Villainess Level 99

***Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord*** (悪役令嬢レベル99　～私は裏ボスですが魔王ではありません～, Akuyaku Reijō Reberu 99: Watashi wa Ura Bosudesuga Maō de wa Arimasen) is a Japanese light novel series written by Satori Tanabata with illustrations by Tea. It initially began serialization as a web novel published on the user-generated novel publishing site Shōsetsuka ni Narō in June 2018. It was then acquired by Fujimi Shobo who began publish to publish it as a light novel under their Kadokawa Books imprint in May 2019. A manga adaptation illustrated by Nokomi began serialization in Enterbrain's *B's Log Comic* magazine in February 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by Jumondou is set to premiere in January 2024.

## Synopsis

A certain Otome RPG takes place in the Varschein Kingdom, where dark hair is stigmatized to an abnormal degree. Yumiella Dolkness is the daughter of a count, hated from birth due to her pitch-black locks—and she is also the hidden boss! In a twist of fate, at five years of age, Yumiella recalls memories of her past life in Japan. Uninterested in the romance aspect of the original game, she begins to dedicate herself to training her rare dark-type magic.

Despite this, Yumiella's goals are clear: avoid becoming the hidden boss and stay out of the limelight. Upon entering the magic academy, however, she shakes the foundation of the kingdom when her level 99 status comes to light. Whether a physical brawl or magic duel, her abilities are unmatched, and coupled with her black hair, she sticks out like a sore thumb. To make matters worse, the original heroine begins suspecting she is the demon lord! Can the deadpan noble girl achieve her wish of a peaceful life?

## List of Published Books

### *Light Novel*

Written by Satori Tanabata, the series began serialization as a web novel on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on June 15, 2018. It was later acquired by Fujimi Shobo who began publishing it as a light novel with illustrations by Tea under their Kadokawa Books imprint on May 10, 2019. It has been collected in five volumes as of June 2022. The series is licensed in English by J-Novel Club.

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### *Manga*

A manga adaptation illustrated by nocomi began serialization in Enterbrain's *B's Log Comic* magazine on February 5, 2020. It has been collected in three volumes as of February 2023. The manga series is licensed in English by One Peace Books. A voice comic adaptation of the manga featuring the voices of Fairouz Ai, Yuma Uchida and Azumi Waki was released on December 24, 2021.

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## Yumiella Dolkness

"I'm Eumiella Dolkness, pleased to make your acquaintance..."

### Aliases:

* Eumiella-san
* The Mountain Guardian
* The Goddess that Controls Darkness
* The Kingdoms Varschein Shield

### Affiliation:

* The Varschein Kingdom
* The Kingdom of Balshine

### Allied:

* Patrick Ashbaton *(Companion/Love Interest)*
* Eleonora Hillrose (Friend)

## 「Biographical Information」

### Traits:

Reincarnated, TS Character, Villainess, Magus

### Relatives:

* Unnamed Father
* Unnamed Mother
* Rita *(Friend & Maid)*
* Yumiera Dorkness *(Counterpart)*
* Ryu *(Contract Beast/Son)*

### Occupation:

* College Student *(Formerly)*
* Magic Student *(Current)*
* Last Boss *(Role)*

### Residence:

* Count of Dolkness Residence
* Royal Academy

## 「Voice Actor」

### Japan VA:

Fairouz Ai *(drama CD, vomic, anime)*

*Yumiella Dolkness*, the eldest daughter of Count Dolkness. Originally, she was the villainous daughter (a minor role) in the otome game "*Hikari no Mahou to Yuusha-sama*" and a character who stands in front of the heroine as a back boss in the challenging elements after clearing the main story. However, in the story, she is a "*reincarnated person with memories of her life as a college girl who was a hardcore Japanese gamer*" and as she acts to protect her own destruction, she unintentionally shakes those around her.

Because of her black hair and eyes, which are the same as those of the Demon King, and because she is a rare user of dark magic among humans, she was an object of avoidance from the moment of her birth, and her parents abandoned child-rearing and did not even exchange letters, let alone meet her, and the maids and education staff who were forced to look after her had only minimal contact with her.

Furthermore, when she was 5 years old, she awakened memories of her previous life, and as a result of her "*nature as a gamer who prefers RPGs to Otome games*" working in the wrong direction, she came to the conclusion that "in order to avoid being defeated as a back boss, I should thoroughly level up," and she devoted herself to leveling for 10 years.

By the time he entered the school at the age of 15, he had reached level 99, and his unusual abilities and appearance caused people around him to draw attention to him.

She is basically expressionless. Furthermore, due to the influence of his previous life, his sensibility is more skewed than that of ordinary people. Because of this, he causes unnecessary confusion and people around him are in awe of him, but he gradually gains more and more people who understand him through his first friend, Patrick Ashburton, and he begins to show his facial expressions accordingly.

### Abilities

> "*I'm all fired up!!!*"
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Due to her prior knowledge of the game and being born with Dark Magic, she was able to easily raise her level to 99, something unheard of to the norm. As mentioned above, she has reached the highest level, making him the strongest in the world in terms of both physics and magic. Due to her determination to escape her death and able to defeat the demon king, Eumiellia read the magical textbook in the library and started practicing by feeling the magical power according to the procedure of the book. And she mastered the dark magic. Because of her method of using the Demon Summoning Flute, she is able to go to level 99. After she fought the ultimate version of herself (*Yumiera Dolkness*) a self-proclaimed god, and was able to win by her parallel self and break the level limit into 100. She is capable of surviving in space, and she can manipulate time by using items, but it doesn't make much sense in the strongest argument she is.

Runs faster than a character who ran at enough speed to generate a sonic wave, and from a place about 5m away from a place that exceeds the speed of sound and reaches a supersonic speed, Yumiella in a parallel world black hole (activated after chanting the technique name), instantaneous reaction from the avoidance margin of 5m. Her weak point is a light attribute attack and it is mentioned in the work, so the light attack works on her.

 **[STR:]** | Max
 ***[SPD:]*** | Max
 ***[END:]*** | Max
 ***[Resistance:]*** | Max

Due to her Super Boss level stats, Yumiella has to hold back immensely when pitted against other people in training scenarios.

* The first example is when she is matched with William in a practice spar. Yumiella has to ensure that she does not immediately render him into quote "mincemeat" in a single hit.
* The second is when she is challenged by Edwin and the Headmaster to demonstrate her power as a Level 99. Yumiella has to modulate the power of her Black Hole spell so that it would be impressive without causing a calamity to the kingdom.
* A more distant example is during the Tournament Arc. Yumiella has to carefully regulate her strength because breaking her weapon is immediate grounds for disqualification. And she has yet to encounter a weapon that could withstand her full force for more than a few swings.

Yumiella is the best in academics, as well as magical and physical abilities. Excluding her social skills, there really is nothing she doesn't excel at.

> "*Aren't I loathed to an extreme degree?*"
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Officially, Yumiella unlocked ridiculous mastery of dark magic and strength basically through The Power of Hate, but the Yumiella in the story thinks that's bullshit. She believes that Yumiella could *always* use dark magic and always had that kind of talent, but couldn't show it off due to the negative reputation dark magic possesses, and her resentment towards the heroine having everything, in contrast, led her to becoming the Super Boss. She proves her point by power leveling from an early age and not bothering to hide her magic. This doubly proves her point: She *is* discriminated against and she didn't need any kind of dramatic power-up ability.

* *Dark Flame -* A black flame the size of a bean materializes, and it shoots straight to the target. The spell to melt stone and metals is more like acid or rot rather than a flame.
* *Shadow Lance -* A shadow/dark magic that creates multiple dark spikes on the ground.
* *Black Hole -* Creates a jet-black sphere in an instant, scrapes the space, and completely annihilates the target. Complete annihilation x 1, space destruction x 1. There is no limit, it can be used indefinitely, and the scale can be changed freely. It is also written as instant death magic, so it is an instant death attack. Instant death x1. Activates instantly after chanting the skill name. Range is within 50m
* .*Dark Lance -* Thrust countless spears from your own shadow and skewer the target. instantly activated. The range is within 50m*.*
* *Dark Bind -* Restrained by an arm extended from the target's shadow. A restraining attack that works without fail if the opponent has a shadow. instantly activated. Range is within 50m.
* *Heal* [Dark Magic] - A surge of Dark energy washes through the target and causes it to regain its health points (HP). This spell heals any wound or disarmed parts of the person or the user in a grotesque image. This spell has no effect on constructs or undead it only healing purpose.
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 **Tamed**:
 "*It's a tool for managing the world... no, all parallel worlds. A sword that erases unnecessary worlds like cutting overgrown branches. God's pruning shears. It's a pruning sword.*"
― **Eumiella Dolkness**

**Equipment Details**:
* *Pruning Sword*: A sword that obliterates the world. The evil god is out of phase and cannot be attacked (black holes are also ineffective), so attacks are invalid. Ignoring the phase shift of the evil god, I landed an attack and buried it with a single blow, so the attack was nullified.
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However, she has the following weaknesses: there are almost no weapons strong enough to withstand her power, she can only use dark attribute magic, and she is weak against light attribute attacks, which are in a rivalry relationship with dark attribute attacks.

## Ending Theme

### ED Composer:

Fairouz Ai and Rina Hidaka

An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 24, 2023. It is produced by Jumondou and directed by Minoru Yamaoka, with scripts written by Fumihiko Shimo, character designs handled by Hitomi Kaiho and Lo Ho Kim, and music composed by Kana Utatane. The series is set to premiere on January 9, 2024, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song, "Love or Hate?", is performed by Mayu Maeshima, while the ending theme song, "Suki ga Rebechi" (好きがレベチ, "Love on a Different Level"), is performed by Fairouz Ai and Rina Hidaka as their respective characters.

* ***Staff:***
	+ Original work - Satori Tanabata (*Kadokawa BOOKS*)
	+ Original illustration - Tea
	+ Manga Illustrator - Nokomi
	+ Director - Minoru Yamaoka
	+ Series composition - Fumihiko Shimo
	+ Character design - Hitomi Kaiho, Ruhiro Kim
	+ Prop Design - Shiori Shirasaki
	+ Art director/setting - Kazuhiro Arai
	+ Color design - Hitomi Fujii
	+ Director of Photography – King Han
	+ Editing - Emi Onodera
	+ Sound Director - Hitoshi Akedagawa
	+ Sound effects - Toshiya Wada (*Swara Pro*)
	+ Music - Utatane Kana
	+ Animation production - Jumondo

Crunchyroll licensed the series. Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia

## See Also

* *Maken no Daydreamer*, another light novel series by the same illustrator

## External Link

* *Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen* ─ Official website at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
* *Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen* ─ Official light novel website (in Japanese)
* *Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen* ─ Official manga website (in Japanese)
* *TV Anime "Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen"* Official anime website (in Japanese)
* *TV Anime "Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen"* Official (@akuyakuLV99) - Twitter X
* *Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen* ─ Wikipedia **JP**
* *Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Urabosu Desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen* ─ Wikipedia **EN**

## Trivia

* Eumelia never elaborated on her life on earth much. But she must have had a similar life of isolation if she grew up coo-coo in her second life.
	+ If she ever watched TV or reads books in her first life, Eumelia should have had plenty of reference for socializing.
* Because of how overpowered she is, Eumelia accidentally inhibits the original heroine's growth as a person and magician; all due to her dark attribute making Eumelia look like an inhuman shadow and make the male allies guard her.
* The entire kingdom was founded on lies. The first king creates the kingdom after a bloody war thanks to his two generals; the "Demon King" and first "Saint". The Demon King was betrayed, sealed and vilified by the two, resulting in the prejudice against people with black hair.