From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!

Following a sudden traffic accident, fifty-two-year-old civil servant Kenzaburou Tondabayashi regains consciousness only to discover an extraordinary transformation. He has been reincarnated as Grace Auvergne, the elegant daughter of a duke and, more pressingly, the designated villainess within the world of a romance video game. Armed with his adult perspective and full memories of his previous life, he quickly resolves not to disrupt the destined happy endings awaiting the younger characters around him. Determined to fulfill his new role as the story’s antagonist, Grace attempts to embrace villainy and drive the narrative forward as intended. However, executing wicked deeds proves far more complicated than anticipated. Kenzaburou’s deeply ingrained instincts as a loving parent constantly interfere with any genuine malice he tries to project, softening his actions at every turn. Compounding this dilemma is his persistent inability to properly recall the elaborate foreign names of the people inhabiting this aristocratic society. Between his lingering paternal warmth and his frustrating memory lapses, playing the part of a convincing villainess becomes an unexpectedly daunting challenge, turning what should be a straightforward role into a comically difficult endeavor.