Watashi wa Akuyaku Reijou nanka ja Nai!!: Yami Tsukai dakara tte Kanarazushimo Akuyaku da to Omou na yo

Sakura’s life came to a sudden and unexpected end, leaving her with the bitter realization that her time in the world amounted to very little. After a brief period of despair over her untimely demise, she awakens to an astonishing truth: she has been reincarnated into the very setting of a novel she once read. However, her second chance at life comes with a heavy catch. Instead of being reborn as a beloved heroine, she now inhabits the body of Claudia, the story’s despised villainess. Blessed—or perhaps cursed—with the divine protection of the Dark Spirit King, Claudia is shunned by everyone around her and is ultimately destined to suffer a tragic death. Refusing to accept such a grim fate, Sakura resolves that neither her previous life nor her current one will end in disaster. She immediately begins taking action to alter the course of the narrative and escape her doomed destiny, though changing the future proves far more complicated than anticipated. This long-awaited manga adaptation brings a fresh and unique twist to the fantasy villainess genre, following a determined protagonist who refuses to let dark magic define her character or seal her doom.