Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #Otome game(7)

This was a very sweetly wholesome story about a villainess who may be forceful but she is far from evil. I loved her ability to outthink and out plot her enemies. This was no pushover damsel. Demon prince Claude was adorable with his moods showing in nature or the tiniest smile or blush upon his cheekbones. Very satisfying story.

Cecil and Ashley were the cutest pair from childhood to school couple. In this reincarnation the game had quite a few differences than expected and that added lots of fun to the story. Not too much yandere considering the game, but their was still a lovely possessive love story here.

This was a nice foray into an isekai story without getting entrenched in hundreds of chapters that often feel are filled with needless plot tropes. Erika is cast into an otome game as the villainess facing death in every plot line. Even worse, the game is infected with a bug that is causing some serious interference. The things I enjoyed were the friendships made by Erika, her cheats and her romance option. There were some unexplored things like the impact of the white king and the heroes journey that made this feel like book 1 in a longer series though. Both would seem to be too important to leave unresolved and their lack does distract from the feeling of story completion.

A reborn noble in an otome game with the memories of her past self, Karen was engaged to a prince and had a dark fate in store when the heroine arrived. Her childhood friend Hansel was a cursed child, alienated by his colouring and marking. In adulthood, Hansel becomes the princes attendant and keeps a cool distance from his engaged childhood friend. The rest of the story follows Karen and Hansel falling for each other as the prince is readily swayed from his fiancée by Alice. There are some good lovemaking scenes and a happy ending, but it feels like there was much that was unexplored (eg what made a cursed marking cursed? It seemed to have no impact other than social rejection).

Oda Nobunaga is the Demon Daimyo of the Sixth Heaven, the destroyer of Shinto and Buddhism and fated to die at the Temple of Honno-ji. Only in this story, this warlord of the Sengoku period finds a new destiny in the hands of transmigrated Mizusaki Mai, a young woman in her 20s from 500 years in the future who lands in the past and saves Nobunaga from the fires of Honno-Ji. I love this era and was happy to see Nobunaga become the Great Unifier of Japan and get to chase his own HEA with someone who loved him wholeheartedly rather than missing on seeing his vision come to fruition. This story was sweet thanks to the influence of the FL who wasnt a pushover and played to her strengths in this war torn era. Nobunaga’s gradual conquest of Mai was adorable and overall I really loved their romance.

Story is finished. Considering that most isekai stories are long (some go on waaay too long) these 4 oneshots managed to pack a lot into a chapter. It helped to have the characters introduced in the beginning and I enjoyed the simplicity for a change over dragging on forever. Perfect for those times you want something that has a mix of romance and light smut to just pass the time.

These really are a hoard of one shot Villainess stories that make for a great, quick escape.