Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte

We have Katarina Claes, we also have Aileen Lauren Dautriche. And now, we go for the three-fer with Lieselotte Riefenstahl in the classic Otome Game fashion, featuring live commentary right from the current day of Earth we call Japan! Out of the 3 "villainess Otome Game" adaptations that we've had so far since the start of the 2020s, lone novelist Suzu Enoshima's Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Liselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san a.k.a Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte a.k.a Tsunlise, is the shortest on the list of similar stories. What do I mean? The LN that comes just rightat 2 volumes long that was released from 2019 to 2022, the anime itself is the exact complete package of the LN in its adaptation form, which I feel that this is the right length for an adaptation if it's considering the usual seasonal 12/13-episode runtime. Sure, both Hametsu Flag and Akuyaku Last Boss may have more under the hood that's not covered in their respective anime, but in contrast, I'll actually recommend the shortest of the series because you can just fire through the entire anime as opposed to reading the LN of the same name. The story and plot itself, by the "Villainess Otome Game" standard tropes that it has to offer, this show takes a creative and refreshing twist, in which by adding actual people playing the Otome Game and not being reincarnated into the game itself and guiding its characters along to reach the desired ending of their choice. The players: Aoto Endo and Shihono Kobayashi, members of the Broadcasting Club in their own school, decides to take a gander and play the Otome Game called A Magical Romance a.k.a MagiKoi, the standard story of the protagonist Fiene while fighting against the villainess Lieselotte Riefenstahl, who is eventually consumed by darkness and tragedy in all of the game's routes. The twist, is that through the game's manual, the reason for Lieselotte's villany tropes is a misunderstanding, a play on the word "tsundere" (or tsun de rais based on the game's perception), that's more than enough to be social commentators as Lord Endou and Kobayashee dictating a "Let's Play!" commentary through the character that could only hear the "Voices of the Gods": Lieselotte's fiance Prince Siegwald Fitzenhagen. And since he's the only one whom can perform this deed, Sieg is ultimately the key to alleviating the villainy fate of his own fiancée, which in turn, could result in the destruction of their world. If you ask me from the "Villainess Otome Game" standpoint, this is as good as it can get that's not borderline decent. The feud of royal nobility and their pairings: Siegwald with Lieselotte, Fiene (initially playing the Hero record) with Baldur Riefenstahl, they provide a great deal of entertainment when trying to deal with the ultimate tsun de rais Lieselotte herself, barring all expressions as a sign of embrassment when her ego's too inflated from say, skinship or words of affirmation that she is a kind and compassionate person through and through. Not all villains are bad people, and Lieselotte is one good example for both Endo and Koabayshi to voice their opinions so that Sieg can adjust to the temperaments of showcasing how beautiful his fiancée is in all ways possible, even going as far as to bond all of the lead and side characters together in the effort to save Lieselotte from her darkness doom. At the very same time, you can't fool me that both Endo and Kobayashi are like a couple match made in Otome Game Heaven, but with their focal point being MagiKoi, the mutual relationship seen externally might look like Endo's got a thing for Kobayashi (which he does), but with the female side being naive, he's forced to put her on a friendzone level. Regardless, Kobayashi leading the clueless Endo (y'know because he's the newbie) the way to play an Otome Game on the side, that is some good excuse of a club activity if I say so myself. So, while Lieselotte is the character development MVP on MagiKoi's side to dictate both the fate of their own and the current world, it's thanks to the male-female pairing of goofballs to lead the massive tsundere down towards the path of love, wholesomeness and authentication that she is beloved by everyone. Yes, including Fiene, whom has the typical "Hero vs. villain" program set from the get-go, only for both Endo and Kobayashi to override them. These days, Tezuka Productions mainly does whatever the anime production teams will assign them to, and because of this, we've been seeing a lot of diversity with the shows they helm since the mid-2010s. And Tsunlise is no different as it's adequately produced with time to spare, and the final result actually came out looking fine. It's the same for Tsunlise here, with a consistent productioon values and little fanfare of things looking a bit off. The OST is also fine but nothing noteworthy, though I'd prefer the ED much more than the OP by a hair. If I have to take a gander between the 3 "Villainess Otome Game" adaptations so far, Tsunlise is no doubt good, but a bit kinda of a hard sell because it's just the same tropes over again. And I don't blame you that if you've somehow passed this show by see it glorify the exact same things seen thrice now, but really, give this show another chance. If it's your thing, it's most probably your thing and vice versa. The least successful of the Otome Game genre (by MAL scores), but by no means it's bad at all, because it's still just as enjoyable on a lighter scale. I had a decent to good time with this, and I hope that you will too.

This was a surprisingly fun take on the villainess show formula. It mixes it up by having players interact with the world instead of reincarnate into it, which initially gives the show some fun parody energy, and develops into some interesting dynamics later on. While it's not the deepest show around, the execution was pretty good. I laughed out loud many times, was surprised at the twists, and got invested in the romance. The Japanese voice cast is pretty top-class too. Lots of iconic veterans here, putting in solid performances. The animation wasn't anything too special but they did more than the bare minimum so itdidn't really hold the show back either. It may still be sort of a filler show, but overall I'd rate it as binge-worthy and genuinely fun enough to be worth your time.

This series starts off really well, and then just past the half way point, its quality drops. Let me set the scene I was watching the series, I had been absolutely loving it, the story was good, the characters were superb, I enjoyed every moment of it, it was this well paced, entertaining series and due to the events I could tell the next episode would be the last... and then I saw it... I had only just passed the half way point of the series. Yes I was at the ending, but that ending would keep on going, and going, and at some point it wentoff the tracks, jumped the shark and derailed what had been such a great series. That's not to say that the ending is 'bad' as I've definitely seen worse, it's just not 'good' and it's definitely nowhere near as good as the rest of the series. It feels like this ending was done, because it wanted some kind of 'twist' but as the viewer all you are thinking is, 'this is dumb, and it should have ended three episodes ago' If I was to judge this on just the first 8 episodes, this would be an easy recommend, and it would get an 8./10 score But as I have to judge this as a whole I will give it a 6/10, because yes, those last few episodes dragged it down that much, to the point that it affected my enjoyment of the series to such a degree that I doubt I would re-watch it

Hello everyone! I'll keep this short and sweet as I don't really have anything to nitpick about since I feel that the anime was really good, and I will definitely recommend this to those contemplating whether or not they should get into the show. First of all, I have watched some otome isekai in the past such as 'The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs' and "I'm a Villainess So I'm Taming the Final boss", but this anime is unlike any of those I've watched. What I really like about the anime is how they do a really good job in portraying theemotions of the characters. More specifically on how much unrequited love can drive a person to do the craziest things. Honestly, the thing that stops me from giving this anime a 10 is due to how the relationship of Kobayashi and Endo not having much of progression until towards the end. Though, they had their cute scenes and I really appreciate that fact. With these little details here and there, I think the anime is really underrated for what it is. A solid 9/10. Bear with me if my review is a little inconsistent at certain points, I'm still tryna learn the ropes as this is my first review. Thanks for reading!