Akuyaku Reijou ga Sei Heroine o Kudokiotosu Hanashi. (悪役令嬢が正ヒロインを口説き落とす話。) is a mostly goofy series of manga gags, until it turns quite serious. Then it’s still quite goofy, except it’s also kind of icky.  Then it ends and it’s still quite goofy.  This is a series populated by a series of puns, running around being their name. ^_^

Akuya Kurei-jou (a pun on Akuyaku Reijou, i.e., “Villainess,”) is the sister of the Prince who begins the story by stealing her ex-fiance’s fiancee, Sei Hi Roine, (Sei Heroine, Saintly Heroine). For a villainess, Akuya is loving, and quite committed to doing right by the woman she loves. The “jokes” are primarily her acting evilish, then giving her besotted heroine love the love she deserves.

The prince’s name is also a pun, Sanpunkan, which I’m fairly convinced is “Mr. 3 Minutes.” and Akuya’s ever despairing Maid’s name is Yabba Kisuna Kasa, which I can’t get a handle on but is undoubtedly something bitchy about Akuya caught kissing again.

I was hoping that this would be a little more fully formed than a series of short gags, but it definitely made for another perspective on the lesbian villainess trend.

Ratings:

Art – 7 Sketchy, and unrefined
Story – There wasn’t one, until there was and then I wish there wasn’t again.
Characters – 7 Akuya and Sei were cute
Service – Oh yes. Of many kinds.
Yuri – 9

It didn’t hold together, but as a series of doujinshi-like shorts, it definitely had it’s moments.

The cat’s name was Nora. I don’t know if that was a pun or not.

I read this volume on Bookwalker, but it is also available in print!