the Knights surprise attack with her sword and her first gun. After she remembers her previous life's memories, including the content of the game, she decides to work hard to prevent the tragedy she may cause in the future.

My previous life was as a sober high school student who died in an accident at the age of 18. Since the Kimihika series likes the third work and has played only once except for the third work, the memory of the game content is shallow, and it is often just before remembering important things. He is worried that his crimson light wavy hair and purple eyes make him look bad.

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* A common royal upbringing method was to "have a nanny and give love in place of busy mothers and fathers". However, her mother, Rosa, declared that she would raise herself, and her Pryde was such that no nanny could be attached. Pryde is doted on and raised as the eldest daughter with eyes like Rosa's own and the hair color of her beloved husband.
* Sometime after Rosa became pregnant with her second daughter, Tiara, her precognitive ability predicted that Pryde would "become a helpless person who likes to hurt the weak". Realizing that she shouldn't let Pryde be queen, Rosa distanced herself from Pryde in order to lessen her hurt when she eventually declared it.
* Maids and guards were stationed to take her place, but there was no nanny, and no one at all at Pryde's arrogant and selfish demeanor to seek the affection and interest of her mother. The only person she had her affection for was Albert, her father who came to see her from time to time.
* The beginning of this work is from here. When Pryde fainted in 2008 and regained consciousness, she remembers his memory as an ordinary person who played "Kimi to Isshin no Hikari wo" in his previous life.
* Rather than being possessed or replaced by the last boss Queen Pryde, it became a state close to fusion due to memories, ethics, and other things changed at once.
 ***Brother-in-law**** Stale was separated from his mother by order of the royal family and became his brother-in-law.
* If it's the real Last Boss Pryde, he'll take advantage of his grief over his separation, make him sign a contract of servitude, and do the cruel thing by ordering him to kill his beloved mother.
* Although he is not the main character Tiara, he understands that he cannot heal the sadness of his separation, but at least "I" vows to never treat him as miserably as the last boss Pryde should be. Completely opposite to the game, Pryde always treats Stale kindly as a cute younger brother.
* He devotedly visited Stale when he fell ill, and eventually melted his heart. At that time, he asked Stale to kill him if he became the worst queen in 10 years, as predicted.
* In response to this, Stale, who had increased her trust in Pryde, pledged to "protect Pryde, who is afraid of the worst possible future." This will greatly affect the fate of Pryde later. Regarding the pain of being separated from his mother, he tried to take care of him as much as possible.
 ***Lowest Princess and family**** Her younger sister, Tiara, was frail and had her existence kept secret in order to avoid being kidnapped or assassinated. At her debut, Pryde meets her sister for the first time. She gathers everyone's gaze, and she shakes off her inner jealousy, perhaps due to the influence of her game's last boss Pryde, towards her cute tiara.
* Her first public appearance, Stale, introduces her Pryde to Tiara as a wonderful princess, and her gaze that was directed at Tiara and others is also focused on Pryde. In response, Pryde expresses her joy at having a good brother and sister, and declares that "three brothers and sisters will protect the country and the people."
* It completely changes from the original, which was a dangerous relationship, and begins to move on to a bright path. Hereby her attendees, Queen Rosa, have announced that they have recognized her and officially recognized her as her next Queen.
* Afterward, Rosa speaks her mind to Albert. She is puzzled that Rosa no longer sees Pryde's prophecies, and that, unlike her predictions, Pryde has changed for the better. This is probably due to the fact that the game's predetermined future has been changed, and that the cause is Pryde.

* One day, the Knights of Freesia, who were on an expedition for training, were ambushed by bandits. Due to the special ability of the knight's communication, the news was also transmitted to the knights in the castle. When Pryde, who had just come to inspect the Knights in the castle, learns of the incident, he begins to use his Steel abilities to provide support and instructions to save the Knight Commander and recruits who are struggling in a distant land and overcome the emergency. be successful.
* However, after reviewing his knowledge of the game, Pryde comes to the conclusion that "the ensuing landslide will helplessly kill many of the Knight Commanders and recruits". There is no time to spare.
* After announcing the landslide as a "*prediction*", Pryde himself, who knows the details of this incident, decided that he had no choice but to go to the battlefield. He asks Stale to teleport to the battlefield and takes the hard line of wiping out the thieves himself. (At the time, with Stale's ability, he was only able to teleport objects that were about his size, and the decision was made because only Pryde knew how to prevent a cliffside.)
* Even though he is a child, he is the worst final boss. He shows off his cheat-like combat ability to the fullest extent and annihilates his enemies. Then, as predicted, a landslide occurred and attacked Pryde and the Knight Commander, but by using his knowledge of the game, he succeeded in saving the Knight Commander and others. With this incident and the turmoil that followed, she became extremely popular among the knights.
* At this time, he also captured Val, one of the attackers. The Queen ordered Pryde to pass the judgment, resulting in a contract of servitude.
* At that time, she arbitrarily added two conditions.
	+ The top priority is to protect Tiara with Val's special ability in an emergency. For that reason, you can ignore the decrees of your Pryde.
	+ If Val is in trouble and needs help, he will visit Pryde.
* This mysterious order later became a major turning point.

### Abilities

> "*Pryde Royal Ivy... It's my name, I swore to do my best for the people!*"
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A reincarnated person who has the memory of "I" in the past life as a sober third-year high school student. He died in a car accident in his previous life. By reincarnating as the lowest and worst heresy final boss of the maiden game "*Kimi to Isshin no Hikari wo*", commonly known as "*Kimihika*", he used his power and cheats to save the target characters and his younger sister Tiara from himself, the final boss. In my previous life, I was hooked on "*Kimi to Isshin no Hikari wo (Kimihika)*" from series 3 when it was made into an anime.

She sees himself as "the lowest and worst heretic last boss", so she is not at all embarrassed about putting himself in danger. In addition, she has regained the memories of her previous life and is conscious that "only I can start over", and there is a tendency to sacrifice too much. Her danger is always feared by the people around her, including Commander Roderick, who watches over her.

Due to these circumstances, whether her opponent is a sinner or the prime minister who has betrayed him for many years, she will try to save him without hesitation when she finds it possible to save him. However, she is not an unconditional good-natured person imbued with her pre-reincarnation ethics and views on life and death and has the determination to punish sinners who should not be saved as a princess. She is prepared to put her hands on her own, and in raids and defense battles, she directly kills or shoots her enemies, and she is also mindful of falling thieves being caught on a cliff and dying. not disturbed. In addition, she recognizes her own face as Game version Pryde's arrogant and overbearing "last boss face", so her self-esteem is low in that respect as well. Ivy has the ability to be the last boss... The inferiority of this was "*There is no pure physical strength*" & "*Cannot do general housework (cooking, embroidery)*"

 *For Pryde definition:*
* She sometimes sees premonitions (*omens*), mainly in dreams. You may also dream of scenes from the game.
* It is very rare to activate a pure precognition ability like successive generations, and it is a level once every few years.
	+ The activation of the pure prediction ability is only the following three times in the work (if there are others, additional notes are required).
		1. Prediction that one will fall into the final boss in the future according to the game
		2. Tiara vaguely foresaw the sight of Gilbert, acknowledging her prediction ability for the first time in a defensive battle.
		3. The prediction is that a revolution will be caused by Stale and others when he becomes a madman and betrays the country.
	+ Externally, it claims to predict more frequently. This is because when using game knowledge that is not originally known, it is often disguised as a prediction.
* The last boss in the game, Pryde (herself), seemed to perform predictions more frequently, and the cause of this difference is unknown.
	+ It is possible that it ended up being an omen because it is said to be predicted at the same time as the last boss Pryde.
* In the recapture battle, it was revealed that Pryde had acquired unique characteristics from the time of the annihilation battle.
	+ Although it has the limitation of being able to see only a fraction of a second ahead, it has the property of being able to make predictions as many times as one wishes.
	+ It is amazing to be able to activate the predictive ability, which is even sparsely activated, at your own will, and it is rare even in history.
	+ Even Stale, Captain Column, and Tiara, who gained the power of revelation, were equally astonished when Leon informed them of the fact of arbitrary prediction.
	+ Although she is a princess, she is only useful in battle, and even that is not effective against surprise attacks.
	+ The accuracy of arbitrary prediction is extremely high, and it is possible not only to defend and avoid bullets but also to "smash bullets", a high-difficulty technique that is impossible for anyone other than Arthur even in the work.
		- In addition, there is a history that Arthur's bullet knocking down was learned by watching Pryde. He doesn't know its foresight, and he realizes it only with his skill, so the difficulty level is high.
		- It is possible to dodge or slash even with all the rapid fire of Leon's state-of-the-art gun.
		- In addition to being able to completely see through the gunfire from multiple people and the swordsmanship of a certain amount of power, it can also respond to attacks from invisible knights and counterattacks.
		- Inside Kimihika, he even sees through Harrison's high-speed legs and fires at his destination, inflicting fatal injuries on him.
	+ Even with this ability, it is difficult to compete against a complete superior like Arthur.
* She never forgets what she has learned only once. Mastering swordsmanship, sniping (firearms), and martial arts without proper training.
 《**Eye of the Mind**》— Pryde has a heightened capacity for observation, refined through training, discipline, and experience. A danger-avoidance ability that utilizes the intelligence collected up to the current time as the basis in order to predict the opponent’s activity and change the current situation. This is not a result of talent, but an overwhelming amount of combat experience. A weapon wielded by none other than a mortal gained through tenacious training. Pryde mastered self-defense and unarmed combat by merely observing.
* She has considerable comprehension even before she regains her memories of her previous life.

Pryde tries to reproduce modern Japanese cuisine based on the knowledge of his previous life, but due to the force of the game, which can be said to be a reaction to the final boss cheat described later, she initially fails catastrophically as if cursed. After that, on the contrary, I discovered that if Tiara, who has a cheat setting for women's power, helped me, I could offset the force and reproduce it. Since then, ginger yaki and croquettes have been served as creative dishes at celebrations.

> "*I have to save you when I know I can!*"
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* It's not so much about her technique as the final boss cheat, a phenomenon caused by the force of the game, but this also led to Arthur's growth after her. However, her "*powerlessness*" is an absolute weakness of her original game, and she admits it herself. She has a hard time even lifting a hammer, which seems to be a tool, to the level where she reaches her limit just by swinging it down once. True to her self-assessment if a man held her down, she wouldn't be able to do anything.

## Term

 *Special ability** It is the only one in the world to be born in the Kingdom of Freesia with a probability of one in hundreds.
* Among the special abilities, "predictive ability" is valuable, and although there are differences among people, only the predictive ability is awakened only to the royal family once every few decades.
 *Kingdom of Freesia** The only power in the world where special abilities are born. The stage of the game. Queen system. A country that is at the stage of the maiden game "Kimi to Shino Hikari wo (Kimihika)".
* The prince died in an accident, followed by Her Majesty the Queen, and the young queen who gained the ability to foresee had to raise taxes in order to indulge in extravagance as she pleased. For example, in wars, alliances, punishments, laws, etc., the queen alone continued to threaten the lives of commoners, and the peaceful power quickly became a dictatorship that was wary of the surrounding countries.
 *Kingdom of Anemone** The neighboring country of the Kingdom of Freesia. A few hours one way in a royal carriage. One of the world's leading trading countries. United Kingdom of Hanazuo
 *United Kingdom of Sirsis and Chinansis. It had been isolated for about 100 years. Ten days by royal carriage from the Kingdom of Freesia.** Kingdom of Sirsis: The land of gold veins. In recent years, it has only begun trading with the Kingdom of Anemone.
* Kingdom of Chinansis: A land of minerals. A religious country.

## Ending Theme

### ED Composer:

ChoQMay

An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 28, 2022. It is produced by OLM and directed by Norio Nitta, with Deko Akao writing the scripts, Hitomi Kōno designing the characters, and Hanae Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Saiki, Kanade Sakuma, and Junko Nakajima composing the music. It aired from July 7 to September 22, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Kyūseishu" (救世主, "Savior") by Tsukuyomi, while the ending theme song is "Pride" by ChoQMay.

* ***Staff***:
	+ Original Author - Amaichi (serialized in Ichijinsha's "*Shōsetsuka ni Narō*" and "*Zero-Sum Online*")
	+ Character draft - Suzunosuke, Matsuura Bunko
	+ Director - Norio Nitta
	+ Series composition - Deko Akao
	+ Character Design - Hitomi Kohno
	+ Prop Designer - Hiromi Nakayama, Yukie Kinoshita
	+ Art director - Teruhiko Tanita
	+ Color design - Nao Sato
	+ Cinematographer - Miyabi Amada
	+ Editing - Yoshiki Ushiroda
	+ Acoustic director - Toshiki Kameyama
	+ Music - Hanae Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Saiki, Intermediate Saku, Junko Nakajima
	+ Music Production - Hine
	+ Music Producer - Daisuke Mizuta
	+ Producers - Hiroyuki Aoi, Emi Kashimura, Kaoru Wada, Takeshi Jinguji, Akihiro Togawa, Takuji Wada, Ryohei Yamashita, Tomoyuki Owada, Hideki Kama, Yoshiteru Maeda
	+ Animation Producer - Daisuke Yoshioka
	+ Animation Production - OLM Team Yoshioka
	+ Production - *Russai* Production Committee 2023

Sentai Filmworks licensed the series, and is streaming it on HIDIVE. Muse Communication also licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.

## Reception

In 2021, the manga adaptation was nominated for the Next Manga Awards in the web category.

## See Also

* *Last Boss Majo wa Katabutsu Juusha to Tawamureru*, another light novel series by the same illustrator.
* *Akuyaku Reijou Koukyuu Monogatari*, another light novel series by the same illustrator.

## External Link

* *Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou Last Boss Joou wa Tami no Tame ni Tsukushimasu.* ─ Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
* *Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou Last Boss Joou wa Tami no Tame ni Tsukushimasu.* ─ Light Novel Official Website (in Japanese)
* *Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou Last Boss Joou wa Tami no Tame ni Tsukushimasu. [First]* ─ Work information (Manga Official Website) | Zero Sum Online
* *Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou Last Boss Joou wa Tami no Tame ni Tsukushimasu. [Second]* ─ Work information (Manga Official Website) | Zero Sum Online
* *TV Anime "Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou Last Boss Joou wa Tami no Tame ni Tsukushimasu."* Official Website (in Japanese)
* *Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou Last Boss Joou wa Tami no Tame ni Tsukushimasu.* ─ TV anime official (@lastame\_pr) - Twitter
* *Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou Last Boss Joou wa Tami no Tame ni Tsukushimasu.* ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
* *Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou Last Boss Joou wa Tami no Tame ni Tsukushimasu.* ─ Wikipedia (in English)